Flying another ultra long-haul route from the Middle East, this time on Emirates’s longest 777-300ER route, with flight times approaching 16 and a half hours. On this flight, we’re in one of the Game Changer first class suites, which, along with Singapore Airlines’s first class product on their 777s, is the best in the business. It has to be, for the routes Emirates is flying these on.
Server: Solo
Airline: Emirates
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Origin: Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB)
Destination: Dallas Forth Worth International Airport, Grapevine, Texas (DFW)
Flight Number: EK221
Route: OMDB-KDFW
Seat: 2K (Game Changer)
Time En Route: 16 Hours 25 Minutes
Boarding shortly after 2 in the morning at Dubai. We’ll be spending this staggeringly-long flight in one of 6 Game Changer enclosed first class suites.
Taxiing out for departure
GE90-115Bs roaring as we blast out of Dubai
Turning over the Caspian Sea
Sunrise over the northernmost tip of Norway, shortly before closing the shades for a nice, long sleep
Waking up with the second sunrise after we outpaced it heading over the Arctic
Descent into Dallas
Landing at DFW after almost 16 and a half hours airborne
Long taxi over to the D Gates
Last look at our aircraft
