Baharat – silverfox175

Breakfast was in the hotel, after which, we were ferried by private Emirate Airline car to the airport, for the final leg of our journey to Rome.

Departure area in Dubai Airport – very clean and impressive.

We passed through emigration & security & boarded a train for the short ride to the satellite area.
Once in the satellite area we approached the bank of lifts that took us up to the ‘boarding’ area – which was also the shopping area and airline lounges.

Behind the lifts they had computer controlled fountains to keep you amused while in the lift  . . .

Once inside the Emirates business class lounge we realised how large this area is in comparison to Emirates Sydney – it was huge.

Just one small area of the lounge which contained much of the food and drink.

Dedicated area to Gate A 12 (our departure gate), which is within the main lounge area.

Power and internet sockets at every seat – if you wish a waitress will bring you coffee, just ask.

A view of the public shopping area below – picture taken from within the business class lounge.

When called we made our way to boarding.
Once again, we had ‘staggered’ seats – I was behind Maureen, for the much shorter flight of six hours to Rome.

As expected we were offered Champaign, along with menus for lunch.

The airport was busy so we had to wait our turn before turning on to the runway for our take-off.