Emirates, which earlier announced that it would upgrade the aircraft operating its daily Dublin – Dubai route to a Boeing 777 from 1st July, has quietly introduced it to the schedule since yesterday – just four months after the route was inaugurated on 9th January!
Emirates Boeing 777-300
The reason for the ‘quiet launch’ could not be confirmed, but the planned introduction on 1st July is to be with a B777-300 with eight private suites in First Class, whereas for some dates in May/June the service looks to be with a B777-200, which has 12 flat-bed Sky Cruiser seats in First Class.
John G
May 3, 2012 at 5:03 pm
The 12 sky cruiser seats in first class are still featured on our older 777-300’s, The current schedule shows a mixture of 770-300 cabin configs being dispatched to Dublin, a very positive development to the route in terms of passenger comfort.
Neil Steedman
May 4, 2012 at 8:51 am
Thanks for the clarification, John. As well as passenger comfort development, the change also brings increased capacity, of course. The Dublin-Dubai route launch has certainly been an interesting and fast-developing one!
John G
May 6, 2012 at 9:42 am
Indeed a very interesting route launch. Who knows, we may even see an A380 some day!
Neil Steedman
May 6, 2012 at 10:23 am
Is there something I should know about??!!
John G
May 7, 2012 at 5:31 am
Sadly not!! A double daily service is more likely to be the next step for Dubai – Dublin. 😉