The Dubai Airshow 2023 kicked off today, and Emirates is making quite the splash, with a massive aircraft order. The airline has ordered a bunch more Boeing 777Xs, and has modified its Boeing 787 order. Let’s go over all the details.
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I see the 788s as a replacement for their former A332s, the 789 as a replacement for the A343, and A359 as a replacement for the A345 (Albeit a rather late replacement) Even though the 789 and A359 are similar, the A359 is more of a replacement for the A345 as far as capacity is concerned. The closest replacement for the A343 would be the 789.
If Emirates' 777Xs are gonna replace their A380s, does that mean their on-board shower and bar would be gone? Pretty sure that adding those to the 777X will make their cabin configuration inefficient.
Since the 789 order has been converted into the 7810, that indirectly replaces their A343 (Albeit with much larger capacity), as well as the 772/ERs.
This is probably a response to the flydubai order. I would expect this will run them out of business sadly.
Umm... The two companies are both owned by the Emirati government and are not in competition with each other, but rather have moved to work in partnership.
That's a misconception - Flydubai is majority privately owned. So in an economic downfall, the government would work to overpower then with Emirates.
Boeing is relieved that Emirates is backing the 777X. Now they just need to actually deliver without more delays.
Actually not.
Flydubai is owned by The Investment Corporation of Dubai which is the principal investment arm of the government of Dubai
Emirates hasn't flown any A340s since 2016, so not sure how/why you see those factoring into any of this...
That's a misconception - Flydubai is majority privately owned. So in an economic downfall, the government would work to overpower then with Emirates.
None of that is true.
FlyDubai hasn't had any private equity in it since 2015. It's completely owned by Dubai Investment Corp.
I wouldn't call their 787 strategy confusing, seems pretty straightforward to me:
B788 for opening new routes.
B78X for high-load regionals.
They've said over and over that they don't plan to fly the 787 longhaul, so makes perfect sense that they'd go with the B78X instead, which can still gives them plenty of range, but offers more capacity for essentially the same costs.
I wish Emirates would get rid of the new livery and go back to their previous livery. It looks like a bad cartoon drawing of their previous livery. I kind of see what they were trying to do by making the lines on the flag jagged so it looks like it's blowing in the wind, but in my opinion, it just makes it look disjointed and not as smooth or clean as before. I'd be okay with this livery for a special livery perhaps celebrating the UAE but not as their new livery. Also the new titles look horrible on the A380 because they cover the lower deck windows. The red winglets are about the only positive change they made. At least the changes are small enough that you can still tell that it's Emirates. Virtually everything about the previous livery was perfect. Emirates just couldn't leave well enough alone. I'd give this a C-.
B787-8 for second or third cities any where. B787-10 for high density medium haul routes not fit for B777-300ER.
As said, FlyDubai and Emirates work effectively in tandem, both being owned by the Dubai government. Up until now, FlyDubai handles regional routes that don’t have the traffic numbers or airport infrastructure to handle an EK wide body. I suspect that a number of routes have been identified as requiring something larger than a 737 but still not having the passenger profile that would work with the premium cabins on an equivalent Emirates jet.