I'm 100% with you. There is a huge PA creep at aeroplanes, airports and on those damn buses in Dubai airport. By the time the bus is moving towards the terminal most people probably are aware that they are in a bus on the way to the terminal without a need for an endless announcement on that.

And then there's the latest "we are now arriving at XXX. Next time you fly out of XXX in first or business, or are skywards gold, you may use the lounge". What the he** is that needed for?

EK is not the only culprit but they seem to be getting worse. And yes, often the announcements are also in the local language if that language happens to be neither Arabic nor English.

There was another thread of this same topic not so long ago. I filled the questionnaire on my flight earlier today and mentioned the noise pollution as a key factor in reducing flight comfort. I doubt the message goes through, but if you write to EK about this, you may want to give them the URL to this and the previous thread. Would probably be better, though, if someone who knows someone high up enough at EK to do something about this gave the message directly to that person.

Meanwhile, I am experimenting with different headphone, earplug and self-induced coma arrangements to block the noise. No great successes to report yet, unfortunately. When you know that an annoying announcement [would that be annoyncement in English?] is going to take place, it is very hard to not notice it.