Fort Lauderdale, USA, 13 March 2018 – Emirates has unveiled a brand new Business Class cabin and configuration on its Boeing 777-200LR aircraft with new wider seats laid out in a 2-2-2 configuration. Underlining its commitment to improve the customer experience in South Florida, Fort Lauderdale is the first Emirates destination to receive the newly refurbished Boeing 777-200LR.
The newly refurbished Emirates 777-200LR aircraft offers two cabin classes with 38 Business Class seats and 264 seats in Economy Class. While the Business Class seats are in the same design and shape of Emirates’ latest lie-flat seats, they are now two inches wider for a more comfortable journey. This refurbished aircraft offers passengers the refreshed Business Class configuration along with the latest color palette of champagne color seats and wood grain finishings. The Business Class seat has a pitch of 72 inches and moves into a fully flat sleeping position. It also has touchscreen controls for the seat and inflight entertainment system, several personal lighting options, privacy panels between seats, a shoe stowage area, footrest and a personal mini-bar.
Economy Class seats onboard Emirates’ 777-200LR have also been refreshed to the latest color palette of soft greys and blues. The ergonomically designed seats come with full leather headrests that have flexible panels and can also be adjusted vertically for optimum support.
Emirates is the largest operator of the Boeing 777, and with luxury and comfort at the heart of the airline’s product refresh passengers can now look forward to features such as:
· New seat color
· Electronic window shades in Business Class
· A social area in Business Class for guests where they can help themselves to premium snacks and beverage during the flight.
· Larger in-flight entertainment screens in Business Class (from 17” to 23”)
In all classes of travel:
· Wi-Fi and Live TV
· New baby bassinet designs
· Removal of overhead bins in center of the cabin for a more spacious feel
· Up to 3,500 channels of on-demand entertainment in ice with 700 movies, over 200 hours of TV, 90 kids channels and thousands of music tracks every month
“Emirates will invest over US$150 million to refresh the 10 existing 777-200LR aircraft in its fleet. We’re very pleased to bring the first of our newly renovated 777-200LR aircraft to Fort Lauderdale, enabling Floridians and sun-seekers alike to experience the ultimate luxury during long-haul flights,” said Matthias Schmid - Senior Vice President, North America, Emirates. “Fort Lauderdale is Emirates’ second destination in Florida, after launching Orlando in 2015. Bringing our latest enhanced inflight experience to Fort Lauderdale shows our continued to commitment to highlight a unique product and award-winning service to passengers flying to and from South Florida to our home in Dubai and onwards to more than 150 global destinations.”
“Once again, Emirates has put their customers first with the reconfiguration of their Boeing 777 to enhance the customer experience. Congratulations to one of the world’s premier airlines and their continued success and growth at FLL”, said Mark Gale, CEO/Director of Aviation.
With its ocean-side relaxation, stylish shopping and championship golf courses, South Florida is a premiere tourist destination for travelers year-round. Travelers seeking a premium and upgraded experience such as business travelers, families, solo travelers in addition to students in South Florida, will be able to travel from Fort Lauderdale to Dubai and beyond, all while enjoying a jump-start to their vacation as soon as they step onboard, taking in Emirates’ top of the line service and innovation.
All travelers have access to Emirates’ luxurious amenities, award-winning inflight entertainment system, regionally inspired gourmet cuisine and dedicated children’s program. Passengers will also experience Emirates unmatched hospitality provided by its iconic multilingual Cabin Crew. Passengers wishing to travel beyond the Fort Lauderdale-Miami area to onward destinations can take advantage of Emirates’ partnership with JetBlue Airways (B6) that offers connection options to 32 destinations in the U.S. and connection to destinations in Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, and Peru.
Emirates and the U.S.
Founded in 1985, Emirates is a global connector of people, places and economies and is the world’s largest international airline. Based in Dubai, the airline’s global network serves 159 destinations in 89 countries across six continents. It operates one of the world’s youngest modern wide-body fleets, and is the first and only airline in the world to operate a fleet of all Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft for its passenger flights.
Emirates has carried more than 17.6 million passengers on U.S. flights since launching services to New York in 2004. The airline currently serves 12 U.S. gateways – Newark (EWR) via Athens, Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Orlando (MCO), Chicago (ORD), Boston (BOS), San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), Seattle (SEA), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), Washington (IAD) and New York (JFK), including a trans-Atlantic route between JFK and Milan Malpensa (MXP) and freighter services to Atlanta and Columbus. Emirates SkyCargo offers up to 2,000 tons of export capacity from the U.S. each week – we help export cherries from Seattle, fresh seafood and medical equipment from Boston, pharmaceuticals from Chicago and oil and gas equipment from Houston – stimulating trade and opening new markets for American businesses across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Emirates’ partnerships in the US bring about combined benefits for passengers, US partner carriers and US communities. Emirates signed partnership agreements with JetBlue Airways, WestJet and Alaska Airlines feeding hundreds of passengers daily onto their domestic networks. Emirates also has interline agreements with Virgin America, Porter Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Sun Country.
Emirates was named the World’s Best Airline by Skytrax in 2016 and most recently, World’s Best Airline in TripAdvisor’s 2017 Travelers’ Choice® Awards.
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