A Piece of Airbus A380-800's Business Class in Emirates's New Boeing 777-300ER Business Class

The new design of Emirates Boeing 777-300ER business class

Emirates introduced a new business class seat for its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft at the world's largest tourism trade fair last week. This new seat featuring an improved layout and fully flat bed mode.

The Current Emirates Boeing 777-300ER business class seat

This new seat will be configured as the previous Boeing 777-300ER business class configuration. But, with a design that is closer to business class on Emirates Airbus A380-800 aircraft. The new Boeing 777-300ER business class will be configured with 2-3-2 layout (as the current layout), while the Airbus A380-800 configured with 1-2-1 layout. It features an ergonomically designed headrest, a pitch of 72 inches and a fully flat sleeping position at 180 degrees, along with a 23 inch entertainment screen - the largest in the sky, according to the airline. This configuration soon will be equipped to Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Soon, passengers may could taste a piece of Airbus A380-800 business class in Boeing 777-300ER business class when flying with Emirates.

Non-stop Beetwen The Gold and The Kiwi

 
A6-EON, received water cannon salute after arrived from Dubai in Auckland as flight EK448

An Emirates Airbus A380-800 aircraft touched down in New Zealand on Wednesday, 2 March 2016, as flight EK448, completing what is believed to be the world’s longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight.

The service from Dubai to Auckland covered 14,200km (8,824 miles), according to industry website airwaysnews.com, pipping Qantas’ 13,800km Sydney-Dallas route launched in 2014.

It said the route was also the longest in duration, with passengers set to spend 17 hours 15 minutes in the air during the return leg from Auckland to Dubai.

However, that record is expected to be short-lived because Emirates’ upcoming Dubai-Panama City service will take 17 hours 35 minutes when it launches later this month.

Emirates described it as “one of the longest air routes in the world by distance”.

“But with the assistance of clever technology and good planning, passengers will get to their destination in the shortest possible time,” it said. 

“Emirates will be using flexible routes, which can vary by day, taking advantage of tail winds and avoiding head winds to reduce the time in the air.” 

The inaugural Dubai-Auckland flight was made by an Airbus A380-800, but the regular service will be carried out using the Boeing 777-200LR.

New Zealand Transport Minister Simon Bridges said the non-stop service, which cuts three hours off current Dubai-Auckland travel times, improved New Zealand’s connectivity to the rest of the world.

“Direct flights will encourage even more trade and tourism between our two countries, by offering more choice to passengers and freight customers,” he said.

When this article was written, A6-EON, the Airbus A380-800 aircraft that flew not-stop between Dubai and Auckland was flew back to Dubai from Auckland, as flight EK449.

 

A6-EON, an Emirates Airbus A380-800 when touched down in Auckland International Airport after direct flight from Dubai International Airport