Thank you for your follow up ExXB
I note on Thursday 02 Feb 2012 Long hold times into Dubai in the early hours caused fule diversions-
EK108 to Ras Al Khaimah.
EK148 to Ras Al Khaimah.
EK784 to Sharjah.
Also I note on Friday 27 April 2012 weather at DXB caused long hold times leading to following diversions:
EK48 and EK52 to Doha.
EK92 to Al Fujairah.
EK349 to Muscat.
EK381 to Al Ain.
On Friday 30 March EK162 from Dublin diverted to Ras Al Khaimah as a fuel diversion where on arrival there were no facilities. (Would they have had ARFF faciities on that evening?)
Facilities at Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport - Operating Rules and Procedures
Why would RAK have performed so badly on that Friday early Saturday - is it because of a holiday?
The more I look into it the more I wonder why EK162's first choice was RAK? I'm really beginning to think he didn't have a choice.