Originally Posted by
Howard Long
Yes. Disruption is still going on, with people having been offered re-bookings several days hence. While flights have been departing, many have been less than half full because of two check in suspension periods for passengers transiting DXB., Estimates are in 6 figures of the number of passengers adversely affected.
Emirates have done a very good job of keeping both a PR lid, and probably a heavy-handed legal lid on reporting of the ongoing disruption.
Yes Re EK - one suspects trying to take pictures of huge queues etc will not be met with politeness but it must be absolute chaos. There is simply no way that DXB cannot be just full of people sleeping and stuck there (unless they are just using hotels etc).
As for EK - they are famed for as near as damn it refusing to use other carriers, even where with the EU rules which are quite clear, it is first reasonable route (airline not specified). Whilst nearly all airlines will try to offer the next flight with them (lowest cost) and then Alliance partners (usually as there are reciprocal agreements) if you push and say you need to get back they usually will open to all carriers. EK seem to ignore that this what they are supposed to do (though of course outside of the EU etc the rules are different....)
FD.