Well after all the planning, researching and purchasing, we’re finally here in Europe. First stop London
We left Sydney airport on a sunny Friday arvo, board the Qantas Airbus A380, watched our takeoff via the planes tailcam, we settled in to enjoy some inflight entertainment and the long journey to Europe. After several TV shows, movies and copious amounts of food, I was really looking forward to getting off in Dubai for a couple of hours, only to be informed that we were diverting to Abu Dabhi due to a “thunderstorm” over Dubai (the plane was unable to wait due to it running out of fuel). Once landed in Abu Dabhi, we then had to wait for a terminal to free up (one of the disadvantages of flying in the new Airbus is you can’t just pull into any free terminal at an airport as you need a terminal that’s compatible with an A380), eventually we had a spot assigned, only to find out we weren’t docking here but only pausing here briefly to refuel 🙁 After about another hour, we were finally cleared for takeoff, to fly the 15min journey to Dubai. I was so happy to finally get off the plane, as I was exhausted and over the plane journey.
We then had an indefinite wait in Dubai airport as we were now running about 6 – 8 hours behind our original schedule, so the plane needed replacement crew, needing restocking, cleaning and ground crew in Dubai needed to sort out food vouchers and connecting flights for customers.
Anyway, ultimately, we finally got to London arriving around 1pm, when we’d originally been scheduled to arrive around 7am. It was typical London weather when we landed, cloudy and overcast, but the weather forecast promised for some sunny weather in the coming days, so hopefully we’ll have some nice weather over the coming days. Will keep you posted.
See ya