EK37 is by far the most ideal flight for connections to the UK, from Asian Countries. With a Fair Connection time, alongside the freedom of being able to experience a little bit of DXB. It’s the most ideal choice for returns compared to EK39
Apparently it’s a glitch 🤷🏻♂️
Glitch. A6-ENB has been given an arrival time by the pilots of 8:03am, while 39 takes off at 7:40am. Aircraft is required to be at DXB 3 hours before departure. Expected aircraft should be the one of the usuals.
I’ve just spoken to a relative who is flying Business class on Qatar to Doha & onwards on Monday who is using LHR outbound ( considerably cheaper) but is returning to BHX
Bubble bursting or just wrong time of year?
I'd say no. Every single time I've landed on an A380 its sounded like it's slammed down on the runway like in the video, with Etihad being the worst offender at it. Just my experience of A380 landings.
Flight cancelled ? I suspect that the engineer may be busy.
Last time i went on one (pre-Covid), we didnt even notice touchdown. It did look a bit robust, without much of a landing flare. But given the crap weather, the manual may well - i suspect - suggest you fly it in to the runway (as Boeing advise on the 737 in all weathers).
It did have a hard landing that required the usual immediate hard landing inspection but required Airbus being involved hence the delay and further inspections are required within a specific time period. Hard landings that involve A/C roll at touchdown where one main landing gear hits the ground 1st can complicate matters. The SAR007 data gives them all the info for a hard landing.
Every landing should be "slammed down", if that's what you want to call it. Trust me, you don't want to be on an A380 that's sauntering down the runway available length doing fairy touches before eventually gripping the runway.
