I have taken three flights overall with Emirates. The first one was a long time back when I was traveling to Athens to attend an academic conference. The second and the third flights were to Manchester related to my work. So while the first flight was Delhi–Dubai–Athens, the other flights were Delhi-Dubai-Manchester and back. All my flights were in the economy class.
I have to say I am impressed by the airline. They are consistent; all my fights were comfortable and on time. I like flying Emirates because they are professional. Here are some of the salient features of my flights with them.
- They have a good inflight entertainment system, which offers many options to pass time in flight. They have a wide range of movies to keep you engaged—I have enjoyed watching Monsters Inc. and Ice Age on their flights.
- The food is good on Emirates flights. Being a vegetarian is never a problem on the flights originating from Delhi. There was once an issue when I was coming back from Manchester but they managed to find an extra-vegetarian meal for me in the end.
- The wine and coffee/tea on the flight are good too. It is easy to get eye contact from the cabin crew. I like the airlines that offer a refill of tea/coffee, and Emirates does it as a matter of routine.
- I like the shorter line for the web check-in at IGI Airport. From the flights originating from Manchester, it was sort of a must to do an early web check-in or you end up with only middle seats.
- The Dubai–Manchester–Dubai flight had Airbus 380-800, my first experience of flying in the jumbo aircraft. It felt like I was flying in a small city!
- Dubai Airport is fun to be at, so a connecting flights scenario is comfortable.
- Even though it could have happened on any flight, one of my pictures that sold for a lot of money was a wing shot on an Emirates flight!
Overall, I have had good experiences with Emirates on all my flights. I hope I will fly with them again soon.
A great article. And the pictures are stunning!
Thank you Purba.
Good to know a personal account about this international flyer. Great pictures 🙂
Thank you so much.
First time I ever saw Emirates plane was in this video… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeHp74gEeg decades ago. Have flown them 4 times and yes, they are good. They have decided NOT to join any alliance and want to operate on their own fully
I didn’t know about their not joining any alliance Shrinidi, so thank you for that bit!
I have always found them to be good… nice to know a pic got sold for ” A lot of money ” 🙂
That was via Getty Prasad and they give 20% to the photographer and yes it was still a lot of money 😀 a point and shoot click of the wing shot. I no longer work with Getty though.
yep, this is one airlines that is very consistent . I love their hospitality .
Thank you for the thumbs up Ami.
Used 3-4 times , especially for South Africa. One of the best Airlines.
😀 my office used to book us with them for Manchester that is how I got to fly with them.
Beautifully written article 🙂
Thank you Anjali.
Thanks for the review on Emirates. Lovely photos. 🙂
Thank you Kashpals.
Awesome
Thank you Ranjani.
YEs they are very good.. I know we were 4 of us coming from india and due to sand storm the plane had to land in a different airport and we were driven by bus to dubai.. chaos everywhere .. obviously our flight was missed .. we got the connecting flight next day.. I emailed saying if they knew there was a sand storm then to be better prepared .. Emirates has offered 4 tickets to us to go to india anytime we want in the next year 🙂
otherwise also since i am a member of their airmiles thing, it is goood
Bikram’s
Wow that is something!
I love Emirates… they are really good… awesome pictures 🙂
Thank you Archana!
I second you Mridula. Emirates is consistently good and Dubai airport is fun to be at.
I can see Emirates is really popular 😀
Nice view from the plane!
Haven’t flown with Emirates but have heard only good things about them.
Thank you Lady Fi!
Nice article…
I have to try Emirates sometime. Till now it has just been Air France, Etihad and British Airways for me.
I would love to fly A380 with Emirates 🙂
So good yet Qatar airways is ranked higher. 😛 🙂
They must be good too!