The first Emirates Boeing 777 (Reg A6-EQH) with a nose-to-tail cabin refresh sporting a new look has rolled into service, as it prepares to take off to Geneva this afternoon as EK83. The aircraft took a total of 37 days for a complete revamp.
Emirates continues to carry out our commitment to deliver an unmatchable onboard experience with the introduction of our latest Boeing 777 with new signature interiors, raising the industry benchmark when it comes to premium travel.
Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline
The new Emirates 777 Business Class cabin’s seats and colour story echo the Emirates A380 experience, with soft leather cream seats accented with champagne trim and lighter wood panelling.
Set with 38 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration, each ergonomic 20.7-inch-wide seat converts to a flat bed which reclines up to 78.6 inches. Seats in the cabin are arranged four-abreast offering every customer direct access to the aisle. The Emirates Boeing 777 Business Class cabin will also include a small bar.
The Emirates Boeing 777 entered refurbishment in early July, with a planned reconfiguration of the aircraft to make way for a new Premium Economy cabin consisting of 24 seats set in three rows in a 2-4-2 abreast layout. The cream leather seats offer comfort with a 38-inch pitch, 19.5-inch-wide seats that recline 8 inches.
Along with the addition of the Premium Economy cabin, the Emirates Boeing 777-300/ER will be configured with 332 seats in four classes, featuring
- 6 First Class "Game Changer" Suites
- 38 Business Class seats in 1-2-1 configuration
- 24 Premium Economy seats
- 264 Economy Class seats
Emirates will be refurbishing another 80 Boeing 777 aircraft as part of its investment of over US$3 billion.
In addition to Geneva, the airline will deploy its upgraded Boeing 777s with new cabins to Tokyo Haneda and Brussels in the next few weeks, and more destinations to be served with this aircraft type will be announced soon.
Refurbishment Work Behind the Scenes
The refurbishment work on the Boeing 777 was conceptualised, designed, and executed in-house by a dedicated team of 175 engineers and technicians at Emirates Engineering in Dubai.
The first B777 took 37 days and 18,000 manhours to finish as teams operated round the clock in a chronological sequence of work, from the removal of interiors, all the way to reinstallation and testing of the new seats and other cabin components.
To deliver the first Boeing 777 refurbished aircraft, the airline used a total of:
- 330 square metres of carpets
- 340 laminate sheets
- 8,000 square feet of leather for First, Business and Premium Economy Class seats
- 800 metres of fabric for Economy Class seats
- 300 litres of paint
The airline has earmarked 191 Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 aircraft for a full facelift as part of the largest known retrofit programme the industry has seen in scale and size. Once the project is complete, the airline will have installed 8,104 next-generation Premium Economy seats, 1,894 refreshed First-Class suites, 11,182 upgraded Business Class seats and 21,814 Economy Class seats.
Emirates currently operates its refurbished aircraft to New York JFK, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, London Heathrow, Sydney, Auckland, Christchurch, Melbourne, Singapore, Mumbai, Bangalore, Sao Paulo, Tokyo Narita, Osaka, Geneva and Dubai.
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