I know what the poster means about 330/340 re seats. However my last flight on a 340 was out of Phuket on the 19/11 in Business, and I have to say the old girl did well, cruising at 42,000ft and getting into DXB 1 hour early with a good tailwind. Also the crew were one of the best I have flown with on EK recently, knowing their passengers names and prefrances (well done Monica
) unlike the EK crew on a 380 I flew down to DXB with some weeks earlier who largly seemed to come from a port city in the NW of England where service is obviously not a strong point.
I think (as others have said) these A/C will have to carry on for a while yet, and yes coming from 777/380 there is a marked diffrance in ICE / comfort, maybe partly down to EK squeezing in that extra seat!. However my big problems with EK recently has been to do with the time it is taking to get through security even when just transfering planes at DXB, as it can be a shambles at certain times of day.
Regards
Mr Mac