Emirates double daily at GLA from today

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Hi all
Our Emirates service upgrade kicks off today..our existing lunchtime B777-300 flight goes to a 3 class config (A6-EGJ first visit just landed) and a new evening flight ..first Emirates A340 service to UK i believe (A6-ERP due 1950 local)
nice for a bit of cheer at GLA for a change...weather getting better here so hopefully some decent landing shots of the A340 tonight :D

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Look forward to seeing the pics. However I was a bit puzzled by the comment "first Emirates A340 service to UK i believe" as I have flown back to the UK on one!

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:o Ahh.. misinformation on my part! lol.. i was told this was the first EK A340 sched to UK..where else gets them??

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I flew on an Emirates A340-500, A6-ERD, from Dubai to LGW in March 2004. Maybe it wasn't the aircraft normally scheduled for this service!

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Seems to be a scheduled service to Gatwick, but not for a few years now.

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I didn't even realise Emirates flew the A340.

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Well..they wont be come february 2013...being phased out...our A340 will change to another B777-300 then..shame really....only have a couple of months of being able to shoot it due to its late arrival time :(