Emirates took delivery of its first Airbus A350 (registration A6-EXA), the first of 65 A350 aircraft to be delivered to the airline over the course of the next few years.

The aircraft will officially enter commercial service in January when it makes its debut flight to its first destination, Edinburgh, followed by 8 other destinations across the Middle East, West Asia and Europe.

Today is a media day at Dubai International Airport as Emirates opens its first A350-900 to journalists.

Richard Schuurman, a freelance aviation reporter for AirlinerWorld is on board, taking photos.

The first 15 A350 aircraft will seat 312 passengers. The remaining 50 A350s will be ultra-long range with 298 seats due to a crew rest area.

Emirates expects one more Airbus A350-900 this year plus three through late March.

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Following Israel’s deadly attack, Emirates announced that all passengers traveling on flights to and from Dubai can no longer carry pagers or walkie-talkies in either their checked luggage or in their hand luggage.

All Passengers traveling on flights to, from or via Dubai are prohibited from transporting pagers and walkie-talkies in checked or cabin baggage.

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Ssuch items found in passengers’ hand luggage or checked baggage will be confiscated by Dubai Police.

The airline also extended flight cancelations for Middle East destinations due to regional escalation.

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Emirates is suspending check-in for all customers in our network with onward connections through Dubai until 23:59hrs GMT, 19 April (03:59hrs Dubai time, 20 April).

Customers of Emirates with connections in Dubai will only be accepted at their point of origin if their flight departs after 23:59hrs GMT, 19 April.

Passengers already in Dubai and in transit will be accepted on their flights. Customers travelling to Dubai as their final destination may check-in and travel as usual.

This is to support operations recovery from the recent bad weather at the airline hub.

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Emirates flight #EK4 from London Heathrow to Dubai was scheduled to depart at 00:30 as one of the last flight from the main London’s Airport.

As Dubai experienced the highest recorded rainfall in 75 years, DXB airport faced unprecedented operational challenges forcing the airport to cancel 884 flights over 2 days.

London Heathrow warned about a late running programme for the night between Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 2024.

Flight #EK4 operated by an Airbus A380 (registration A6-EUM) departed at 01:28 BST, about one hour late and landed in Dubai at 10:38 GST for a flight time of 6 hours and 9 minutes according to Radarbox.com.

Heathrow curfew

As this flight was exceptionally allowed to depart that late, there are two time periods: 23:00 – 07:00 and 23:30 – 06:00 both with restrictions on certain types of aircraft. The more restrictive period (23:30 – 06:00) is known as the Night Quota Period (NQP) and has limits on the number of movements.

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Dubai Airport announces the reopening of check-in procedures for Emirates and FlyDubai departures from Terminal 3.

Passengers of Emirates departing Dubai can now check in for their flights. The airline is asking customers to make their way to the airport only if they have a confirmed flight booking, as the airport remains congested.

DXB also resumed arriving flights of airlines operating out of Terminal 1. The airport is recovering from operational challenges caused due to unprecedented weather (highest recorded rainfall in 75 years).

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Emirates is suspending check-in for passengers departing Dubai International Airport from 8:00am on 17 April until midnight, due to operational challenges caused by bad weather and road conditions.

Emirates will operate for ONLY transit-passengers until midnight. The airline will not accept any passengers starting travel from Dubai as the global airline grapples with the impact of the severe storms over the Gulf that hit the UAE particularly hard.

UAE’s Dubai airports asks passengers not to come to airports unless absolutely necessary due to unprecedented weather conditions.

Passengers arriving in Dubai and already in transit will continue to be processed for their flights.

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Operations at DXB were suspended for 25 minutes due to the intense storm and rain.

A total of 21 outbound and 24 inbound flights cancelled as well as three flights diverted to other neighboring airports, a spokesperson told Gulf News.

Earlier today, an Emirates A380 from Paris CDG made a tough approach with not less than 17 left and right turns!

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Several flights experienced missed approach this morning of Tuesday, April 16 2024 at Dubai International Airport due to severe weather conditions.

The holding patterns and missed approches increased delays after crosswinds made each approach a tough moment.

Flight #EK76 from Paris CDG landed more than one hour late. The Airbus A380 (registration A6-EEB) departed a bit more than 30 minutes late but landed more than 1 hour late on runway 12L at 07:50 GST.

After descending from cruise altitude of 29,000 ft, the approach to DXB was a real labyrinth but not less than 17 left and right turns!

By that time, wind gusts of 28 kts from South East were reported, meaning strong crosswinds were challenging the pilots.

Thunderstorms and wind direction change created dangerous wind shear. The airport was on IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) as the visibility was reduced.

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