Oh just to say from an earlier post I made re how the 777 gets onto the stand, it now turns straight in without the diversion via T2. Was the turning circle limit revised or what?
Nothing has changed.
The "scenic" route was used as a question was raised by EK that the turn onto stand might be placing a strain on the main gear.
The "long way round" was used while that was checked out, once EK decided there was nothing wrong with making the turn then the normal route onto stand was resumed.
I think (but I may be wrong
) the original question was actually raised by the engineers .....