Emirates Delays/Cancellations

[Melburnian1]

EK416 from DXB to SYD is again delayed, though not as heavily as yesterday. On Wednesday 19 August, B773ER A6-EQD should arrive at gate at 1951 hours, 106 minutes behind schedule. This will delay pushback for the returning flight (EK417, the timetabled 2010 hours ex SYD). No standout reason for the inbound delay as the aircraft had been in DXB for more than three hours prior to scheduled departure for Sydney.

The 0205 'small hours' EK440 from DXB to ADL has A359 A6-EXM. It was in the sky at 0254 so gate arrival looks to be 42 minutes late at 2047.

EK414 is the Wednesday 19 0215 hours DXB-SYD with A388 A6-EUU that pointed skywards at 0314 hours. Arrival tonight will be approximately 2235 hours, half an hour behind schedule.

 

[Melburnian1]

On Friday 21 August 2026, EK416 from DXB to SYD arrived at 1909 hours, 64 minutes late with B773ER A6-EPZ.

In the previous three days, it had arrived (starting with 18 August) 66.69 and 66 minutes late, so at least it's 'consistent'!

The two days prior to those, it had arrived about 40 minutes late in Sydney.

Mostly it seems to be formed by the arriving EK238 ex Boston, USA. This gives a scheduled turnaround of 135 minutes, but often EK238 arrived early in Dubai.

I'd have thought with all the Middle East troubles that Dubai would be less busy than say a year ago, but for whatever reason, EK416 seems to suffer with poor punctuality.

A fairly tight timetabled turnaround in Sydney doesn't help.