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Emirates adds eight cities to list for deployment of retrofitted Boeing 777s

by Jeffrey Teruel - Founder/Editor-Flights in Asia
Published on March 25, 2025

Summary

Emirates has announced it will introduce its recently retrofitted Boeing 777s on flights to eight more destinations



Emirates has announced it will introduce its recently retrofitted Boeing 777s on flights to eight more destinations


The Dubai-based airline announced the deployment of the retrofitted 777s to Lisbon, Dublin, Hong Kong, Male, Kolkata, Colombo, Johannesburg, and Cape Town. The airline listed the schedules for the deployment of the aircraft as follows: 


Lisbon – From June 1, all flights including EK191/EK192 and EK193/EK194

Dublin – From June 25 on EK161/EK162 

Hong Kong  Second Chinese destination; EK382/EK383 from July 15 

Maldives – From June 1 on EK658/EK659, and EK656/EK657 and EK660/EK661 from July 115 

Kolkata – Four weekly flights on EK572/EK573 from August 10

Colombo – From August 10 on EK650/EK651 

Johannesburg – From September 1 on EK765/EK766, and EK761/EK762 from September 25

Cape Town – From September 20 on EK770/EK771 


In addition, Emirates will also use the retrofitted Boeing 777s on its second daily flight between Dubai and London Stansted (EK67/EK68) from June 1. 


Emirates' refurbished 777s feature a four-class configuration which includes its new Premium Economy and Business Class products. 


By September 2025, Emirates plans to serve 44 cities with the fleet of refurbished Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 aircraft.

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