Hi all, just a quick question for those who works for EK: is it true that EK was due to take some early-A350s in 2015 (ahead of the original 2019 delivery schedule), and the flight simulator has been arrived to Dubai already, as well as crew was told to prepare for transition from A330/340 to A350 this year?

Thanks for the answers!

Possibly, no and no.

Hello

Does anybody on the a330/340 or in the company know if there are any multiple-turnarounds on the a330 roster? Ie: 3 or 4 sector days??

Can't seem to find the answer anywhere...

Thanks in advance

DB

Typically not. In the past they had us fly a double DOH or double BAH but that has not happened for quite a while.

You will however occasionally get your "double DOH" as in land from DOH at 6am and then head back there that same night at 11pm. :{

Not on it myself, but the answer is no- mainly 2 sector days with some single sector overnights.

Wiz...

As the guys joining now will almost certainly not fly the 340, you need to edit your post;

mainly 2 sector days with a single overnight.

And boy do we love Calcutta! Apparently!

Bob & wiz

Thanks for that info!

Appreciated

Do you think the boning of the A350 will change that, Fong? We may have to hang onto the 340 for a while.

Wiz

We should keep hold of them, seeing as the 345 is the only aeroplane on the Warzone Fleet with an acceptable/saleable cabin layout, but from what I have heard (from a man who should know) the 345 WILL be gone by the end of this FY and the 4 remaining 343's will stay, meaning there are enough 340 guys to see it bow out in 2017.

The 332 Luxe Liners, after putting in magnificent service as the most capable, adaptable, beloved aeroplane in Emirate's history, are expected to be largely gone by the end of 2016 (and entirely gone by 2017) and the 350 wasn't actually due to arrive until 2019 (according to Airbus' press release). That means that they must (should?) have had a plan to fill that time/capacity gap with 777's or 380's and the 350 cancellation should be an entirely separate matter to the fleet drawdown, even though that sounds a bit odd.

However, there is a rumour going around that the 380 is about to become the subject of another maintenance issue, this time to do with doors or something. That's not official, but if it were true, I'd say they'd try to keep the 332's on in preference of the 340's due fuel burn, especially if pax aren't on the thing for more than an hour and a half at a time.

But that's this week...

The 340 CCQs are starting again in July so maybe the 345s will be around a bit longer.

Yeah I'll be interested to see what happens there, last I'd heard there was now only a single course planned.

thonourablef lets be a tad optimistic a few nice(r) layovers will come to the 330 ....... what's left post training that is :ok:

Sluggums,

Sorry for the late reaction, but thanks for the answer to my question about the A350-training and others.

Cheers