TRIP REPORT
I was flying business class on this occasion, so I checked in at the dedicated first/business class area of Dubai Airport’s Terminal 3. Flydubai uses Emirates’ terminal for its flights to Belgrade, which is a big advantage considering that Terminal 2, which it uses for the majority of its other flights, is not the most comfortable airport experience. It is basically a low cost terminal and it shows in every aspect. Apart from dedicated check-in, at T3, first and business class passengers also have dedicated security and passport control, which is an advantage to avoid the queues.
After passing security, I headed to the lounge. Flydubai uses the Emirates lounge at Terminal 3, which is very large. Dubai Airport was quite busy and so was the lounge. Due to corona, all the buffet stations are manned by employees which plate the food for you, so you wouldn’t touch anything other than your plate. As I was hungry, I had a sandwich and some granola, since it was around 7AM.
Afterwards I headed to the gate. I knew the flight would be full. At the time I purchased the ticket, which was a few days before the departure date, I bought the last business class seat available. Thankfully I was able to select the so called “throne seat” in the second row since the seating configuration on the MAX is 2-2 in the first row, 1-1 in the second and 2-2 in the third. We were at a bus gate so we were taken to the plane, with business class passengers having a dedicated bus. It was a very long drive to the aircraft and took us around 15 minutes.
Flydubai’s business class product on the MAX is incomparable to the 737-800. It’s like flying on a different airline. The seats would put to shame the product many carriers have on their wide-body aircraft. It is fully lie flat and I liked that there was a…