Refurbishment work on the first Emirates A380 has now finished. The airline was deployed on Friday on the Dubai-London Heathrow service, operating as EK003.
The refurbishment work is part of the company’s US$2 billion retrofit program.
The fully refreshed A380 features Emirates’ latest products and interiors, including 56 Premium Economy class seats on the main deck, and new colour palettes in the carpeting and wall panels.
On the upper deck, First and Business Class seats sport Emirates’ latest cream-coloured leather upholstery and lighter-toned wood finishing.
Emirates’ signature ghaf tree motif also features prominently throughout the interiors, including hand-stencilled panels in the First Class Shower Spa.
Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline said: “Customers will notice the difference the moment they step onboard – the spacious A380 will look and feel even more impressive and comfortable.
“With our latest interiors and products, this newly refurbished aircraft elevates our inflight experience in all classes of travel and enables us to offer more Premium Economy seats to meet customer demand.
“I’m particularly proud that this refurbishment work was designed, conducted and completed in-house at our facilities in Dubai, to the highest standards of quality and safety.
“It reflects the world-class aviation capabilities and infrastructure that exists within Emirates, and here in the UAE.”
The next Emirates A380 aircraft lined up for its make-over is A6-EUW, and work is expected to be completed by the end of this month.
As the program progresses, engineers will work simultaneously on 2 aircraft. One aircraft in the fleet will be withdrawn from service every eight days and transferred to Emirates Engineering facilities.
By 2024, all 67 A380s assigned for refurbishment will have returned to service.
Emirates will then begin work on its 53 Boeing 777s earmarked for this project. The airline expects to complete the program in 2025.
To complete the refurbishment programme, Emirates recruited 190 new project personnel and is working with 48 major partners and suppliers who have also hired hundreds of skilled workers.
Read more about Emirates’ retrofit project here.
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