Emirates delays and cancelled flights
Jun 26, 2019, 11:35 am
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Emirates delays and cancelled flights
Can anyone shed any light on why Emirates flights recently have been delayed when leaving Uk sometimes very substantial delays, today 26th June EK 18 from Manchester was very late leaving, but the earlier flight was late to Manchester, but the flight from Heathrow and Glasgow both left very late as well, plus an EK18 flight from Manchester was cancelled completely he other day....
Jun 26, 2019, 10:45 pm
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Can anyone shed any light on why Emirates flights recently have been delayed when leaving Uk sometimes very substantial delays, today 26th June EK 18 from Manchester was very late leaving, but the earlier flight was late to Manchester, but the flight from Heathrow and Glasgow both left very late as well, plus an EK18 flight from Manchester was cancelled completely he other day....
Jun 26, 2019, 11:13 pm
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Since flights also avoid Syria, there's a very narrow gap between Syria and Iran flights have to squeeze through when crossing from Turkey into Iraq (which, ironically, was the previous hotspot planes avoided for a while as well). Surely doesn't help.
Having to avoid Iran adding meaningful flight time polar routes to West Coast of US, for example. Has added 30-60 mins to DXB-SFO.
Jun 27, 2019, 7:13 am
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https://www.emirates.com/dz/english/...tes.aspx/#3461
In light of the current situation, Emirates has taken precautionary measures including rerouting all flights away from areas of possible conflict. We are carefully monitoring the ongoing developments and are in close contact with the relevant government authorities with regards to our flight operations, and will make further operational changes if the need arises.
The reroutings have minimally affected the arrival/departure timings of some flights, and we urge customers to check the latest schedules on emirates.com , so they can be informed of any flight changes. As always, the safety of our passengers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority and will not be compromised.
The reroutings have minimally affected the arrival/departure timings of some flights, and we urge customers to check the latest schedules on emirates.com , so they can be informed of any flight changes. As always, the safety of our passengers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority and will not be compromised.
Jun 27, 2019, 9:20 am
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I was on EK028 yesterday.
incoming was delayed 40 mins and then outgoing to dubai was delayed due to a technical delay.
the entire electrical unit has to be switched off for the aircraft for 20 minutes and all doors hd to bw opened for ventilation (see attached pic).
ICE was down for the entire flight for the whole duration, as were the charging units.
Shocking service, perhaps new crew on training.
it was delayed for 2 hours, most pax missed their onward connections as did i and currently sat in Dubai waiting for my connection. In fairness, they did give me a hotel (but this would be expected considering my new flight was 24 hours later)
incoming was delayed 40 mins and then outgoing to dubai was delayed due to a technical delay.
the entire electrical unit has to be switched off for the aircraft for 20 minutes and all doors hd to bw opened for ventilation (see attached pic).
ICE was down for the entire flight for the whole duration, as were the charging units.
Shocking service, perhaps new crew on training.
it was delayed for 2 hours, most pax missed their onward connections as did i and currently sat in Dubai waiting for my connection. In fairness, they did give me a hotel (but this would be expected considering my new flight was 24 hours later)
Jun 27, 2019, 9:30 am
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I was on EK028 yesterday.
incoming was delayed 40 mins and then outgoing to dubai was delayed due to a technical delay.
the entire electrical unit has to be switched off for the aircraft for 20 minutes and all doors hd to bw opened for ventilation (see attached pic).
ICE was down for the entire flight for the whole duration, as were the charging units.
Shocking service, perhaps new crew on training.
it was delayed for 2 hours, most pax missed their onward connections as did i and currently sat in Dubai waiting for my connection. In fairness, they did give me a hotel (but this would be expected considering my new flight was 24 hours later)
incoming was delayed 40 mins and then outgoing to dubai was delayed due to a technical delay.
the entire electrical unit has to be switched off for the aircraft for 20 minutes and all doors hd to bw opened for ventilation (see attached pic).
ICE was down for the entire flight for the whole duration, as were the charging units.
Shocking service, perhaps new crew on training.
it was delayed for 2 hours, most pax missed their onward connections as did i and currently sat in Dubai waiting for my connection. In fairness, they did give me a hotel (but this would be expected considering my new flight was 24 hours later)
Jun 27, 2019, 9:35 am
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Jun 27, 2019, 9:44 am
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As DYKWIA pointed out, it's the arrival time and more precise the time doors were opened. Anything over 4 hours it is 600 Euros. You're well beyond that limit at this point :-)
Jun 27, 2019, 10:00 am
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Jun 27, 2019, 10:01 am
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Jun 27, 2019, 10:05 am
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Jun 28, 2019, 1:24 am
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Can anyone shed any light on why Emirates flights recently have been delayed when leaving Uk sometimes very substantial delays, today 26th June EK 18 from Manchester was very late leaving, but the earlier flight was late to Manchester, but the flight from Heathrow and Glasgow both left very late as well, plus an EK18 flight from Manchester was cancelled completely he other day....
Looking at the cancelled flight, it looks like it went tech at MAN, and flew back to DXB the following day as flight EK2502.
