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Anyone Flown Emirates To Athens?

Jubilee From Singapore, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 17 posts, RR: 0
Posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1260 times:

Hi,

I just purchased my tickets to Athens at the end of the month for my honeymoon (looking forward to them greek isles!), and, unfortunately, I was not able to get a seat on Singapore Airlines which is my usual first choice. However, the upside of it seems to be that I get to fly on EK for the very first time!

A quick check on Emirates' website reveals that I'd be on a B777 from Singapore to Dubai, and then an A300-600 from Dubai to Athens, with a stopover at Lanarca, Cyprus.

Just some quick questions to anyone out there who knows: Does EK use a B777-200 or B777-300 for the leg from Singapore to Dubai? The economy class seating on EK's B777 is arranged 3-4-3, which seems to me to be too cramped for a triple-seven (ie. as opposed to the normal 3-3-3); is the seating in such a layout comfortable? Does the A300-600 have PTVs in economy?

Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

5 replies: All unread, jump to last

Shabaz From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 102 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 1203 times:

Don't fly EK

Yes, A300-600 has PTV's. Flown with them many times.

Seats are a bit old though.

Take a better route - fly GULF air

Jubilee From Singapore, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 17 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1188 times:

Hi Shabaz,

Why do you not recommend EK? I've heard such conflicting reviews of the airline that I'm quite confused.

Gulf Air did not have a flight on my preferred date of travel. Maybe another time in the future.

LBA From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 494 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1186 times:

EK are brilliant.

Marco From United Arab Emirates, joined Jul 2000, 4161 posts, RR: 17
Reply 4, posted (12 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1182 times:

EK is a good airline. I've been on the A300 DXB-LCA it was an ok flight, the PTVs are quite small compared to the ones they have on the 777/330. I think your flight to ATH from DXB is nonstop and from there it continues on to malta...

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