Boarding by bus in DXB
Jun 24, 2019, 7:09 am
#18
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Europe
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I often fly CPT-DXB and land at 1am and it is nearly always a bus ride.
It's a 10 hour flight and it does annoy me that that is the case. In addition, on my last flight a few weeks ago from DXB-CPT it was a really old plane. We boarded from B gates so all good but it had the underseat box and the screens that don't really touch.
If you are on a 777 and land nearer to 1am chances are you will be on a bus. If you fly Economy at the back sometimes they open the back door and that's not as bad. And if the bus has good ac it's OK too but I have had terrible ac where I have felt so unwell by the time I have arrived at the terminal.
It's one of the things I hate about Emirates.
Whereas I often fly BA from Terminal 1 where you will NEVER get a bus - it's brilliant!
It's a 10 hour flight and it does annoy me that that is the case. In addition, on my last flight a few weeks ago from DXB-CPT it was a really old plane. We boarded from B gates so all good but it had the underseat box and the screens that don't really touch.
If you are on a 777 and land nearer to 1am chances are you will be on a bus. If you fly Economy at the back sometimes they open the back door and that's not as bad. And if the bus has good ac it's OK too but I have had terrible ac where I have felt so unwell by the time I have arrived at the terminal.
It's one of the things I hate about Emirates.
Whereas I often fly BA from Terminal 1 where you will NEVER get a bus - it's brilliant!
Jun 24, 2019, 9:04 am
#19
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
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What's nice is that they've added that new shortcut for pax buses from the remote parking at the far end of the A concourse (near the royal terminal). The buses don't have to drive allllllll the way around stuck behind luggage carts. Been there around 6 months, anyone else noticed it?
Jun 24, 2019, 3:24 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: AU
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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.
Jun 24, 2019, 11:43 pm
#21
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In my experience, arrivals from Africa almost always end up at a remote stand. ...
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.
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.
And GVA-DXB. So not, it's not just Africa.
Jun 25, 2019, 9:06 am
#23
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: DXB
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777s have a higher likelihood of ending on a stand and Africa has more 777s flying there....so...
It happens more often than before for A380s as well nowadays and no one (including ground and cabin crew) likes to disembark a double decker through just 2 flights of stairs. (and one time I had door 2L not open, so everyone including J through door 1L...total nightmare)
It happens more often than before for A380s as well nowadays and no one (including ground and cabin crew) likes to disembark a double decker through just 2 flights of stairs. (and one time I had door 2L not open, so everyone including J through door 1L...total nightmare)
Jun 26, 2019, 3:46 pm
#24
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 6,349
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.
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.
Jun 26, 2019, 6:40 pm
#25
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Funnily enough most of my EK flights are to/from NBO and I've got a bus gate a lot but usually on EK722 vs 720 (and didn't get it on 718 the one time I took it). However 5am is a busy time at DXB so I get it
Jun 27, 2019, 2:04 am
#26
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Manchester/London
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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.
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 have also had to use remote stands on the rare flights that land early, meaning it doesn't pay to be early.
Jun 27, 2019, 2:35 am
#27
Join Date: Oct 2015
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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.
I have also had to use remote stands on the rare flights that land early, meaning it doesn't pay to be early.
Also as stated, more 77Ws from Africa
Jun 27, 2019, 3:28 am
#28
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with all due respect, crew don't have the faintest idea. I have a relative who is an A380 captain and I doubt he knows fully either but has indicated it has to do with the aircraft's next destination. So I think it depends more on where it's going to next (and when) rather than where it's coming from.
Also as stated, more 77Ws from Africa
Also as stated, more 77Ws from Africa
Jul 1, 2019, 9:11 am
#29
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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.
I have also had to use remote stands on the rare flights that land early, meaning it doesn't pay to be early.
Jul 1, 2019, 10:10 am
#30
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
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It really can be anything. I've had flights from India arrive at A on a 77W, A380s to MUC departing from C. There's no predictable system