Flights via Dubai in August
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My son has flown emirates via Dubai twice in the past month with no issues. Last time he had a 6hr wait over in Dubai and they gave him a complementary hotel room and meal, with transfers, all for free. He was in economy. Emirates seem to be doing their best to look after their customers. Good prices too at the moment.
Phil. said:
My son has flown emirates via Dubai twice in the past month with no issues.
There won’t be any issues, until there are. Nobody expected any issues on 1 March until Dubai airport was struck. Even when the current situation is over I think it will a long time before confidence returns for many people.craig1912 said:
Phil. said:
My son has flown emirates via Dubai twice in the past month with no issues.
There won t be any issues, until there are. Nobody expected any issues on 1 March until Dubai airport was struck. Even when the current situation is over I think it will a long time before confidence returns for many people.All it takes is one drone strike on the airport and everything turns to chaos again. Emirates are pretty good, so I’d hope they’d put people up in hotels, but that’s no use if your holiday gets ruined because you’re stuck in Dubai for a week.
How about assessing the risk based on facts rather than conjecture?
Emirates don t fly into/out of Dubai if any risk or potential risk is detected. There haven t been any flight delays into/out of Dubai for at least a month.
They use specific flight paths based on their safety risk assessment which means their aircraft achieve a safe cruising height more quickly than usual. My son reported both take off and landings felt normal.
How many people transiting through Dubai have been stuck there for a week recently?
Hopefully the Iran situation is subsiding rather than escalating. Does either side have any incentive to escalate it?
Edited to add. I’ve just spent a week in Cyprus. Based on your conjecture that was a very risky decision. We didn’t have to dodge any drones and all flights were on time.
Emirates don t fly into/out of Dubai if any risk or potential risk is detected. There haven t been any flight delays into/out of Dubai for at least a month.
They use specific flight paths based on their safety risk assessment which means their aircraft achieve a safe cruising height more quickly than usual. My son reported both take off and landings felt normal.
How many people transiting through Dubai have been stuck there for a week recently?
Hopefully the Iran situation is subsiding rather than escalating. Does either side have any incentive to escalate it?
Edited to add. I’ve just spent a week in Cyprus. Based on your conjecture that was a very risky decision. We didn’t have to dodge any drones and all flights were on time.
There was no potential risk on 1 March and the facts show Dubai airport was hit and Emirates had no idea it was going to happen. Hopefully the war is subsiding but whatever risk assessments Emirates carry out it is impossible to know what the Iranians will do next.
For what it s worth I don’t have an issue going to Cyprus but, the ME when travel insurance is invalid I ll give a miss.
For what it s worth I don’t have an issue going to Cyprus but, the ME when travel insurance is invalid I ll give a miss.
Expect FCDO advice to change by August or use Battleface travel insurance. It’s not that expensive either. I used it a lot during Covid when advice to travel anywhere was negative but the actual risks were low.
It comes down to your attitude to risk in the end. If you want to fly direct to Bali via London with the extra cost and hassle if you don’t live nearby the airport, then it’s an option.
It comes down to your attitude to risk in the end. If you want to fly direct to Bali via London with the extra cost and hassle if you don’t live nearby the airport, then it’s an option.
I was looking into a trip to Dubai in June recently. I could find a European airline that flew there right now; it was Emirates or nothing. Foreign Office advice was not to travel unless essential. My travel insurance says no cover if travelling against FCO advice.
As it happened I could probably have shoehorned my trip into one of the FCO “essential” categories. Probably. If things had gone tits up it would have meant footing the exit bill myself then arguing with the insurer, so not a comfortable position to have to be in. And then the need to go passed and it all faded away.
I knew of some colleagues who were stranded out there when things kicked off and DXB closed. Their options included hiring a car and driving across Saudi to fly from there. OTOH I know someone who lives out there who seemed unruffled by the whole thing.
My take was that if you live there you have to get on with it, and it probably wasn’t that intrusive in reality. But if you’re flying in and need to fly out you’re dependent on DXB operating. There’s a genuine if small chance of having to incur some serious expenditure to get yourself out. Or you sit the whole thing out (assuming your commitments in the U.K. allow for that).
As it happened I could probably have shoehorned my trip into one of the FCO “essential” categories. Probably. If things had gone tits up it would have meant footing the exit bill myself then arguing with the insurer, so not a comfortable position to have to be in. And then the need to go passed and it all faded away.
I knew of some colleagues who were stranded out there when things kicked off and DXB closed. Their options included hiring a car and driving across Saudi to fly from there. OTOH I know someone who lives out there who seemed unruffled by the whole thing.
My take was that if you live there you have to get on with it, and it probably wasn’t that intrusive in reality. But if you’re flying in and need to fly out you’re dependent on DXB operating. There’s a genuine if small chance of having to incur some serious expenditure to get yourself out. Or you sit the whole thing out (assuming your commitments in the U.K. allow for that).
JoshSm said:
The actual risk may be minimal, but you're being brave if you choose to travel with no valid insurance due to any advisories in place.
I know people who bailed out on travelling purely on that basis because that's a broad and unacceptable risk.
Did you read the above post? Battleface travel insurance is available. I know people who bailed out on travelling purely on that basis because that's a broad and unacceptable risk.
Phil. said:
My son has flown emirates via Dubai twice in the past month with no issues. Last time he had a 6hr wait over in Dubai and they gave him a complementary hotel room and meal, with transfers, all for free. He was in economy. Emirates seem to be doing their best to look after their customers.
Assuming I’m reading your post correctly and the ‘wait over’ was unplanned, Is that not an issue if you’ve somewhere to be?Gassing Station | Holidays & Travel | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff