Emirates Finalises 777 Project

THE FINAL reconfigurations within Emirates’ Boeing 777-200LR fleet have been completed. The Dubai-based carrier invested US$150m to convert its ten long-range examples from threeto two-class cabins, in a project that concluded in April. The overhauled jets incorporate wider business class seats in a 2-2-2 layout, along with a fully refreshed economy class cabin. Works were executed fully in-house at Emirates Engineering’s facilities in Dubai, with the team spending more than 160,000 hours on the programme, working alongside more than 30