Originally Posted by
BadoRas
In my experience, arrivals from Africa almost always end up at a remote stand. However, I always arrive in the 21:00 to 23:00 range, and that may well be the reason.
Despite the arrival time, I have often wondered if there's an element of "send the African arrivals to the remote stand" to avoid doing it to other arrivals containing people who Emirates prefers not to annoy.
That's unlikely, but that's how it feels sometimes.
I think there is some truth in this. After flying TUN-DXB often last year and always getting a remote stand I decided to ask the crew on one particular flight just after landing. Their response was "we have flown from Africa...." in a tone suggesting a remote stand was a given.
I have also had to use remote stands on the rare flights that land early, meaning it doesn't pay to be early.