In November we learned about some changes that Emirates is making to their Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. The airline only has 10 of these aircraft, and plans on reconfiguring them. Emirates' 777-200LRs: -- Will no longer feature first class -- Will go from having 266 seats to having 306 seats -- Business class will go from…
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Ahmedabad and Mumbai are getting 777-200LR because of capacity constraints due to full utilization of bilateral seat entitlement.
Emirates already has a flight to Orlando that features First Class so if you want to fly first from Fort Lauderdale then the nearest option isn't far away.
I could be wrong but aren’t they angle flat as well? And FLL has zero amenities save for a delta club (surprisingly good) and a United club
Will the business class seats be the same as Emirates' latest 777-300ER fully flat business class except in a 2-2-2 configuration?
only 2 flights out of weekly 48 flights(in summer and 35 in winter) to Karachi will be converted to this new configuration
No lounge in FLL. They give you a good voucher. It is a jet blue and spirit terminal. It’s pretty awful but with Qatar Mia-doh flight not being able to connect to Dubai, it’s still the best option.
@nfd Emirates doesn't sell first class on flights to Karachi as it's just a two hour hop. Most flights are operated by their two-class 77W unless there's an equipment change, in which case you just get business class service in a first class seat.
This makes sense given that part of what makes FLL work for EK is their codeshare with JetBlue into the Caribbean and Central America. Few people would pay for EK F connecting to JetBlue Y.
Interested to see what will happen with the Geneva route, the -200 appears on the early flight often, will be interested to see whether they just cut first or upgrade it to the -300...
Ahmedabad and Mumbai?????
Ok.... I will have to start flying Qatar Airways....
First still seems to be available in FLL. I just booked a flight leaving FLL in first class for November 2018.
Do you know if the fort lauderdale to dubai ( or the way back ) business class has the new seat or are some planes used in this route have the old seats?
@ Ale sn -- They have the new 777 configuration:
https://onemileatatime.com/emirates-new-777-200lr-business-class/