Originally Posted by
suley
Not entirley correct, yes on the 16,17th and maybe the 18th it can argue weather, the 19th there was no adverse weather, the airport was accepting arrivals, simply it made a business decision not to connect passangers in order to free up space and allow stranded passangers to get home. EU / UK and US flights would be covered by relevant compensation laws. EK will try to suggest its weather related but by accepting arrivals into Dubai only, its accepted its not weather.
OK - then I'd guess the "extraordinary circumstances" would be their next argument.
It similar to the snow storm that hit the UK (I think it was 2010). That put LHR out for a few days with aircraft unable to move due to a few inches of snow. You could argue that DXB should have been more prepared, but there's only so much you can do if staff can't physically get to the airport.