The first Emirates Boeing 777 with a nose-to-tail cabin refresh sporting a new look has rolled into service.
The aircraft, which took 37 days and 18,000 man-hours for a complete revamp, will fly to Geneva today as EK 83.
“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,” Emirates airline president Sir Tim Clark said as the plane entered service four days ahead of its officially announced deployment schedule.
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“With more Boeing 777s and A380s refreshed to sport our latest generation onboard products, customers can consistently have the very best experiences in the sky across both aircraft types,” he added.
The refurbishment plan
Emirates will be refurbishing another 80 Boeing 777 aircraft as part of its investment of over $3 billion to deliver best-in-industry products that elevate the customer experience in the skies. 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.
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The refurbishment work on the Boeing 777 was conceptualised, designed, and executed inhouse by a dedicated team of 175 engineers and technicians at Emirates Engineering in Dubai.
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.
A new look
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 new Emirates 777 Business Class has 38 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration, and each ergonomic 20.7-inch-wide seat converts to a spacious flat-bed which reclines up to 78.6 inches.
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The new Economy Class cabin features 256 seats in a colour palette of soft greys and blues.
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, and 300 litres of paint.
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