Originally Posted by
aeropix
And there's no possible way EK could ever find the time to do such mods, given how little downtime there is in the Dugong fleet, and how rare it is too see even one of them over at the hangars
I'm always amazed. I'll fly "my" A380 on a Monday, and then the following Monday I may fly her again and she has 100+ hours on her since the week before. A380 downtime is definitely at a premium at EK, making winglet installs difficult from a downtime standpoint, even if it was an option.