Flying Emirates

As an aviation geek I was excited to finally fly Emirates Airlines. They are known for having excellent service. For example, they bring along hot, wet towels for each person to wash off during the flight. It costs them little, but it's a nice treat on an 8 hour flight.

The LCD screen on the back of each seat is much larger than for other airlines. They also offer on-demand TV. Meaning, you want to watch CSI? You can start and stop when you want.*

Another cool feature is the ability to view cameras from the front and bottom of the airplane. The pictures from the bottom were rather meaningless until we came in for a landing. The picture above is of a rather large roundabout in Dubai. (At least I think it's a roundabout. It might be an alien spaceport.)

It was kinda cool to see the runway as we were landing.

This may be my only Emirates flight while back here. They are partnered with American and British Airways and unless the savings are HUGE I won't be flying them again.

*I watched Sex and the City 2 during one part of the flight. It was not as bad as the reviews but still not very good. As to the "four NYC women go to Abu Dhabi and encounter Muslim culture" plot, it was simply unrealistic. The Muslim part of the story was very minor compared to the way overplayed "Oh, I'm a married woman and I kissed a former lover" storyline.