Made a return trip on the Emirates last week. Older aircraft on the way out with old style business seats and cabin interior but newer aircraft on the way back. I Reckon 85% full on way out and full to capacity on way back.
Baggage carousel clearly could not cope with a fully laden 777. Took an hour to get bags off with many bags jamming on the conveyor ramp up to the baggage belt.
I reckon many pax must have kicked off at drop off point as we only had to pay £1 to exit despite being there for over an hour. Rightly so!