Saturday At……… Birmingham

I wouldn’t have thought so, but maybe it was the only B777 available to operate the route?

They have been expanding lately, after all.

They have three at the moment, I think.

Is the distance from Birmingham to Dubai justifyable in having to use the 777-300ER?

They have three at the moment, I think.

I was not aware that EK had the 777-300ER. I thought they only operated the baseline version 773.

The Emirates 777-300ER is certainly aesthetically pleasing to the eye

Boeing in conjunction with BAE Systems are to open a new 777 servicing facility in the west country, to specialise in the long range “ooh aarrr” version of the giant aircraft ! 😀

The Emirates 777-300ER is certainly aesthetically pleasing to the eye

Nice pictures Grey liked the Emirates one

Superb Shots there, they all look great!

Just noticed aswell i have travelled on that CO 757 twice in one day!

LAS-EWR and EWR-BHX and got a flightdeck shot and pleanty of wing shots lol on JP.net

Yes, I knew that Emirates would be using the B777-300 into GLA but I thought the B777-300ERs were for longer distance routes into Asia and the USA.

We live and learn, eh? 🙂

I don’t think you’ll be seeing B777-300ERs on a regular basis, EK. 🙂

A 772 will be put on the route then a 773ER

EK are upgrading the daily A330 at to a daily 777-300ER. A 772 will be used 1st then upped again to a 773ER. check it on www.emirates.com, www.baa.com/glasgow, the glasgow google groupe, http://www.flightmapping.com/news/26.asp.
http://www.flightmapping.com/news/177.asp

From the Scotsman
“Additional capacity will then be added on the long-haul route later that month when a larger Boeing 777-300 is introduced – bringing with it 149 more seats per day than the 278 currently available. “

Someone suggested that I should visit Birmingham

I think you’ll find that was me lol 😉

Typical eh, i was gonna go up BHX today but scratched the idea and then i find out a 773 A6-EBC visit’s! well i am certainly glad someone got it and glad you did Grey Area. Fantastic shots! 😀 😀 😀

(A6-EBC is the new aircraft with the EK titles under the fuselage right?)

Absolutely exceptional shots Grey 🙂

And – the 777-300ER is expected into GLA every day from like EK says, October.

I don’t think you’ll be seeing B777-300ERs on a regular basis, EK. 🙂

Nice shots, the 773 certenly is a beast, cant wait to see it on a daily bases at GLA from the 1st of October 😀

Great shots as ever

Nice pics Grey…

I thought about it, bbut I’m glad I didn’t go…

I don’t like BHX when they’re using 33 – especially not in the afternoon. Far more photo ops for 15 IMHO, if you’re prepared to work a bit for them!

Andy

Agreed, found a lovely one there last weekend, but didnt have enough time to exploit it fully.

That would have been at 11:41, RIP. 🙂

I use a Minolta A200 these days, BHXlocal.

Hmm, so it wouldn’t have been heading to EDI at that time I don’t think, but it was certainly in from and back to BHX later in the afternoon.

Canny photos there Grey.

That would have been at 11:41, RIP. 🙂

I use a Minolta A200 these days, BHXlocal.