Originally Posted by
littlegreenman
LOL! Nice find.
Seems like EK is still trying to get its pricing right. They have been marketing AMS quite heavily in the recent months so I guess fares to AMS will stay low a bit longer until the flights are well established.
It's generally been the case always as far as I can remember, usually when on special SYD-DXB-LHR/AMS/GLA/ & other European gateways are around the $1800-$2200 mark, but DXB always seems to be $1800ish, don't recall seeing it < $1800 with EK... what I can tell you is that EK is really marketing hard is on, Leave Australia in the morning & arrive in Europe the same day, i.e. the EK flight that departs SYD @ 0600 and connects with the arvo flights to the UK...
To top things off, if you choose to fly EY
Mon 19-Jul-10
Sydney (SYD)
Depart 14:50
Terminal 1 to Abu Dhabi (AUH)
Arrive 23:40
Terminal 3
Duration: 14hr 50mn
EY Etihad Airways
Flight: 451
3Economy Class, AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A340-600
flight Tue 20-Jul-10
Abu Dhabi (AUH)
Depart 08:00
Terminal 1 to Dubai (XNB)
Arrive 09:20
Duration: 1hr 20mn
EY Etihad Airways
Flight: 5518
3Economy Class, NOTE: THIS IS BUS SERVICE
Total distance: * (* not available for all flights)
Total duration: 16hr 10mn (24hr 30mn with connections)
Cheers ^