Emirates

✅ Verified Review | I have had to fly from Adelaide to Frankfurt four times within 12 months. One trip was ex Perth via the Airbus 380 which was just passable and the rest via Boeing 777. It seems that the people that design airplane seats never travel in economy class for more than a couple of hours. I am totally amazed that the airlines are getting away with these small and cramped seats for long haul flights. Fortunately I am not the tallest person and I feel sorry for someone that is a bit taller than I am because I feel very uncomfortable after about 3 hours. There are no foot rests available. Unfortunately I can’t afford to fly Business class but if the airlines priced this more realistically more people would avail themselves of this.

The seats in Economy Class on the Emirates Boeing 777s I flew were too narrow and uncomfortable. Emirates and other airlines who use 3x4x3 seating in a B777 should re-think this. The 777 is very comfortable when it has 3x3x3 seating, but squeezing an extra seat in makes the experience very unpleasant - awkward both physically and culturally. Also, though Emirates is rightly proud of its extensive IFE selection, the touch screen was very awkward to use, the the headphones delivered very poor sound quality.

I fly frequently on Emirates usually between London and Asia. Personally I would rather fly via DXB with a short leg stretch and break the journey into two chunks. Otherwise 14 or 15 hours in economy just gets boring. When you consider seat comfort, inflight entertainment, seat power and Wifi the Emirates back cabin is superior to premium economy on many others. I always choose an aisle seat, centre and on the odd occasion when flights are not completely full it is pretty much guaranteed to get an empty adjacent seat.

We fly back from Madrid to Adelaide in 2 days time after being away for just over 5 weeks commencing our holiday in Prague. It has taken me 5 weeks for my ankles to stop swelling. I am 5'8" / 173cm tall and average build. Seats on both flights were narrow with little leg room. It has been over 3 years since we last flew. I always regarded Emirates as one of the top airlines with comfortable seats, good leg room and elbow space and excellent service. I now take this back. The service was no where near their high standard. Each time I've flown previously, the flight attendants have been friendly, helpful with all passengers and walked through the cabin offering water. This is the first time I've flown getting off both flights very dehydrated and with swollen ankles. Wake up Emirates. Qatar Airways fly into Adelaide now and their economy seats are larger. Seats 18D and 46D.

Good seat with good service. The seat itself is comfortable comparing for other airlines but not a really special point for choosing this airline.

It was a good experience, but I had disappointment in some area for example, foods, it was so cold and it consists of 2 mini sandwiches, nuts, small piece of Konafa and water. Also, the seats are too small and rigid. The trip was too short (approximately 1hr) but I had some of back pain! I don’t know how the people travel 15 hour flight with those seats! The seat screen was big and the contents were good and a lot of choices, but the Arabic songs were not too much. I you want to sleep and you do not want anyone wake you up even when the food came, you have only put a sticker in top of your seat and no one will wake you up. Generally, my experience was good but I will make a lot of thinking when I may choose this airline in the future.

Flying from Adelaide to Dubai on an Emirates Boeing 777-300 was very average, the seats were very close together and the only storage space was in the tiny seat back pocket or under the seat but half was cut off by the IFE box. The seat back power supply was really annoying as it worked if I put pressure on the plug. Seat recline was average and seat width was a bit narrow. The IFE screen was fine though and worked without issues.

Travelled in Economy Class from Dubai to London. We were a group of 4 seated in Zone D seat 32. During the whole flight there was a very cold breeze above our heads, in spite of all air vents closed. Cabin crew were made aware of this and we were told that the temperature could be adjusted by them. If they did anything, it did not make any difference. It was one of the most uncomfortable flight we have flown.

Seats very narrow and uncomfortable, the A380 may be the largest airliner for carrying passengers but they have cut down on the sizes of the seats. Hardly any padding on the seats, very basic and certainly not for long haul flights.

Love flying with Emirates A380. Excellent, even in economy class. However the Boeing 777-300 from Dubai to Chennai on the 21th of dec was an old, not up to date plane. Emirates unworthy. The economy seats are old, not wide enough. Not up to current standards. That 1 inch extra does miracles. The IFE was also outdated. Happy the service is not outdated, but very good staff. Not looking forward to the return flight as both legs are on a Boeing 777-300.