Emirates to Introduce Premium Economy to Five More Cities

The Airline deploys newly-enhanced A380s with Premium Economy to New York JFK, Auckland, Melbourne, San Francisco, and Singapore. Also adds Premium Economy seats onto London and Sydney routes.

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Emirates to Introduce Premium Economy to Five More Cities

Emirates, on August 10, announced a largest known fleet retrofit project to elevate customer experience. As part of exercise, Emirates is upgrading the entire interior cabins for its 120 aircraft along with the installation of Premium Economy seats. By 2025, nearly 4,000 new Premium Economy seats will be installed, 728 First Class suites refurbished, and over 5,000 Business Class seats upgraded to a new style and design.

Emirates recently announced its iconic A380 in a three-class configuration to Bengaluru, starting 30 October 2022. Now, Emirates announced plans to debut its newly retrofitted A380s featuring its latest Premium Economy cabins to five new cities from December - New York JFK, San Francisco, Melbourne, Auckland and Singapore. The airline will also add more Premium Economy seats on services to London Heathrow and Sydney, as its newly enhanced aircraft sporting refreshed cabins roll into scheduled service.

The airline aims to offer customers more opportunities to experience its highly acclaimed Premium Economy product, and its latest deployment plans will also see 85 A380s back in the sky by December, well-timed to serve the year-end travel demand.

Operational Schedule of Enhanced A380s:

Emirates’ enhanced A380s with Premium Economy to New York JFK, San Francisco, Melbourne, Auckland and Singapore will operate as follows:

ServiceToFlight No.Starting
Retrofitted A380 with Premium Economy
New YorkEK 203EK 2041 Dec 2022
AucklandEK 448EK 44915 Jan 2023
MelbourneEK 406EK 4071 Feb 2023
San FranciscoEK 225EK 22615 Feb 2023
SingaporeEK 354EK 3551 Mar 2023
  1. To New York JFK, Emirates will operate with its newly retrofitted A380 on EK203 and EK 204, starting from 1 December.
  2. To Auckland, Emirates will debut its Premium Economy cabin on EK 448 and EK 449, starting 15 January 2023.
  3. From 1 February 2023, Melbourne will become the second Australian destination to be served with the signature Emirates A380 featuring Premium Economy. Services will be deployed on EK 406 and EK 407.
  4. San Francisco will become the second US destination to be served by the retrofitted A380 with refreshed interiors on EK 225 and EK 226, starting on 15 February 2023.
  5. Emirates’ enhanced A380 with Premium Economy will land in Singapore for the first time on 1 March 2023, operating as EK 354 and EK 355.

Emirates will also update its schedules to London Heathrow, Sydney and New York JFK with its retrofitted A380 aircraft operating on the following services:

ServiceFlight No.From
Retrofitted A380 with Premium Economy
SydneyEK 414EK 41515 Dec 2022
London HeathrowEK 005EK 0061 Jan 2023
New York JFKEK 201EK 20215 Mar 2023
  1. From 15 December 2022, Sydney will become the first city in the Emirates network to offer Premium Economy seats on all flights, with the introduction of the airline’s retrofitted aircraft on EK 414 and EK 415.
  2. From 1 January 2023, London Heathrow will receive its third daily service with Premium Economy, with the new product debuting on EK 005 and EK 006.
  3. From 15 March 2023, Emirates will operate its second A380 with Premium Economy to New York JFK on EK 201 and EK 202.

Emirates will also start A380 services with a Premium Economy debut to Christchurch from 26 March 2023, as an extension of the Dubai to Sydney service, operating with EK 412 and EK 413.

Scaling up A380 operations

With travel demand the strongest it’s been in more than two years, Emirates will provide customers more choice and a better experience as it ramps up A380 services to 42 destinations by the end of March 2023. In tandem, the airline is optimising its network to meet robust demand and enhancing its existing schedules to over 400 A380 departures from Dubai, offering 460,000 weekly A380 seats by March 2023, including 81,000 seats across its premium cabins, offering the very best in customer comfort.

Premium Air Travel Experience:

Emirates Premium Economy Experience

On a four-class Emirates A380, the Premium Economy cabin is located at the front of the main deck with 56 seats laid out in a 2-4-2 configuration. In the cabin, every inch of space anticipates customer needs with a generous seat pitch and width for working and relaxing, and customised features that offer function and convenience like in-seat charging points and a side cocktail table. The experience is rounded off with expertly curated in-flight amenities, an inventive menu and extensive beverage options.

Emirates is the world’s largest operator of the A380, with 118 double-decker aircraft in its fleet. Since A6-EVF, the first A380 reactivated in 2020 began flying, the operating fleet has clocked in more than 31,000 trips worldwide, carrying over 10 million passengers.

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