Avis du vol entre Madrid et Dubai en classe Economique avec Emirates

Introduction

Hola Amigos!

This time I'm sharing a FR series on a trip I made to India three years ago (bear with me…I'm trying to clear my backlog as fast as I can).

So a good friend of mine was getting married in Mumbai, and this was going to be my first time in India. I didn't have a clue of how to plan my trip, where to go, for how long or with whom. I only knew this was my golden chance to go to through Dubai, which meant a ride on the A380.

So the very first thing that I bought and planned was my trip on Emirates. I checked the price difference picking a different city of arrival and the one of departure back to Madrid. The pricing remained the same, and so I chose two different cities to arrive and depart India to force myself to at least travel to these two cities.

I will not reveal the routing for dramatic effect.

So, without further ado, here goes the FR on my first A380 flight (weee!!)  

Reaching Madrid Barajas and check in

I had spent the night before having some beers with a friend from Colombia, and I had to wake up early to buy some medicines (in case I got Delhi Belly and so on…). Once I was done with those last minute acquisitions, I took the Metro from my house to MAD.
 

The Metro took around 45 minutes to Terminal 4 where Emirates operates… There was already a bit of a queue but nothing too bad. 

The check in agent was nice and dilligent (I had already done online check in to secure window seats), she asked me for a physical printout of my Indian Visa (I initially showed her the pdf on my phone), which I had printed anyways.  

With my BPs at hand I went to T4S to have some rest at the Neptuno Lounge. 

I forgot to take any pictures of what I served myself. I spent most oof the time checking out the local fauna at that time of day.

A340s were still a thing back then…

Boarding the beast

I went at the advised boarding time to my gate (the only A380-capable gate at MAD), the boarding procedure struck me as very effective, considering the sheer amount of people that were to share the ride with me.

These letters you're reading cannot transmit appropiately how excited I was. The little 5-year old AvGeek inside of me was squealing with joy.

The plane was SO DAMN BIG!

A small peek into the cockpit 

The stairs to the VIP area…someday….

I was to be sit on the first cabin of the first floor, so I was going to miss the wing views, but I chose that location to maximise my connection time in DXB

The seats were starting to show their age and their legacy…but they were still more than good enough for the 6 hours between Madrid and Dubai.

We were provided a pillow, headphones and a blanket. These felt, okay. Not quite premium (and definetely not as cool as EY the first time I flew with them back in 2016).

Seatpocket contents…I find it silly EK has so much rubbish on the seatback but they didn't hand physical magazines. 

A view to the puny A346 on our side…(boy they are sorely missed)

Menu's for the flight were handed out

Enroute to dubai!

Boarding of course took its time, I didn't care at all, I was just checking every single detail of the plane and try to enjoy each second of my flight as possible.

We were then good to go. I was impressed that our crew for the flight was composed of Spanish pilots (is this a thing with EK?).

We taxied to RWY 14L and headed towards Valencia to make our cross over the Mediterranean. Then on to Egypt and then across the Arabian Penninsula on to Dubai.

The I C E IFE was well stocked, I wouldn't be bored on this flight for sure. But for take off, Black Sabbath (one of my Dad's favourite bands) seemed fair: he would had been as excited as me if we were to fly together. 

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While taking off, I noticed the size of the engines…WOW. The plane didn't feel as powerful as a 757 taking off, but it was not an A340-300 either…I just whaled its way into the sky.

Alas…it was a bit cloudy over Spain

The skies cleared while we flew over Valencia….I think I managed to spot Calpe and environs in Castellón Province.

Then we were given our meals. I went with the meatballs. Nothing extraordinary, but it was a good meal.

After then the mood lighting was on…

And we gently sailed over the dusk

I then made a little exploration…

I found these glass interesting, I had never noticed this detail 

Distant peek into the cabin from the front toilet zone:

The toilet was clean, spacious and well appointed. Much better than toilets at IB's A350s for J class.

The camera feature is so cool. There are so many cool things to do with I C E. 

We got our second meal just after passing over Egypt. It was meh.

Flying over Damman and Bahrein

An arrivals video was played

Our route

And we made it to Dubai

Seeing so many A380s is mesmerising 

We unboarded and followed the signs to my gate to Mumbai, which implied a long bus rid under the army of A380s….