I then left Bob in sub-terminal C
and made my way to A. He was flying to Sydney while I was headed for Brisbane.
We both agreed that it was a fantastic tour, and it probably won’t sink in till
we review the hundreds of photos and thousands of words we both wrote along the
way.
Boarded on time at 1015h but, as normal in Dubai these days, we didn’t leave on
time. The plane was absolutely choc a block full. Just the size of the A380 and
the number of passengers involved, something is bound to go wrong somewhere in
the chain. This time it was a “container that got stuck while loading” which
held up the departure. When that was sorted out, they announced that air traffic
control instructed them to wait another 20 minutes. One hour later we were
still sitting on the ground! We finally got underway but taxied forever well
over an hour late. Dubai has got so busy that it appears to be consistently
running late every time I fly through it.
For most of the flight it was the smoothest I had experienced for a long time, not even the hint of a bump. If I was to catch my connecting flight to Hervey Bay, they needed to make up some time. ETA Brisbane was 0625h, but we arrived ten minutes early. So, I made my domestic flight with a few minutes to spare.
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