The Boeing 777 will be introduced to Chicago, Boston, Dallas Fort Worth, Seattle and linked routes Miami/Bogota and Newark/Athens
Emirates will be introducing its refurbished Boeing 777s on six routes in the US, providing customers with an elevated experience across all cabins, including the debut of its latest Business Class seats and Premium Economy.
The aircraft are scheduled to operate on direct flights to Chicago, Boston, Dallas Fort Worth, and Seattle. In addition, flights to Miami linked to Bogotá and to Newark via Athens will also be served with the refreshed aircraft featuring Emirates’ four cabin classes and signature product touches. The refurbished Boeing 777s will debut for the first time in the US starting from next month and until early 2025.
It will offer three times weekly on EK 235 and EK 236 for the Chicago route starting from 1 November increasing to daily flights from 22 November 2024. For Boston, it will serve the route three times weekly as EK 237 and EK 238 from 10 December 2024, with daily flights beginning 18 December.
In Dallas Fort Worth, the enhanced Boeing 777 will be deployed three times weekly on EK 221 and EK 222 starting 9 January 2025, transitioning to daily service from 15 January. Seattle will see the rollout of the aircraft on EK 229 and EK 230 from 24 January 2025. For Newark and Athens, it will operate daily on EK 209 and EK 210 starting 10 February 2025. Finally, the latest B777 experience will be introduced for Miami/Bogotá on EK 213 and EK 214, providing four weekly flights from 19 February 2025, and expanding to daily service from 1 March 2025.
With the deployment of its newly retrofitted Boeing 777 aircraft, flights to and from ten of the 12 gateways in Emirates’ US network will feature Premium Economy by February 2025. The understated luxury products will also be available to two cities in Latin America, with Bogotá joining São Paulo. The Premium Economy seats will now be available on a mix of Boeing 777 and A380 aircraft, operating to 12 gateways in Emirates’ 19-point network in the Americas. The refreshed aircraft also feature the new Emirates 777 Business Class with seats in a 1-2-1 arrangement, more privacy, fully reclined flat bed in addition to a personal mini-bar amongst other amenities.
On the introduction of Premium Economy to additional US routes, Adnan Kazim, Deputy President, and Chief Commercial Officer at Emirates said, “With the success and popularity of Premium Economy on routes like New York JFK, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston served by our refurbished A380, we look forward to bringing a new level of comfort and privacy to more cities with refreshed cabins on our Boeing 777s.”
