Dubai-based Emirates airline has announced plans to deploy its retrofitted Boeing 777 on flights EK125/126 between Dubai and Vienna starting from January 3, 2025, making Vienna the fourth city in the airline’s European network to receive its enhanced, four-class Boeing 777 aircraft.
Emirates’ flight EK125 will depart from Dubai at 15:40hrs and arrive in Vienna at 18:50hrs. The return flight EK126 will depart from Vienna at 21:45hrs and arrives in Dubai at 6:25hrs the following day. All times are local. The airline added that aircraft deployments may be advanced if they are released earlier from refurbishment.
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Four-class configuration
With the introduction of the retrofitted Boeing 777 on flights to Vienna, Emirates will further serve the city with its best-in-class products including its award-winning premium economy, as well as refreshed interiors and enhanced cabins across other classes. The four-class Boeing 777 features eight first class suites, 40 business class seats in 1-2-1 configuration, 24 spacious premium economy seats and 256 ergonomically designed economy seats.
On a four-class Boeing 777 aircraft, the 24 premium economy seats are arranged in a 2-4-2 layout with six-way adjustable headrests for added comfort and space.
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New features
The new Emirates Boeing 777 business class is inspired by the fresh, open and contemporary design elements of Emirates’ iconic A380 experience, featuring soft leather cream seats accented with champagne trim, lighter wood panelling, a mini-bar, and other technology touches that deliver an elegant and engaging experience. The 40 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration ensures every customer has direct access to the aisle. Seats convert to a spacious flatbed which reclines up to 78.6 inches. The business class seat’s 23-inch HD screen, one of the biggest in the skies, helps deliver the ultimate in-flight entertainment experience.
As part of Emirates’ largest known fleet retrofit project, the airline has so far rolled out 10 upgraded Boeing 777 aircraft into service, currently flying to Geneva, Zurich, Brussels, Haneda, Riyadh, Kuwait, Dammam and Chicago.
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Two decades of Austria service
Emirates currently serves Austria with two daily flights operated by a mix of Boeing 777s and A380s, offering over 1,000 daily seats between Dubai and Vienna. The airline has recently celebrated 20 years of operations in Austria, having launched its services to Vienna in 2004 and so far carried more than 5 million passengers on over 20,500 flights between Vienna and Dubai, as well as beyond across the airline’s global network.
The airline’s longstanding commitment is further solidified through its ongoing cabin crew and recruitment campaigns in Austria, ensuring the best of Austrian talent are scouted to support its global operations. Emirates is also a vital contributor to Austria’s exports and imports, having transported nearly 250,000 tonnes of freight to and from Vienna in the last 10 years.
