Flying EK UK-Aus - A Few Questions
My only experience of this kind of stop was with KLM on a Taipei to Amsterdam flight that briefly stopped at BKK. The process here is, quite frankly, a bit farcical, in that on landing at BKK you are required to leave all possessions on board, exit the aircraft, proceed through a security check and return to a boarding gate to immediately reboard.
In the case of KLM there was no aircraft change, and with no opportunity to leave the immediate terminal area it is unlikely you will have chance to smoke.
As most of the pax on this flight were AMS bound all this did was inconvenience those flying on and increase the workload of the Thai security staff.
I am interested in this thread, as I shall possibly be doing an Australia trip later this year, and will no doubt use EK, but from BHX.