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Emirates is celebrating the first year of full-service operations with its highly popular Premium Economy class. Over 160,000 customers have travelled in the new cabin class since it was introduced in August 2022.
Since Emirates debuted its Premium Economy Class, customer response has been overwhelmingly positive with demand exceeding expectations and bookings growing month on month, reads a press release.
Premium Economy product is currently available on Emirates flights to 11 cities, operated by 20 aircraft fitted with the cabin class. Since August 2022, the airline has operated close to 4,500 flights with Premium Economy.
Emirates currently flies its A380s with the latest Premium Economy cabins to London Heathrow, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Singapore, Los Angeles, New York JFK, Houston, San Francisco and Dubai, with flights regularly registering full seat loads in Premium Economy.
The airline plans to make Premium Economy available to customers flying to/from Mumbai and Bengaluru from 29 October, and additional cities will be announced soon.
The Premium Economy roll-out is a core component of the airline’s multi-billion-dollar retrofit programme which will see the interior upgrade on 67 Emirates A380 cabins, as well as 53 Boeing 777 cabins.
By the end of the programme, over 4,000 Premium Economy seats will be installed, along with over 700 First Class suites and 5,000 Business Class seats refurbished with the latest interiors. – Press release
