![]() Motifs of the ghaf tree, a symbol of the United Arab Emirates, will be added on walls across the jet, including in the showers. Unlike most other carriers – including arch rival Qatar Airways – Clark is committed to first class because “demand is maxed out”. First-class passengers will get new pyjamas and slippers and can use the upgraded showers. The walls of the 14 first-class suites will be higher and the seat wider and better upholstered. All the new seats will have seatbelts, so you don’t have to abandon your champagne if it gets choppy. The bar will have a larger sofa on one side and a table for four on the other. ![]() The overhead bins on each side will be removed to create a greater sense of space. Upstairs, the 76 new business-class suites will have new quilted cream leather seats and new lighter wood veneer. These are the best value long-haul seats you can buy, and a lifesaver if you have to go to Australia at the back of the bus. Twelve seats have no seat in front of them and vast legroom, and can be reserved for a fee. Behind premium economy there will be 338 refurbished economy seats, which will have a pitch (measure of legroom) of up to 34 inches, the most generous in the sky.Īt 13.3 inches, the seatback TV screens will also be the largest in the cheap seats on any carrier. ![]() On the lower deck, 56 new premium economy seats will be installed in the nose cone, which means passengers can get on and off quickly using the front door, and will have three bathrooms. ![]() It now flies the jet to 48 cities, including Bali, Bangalore and Istanbul. As well as reintroducing A380s on all routes on which it operated before Covid, Emirates is increasing its use. (To put the size of Emirates’ fleet in perspective, British Airways, Qantas and Singapore Airlines have the second largest operational fleets in the world with 12 A380s each).Īll Emirates’ A380s flying to and from UK airports – 103 flights per week – will be refurbished by 2025 in the first stage of the two-year refit programme, which will be conducted in specially configured hangars in Dubai. It’s going to be the late 2030s, maybe early 2040s, before we wave goodbye to the last one.”Ī handful of the carrier’s A380s have already been refitted, but “the tsunami of demand for air travel” since the end of the pandemic has convinced Clark to commit to installing thousands of brand new economy and premium economy seats, and hundreds of business- and first-class suites across his entire 116-strong A380 fleet. We’ll keep all of them going for as long as possible. ![]() In an interview with Telegraph Travel at the Dubai Airshow last week, Clark said: “The A380 will remain Emirates’ flagship product and a vital pillar of our network plans. Emirates’ Gulf-based rivals, Qatar Airways and Abu Dhabi flag carrier Etihad, say they will ditch their A380s in the next few years. It’s very good news for British travellers because the lion’s share will be lavished on the jet that we like more than any other: the Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbo.Īirbus has stopped making the 500-seat double-checker “Clipper of the skies” as it concentrates on smaller single-deck, twin-engine jets to compete with Boeing, which stopped making its four-engine 747 earlier this year. Sir Tim Clark, the British-born president of Emirates airlines, has just signed a $2billion refurb cheque. Most of us might stretch to a few tens of thousands of pounds when it comes to refurbishing our homes or buying a new car. ![]()
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