Emirates - Boeing 777-31HER Boarding - London Heathrow Airport (EGLL)

Boarding Emirates 777-300ER - A6-ECR at LHR stand 364.
Nice to board a plane using an air stair instead of the usual gate as you can see how big the aircraft really is. The General Electric GE90-115B is the biggest and most powerful engine in the world.
24 July 2009

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Travel & Events

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• Emirates
• Boeing 777-31HER
• Boarding
• London Heathrow Airport
• EGLL

[phatcarz]

what does the "H" in ER stand for?

[uutdordt26]

@phatcarz It's part of the customer designation used by Boeing. Each airline has it's own code that is added to the type of aircraft. For Emirates it's 1H. You can check airlinecodes.co.uk for the complete list of Boeing Customers Codes.

[astoniz]

nice video... why your walking??

[uutdordt26]

@astoniz The weather on that day was very bad so the plane had to divert to Birmingham and eventually landed at Heathrow at around 6:30PM which was 5 hours later then scheduled. As most of the diverted planes arrived at that time, it was parked on a stand. So no airbridge available there.

[zeesham13]

@uutdordt26, I would hate it to board a aircraft from a parking stand, it just ruins the experience.

[uutdordt26]

@zeesham13 I think it is the opposite of that :P because now you can see the size of this big thing you are flying in, but when you're boarding via a gate it is just like walking into a hallway which ends in another hallway with seats. Boarding via the air stair gives me a extra exciting feeling, standing next to the plane but I can understand your opinion.

[fonty1231]

@uutdordt26 omgg i reckon ! i love boarding from the stairs but i guess its harder for the elderly :l

[MrGriser]

@uutdordt26 I love getting a bus because they are fun to travel on if you can get a seat and see out the window there ususally cobus 3000 the one's I usually travel on and it really is hit & miss if you can get an apron bus!

[zeesham13]

@uutdordt26,Usually when I go Aboard from Heathrow, I usually board the Aircraft through the Jetway, when I arrive that my destination I then have to exit the aircraft from stairs.

[charlieiscool1000]

very rare to walk to a parking stand at heathrow