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Nine Years Later, Emirates’ “New” First Class Is Still On Just Nine Planes: Why?

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Nine years after debuting its “Game Changer” first class, Emirates still has the product on just nine jets — and no plans to expand it further.


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An interesting question about the game changer is if the first 10 777x aircraft already have them installed. If they do, and American purchase the aircraft, will they beat Emirates to be the first to have 10 of them operational?


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I would think not. Emirates' "game changer" seats are likely owned by Emirates, they have the patent for them, or the exclusive license. If the seats were already installed I expect they would be removed if those planes are going to anyone other than Emirates.


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youre right in that they dont get enough shame for this- this is even worse than delta using the A339/A359 D1 suites in marketing but still operating dozens of shitty 767's. At least they have more than 9 true Delta One planes!!! ** See Tim i'm defending Delta please come back I miss you bby


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"** See Tim i'm defending Delta please come back I miss you bby"

You're playing with fire. Next you'll look into a mirror and say "Candyman" five times.

It's just not worth the risk.


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I have similar feelings about Qatar's Q suites. Ok to their credit they're installed on far more of their aircraft. But why did they stop the retrofit years ago? They're publicising Q Suite version 2 coming soon, yet a significant number of their 777s still have 20 year old 2x2x2 business seating. In particular l, why do they have 1 solitary 777-200 without Q suites? It's not possible to schedule 1 aircraft separately from the rest of the fleet, so it's just guaranteeing occasional passenger dissatisfaction.


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While we’re at it, we should include Delta in this as well…
Heaven help any poor soul that buys first class based on these two airlines websites.


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Didn’t Emirates get successfully sued in nz by someone who got the angled flat bed 777 seat when all the advertising was for the nicer a380 seat?


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