Emirates: Unveiling the Enhanced A380 Onboard Lounge at ITB Berlin
Emirates announced recently that it will go through a multi-million dollar cabin interiors upgrade programme includes an enhanced Onboard Lounge for its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft.The new look of Emirates Onboard Lounge for its Airbus A380 aircraft! |
Emirates is Skytrax’s World’s Best Airline 2016, will launch a
series of new cabin products and enhancements in 2017 for both its A380 and
Boeing 777 fleet.
Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline said:
The A380 Onboard Lounge is hugely popular with our customers, and has become an iconic feature of Emirates’ A380 offering. Particularly on long-haul flights, our customers tell us they appreciate the opportunity to stretch their legs and mingle in the relaxed, yet classy lounge area.
Since we first launched the product in 2008, our A380 Onboard Lounge has gone through small but successive enhancements in line with customer feedback to increase the amount of space for our customers to interact in the lounge. In our latest revamp, we have taken inspiration from private yacht cabins, and amongst other thoughtful touches, we have increased the seating space, and also made it more intimate and conducive for our passengers to socialise or enjoy our lounge service.
The new Emirates A380 Onboard Lounge will make its first
public appearance at the Emirates Infinite Possibilities stand during ITB
Berlin, one of the world’s largest tourism trade fairs. It is currently being
installed onto one of Emirates’ brand new A380 aircraft at Airbus’ facilities,
and will make its operational debut in July 2017 (ah, my trip is in June......... I was hoping to be able to enjoy the new face lift but I heard the service is good nevertheless, I am excited as this is my first time flying with Emirates!)
Enhanced Emirates A380 Onboard Lounge Features
While retaining the trademark horseshoe-shaped bar, Emirates’
latest A380 Onboard Lounge will offer more seating space with a new seating
arrangement along the windows on both sides of the bar.
Inspired by private
yacht cabins, each seating area will have a table and window view. Overall, the
lounge can comfortably accommodate up to 26 passengers at a time, including 8
seated.
The new Onboard Lounge will also feature an airier look and
feel. Lighter champagne colours will be used in the cabin and lounge seating,
accented by a glossy dark wood trim.
Emirates will also introduce soundproof curtains to partition
the Onboard Lounge area from the other cabins, put in additional soft ambient
lighting options, new window blinds with integrated LED mood lighting, and
subwoofers for surround sound. The lounge also features a 55 inch LCD screen so
customers can view the latest flight information, or enjoy live TV broadcasts
of the latest news or sports updates.
All of Emirates’ 93 A380s currently in service feature the
Onboard Lounge. The enhanced lounge product will be similarly located on the
upper deck of the aircraft, for First and Business Class passengers.
At the lounge, customers can enjoy gourmet canapés,
handpicked wines from around the world and limited edition fine spirits, as
well as signature cocktails prepared by the bartender.
Aside from the Onboard Lounge, the Emirates A380 is also
renowned for its industry-leading First Class Private Suites and Shower Spas;
luxurious lie-flat Business Class pods with personal mini-bars; spacious and
quiet cabins; onboard Wi-Fi; and Emirates’ multi-award winning ‘ice’ Digital
Widescreen with more than 2,500 channels of movies, TV programs, music and
podcasts.
Check out the video here:
Emirates flies the A380 to 46 cities on 5 continents. It is
the world’s largest operator of the A380 aircraft with 93 of these
double-decked aircraft in service, and a further 49 on order. Testimony to the
popularity of the aircraft amongst travellers, Emirates has carried nearly 70
million passengers on its flagship aircraft since 2008.
To find out more about the Emirates A380 experience, please
click here. And in case you are a HUGE, BIG fan of Emirates, do you know you can purchase some of the merchandise products online? Click here to find out more.
Be deelicious,
23 April, 2017
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