Welcome to this trip report, detailing a flight I took from Dubai to Dublin in June 2016, flying with Emirates!
Having arrived on a 12+ hour flight from Melbourne, Australia, I was very tired, but was delighted to see that my flight to Dublin, EK161, would depart from Terminal 3B, the same pier where my flight from Australia had arrived. This put me at ease, as I now knew I'd have more time to relax and get some breakfast. I had about an hour or so before I'd need to head towards my boarding gate, so I took a stroll around the terminal and had breakfast at the Paul Cafe at Terminal 3B.
Once my boarding gate was made available on the departure screens I headed towards the gate, where pre-boarding preparations were already underway.
My seat for this flight would be 19K in the very first economy class section. Be aware, avoid seat 18K if you can, the window is misaligned:
I was lucky to get one of Emirates' newer inflight entertainment systems which, although not the newest model, is still miles ahead of what many other airlines offer!
The menu for this morning's flight
We pushed-back on time, and after the bone-shaking GE90 start-up had been completed, the safety briefing was delivered and we taxied towards the runway.
An Emirates A340-300. I believe that Emirates will soon retire its remaining few A330-200, A340-300 and Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, to leave a fleet of solely 777-200LR/300/300ER and A380 aircraft.
An A380 could be seen taxing ahead of us, using one of the cameras positioned outside the aircraft
After a quick ascent, the first snack meal service was carried-out. The meal portion was rather small, but kept me satisfied until the larger meal which would come later on. After the meal I watched a few episodes of Mad Men and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and afterwards went around the cabin for a walk!
Later on, flying over central Europe, the main meal was served. The mushroom and tomato pasta dish I received was simple yet very delicious, I think the best I have ever received in an economy cabin.
The cake was very enjoyable also!
Wing views before descending into Dublin
Taxing to our gate. Dublin airport is a busy place these days!
I was extremely tired at this stage, since my journey had pretty much began on the other side of the world, but I was glad to be home.
