Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 No, I believe the NYC service is more than daily now, although some of the flights stop in Hamburg. Hamburg is a lovely city filled with friendly people For the 777LR service, has the government relaxed the restrictions on twin engined aircraft that would allow this flight to take a much more direct path? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban909 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Hamburg is a lovely city filled with friendly people For the 777LR service, has the government relaxed the restrictions on twin engined aircraft that would allow this flight to take a much more direct path? ETOPS is an ICAO rule that permits twin-engined commercial airplanes to fly routes that are farther than a distance of 1 hour flying time from an emergency or diversion airport. however, LROPS may replace this rule which will apply to civillian airliners, not just twin engined. on a side note, i believe the FAA have recently implemented a new rule for only US registered twin engince aircraft. basically they are allowed to fly over any place in the world, exept the south pole region and certain areas of the north pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 ... starts tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I'm glad to see DXB start soon and DOH start in the summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonartstudent Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 The galleria has ads for Emirates Airlines on their glass elevators that cover the glass sections....I wonder if the elevator passengers can still see through the windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 The galleria has ads for Emirates Airlines on their glass elevators that cover the glass sections....I wonder if the elevator passengers can still see through the windows?Most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJVilla Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 And yes, Emirates has the best in-flight entertainment I've ever experienced. Literally thousands of movies, albums and TV shows on demand.They also had a channel that showed a camera view below and in the front of the plane. This was neat and I have not seen anyone else have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I was at IAH yesterday when the inaugural Emirates flight arrived. A friend from San Francisco was passing through so we met to watch it arrive, and have an early dinner at Pappadeaux before both flying out to our work destinations this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Emirates Airlines boosts Houston departures http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories...tml?jst=b_ln_hl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALMSP Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 certainly a route we will be way behind once we start IAH-DXB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban909 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 certainly a route we will be way behind once we start IAH-DXB. i would much rather be on EK for 15-17 hours than CO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 My uncle who works for Continental said they'll be flying to Dubai next year too. He wasn't 100% sure if it would be IAH or Newark though, but he was pretty sure it was gonna be IAH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 i would much rather be on EK for 15-17 hours than CO...CO is preparing to upgrade their BusinessFirst seating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban909 Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 CO is preparing to upgrade their BusinessFirst seating. you're right, the new BusinessFirst will probably roll out with the delivery of the 788/9's. however, F, J, Y class on EK is still better in my book. now if i could actually afford B/F on CO and/or F/J class on EK i would still go with EK. but then there is the attraction of flying on the 788/9 with CO on this route... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 you're right, the new BusinessFirst will probably roll out with the delivery of the 788/9's. however, F, J, Y class on EK is still better in my book. now if i could actually afford B/F on CO and/or F/J class on EK i would still go with EK. but then there is the attraction of flying on the 788/9 with CO on this route... Economy on Emirates may not be better. They do manage to pack 10 seats across their 777s in the back, while Continental (and everyone else in the US) only puts 9 seats across back there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALMSP Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 My uncle who works for Continental said they'll be flying to Dubai next year too. He wasn't 100% sure if it would be IAH or Newark though, but he was pretty sure it was gonna be IAH. unfortunately it wont be next year for DXB service. I wouldnt imagine DXB coming online until 2010....as the 787 will most likely not be in our fleet until the end of '09 or mid '10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban909 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Economy on Emirates may not be better. They do manage to pack 10 seats across their 777s in the back, while Continental (and everyone else in the US) only puts 9 seats across back there...huh...i knew that on there 772/3 that they had 10 across, but i thought that on the 77LR they would have 9 across seeing that they are using these planes on longer routes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Nope, they crammed 10 across on all of their 777s in economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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