Good evening/morning from wherever you are in the world. I’m currently sitting in the Qantas Domestic Business Class lounge in Sydney about to commence my next crazy trip. As the title already states, I’ll be heading to the Middle East AGAIN. I’ll be staying In Abu Dhabi and will also be visiting Dubai briefly to […]
Earlier this year at ITB in Berlin, Emirates unveiled their brand new onboard bar and lounge which is exclusively fitted to their A380’s. The airline now has a total of 96 A380 aircraft and A6-EUX is the newest aircraft in the fleet and the first to feature the new lounge. The lounge has been modernised […]
Emirates operate their A380’s to Auckland from Brisbane, Melbourne and currently Sydney but that will be changing to a Qantas A330 very soon. Emirates sell First, Business and Economy on the Tasman routes and it’s a great way to trial their premium products on the shortish hop. An even better reason to take the Emirates flight is […]
Last week I decided to head across to Auckland for a quick getaway. I had previously flown Emirates First Class on the Trans-Tasman flights before but hadn’t reviewed it so I thought it would be worthwhile to do. I decided to leave from Brisbane and for this flight and I used a Qantas voucher I […]
Tonight has been a massive night with breaking news regarding Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt And The UAE Cutting Ties With Qatar. Obviously, this has created mass confusion and there’s a lot of uncertainty in the air. So far, we’ve already seen Etihad cut all services to Doha which comes info effect from tomorrow and they were the first […]
If you’re familiar with travelling to New Zealand from Australia, you’re probably aware that Emirates have some services across the pond. The airline uses these flights to make revenue instead of letting the superjumbo’s sit on the ground doing nothing. Emirates have flights from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne to Auckland as well as Sydney – Christchurch. […]
In 2016, Dubai-based carrier Emirates announced that they would be updating their 777 and A380 First Class products. The products are expected to be announced sometime in the next few weeks/months and the airline said that they would be onboard select aircraft by the end of 2017. I’ve flown the A380 First Class product quite […]
Emirates, the largest carrier in the Middle East has announced plans to increase services into Brisbane. The new service will start on December 1st and will be a direct flight from Dubai. The new service will be with the 777-200LR which is one of the carriers oldest aircraft. The plane is in a 3 class […]
In another announcement today, all of Emirates’s Melbourne services will be operated by their flagship A380 by March 25th. This change is in partnership with Qantas dropping the direct Melbourne – Dubai – London service. Emirates currently offer 3 services to Melbourne. 2 are direct services, one with the A380 and one with the 777. The other […]
If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you should know by now that I travel to the Middle East ALOT. Why? because I love to fly the ME3 as they have some of the best premium products in the air and I love the country, it’s a very interesting and relaxing place as strange […]
I never really post about Economy class seats or offerings, but when I saw this, I had to post it. Emirates have introduced new economy blankets that are made out of 100% recycled plastic bottles. The blankets are using technology by ecoTHREAD. Per Emirates, The environmentally-friendly blankets were designed in partnership with Buzz, the world’s […]
Pay per entry is something that Is becoming more and more popular with airlines, and now Emirates have joined In and introduced pay per entry into their lounges. The only catch is that you can only pay to enter the lounges in Dubai. You also, of course, have to be traveling on Emirates to be […]