Great report. I flew NYC-DXB with EK in Y last March and it was overall a great flight, but marred slightly by a couple of young yahoos seated in the row in front of me. They drank consistently for about ten hours, at one point standing up and dancing together in their center row (sharing a pair of headphones attached to one iPod). To my amazement the crew was quite happy to ply them with drink and never once told them to calm it down.