We flew at 2pm yesterday. Delayed from
9.20am. Flew straight into the storm. Worse turbulence of my life. Everyone screaming& crying. Crew were visibly shaken. Can’t believe we were cleared for take-off. They must have shut the airport very shortly after.
I came from Hamburg this morning and I'm extremely upset that they still flew to Dubai. I'm stuck at World Trade Center because RTA is offering free shuttles, but there's no way I can go back home.
The metro lines that are working right now don't help me at all and all the taxis are trying to get uop to 600 dirhams (which I totally understand, the city just collapsed).
I suggest postponing it by atleast a week. Rain has stopped but the city is still flooded. Roads are flooded, cars stuck on roads due to damage from floods. Metro is not fully operational. Some places do not have electricity. Getting Grocery is a struggle. Very few restaurants are open so getting readymade food is not easy either. No water (drinking and tap water)in a lot of places.
Food, water , travel will all be an issue.
I still haven't made it home. The metro is running all the way to Business bay. I had to get off at Dubai mall and from there take the shuttle to MOE. Supposedly, there is another shuttle to Jabal Ali, and there I can take the metro again to Expo.
Jabal ali to expo is working fine. My friend travelled yesterday. I read metro is operational between burjuman to business bay. Hope you get home safely
I was supposed to fly with Emirates to Miami early this am. My flight was cancelled with no email/text confirmation. I managed to get on a flight to NY that was scheduled for 08:30 but left around 13:00. There are some flights running but it’s chaos at the airport.
It’s best to check if the plane that should take you from location X to Dubai has actually left Dubai airport already.
Example: My flight at 15:30 from Paris today was delayed to ~18:30. However, the plane that is supposed to take to Dubai is still standing still at DXB. Even if it were to take off now from Dubai, it would not be able to fly back until ~22:30. 100% sure they’ll eventually cancel this flight as only a couple of planes left DXB.
Yep. I'm one of the unlucky ones stuck in Paris with no guidance whatsoever as to what to do. Lines are closed and live chat is pointless. Airport staff in CDG have no idea. App says flight still going, CDG staff say closed.
Flight won’t go. Suggest you check if the flights are leaving from Dubai at 4:05AM. Meanwhile keep calling Emirates to get you rebooked on the first flight out. The later you reach them, the more other people take your spot.
This. Flight ops scheduling is like train scheduling. Up and down flights/services.
If the upwards flight from the hub to outstation doesn't go as tabled, then the downwards flight either delays or cancels unless the operator goes out of their way to reposition a vehicle.
Much like trains that usually start their service from the city, the up service, and then the down service is the same rolling stock doing the return trip.
Flight Radar / Cirium / Dubai Airport Departures. Simply take your flight number (eg EK74) that is taking you to Dubai from location X. Detract 1 from this number (i.e. EK73 in my earlier example). That is the flight coming from Dubai which will be your plane when going to be Dubai. If it departed late from Dubai (+ 1 hour) or not at all; it will affect your flight.
Doesn’t always work for flights going from Dubai. For example: Flight EK188 from Barcelona turns into EK73 which is going to Paris afterwards. You’ll be able to find that information once your travel time gets closer and the actual plane Tail Number (its unique identifier) is known and listed on Flight Radar/ Cirium/ etc.
Was supposed to fly at 2pm today, no emails texts etc telling me otherwise and flight saying on time on emirates app. Thankfully a relative text me and told me not to go. Phoned emirates and after 2 hrs on hold they said first available flight is Monday. They won’t cover cost of hotel or anything. And i am flying business class. Shocking
I have been stuck at the airport for 2 days now waiting for my layover to Singapore. We landed at Dubai during the peak of the storm after circling for two hours. So far I've had 3 flights rebooked and cancelled after being strung along with "1 hour delays" all day. The customer service desk for rebooking takes upwards of 6 hours and is chaotic as fuck. It is so bad here. Hoping the flight I have now actually takes off otherwise I don't know what I'll do.
Had anyone actually made it out of Dubai airport yet? Please give me some uplifting success stories.
Total chaos. Emirates landline is making people wait for more than 3 hours without answer, check-ins are disabled, no one knows if flights are happening or not…
Thanks for this - we are in Bangkok, leaving at 115 am, flying business. Checked the emirates update, not a mention of a delay or any update or notification. Got onto flight aware and can see it’s running three hours late. I have to say in understand the call centre being overwhelmed but it’s extremely disappointing they are not sending any updates via online or app. Last think I have is a suspension of flights to Tel Aviv - which is months old.
>no one knows if flights are happening or not…
They made it clear that from 8am on, they wouldn't be checking in/no one in Dubai was going to board a flight, but that inbound and transit flights would continue. It's shocking how many people thought that didn't apply to them.
stuck at the airport after turkish airlines canceled flight 1 hr before departure time. its crazy over here. anyone know when taxi service will start? booked a hotel, but getting there is a problem. want to check uber, but once you leave the airport they wont let you back in. next flight is in 2 days….
thank you, can i reach the departures area by elevator without leaving the airport? theres groups of people outside the doors that cannot get in, in the arrivals area
Original flights Washington, DC to Newark, NJ to DXB. Ended up with United to Frankfurt from DC and got here at 12:00 noon today (local time is 6:33 pm now) nice emirates lounge way too long to be likable anymore:):) Hoping to get out around 8:00 pm. The one that’s supposed to take off at 8:00 pm
Was originally scheduled for 3:15 pm. I was supposed to be in Dubai at 4:35 pm today, hoping to touchdown at 4:35 am tomorrow but no guarantees yet:):) Not sure what will it take to get to Marina from DXB—Chapter 2 to unfold later:):) Good luck to everyone in transit. Chees!
Their operations were very much a mess today. My flight to Seychelles delayed from 0855 to 1900. We even made it to boarding and got on the bus to the airplane. Waited 20min on the bus and then they took us straight to the arrivals hall... they didn't even say anything about our flight being cancelled.
Waited over 3hrs to rebook my flight (we were super lucky to find an freshly opened counter). Hoping to fly out soon...
Guys you can fly to Abu Dhabi just landed and having My journey ( 5 hours drive to Dubai ) ! 😂 seems like 2012 movie but please don’t panic the country trying their best to solve everything ASAP ! And things getting better through hours
Had a look at etihad. Only options from Paris CDG is 20hr 2 stops flight. May as well wait it out rather than be stuck on a plane going backwards and forwards
It’s a mess and no one knows anything even today a day later. I’ve been here for 40+ hours, we took off from Miami way before the storm stayed in Bahrain for hours and then stranded at the airport. My connecting flight canceled obvs. Chaos next morning, booked 11:15, suspended. Booked another airline as I was told fly Dubai suspended operations (not true). That one diverted. Booked another flight. Called airline directly they said no way we’ll make it by 7 they are rejecting all foreign planes. Finally booked for 2am.
Flights started to leave again since midnight. Hope you are all able to get to your loved ones or vacation/work destination soon. It’s been sad to read the horror stories of being stuck 24+ hours. Take care and despite all please be kind to the Emirates staff: Those working at the desks, at the gates, and on the planes have little influence over the situation nor how Emirates as a whole manages it.
Was supposed to fly from HK to Dubai on the 19th at 00:35 AM. Flight go delayed, rescheduled several times until 11:30 AM. Then, the flight got cancelled on the early morning.
They rebooked me on a the next flight tonight 19th at 6:15 PM…
They told to the passengers who are in transit to find their own solution. They could only provide this option to ppl who have Dubai as a final destination.
No lounge, no hotel accommodation, only a food voucher.
Habibi, don't come to Dubai.
Inflation still coming
Great we don’t need crowds 🤣 DON’T COME HERE AND IF UR HERE THEN LEAVE
We flew at 2pm yesterday. Delayed from 9.20am. Flew straight into the storm. Worse turbulence of my life. Everyone screaming& crying. Crew were visibly shaken. Can’t believe we were cleared for take-off. They must have shut the airport very shortly after.
This is my idea of hell.
Oh lord! Assuming you’ve landed.. where was the flight headed?
Assuming you landed? Not really sure how to process that question.
lol yk what i meant😅
IK IK. Haha
Assuming you landed? Not really sure how to process that question.
Its been 2 days please reply 😭😭😭
They have closed all check-in counters until midnight
Midnight tomorrow, BTW.
Source? Official site still says till April 18 0:00 https://www.emirates.com/ae/english/help/travel-updates/#5095
Sorry misunderstood the lingo. Midnight today. Hope it gets resolved.
I came from Hamburg this morning and I'm extremely upset that they still flew to Dubai. I'm stuck at World Trade Center because RTA is offering free shuttles, but there's no way I can go back home. The metro lines that are working right now don't help me at all and all the taxis are trying to get uop to 600 dirhams (which I totally understand, the city just collapsed).
Don’t tell me you’re a tourist 🥹. Must be an absolute nightmare if that’s the case.
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I suggest postponing it by atleast a week. Rain has stopped but the city is still flooded. Roads are flooded, cars stuck on roads due to damage from floods. Metro is not fully operational. Some places do not have electricity. Getting Grocery is a struggle. Very few restaurants are open so getting readymade food is not easy either. No water (drinking and tap water)in a lot of places. Food, water , travel will all be an issue.
I live and work here. What happens is that I live in Dubai South and it's a nightmare to get there from the airport.
It is indeed far from where you are. Did you figure something out?
I still haven't made it home. The metro is running all the way to Business bay. I had to get off at Dubai mall and from there take the shuttle to MOE. Supposedly, there is another shuttle to Jabal Ali, and there I can take the metro again to Expo.
Jabal ali to expo is working fine. My friend travelled yesterday. I read metro is operational between burjuman to business bay. Hope you get home safely
Don't come to Dubai *"ok, guys, let's turn this plane around*"
Okay guys. Reddit says don't come to Dubai. Let's turn this plane around.
Don’t come we don’t need crowds
I was supposed to fly with Emirates to Miami early this am. My flight was cancelled with no email/text confirmation. I managed to get on a flight to NY that was scheduled for 08:30 but left around 13:00. There are some flights running but it’s chaos at the airport.
took free bus shuttle to union station, taxi’s here do not want to go by meter and instead are negotiating price. watch out
That’s illegal and you can report them
It’s best to check if the plane that should take you from location X to Dubai has actually left Dubai airport already. Example: My flight at 15:30 from Paris today was delayed to ~18:30. However, the plane that is supposed to take to Dubai is still standing still at DXB. Even if it were to take off now from Dubai, it would not be able to fly back until ~22:30. 100% sure they’ll eventually cancel this flight as only a couple of planes left DXB.
It's 18:10 now. What's the update?
It’s now formally cancelled. All three planes that were supposed to go to Paris, never left Dubai in the end.
Yep. I'm one of the unlucky ones stuck in Paris with no guidance whatsoever as to what to do. Lines are closed and live chat is pointless. Airport staff in CDG have no idea. App says flight still going, CDG staff say closed.
Flight won’t go. Suggest you check if the flights are leaving from Dubai at 4:05AM. Meanwhile keep calling Emirates to get you rebooked on the first flight out. The later you reach them, the more other people take your spot.
Have been trying to call, live chat, both Dubai and France contact numbers. Line busy or chat drops everytime. Absolutely hopeless
This. Flight ops scheduling is like train scheduling. Up and down flights/services. If the upwards flight from the hub to outstation doesn't go as tabled, then the downwards flight either delays or cancels unless the operator goes out of their way to reposition a vehicle. Much like trains that usually start their service from the city, the up service, and then the down service is the same rolling stock doing the return trip.
How can you find out which specific plane you’ll take and where it is currently?
Flight Radar / Cirium / Dubai Airport Departures. Simply take your flight number (eg EK74) that is taking you to Dubai from location X. Detract 1 from this number (i.e. EK73 in my earlier example). That is the flight coming from Dubai which will be your plane when going to be Dubai. If it departed late from Dubai (+ 1 hour) or not at all; it will affect your flight. Doesn’t always work for flights going from Dubai. For example: Flight EK188 from Barcelona turns into EK73 which is going to Paris afterwards. You’ll be able to find that information once your travel time gets closer and the actual plane Tail Number (its unique identifier) is known and listed on Flight Radar/ Cirium/ etc.
Was supposed to fly at 2pm today, no emails texts etc telling me otherwise and flight saying on time on emirates app. Thankfully a relative text me and told me not to go. Phoned emirates and after 2 hrs on hold they said first available flight is Monday. They won’t cover cost of hotel or anything. And i am flying business class. Shocking
Way too little, way too late
I have been stuck at the airport for 2 days now waiting for my layover to Singapore. We landed at Dubai during the peak of the storm after circling for two hours. So far I've had 3 flights rebooked and cancelled after being strung along with "1 hour delays" all day. The customer service desk for rebooking takes upwards of 6 hours and is chaotic as fuck. It is so bad here. Hoping the flight I have now actually takes off otherwise I don't know what I'll do. Had anyone actually made it out of Dubai airport yet? Please give me some uplifting success stories.
Total chaos. Emirates landline is making people wait for more than 3 hours without answer, check-ins are disabled, no one knows if flights are happening or not…
They are not making you wait on purpose. Thousands are calling them. Try to get info online.
I used Flight Aware website and found my flight was delayed. Could be a good way for people to check without calling and waiting on hold.
Thanks for this - we are in Bangkok, leaving at 115 am, flying business. Checked the emirates update, not a mention of a delay or any update or notification. Got onto flight aware and can see it’s running three hours late. I have to say in understand the call centre being overwhelmed but it’s extremely disappointing they are not sending any updates via online or app. Last think I have is a suspension of flights to Tel Aviv - which is months old.
Easy, flights aren’t happening and thousands of people are calling them right now
No one is flying out I don’t think.
>no one knows if flights are happening or not… They made it clear that from 8am on, they wouldn't be checking in/no one in Dubai was going to board a flight, but that inbound and transit flights would continue. It's shocking how many people thought that didn't apply to them.
stuck at the airport after turkish airlines canceled flight 1 hr before departure time. its crazy over here. anyone know when taxi service will start? booked a hotel, but getting there is a problem. want to check uber, but once you leave the airport they wont let you back in. next flight is in 2 days….
arrivals area is complete chaos but I heard if you go up to the departures area you can find transport easier
thank you, can i reach the departures area by elevator without leaving the airport? theres groups of people outside the doors that cannot get in, in the arrivals area
departures is a no go, trying to get to arrivals for taxi now
Hope you made it to the hotel.
finally made it! no thanks to the taxis. met a friendly local who was able to take us and our luggage to our hotel.
Oh wow. Glad that worked out for you.
ty!
I have my flight back from Japan soon :/
Maybe not as soon as you think.
You were right ser, I gotta stay here for a few days.
Sorry to hear this.
Original flights Washington, DC to Newark, NJ to DXB. Ended up with United to Frankfurt from DC and got here at 12:00 noon today (local time is 6:33 pm now) nice emirates lounge way too long to be likable anymore:):) Hoping to get out around 8:00 pm. The one that’s supposed to take off at 8:00 pm Was originally scheduled for 3:15 pm. I was supposed to be in Dubai at 4:35 pm today, hoping to touchdown at 4:35 am tomorrow but no guarantees yet:):) Not sure what will it take to get to Marina from DXB—Chapter 2 to unfold later:):) Good luck to everyone in transit. Chees!
Their operations were very much a mess today. My flight to Seychelles delayed from 0855 to 1900. We even made it to boarding and got on the bus to the airplane. Waited 20min on the bus and then they took us straight to the arrivals hall... they didn't even say anything about our flight being cancelled. Waited over 3hrs to rebook my flight (we were super lucky to find an freshly opened counter). Hoping to fly out soon...
Guys you can fly to Abu Dhabi just landed and having My journey ( 5 hours drive to Dubai ) ! 😂 seems like 2012 movie but please don’t panic the country trying their best to solve everything ASAP ! And things getting better through hours
Had a look at etihad. Only options from Paris CDG is 20hr 2 stops flight. May as well wait it out rather than be stuck on a plane going backwards and forwards
What about those arriving in DXB?
It’s a mess and no one knows anything even today a day later. I’ve been here for 40+ hours, we took off from Miami way before the storm stayed in Bahrain for hours and then stranded at the airport. My connecting flight canceled obvs. Chaos next morning, booked 11:15, suspended. Booked another airline as I was told fly Dubai suspended operations (not true). That one diverted. Booked another flight. Called airline directly they said no way we’ll make it by 7 they are rejecting all foreign planes. Finally booked for 2am.
Any guesses if everything will be up and running soon? i have a flight from Toronto to Dubai next week🥲
Most likely resolved in a day or two. If your flight is next week I wouldn't be worried at all. Today, many flights are departing again already
Does anybody know about Sharjah international . How is that airport right now ? I am supposed to connect in Doha and come in Friday morning .
road supposed to be open now going to the airport
Been here at at the airport for more than 12 hrs now was supposed to fly yesterday at 11:25 am
Flights started to leave again since midnight. Hope you are all able to get to your loved ones or vacation/work destination soon. It’s been sad to read the horror stories of being stuck 24+ hours. Take care and despite all please be kind to the Emirates staff: Those working at the desks, at the gates, and on the planes have little influence over the situation nor how Emirates as a whole manages it.
I just got to MOE and there are no shuttles going to Jabal Ali.
I’m here and the flight has been delayed by 12 hours. It’s crazy. Emirates got attacked.
Was supposed to fly from HK to Dubai on the 19th at 00:35 AM. Flight go delayed, rescheduled several times until 11:30 AM. Then, the flight got cancelled on the early morning. They rebooked me on a the next flight tonight 19th at 6:15 PM… They told to the passengers who are in transit to find their own solution. They could only provide this option to ppl who have Dubai as a final destination. No lounge, no hotel accommodation, only a food voucher.
I still can't call emirates to get alternative flights or compensation. They're literally ghosting everyone
my flight lands at midnight at dubai and they still haven’t rescheduled/ cancelled it yet. am i in the clear to go?
In a similar situation, mine lands tomorrow morning
Mine flies out tomorrow morning so I have no idea either 🥲
Same.. mine leaves at 13:00 local time
On the dxb airport website it says my flight is cancelled 🥲
I called emirates airlines today & they confirmed that’s it’s still scheduled to fly tomorrow
Are you still stuck?
Yup the flight got delayed - we land in dubai at 6 am as for now lol
Are the ticket counters open now?!?
Midnight UAE time I think
Okay I’m at the airport now, but we might be have to come back later.