Summary Emirates will deploy its refurbished 777s to Riyadh and Zurich in October. Riyadh will be Emirates' first Middle Eastern destination to be served with the airline's Premium Economy cabins. The airline plans on refurbishing another 17 aircraft by the end of 2024.
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has announced the fourth and fifth destinations (Riyadh and Zurich) the airline will serve with its retrofitted Boeing 777s, featuring the airline's highly popular Premium Economy cabins, 1-2-1 configured Business Class cabins, and the airline's coveted "Game-Changer" First Class cabins. Apart from two new destinations, the airline will also be increasing the number of services to these destinations, which will see the retrofitted aircraft deployed. Two new destinations Last week, the airline unveiled the first of its retrofitted Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which features upgraded cabins throughout.
The first destination to see the four-class 777s on the Emirates network was Geneva on service EK83/EK84, which is one of the two daily services the airline operates between Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Geneva International Airport (GVA). Geneva will be the first destination to see the retrofitted 777, followed by Tokyo Haneda, Brussels, and more. The airline had previously announced the first three destinations to see the new cabins would be within Europe and Japan: Service Route Launch Date EK83/EK84 Dubai - Geneva Launched on August 7th EK183/EK184 Dubai - Brussels On sale f.