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Emirates A380 JFK Inaugural On 1/08: Confirmed!  
User currently offlineRonerone From Jordan, joined Aug 2004, 852 posts, RR: 23
Posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 10776 times:
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I just recieved a call from EK office asking me that the flight that i had booked on 1 October will now operate on 1 August instead, and if i wanted to change my reservation.


The inaugural flight details are as follows:

DXB-JFK on 1 August:

EK 3801 Dep: 11:00 Arr: 16:45

JFK-DXB on 1 August:

EK 3802 Dep: 21:00 Arr: 17:45+1


Regards,
Roni


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User currently offlineEmirates2005 From United Arab Emirates, joined Jun 2005, 173 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 10714 times:

Excellent!!! Congratulations! Wish I could be that lucky, but since it will be a Friday (day off), I will be at the airport to see the big bird fly.  bigthumbsup 

I think this puts a lot of the rumors to bed in terms of the first EK A380 flight date; first commercial A380 flight to the US; etc.

All the best for your trip!


Emirates2005  wave 


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User currently offlineEK156 From United Arab Emirates, joined May 2005, 731 posts, RR: 3
Reply 2, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 10702 times:

WOW!!!! They will received the plane on the 28th of July and throw it into service on the 1st of August. Barely 2 days of preparation! I guess all the tests and preparations are being held as we speak in Hamburg!

But what about the crew training? Is simulator training enough?

What about the pilots, have they been training at the Airbus Facilities?

User currently offlineLambert747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 10655 times:



Quoting Emirates2005 (Reply 1):
I think this puts a lot of the rumors to bed in terms of the first EK A380 flight date; first commercial A380 flight to the US; etc.

Interesting that Emirates is going to trump both Singapore Airlines and QANTAS with the first A380 regularly scheduled service to North America. Does anyone know what kind of special events that Emirates has brewing for the inaugurals in both Dubai and at JFK?

Congrats to JFK, yet again the airport writes a page in history!

Quoting EK156 (Reply 2):
WOW!!!! They will received the plane on the 28th of July and throw it into service on the 1st of August. Barely 2 days of preparation! I guess all the tests and preparations are being held as we speak in Hamburg!

I am surprised that the aircraft is only being given a few days of crew training prior to entry into service. Is there perhaps substitutions coming to regional routes for the first few days in order to get the crews familiar. Perhaps DXB-KWI, DXB-BAH, DXB-DOH? Of additional interest has Emirates completed training the Flight Attendant crews that are dedicated to the A380?

User currently offlineMadameConcorde From Monaco, joined Feb 2007, 4586 posts, RR: 17
Reply 4, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 10645 times:

Why have they not unveiled the cabin interiors yet?

SIA did it well ahead of time so did Qantas. Why doesn't Emirates want to show what it will look like inside their Big Bus?  Confused


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User currently offlineCaribbean484 From Trinidad And Tobago, joined Jan 2007, 1794 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 10614 times:

Wow I would like to have been at JFK at the time to see her first flight to the US. Hope I'll be seeing her sometime alter in the year though.

Quoting EK156 (Reply 2):
WOW!!!! They will received the plane on the 28th of July and throw it into service on the 1st of August. Barely 2 days of preparation! I guess all the tests and preparations are being held as we speak in Hamburg!

You need to have about 40hrs flight sim training before you are certified to fly A380, it takes about 21 days I think, anyone can correct me.


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User currently offlineFly-K From Germany, joined May 2000, 2929 posts, RR: 58
Reply 6, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 10556 times:
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This seems to be only the one-off special flight (as is obvious by the flight number), but it doesn't mean that JFK will see daily EK 380s right after that. Those will begin in October as previously announced.


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User currently offlineThaiflyer From Thailand, joined Oct 2007, 24 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 10556 times:

Great news !!
Does this means that the new terminal at DXB will be opened before 1 August ?
I believe that the 380 only can dock at the gates at the new terminal, if they want to use the double airbridge.

User currently offlineOjas From India, joined Mar 2008, 1016 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 10499 times:

Well now I'm surely going to purchase a ticket on the inaugural flight of the DXB - JFK flight!!!

Hopefully they have decent fares on the BOM-DXB-JFK route.


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User currently offlineFly-K From Germany, joined May 2000, 2929 posts, RR: 58
Reply 9, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 10392 times:
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Quoting Thaiflyer (Reply 7):

I believe that the 380 only can dock at the gates at the new terminal, if they want to use the double airbridge.

No, 2 gates at the current terminal have been equipped for the A380.


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User currently offlineN14AZ From Germany, joined Feb 2007, 921 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 10120 times:



Quoting EK156 (Reply 2):
I guess all the tests and preparations are being held as we speak in Hamburg!

Exactly, see the pictures at the end of this thread: http://www.aviation-community.de/forum-nord/viewtopic.php?t=4406

User currently offlineElite From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Jun 2006, 2328 posts, RR: 12
Reply 11, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 10053 times:
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Congratulations for being on that flight  Smile Make sure to write a nice, long detailed trip report afterwards.


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User currently offlineOA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 16762 posts, RR: 53
Reply 12, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 9894 times:



Quoting Fly-K (Reply 6):
This seems to be only the one-off special flight (as is obvious by the flight number), but it doesn't mean that JFK will see daily EK 380s right after that. Those will begin in October as previously announced.

Also 3rd August :::

DXB JFK 1100 1645 EK3803 P0 AC J7 CC Y9 EC WC MC BC UC#380


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User currently offlineLX001 From Austria, joined Jun 2004, 109 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 9857 times:

Will the new airport/terminal be open by 1.August???

User currently offlineLIA310 From Venezuela, joined Mar 2008, 329 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 9857 times:



Quoting EK156 (Reply 2):

EK has a full size A380 cabin traning simulator at its training college.


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User currently offlineEK156 From United Arab Emirates, joined May 2005, 731 posts, RR: 3
Reply 15, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 9723 times:

Dubai: Emirates, the biggest customer for the Airbus A380 superjumbo, will operate its first flight with the plane from Dubai to New York on August 1.

The A380 service will operate alongside the carrier's two existing daily flights to New York before taking over one of them after August 3, Emirates said in an e-mailed statement.

The 489-seat aircraft is due to be delivered on July 28.

Emirates has 58 A380s on order, worth $18.8 billion at list price.

Taken from Gulf news


So it seems the A 380 will replace on of the 777-300ers on the JFK route!!!

Quoting LIA310 (Reply 14):
EK has a full size A380 cabin traning simulator at its training college.

I think they actually have 4 of them. But even with that, can they get their crew certified with a simulator? The real thing will definitely have it's challenges. How will the crew handle the first mishaps on a 14 hour flight!

I am thinking that maybe EK will send some of the first crew to Hamburg for training on the plane. This would actually be the best thing to do! This way they can practise on the real plane while the plane does its test flights!!! Has any other airline done that in the past?

EK156

User currently offlinePiskoto From Cyprus, joined Nov 2006, 127 posts, RR: 0
Reply 16, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 9582 times:

What about August 14th (the flight JFK-DXB)?
It does not show anything ''A380-planned''.
I know EK202 is scheduled for the 77W.
Any chance for upgrade to A380?

User currently offlineUAL777UK From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2005, 2249 posts, RR: 1
Reply 17, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 9514 times:

Good stuff.

I wonder how much bling is going to be in first class..............will you need to wear shades for the whole flight. Wink

I look forward to seeing pics of the cabin.

User currently offlineAg92 From India, joined Jul 2006, 1207 posts, RR: 0
Reply 18, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 9200 times:

The flight is fully booked sadly

Edit: There seem to be available seats

[Edited 2008-06-09 05:36:16]

User currently offlineJfklucky777 From United States, joined Mar 2008, 52 posts, RR: 0
Reply 19, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 8611 times:

The A380 will be a 3rd flight Aug 1 and maybe Aug 3. After that, the A380 WILL replace the 77W on EK 201/202 3x a week until Oct 1 when it will replace 77W EK201-EK202 daily. From EK crewing sources, EK has some surprises up their sleeves on Aug 1-3 that I will not mention because they are BIG surprises.

I will let you guys know soon though!

User currently offlinePiskoto From Cyprus, joined Nov 2006, 127 posts, RR: 0
Reply 20, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 8289 times:



Quoting Jfklucky777 (Reply 19):
A380 WILL replace the 77W on EK 201/202 3x a week

Is Aug 14th JFK-DXB flight included in this new schedule?????

User currently offlineRonerone From Jordan, joined Aug 2004, 852 posts, RR: 23
Reply 21, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 8056 times:
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Quoting Jfklucky777 (Reply 19):
The A380 will be a 3rd flight Aug 1 and maybe Aug 3. After that, the A380 WILL replace the 77W on EK 201/202 3x a week until Oct 1 when it will replace 77W EK201-EK202 daily. From EK crewing sources, EK has some surprises up their sleeves on Aug 1-3 that I will not mention because they are BIG surprises.

I was told the same thing. However, also, i dont know what these big surprises are.


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User currently offlineJfklucky777 From United States, joined Mar 2008, 52 posts, RR: 0
Reply 22, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 7625 times:



Quoting Piskoto (Reply 20):

Not sure....from what I heard the 380 will operate on days 3-5-7 which would mean Wednesday-Friday-Sunday and the 14th falls on a Thursday so if it is operating 3-5-7 than you'll be flying on the 77W which is also a beautiful bird but just not as historical.

User currently offlineKPHXFlyer From United States, joined Mar 2008, 190 posts, RR: 0
Reply 23, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 4946 times:
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Quoting LIA310 (Reply 14):
EK has a full size A380 cabin traning simulator at its training college.

Are you referring to the Full D-class cockpit simulator or like a mock-up of the passenger cabin? If it's really the passenger cabin, that's got to take up a lot of room at the campus...  Smile

User currently offlineAlaskaqantas From New Zealand, joined Dec 2005, 854 posts, RR: 5
Reply 24, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 4813 times:

The airline that I've really been waiting to see the interior for is EK. Its exciting to know that EK will shortly show us some pictures. any idea about when these pics will be available?

Also, is their first class on the upper deck, or lower deck as it is on SQ? (I would hope upper deck, it gives it a much more exciting feel)
~Cheers-
~~Kyle H.


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User currently offlineBaron52ta From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 211 posts, RR: 0
Reply 25, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 4370 times:



Quoting EK156 (Reply 2):
But what about the crew training? Is simulator training enough?

What about the pilots, have they been training at the Airbus Facilities?

The pilots have flight time not just sim to certify and are probably doing it in Hamburg and Toulouse while the planes are made ready. But several crews have already done the 340 cross over certificate it is not happening just before they go live.

User currently offlineSYDAircargo From Germany, joined Jun 2008, 86 posts, RR: 0
Reply 26, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 4044 times:

i found only one picture so far, that shows the EK Business class.not sure if it is the real thing

http://airlineworld.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/a380_ek_design.JPG

User currently offlineRonerone From Jordan, joined Aug 2004, 852 posts, RR: 23
Reply 27, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 3978 times:
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Quoting SYDAircargo (Reply 26):
i found only one picture so far, that shows the EK Business class.not sure if it is the real thing

I hope they don't use this color  Smile


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User currently offlineAirpearl From Malaysia, joined May 2001, 589 posts, RR: 3
Reply 28, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 3943 times:

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Is that really the EK J class seating? This looks like the exact sametype of seat as LX F Class. I thought EK's would be something like what EY has on its J class?

Btw Roni, are you travelling F? Lucky you to be flying on the inaugural  Smile

User currently offlineToptravel From Italy, joined Oct 2005, 118 posts, RR: 0
Reply 29, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 3850 times:

The way B/C looks on a GDS seating map, its a strange staggered arrangement, two on the outside and four in the middle but being staggered it will give and arrangement of 1x2x1.

Looks like F/C is on the main deck.

User currently offlinePiskoto From Cyprus, joined Nov 2006, 127 posts, RR: 0
Reply 30, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 3782 times:

F and J are on the upper deck.
Economy is on the lower with rows accumulating up to 88. (from Forty-something)

Also, I have read on another website that the EK201/202 A380 replacement will take effect after August 8th and the A380 will be operated only on days 5-6-7. (Is this possible?  confused  - I hope it is not true)
However, I contacted Emirates Support and told me that further additional flights after August 3rd will be announced at a later date as the schedule with the A380 is not 100% guaranteed.

User currently offlineRonerone From Jordan, joined Aug 2004, 852 posts, RR: 23
Reply 31, posted (1 year 5 months 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 3727 times:
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Quoting Airpearl (Reply 28):
I thought EK's would be something like what EY has on its J class?

You are right. The seatmap shows a configuration exactly the same as EY Pearl Business.

Quoting Airpearl (Reply 28):
Btw Roni, are you travelling F? Lucky you to be flying on the inaugural

According to what i have been told, the F cabin on the DXB-JFK leg has been blocked off for VIP's and the like. However, i will travel in C  Smile


Regards,
Roni


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User currently offlineJfklucky777 From United States, joined Mar 2008, 52 posts, RR: 0
Reply 32, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 3319 times:



Quoting Piskoto (Reply 30):

It can't be days 5-6-7 because they would need 2 aircraft to accomplish this. It will be 3 days a week, probably 3-5-7.

Quoting SYDAircargo (Reply 26):

That is definetly not the EK J-CL cabin. As said before, EK J-CL will be stagered. It's also not EK F-CL because their current F-CL is way better than that. Those are mockup 380 pictures because NO airline would allow that much room be wasted in an AC.

Quoting Alaskaqantas (Reply 24):

EK said they would introduce the A/C to the world as soon as they take delivery of it. Once they take delivery they will release pictures of the interior.

User currently offlineAleksandar From Serbia, joined Jul 2000, 2986 posts, RR: 35
Reply 33, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3234 times:



Quoting Ronerone (Thread starter):
I just recieved a call from EK office asking me that the flight that i had booked on 1 October will now operate on 1 August instead, and if i wanted to change my reservation.

If you're having second thought, I'll gladly take your seat  biggrin 

Anyway, I am watinig for your trip report and lots of pics.

A.


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User currently offlineRonerone From Jordan, joined Aug 2004, 852 posts, RR: 23
Reply 34, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 3056 times:
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Quoting Aleksandar (Reply 33):
Anyway, I am watinig for your trip report and lots of pics.

Mr. Aleksandar!

I will definitely do a TR  Smile

And also, i can soon buy a model EK A380  Wink

Regards,
Roni


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User currently offlinePilot21 From Ireland, joined Oct 1999, 1203 posts, RR: 2
Reply 35, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days ago) and read 2971 times:

I know EK stated that DXB-JFK would be their first route, but why would they launch it with only 1 plane, and 3 flights a week????
They would be far better served sending it to LHR on a daily rotation until the 2nd aircraft arrives to allow a daily rotation to JFK. LHR affords them less travel time, and greater seating back-up on other EK flights should any issues arise with the plane. While SQ's introduction to service has gone well, if EK's A380 went tech in JFK, they really couldn't pick a much further place for it to be away from base for repairs!

Just my 2 cents anyway

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User currently offlineN14AZ From Germany, joined Feb 2007, 921 posts, RR: 1
Reply 36, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days ago) and read 2946 times:



Quoting Pilot21 (Reply 35):
I know EK stated that DXB-JFK would be their first route, but why would they launch it with only 1 plane, and 3 flights a week????

According to the current list of A380-deliveries the second EK A380 (MSN 013) will be delivered in August 2008. This might be an explanation (although I am very curious if they will be able to stick to this deadline for MSN 013).

User currently offlineLXA340 From Switzerland, joined Nov 2006, 1825 posts, RR: 8
Reply 37, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2779 times:

Shouldn't a plane like the A380 first be used on crew familiarisation flights for a few weeks before they use it on one of their longest routes in their network. SQ also used their A380's first only to SYD and I doubt QF will use their plane right away to LAX they will use it probably for a few weeks with local and flights of simmilar lenght as SYD - SIN?

User currently offlineArt From Lebanon, joined Feb 2005, 2273 posts, RR: 0
Reply 38, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2760 times:



Quoting Pilot21 (Reply 35):
They would be far better served sending it to LHR on a daily rotation until the 2nd aircraft arrives to allow a daily rotation to JFK. LHR affords them less travel time, and greater seating back-up on other EK flights should any issues arise with the plane. While SQ's introduction to service has gone well, if EK's A380 went tech in JFK, they really couldn't pick a much further place for it to be away from base for repairs!

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User currently offlineChristao17 From Thailand, joined Apr 2005, 739 posts, RR: 8
Reply 39, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2740 times:

Well maybe my Christmas trip back to the US will need to be through Dubai...


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User currently offlineAleksandar From Serbia, joined Jul 2000, 2986 posts, RR: 35
Reply 40, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2631 times:



Quoting Ronerone (Reply 34):
And also, i can soon buy a model EK A380

Well. it goes without saying Big grin In fact, you can buy a kit and try to build one yourself  Wink


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User currently offlinePiskoto From Cyprus, joined Nov 2006, 127 posts, RR: 0
Reply 41, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2523 times:

EK 201/202 will get an A380 (from August 8th) on Fridays, Sundays and Wednesdays.
I hope this is not the case! 

[Edited 2008-06-11 11:52:24]

User currently offlineMadameConcorde From Monaco, joined Feb 2007, 4586 posts, RR: 17
Reply 42, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2476 times:

I did a dummy booking for the 2 flights in Economy Class on 1 August. There are still seats available for those who want to go.

I find that the DBX/JFK/DBX air fare is not cheap. It amounts to about 1300 Euros return and with this fare you get zero frequent flyer miles.

I hope those who will be on board will really get a lot out of their flight for such a high air fare. I can get me from here to Honolulu and back with UA/LH in Economy for less money.

Quoting Ag92 (Reply 18):
The flight is fully booked sadly
Edit: There seem to be available seats




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User currently offlineEmirates773ER From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1304 posts, RR: 14
Reply 43, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 2383 times:



Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 42):
I hope those who will be on board will really get a lot out of their flight for such a high air fare. I can get me from here to Honolulu and back with UA/LH in Economy for less money.

There is absolutely no way you can compare UA/LH to EK on their first A380 flight, EK certainly gives more bang for the buck any day.


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User currently offlineDABTH747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 44, posted (1 year 5 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 2078 times:



Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 42):
fare you get zero frequent flyer miles.

on which program? where did u get that info?

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