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Emirates expands network with refurbished Boeing 777s adding London Stansted aiport

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Emirates expands network with refurbished Boeing 777s adding London Stansted aiport
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Emirates is expanding its network of refurbished Boeing 777 aircraft, adding London Stansted Airport as the third UK destination to be served by the retrofitted widebodies. In addition, Emirates will commence flights to Seoul, South Korea, with these upgraded planes.

The Dubai-based carrier continues to introduce new destinations for its refurbished aircraft as more units complete the retrofit program and enter scheduled service. Flights to London Stansted Airport are set to begin on May 7, 2025. According to Cirium, an aviation analytics company, Emirates currently operates two daily 777 flights from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Stansted but has not specified how many of these will feature the refurbished aircraft.

The retrofitted Boeing 777s boast a four-class configuration that includes a premium economy offering and an upgraded business class layout from a 2-3-2 to a 1-2-1 configuration. This change provides enhanced comfort and privacy with aisle access for each passenger and personal mini-bars. Some aircraft also include exclusive first-class suites.

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Passengers across all cabins can enjoy upgraded interiors featuring modern color palettes and designed motifs. London Stansted will be the third UK airport receiving Emirates' latest product after London Heathrow and Edinburgh. Other European cities served by these four-class configurations include Brussels, Geneva, Zurich, Vienna, and Athens.

Flights to Seoul are scheduled to start on April 14 and will operate three times weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays under Flights EK324 and EK325. By July 2025, travelers heading eastbound will have access to over 3,150 weekly premium economy seats on both Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s across six key destinations including Tokyo-Narita, Tokyo-Haneda, Osaka Singapore, Shenzhen along with Seoul.

Tokyo-Haneda was the first Asian destination served by the retrofitted Boeing 777s in September 2024 following Geneva in August of that year while Brussels launched later in September after Tokyo-Haneda's debut flight.

Emirates initiated its fleet retrofit program in August of last year as part of a $2 billion investment aimed at enhancing passenger experience through an elevated travel offering which initially planned for refurbishing120 aircraft (67 A380s &53 B777s) but expanded it further up191 widebodies(110 A380&s81 B77& s).

The first fully refurbished A380 entered service back in January23 debuting o& nthe Dubai-London route since then various global destinations including New Yo& rk-JFK Los Angeles San Francisco Sydney Auckland Melbourne Singapore Mumbai Sã& o Paulo Tokyo among others have been added featuring these superjumbos

With this deployment ten out twelve US routes now feature premium economy clas& sChicago was introduced November24 Boston December24 Dallas Seattle January25 Ne& wark/Athens Miami/Bogotá February25 respectively

By end24 around27 global routes were being served utilizing48 planes includin& gB77&A38&A35 newest addition Airbus twin-engine currently flying Edinburgh Kuwa& it Bahrain Mumbai Ahmedabad several more future additions planned

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