The Dream of First-Class Flights

On Ground Services

If you're a First Class passenger, you'll be able to enjoy a complimentary chauffeur-driven service. A chauffeur will collect you from your home or office and when you touch down at your destination, a chauffeur will take you to your desired location. The chauffeur-drive service is currently available from the Emirates departure airports. For First and Business class passengers checking in from Dubai, as well as Gold and Silver members of Skywards, Emirates offers a unique check-in 'lounge'. The light and spacious new lounge has been designed to make sure your passage through the airport is as smooth and hassle-free as possible, with a modern design that offers the ultimate in comfort and luxury.

Lounges

The Emirates Lounge offers a place of refuge whilst you wait for your flight and is available to First and Business Class passengers. You can now relax in the lounges in Auckland, Bangkok, Brisbane, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Melbourne, Munich, New York's John F. Kennedy, Paris' Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Singapore and Sydney. In the lounge you can enjoy a selection of food and beverages. The large buffet and full bar service will help revive you with an emphasis on fresh, healthy, wholesome food. Early birds can enjoy a breakfast selection, while later in the day, guests can select from Arabic, Far Eastern, Western or vegetarian cuisine. For those with a sweet tooth, the array of desserts will prove irresistible. A fully-equipped Business Centre with independent work stations and complimentary broadband and wireless LAN access means you can work up until your flight.

First Class Seat

Emirates First Class private suites (Available on Airbus A340-500, Airbus A380, Boeing B777-200LR, Boeing 777-300ERs) are finished in fine leather and genuine walnut, with subtle gold accents, the First Class cabin exudes refined comfort. Its First Class suites are arranged in a 1-2-1 configuration for maximum privacy and an uncommon degree of space. By removing the overhead storage lockers, Emirates have increased the available headroom to allow even taller passengers to comfortably stand and move about the cabin with ease. The First Class cabin's advanced lighting system has been designed to further increase your comfort, replicating natural light as closely as possible. From the supreme comfort of your leather seat, which at the press of a button can be converted to a fully-flat bed, everything you might need is within your reach. An advanced hand-held mode controller allows you to personalise your experience, from ordering a meal to selecting a movie. Your privacy is, of course, paramount. And so your mode controller also allows you to close the doors to your suite, and to raise and lower a privacy screen to separate your from your fellow travellers. If you are travelling in a centre suite, your mode controller can also be used to raise or lower the privacy screen that separates you from the adjacent suite, depending on your personal preference.

In Flight Meals

Emirates' seven course First Class meals are individually prepared by master chefs and are accompanied by an extensive range of award-winning wines, which are carefully selected by sommeliers. Complimentary drinks, including champagne, are offered throughout the flight, and a selection of hot and cold canapés are severed between meals. Fresh speciality teas and coffees will be served at your request, and hot chocolate, Horlicks and Ovaltine are available to help you drift off. Should you have any special dietary requirements or preferences, Emirates advises you to order them when making your reservation.

Service

For the first time in aviation history you can indulge in an invigorating shower at 43,000 feet onboard the Airbus A380. Located on the upper deck of the Airbus A380, in front of the First Class cabin are two exquisitely designed onboard Showers for our First Class customers.

In the First Class Social Area, located at the front of the upper deck, a unique water feature together with mood lighting creates a serene ambience. Enjoy the privacy and exclusivity of your First Class Social Area for a quick refreshment and drink or join fellow passengers from Business Class in the exclusive Onboard Lounge located aft of the upper deck. A selection of delicacies by leading international chefs, have been prepared to entice the most discerning of palates. On offer at the bar, will be a selection of beverages, as well as some of the finest world-class wines carefully selected by our sommeliers.

On Board Entertainment

Whether you want to relax to some music, enjoy a movie, catch up on some TV or test your wits and reflexes against some of today's most popular video games, you'll find it all here. The video on demand system means that you can watch the movie you want, when you want. You can choose from hundreds of films from almost every genre imaginable from the latest Hollywood and Bollywood blockbusters to timeless classics, world cinema, musicals, animation with many titles also available in Arabic, Japanese, Indian and European languages. Your personal telephone allows you to make calls to anywhere in the world at a low standard rate (at just US$5 a minute, it's least expensive and most used of all in-flight telephone systems). Your phone can also be used for calling any other seat on the aircraft, free of charge - or even to send a text message to another seat.

Stay in touch wherever you are with our satellite telephone system. There's the ability to send and receive inflight e-mail and SMS messages via on-screen seatback keyboard, with laptop connectivity over an onboard wireless LAN.

Airbus A380 First Class Availability

A380 flights will be operational from 8th August 2008 on Emirates flight EK 201 from Dubai to New York JFK International Airport (Sunday/Wednesday/Friday) and on Emirates flight EK 202 from New York JFK International Airport to Dubai (Sunday/Wednesday/Friday), with inaugural flights between New York JFK International Airport and Dubai on 1st and 3rd August 2008.

Article from: flyerwiki.net (edited)