Emirates

[GrahamK]

Originally Posted by PIK3141

Some enthusiasts are professionals and are well placed to spot stupidity when it occurs.

Are you really suggesting that some enthusiasts are more professional than an experienced flight crew/airline ops team?

[Andy_S]

And are you really suggesting that from your position behind a keyboard you are in a better position to make an informed judgement than the flight crew?

[Gulf Julliet Papa]

Time to set up a dedicated spotters vhf frequency so we can ask for advice in case of divert

[highwideandugly]

Can’t believe Emirates had the audacity to send not one but two aircraft to Prestwick when a perfectly viable alternative was available in Manchester,Birmingham..dare I say it Newcastle.
Come on guys..let sleeping diversions rest and move on?

[LFT]

From a passengers point of view I'm sure many a groan went up when the pax on the 1st flight were Informed they were going to NCL with quite possibly a medium to large cheer when the pax on the 2nd and 3rd ones were Informed they were diverting to PIK.
At the end of the day after a long long haul flight you just want home or to the hotel as quickly as possible, and for most of the pax they were probably delighted with the prospect of 35 minutes up the road to Glasgow rather than a 2 1/2 to 3 hour journey from NCL. Maybe now Emirates will use PIK again on the very rare occasions they have to divert from GLA and have a plan in place with the handling agents and fuellers etc, it surely makes sense from a passengers (the ones who pay the salaries) point of view.

[Andy_S]

Originally Posted by LFT

At the end of the day after a long long haul flight you just want home or to the hotel as quickly as possible, and for most of the pax they were probably delighted with the prospect of 35 minutes up the road to Glasgow rather than a 2 1/2 to 3 hour journey from NCL.

Except it really wasn't that straightforward the first time round.

[inOban]

Since there was a red weather warning at the time, I sincerely hope that all PAX were offered local hotel accommodation. It would have been irresponsible to encourage any of them to attempt to travel onwards, or for the outgoing PAX to try to reach PIK. Hence the plane returned empty to DXB.

[PIK3141]

Yes all offered hotel accommodation. Yes there are plenty of top hotels around PIK. And for good measure arrangements were being put in place last night, at short notice, to accommodate EK37 the A380, had it failed to land at MAN.

[Seljuk22]

Daily flights with B77W to Edinburgh to be launched on 1st October
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...-to-edinburgh#

01 June 2018
EWR (EK223/224) new second daily flight with B77W
LIS (EK193/194) resumption of second daily flight with B77W
IAH (EK211/212) from daily B77W to daily A380

08 June 2018
STN (EK033/034) new daily flight with B77W
SAW (EK119/120) resumption of 5 weekly flight with B77W
ICN (EK322/323) weekly service cancelled

14 June 2018
DPS/AKL (EK450/451) new daily flight with B77W

01 July 2018
PRG (EK137/138) new second daily with B77W
SYD (EK416/417) from daily A380 to daily B77W

02 July 2018
FLL (EK213/214) from daily to five weekly with B77LR
MCO (EK219/220) from daily to five weekly with B77W

05 July 2018
GRU/SCL (EK263/264) new 5 weekly flight with B77LR

01 August 2018
DUB (EK163/164) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 3-class B77W

01 October 2018
EDI (EK023/024) new daily flight with B77W

28 October 2018
DPS (EK360/361) daily service cancelled

[cornishsimon]

EDI is a good call. Especially with a decent sized Flybe operation at Edinburgh to offer connecting traffic.


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[ZULUBOY]

Booking Window

Sorry if a dumb question but why can I book an Emirates flight on April 20th 2019 via a booking engine but Emirates website only allows bookings on and before April 9th? Trying to plan an holiday for next year

[GLAEDI]

Some booking agents & travel shops will allow you to book before an airline releases seats. They just make a gamble that the flight goes ahead as previous years. They’ll have historical data on how much that ticket is likely to cost them. It’s not much of a gamble as they have your money and if the seats/route doesn’t happen they’ll refund you.

[ZULUBOY]

Thanks a lot. Makes sense

[Seljuk22]

Operational changes for the coming months - HAM and KIX will get the A380 from winter while DME gets a 3rd daily flight

01 July 2018
SYD (EK416/417) from daily A380 to daily B77W
PRG (EK137/138) new second daily with B77W

02 July 2018
MCO (EK219/220) from daily to five weekly with B77W
FLL (EK213/214) from daily to five weekly with B77L

05 July 2018
GRU/SCL (EK263/264) new 5 weekly flight with B77L

01 August 2018
DUB (EK163/164) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 3-class B77W

01 October 2018
EDI (EK023/024) new daily with B77W

25 October 2018
DME (EK173/174) new third daily with B77W

28 October 2018
DPS (EK360/361) daily service cancelled
KIX (EK316/317) from daily B77W to daily A380

30 October 2018
HAM (EK061/062) from daily B77W to daily A380

01 February 2019
BUD (EK111/112) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 3-class B77W

01 April 2019
ABV (EK785/786) from 4 weekly B773 to 4 weekly B77W

Current fleet

103 x A380
130 x B77W
2 x B773
10 x B77L
13 x B77F

[ZULUBOY]

Dubai Runway Closure 2019

Any idea when Emirates would start to inform customers of schedule changes due to the runway closure in 2019? Our flights in April have disappeared and all Emirates will say is that the flight is still confirmed (even though no longer bookable on their website). It would be nice to know so we can rearrange accommodation

[Heathrow Harry]

Originally Posted by ZULUBOY

Any idea when Emirates would start to inform customers of schedule changes due to the runway closure in 2019? Our flights in April have disappeared and all Emirates will say is that the flight is still confirmed (even though no longer bookable on their website). It would be nice to know so we can rearrange accommodation

prob. 30 days in advance

[CabinCrewe]

I read elsewhere that EY are allowing pilots secondments to EK!
Closer unity or just sensible offloading of excess staff?
EY really are the ugly duckling of the ME3
Have been surprised they couldnt make the 'license to print money' routes we're often told of to work though.
Interesting the have expanded and launched new routes despite axing some failing presumably least profitable routes.

[Seljuk22]

Emirates (UAE) granted more traffic rights to France (5 daily flights) and Canada (5 weekly flights). Due to this additional flights to CDG, LYS and YYZ will added by short notice in August.

01 August 2018
DUB (EK163/164) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 3-class B77W

02 August 2018
LYS (EK81/82) from 5 weekly to daily B77W

07 August 2018
CDG (EK71/72) from 6 weekly to daily A380

18 August 2018
YYZ (EK241/242) from 3 weekly to 5 weekly A380

01 October 2018
EDI (EK023/024) new daily with B77W

25 October 2018
DME (EK173/174) new third daily with B77W

28 October 2018
DPS (EK360/361) daily service cancelled
KIX (EK316/317) from daily B77W to daily A380

30 October 2018
HAM (EK061/062) from daily B77W to daily A380

01 December 2018
LAD (EK793/794) from 5 weekly to daily B77W

01 February 2019
BUD (EK111/112) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 3-class B77W

01 April 2019
ABV (EK785/786) from 4 weekly B773 to 4 weekly B77W

[ATNotts]

Emirates (UAE) granted more traffic rights to France (5 daily flights) and Canada (5 weekly flights). Due to this additional flights to CDG, LYS and YYZ will added by short notice in August.

I thought that the EU negotiated right on behalf of all EU states. From what you are saying it appears the French have an opt out, or are air traffic rights for third countries, outside the EU agreed at national level?

If they are agreed nationally, then one of more dire warning about a no deal Brexit may be overblown.

[DuneMentat]

My understanding is that the rights Emirates got was some rights that was previously given to another UAE operator that cannot be named and thus is not an expansion for UAE as such.