New EK services downunder!
Jun 17, 2009 | 7:57 pm
#1
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New EK services downunder!
Effective 2nd December 2009:
EK415/SYD-DXB
Departs: 6am
Arrives: 1:45pm
EK414/DXB-SYD
Departs: 1:40am
Arrives: 22:35pm
Aircraft is A340-500 and services are daily.
Woohoo!
cw
EK415/SYD-DXB
Departs: 6am
Arrives: 1:45pm
EK414/DXB-SYD
Departs: 1:40am
Arrives: 22:35pm
Aircraft is A340-500 and services are daily.
Woohoo!
cw
Jun 17, 2009 | 8:13 pm
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That is a very odd schedule. Arrive at SYD just before curfew starts = high risk of diversion or massive delay. Depart next morning just as curfew lifts = problem if inbound flight didn't make it or had to delay arrival until morning.
Jun 18, 2009 | 11:17 am
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Conversely, that seems a good time to depart to me and will be top of my list for when I rebook my inbound flight to UK. Seems to be nicely timed to connect onewards from Dubai to London and gives a nice daytime service to UK
Dave
Dave
Jun 18, 2009 | 2:36 pm
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I wonder why they didn't do an early afternoon service... something like
Dep 1400
Arr 2145
A lot of flights leave DXB around that time to connect to Pakistan/Middle East and even India
Cheers,
Dep 1400
Arr 2145
A lot of flights leave DXB around that time to connect to Pakistan/Middle East and even India
Cheers,
Jun 19, 2009 | 5:51 am
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flight 419 leaves 6.45 pm so thats a close time to what u had quoted the next flight the a380 is about 3hrs later
Jun 19, 2009 | 11:41 am
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Cheers,
Jun 20, 2009 | 11:31 pm
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I can see the attraction in that, especially if arriving into European ports just before bed-time.
My sort of flight.
Just found that there is only one direct Rome flight from DXB in the morning with no afternoon/evening departure - so this new service is not so useful as I first hoped.
Last edited by goback; Jun 20, 2009 at 11:38 pm Reason: Only one DXB-FCO flight per day.
Jun 21, 2009 | 12:44 am
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On top of that, getting to SYD at that time of the morning has no traffic and I can leave safe in the knowledge of not having to allow time for traffic
Also, being one of the 1st 3 departures in the morning ( QF and DJ both have 06:00 deomestic departures) there is unlikely to be any delay getting to the runway with other aeroplanes departing
Dave
Jun 21, 2009 | 1:36 am
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My colleagues often think me a little strange chasing daylight flights, including east bound TATL. I also used to fly on the Thursday (or was it Friday?) QF LAX SYD daylight-ish flight in the past.
For economy passengers it could be a bonus as well given that sleep in Y is near on impossible, but good seat selection and good IFE could help pass by the v.long day with the occassional siesta.
On top of that, getting to SYD at that time of the morning has no traffic and I can leave safe in the knowledge of not having to allow time for traffic
Also, being one of the 1st 3 departures in the morning ( QF and DJ both have 06:00 deomestic departures) there is unlikely to be any delay getting to the runway with other aeroplanes departing
Dave
Also, being one of the 1st 3 departures in the morning ( QF and DJ both have 06:00 deomestic departures) there is unlikely to be any delay getting to the runway with other aeroplanes departing
Dave
Jun 21, 2009 | 9:23 am
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And I suspect the burgeoning SYD-KHI market wasn't the first thing on EK's mind... It's great for connections to the afternoon bank of European departures
