A Long-Haul Flight with A380 [Emirates Airlines] EK 203 DXB-JFK (Dubai->New York/JFK) trip report [에미레이트항공] EK 203 두바이->뉴욕/JFK 탑승기

EK 203 DXB-JFK (Dubai->New York/JFK)

DEP DXB 02:25 30 JUN 2013

ARR JFK 07:45 30 JUN 2013

Flight Duration: 14:20

Aircraft: A380-800

Courtesy of www.flightaware.com

Following my last trip report (EK 720 NBO-DXB) <http://flightsinsider.blogspot.com/2014/03/emirates-airlines-ek-720-nbo-dxb-trip.html>, it was time to board the A380 flight from Dubai to New York. First time I boarded an A380 was through a Korean Air flight from Hong Kong to Seoul-Incheon. However, since it was a red-eye flight, I spent most of the flight asleep.  This time, it would be a 15-hour long flight, plenty of time for me to experience the A380 awesomeness.

After about four hours of layover in Dubai airport, I boarded the New York bound flight in gate B15 at around 2:00 local time.

*If you missed my Korean Air flight KE 959 (non-stop from Seoul to Nairobi) trip report, it can be found here! <http://flightsinsider.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-time-in-africa-ke-959-icn-nbo.html>

It was quiet difficult for me to plane spot at night.

Many of the passengers seemed of Indian-descent going back to US (most of them holding US passport).

Walking on the boarding bridge

Zone F is perhaps the first class. The Economy Class zones were up ahead.

The immense size of A380 is clearly apparent here.

A big Emirates logo on the walls

Economy class cabin interior

On Emirates A380s, the entire main deck is comprised of 399 economy seats.

I like seating toward the tail-end of the plane.  That way I can be one of the first passengers to board the plane, giving me some time take pictures.  Bad thing about it is that I would be one of the last ones to disembark. And on an A380, the disembarking process can take a while.

My window seat, 83A.

The AVOD system was a little different from the one I saw on the B777-200 flight from Nairobi. It bigger, better, and newer.

Flight attendants for today's flight were of 13 different nationalities, all of them with ability to speak English and their own native languages.

Getting ready for push-back.

I liked the details of the windows on Emirates A380. But the A380 windows looks big on inside but is small on outside. This layout makes it a little harder to look outside. I'm definitely not a fan of A380 windows.

There were airshows available through the AVOD system. The camera views included the ones on the tail, belly, and nose.

Emirates' AVOD = ICE entertainment system.

I decided to watch "Argo" for the first time.

Another view of the Emirates' A380 windows.

Push-back started around this time.

The cabin interior mood lighting shifted.

Another A380 next to us.

See ya later DXB!

And the plane took off to the northwest, toward the Persian Gulf.

 

Tallest tower in the world, Burj Khalifa, is visible in this picture.

The menu for today's 15-hour long flight to New York/JFK

 

The choices for dinner:

1. Chicken Cacciatore - tender pieces of chicken thigh marinated with parmesan and classic cacciatore sauce, served with creamy plain mashed potatoes and seasoned peas and beans

2. Baked fish - topped with Middle Eastern Saffron sauce served with zerach berry rice and vegetable stew.

3. Aloo Shimla Mirch (Indian)- Potato and pepper curry stewed with spices, served with steamed basmati rice and toor dal.

*The appetizer was mixed bean salad and the desserts were apple and almond cake.

 

The choices for breakfast:

1. Chive Scrambled Eggs - with grilled bratwurst sausage, baked beans and sautéed potato cubes.

2. Cheddar Cheese Omelette - served with sautéed spinach leaves, fresh button mushrooms and potato herb cubes

3. Vegetable Upma (Indian) - Moist sautéed semolina dish with aloo bahji and poori

*Croissant and Fruits would be served along with breakfast.

*Between the two meals, a pizza would be served for snack.

Getting ready to serve dinner.

Argo's epic ending got be excited at the end. Coincidentally, my plane was crossing over Iran Airspace as I was watching the movie.

Today's flight route map.

Two hours after take-off it was already starting to get bright outside.

I chose the baked fish for the dinner service.

I apologize for the lack of lighting.

The meal was great. The baked fish was very crisp on outside, and delicious in inside. The saffron sauce worked out very well for this lovely dish.
 

As the day brightened outside, the flight attendants asked all passengers to close the windows.

 

The sunlight was catching up to the plane. For the entire duration of today's flight, the local time would be morning for all of the places the plane was to fly over.

We were about to leave the Iran airspace.

It was also time for me to sleep, since I had to be well-rested before landing into New York.

Dark cabin interior

 

Some five hours of sleep over, I started to smell something from the galley. The flight attendants were going around to distribute pizza to the passengers.

The pizza wasn't bad. It's was a typical frozen pizza that was probably reheated during flight.

I spent the next 30 minutes walking around to stretch and take some pictures.

The windows on the A380's main deck rear doors.

From the tail end section of the A380.

Staircase that leads to upper deck business class. It was blocked off.

 

the clean restroom.

Another pic from the tail-end section of the A380 

Cabin panorama shot.

After several more hours of sleep we were in Canadian airspace already.

And the breakfast services were started.

The choices for breakfast:

1. Chive Scrambled Eggs - with grilled bratwurst sausage, baked beans and sautéed potato cubes.

2. Cheddar Cheese Omelette - served with sautéed spinach leaves, fresh button mushrooms and potato herb cubes

3. Vegetable Upma (Indian) - Moist sautéed semolina dish with aloo bahji and poori

 

I ended up choosing the Chive Scrambled Eggs.

The dish, which looked pretty good to me.

Crossing over to American airspace.

 

First time in the USA in 6 months!

New York is down there.. just not visible due to the clouds.

JFK Airport is visible down below.

 

And that's the Rockaway Beach!

The plane steered direction above Atlantic Ocean before starting the approach into 22L

Another 180 degree turn above Queens.

Runway 22L is visible in the front.

It was one of the best landings I've ever felt (or didn't feel.. depends on how you put it)

Terminal 4 is visible in the front.

I arrived at the same gate I used to board TAM flight to Sao Paulo earlier this year.

It took a very long time for me to disembark.

To the border protection and customs.

The immigrations hall.

It surely didn't take much long for me to go through the customs.

But the bags took a long time to come out.

The lunch for the day was Chipotle~

Manhattan from the apartment

Fourth of July Fireworks in New York 2013~

 

Thank you for reading my trip report!