@Mach5.5
I was chatting to a source in EK engineering (and another in MCC) who mentioned that the a/c was fully fueled at +200 tons with only 2 crew aboard on the DXB inward sector...
If my source was wrong on the fuel load, then I stand corrected....
(If you look here
Aircraft Family - A340-500 Specifications you can see the max fuel weight for the A340... Is this correct?)
Me - "...Desert Thingy...."? Naaaaah, Just call me Desert Dawg