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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 9:49 am
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Does anyone know which of the 5 flights is the busiest? I m looking at the 16.30 ek 5 returning from man on ek20

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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 10:13 am
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Originally Posted by m3red
Does anyone know which of the 5 flights is the busiest? I m looking at the 16.30 ek 5 returning from man on ek20

EK 1 is usually packed, at least in F. In my experience the cabin is very often 100% paid F.

Suppose back of the bus is busy too.

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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 10:15 am
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Depends what class of travel and dates your looking at. Looking at the next few days the busiest overall is EK007 (03:10 dep), followed closely by EK003 (14:30 dep) then EK001 (07:45 dep) then EK005 (16:30 dep) then EK029 (09:40 dep).
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 10:19 am
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EK029 is usually the lightest especially in Y followed by EK5.
001 busiest in premium cabins in my experience
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 10:21 am
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Originally Posted by CaptainEKAirbus
Depends what class of travel and dates your looking at. Looking at the next few days the busiest overall is EK007 (03:10 dep), followed closely by EK003 (14:30 dep) then EK001 (07:45 dep) then EK005 (16:30 dep) then EK029 (09:40 dep).
Looking at j 18 feb and out on sunday 24 from man again in j

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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 10:40 am
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Originally Posted by m3red
Looking at j 18 feb and out on sunday 24 from man again in j

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On February 18th, J is busiest on flight EK001, and lightest on EK029.
Return from Manchester on February 24th, in terms of percentage of booked seats, EK020 is the busiest in J, whilst EK022 is the lightest.
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 11:44 pm
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Originally Posted by CaptainEKAirbus
On February 18th, J is busiest on flight EK001, and lightest on EK029.
Return from Manchester on February 24th, in terms of percentage of booked seats, EK020 is the busiest in J, whilst EK022 is the lightest.
thanks all, might ask for a cheeky update nearer the time
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 11:47 pm
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Strange then. I'm on EK29 this Friday and that's looking pretty heavy in F and was actually thinking of moving to EK1 which is considerably lighter at the pointy end.
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 5:33 am
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Originally Posted by m3red
thanks all, might ask for a cheeky update nearer the time
You're welcome to PM me if you need any updates

Originally Posted by TGflyergirl
Strange then. I'm on EK29 this Friday and that's looking pretty heavy in F and was actually thinking of moving to EK1 which is considerably lighter at the pointy end.
Anomalies do happen then! EK001 actually has the least number of F seats booked on Friday while EK007 is full up in F.
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 7:30 pm
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Originally Posted by CaptainEKAirbus
Anomalies do happen then! EK001 actually has the least number of F seats booked on Friday while EK007 is full up in F.
Sorry to go OT here : Would go-showing for an earlier DXB-LHR flight mess up limo bookings in LHR then ?
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 8:15 pm
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Originally Posted by TGflyergirl
Sorry to go OT here : Would go-showing for an earlier DXB-LHR flight mess up limo bookings in LHR then ?
If you mean catching an earlier flight then yes
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by CaptainEKAirbus
Depends what class of travel and dates your looking at. Looking at the next few days the busiest overall is EK007 (03:10 dep), followed closely by EK003 (14:30 dep) then EK001 (07:45 dep) then EK005 (16:30 dep) then EK029 (09:40 dep).

EK001 absolutely is the flagship departure flight for Dubai residents flying to London.

Although I have to say I am surprised that EK3 is busier than 1?
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 11:55 pm
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I was under the impression that EK1 was the best flight for connections from Australia/NZ/Asia rather than Dubai O&D passengers. In fact, we Dubai residents prefer to take 29/3/5 because of the more convenient timings. The 7:45am flight means waking up around 5am.

I used to take EK1 when it was the only scheduled A380 service to LHR! I prefer EK29 or EK5 depending on what time I want to leave Dubai. LHR Terminal 3 is relatively quiet during the arrival times (even fast track can have a long queue) and there is hardly any traffic to central London.
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 12:02 am
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my trips on hold until April now by which time I'll be gold and hoping for a J-F op up
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 12:39 am
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Originally Posted by EK029
EK001 absolutely is the flagship departure flight for Dubai residents flying to London.

Although I have to say I am surprised that EK3 is busier than 1?
EK001 is busy due to overnight connections from Asia. I always take EK3 as its more convenient, 4/5 hours in the office then head to the airport. EK1 is pointless as you get to London at lunch time and then you are in the city by 2 at which point your day is almost over and you are tired from the 5am wakeup
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