Oceana Arabian Gulf cruises: flights form Manchester

Has anyone booked on an Oceana Arabian Gulf cruise from Manchester got their flight details yet?

I ask because I've just enquired about details of these cruises from P&O and was told that they are using Virgin from Manchester. Yet as far as I can see Virgin don't fly to Dubai from Manchester. Trying some dates for Feb 2019 on the Virgin site gives me no flights at all. Altering the dates to June this year (just to see how they might be doing it) produces a wonderful itinerary - via Flybe to Aberdeen or Edinburgh and Heathrow!

I gather that the obvious choice of airline, Emirates, are only being used from Birmingham and Gatwick - at least, that's what I was told.

Does anyone have any actual booking details yet?

If P&O have chartered the flight then it probably won't show on Virgins website,it should show on Manchester Airports departure listings though,don't know how far ahead you can look on that though.

If P&O have chartered the flight then it probably won't show on Virgins website,it should show on Manchester Airports departure listings though,don't know how far ahead you can look on that though.

Do you think it would be a charter? I had assumed that for flights to Dubai they would book seats on scheduled flights. But I could be wrong. I know the Caribbean flights are charters, but DBX is the world's second-busiest airport overall, and the busiest for international flights, so there's no shortage of flights to there.

I would imagine it would depend on how many people P&O are sending out in one day

Emirates are the only airline flying direct from Manchester to Dubai and they have 3 flights a day using the A380.

If there are enough people, it could be more economical for P&O to charter another plane such as Virgin. Only P&O will know.

Brian

We are booked and flying from Manchester with Emirates

We are booked and flying from Manchester with Emirates

Thanks for that, janieb - looks like I was given bad information.

Can you tell me which cruise you’re going on?

We are flying from Manchester next March and going with virgin, we had the option to upgrade the seats to premium etc a few months ago

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Thanks for that, janieb - looks like I was given bad information.

 

Can you tell me which cruise you’re going on?

Hi

We are booked on E905A | OCEANA | 19 February 2019

We are booked from Manchester in March 2019 and flying with Virgin

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This who have the cruise booked with flights could you advise the flight times from Manchester and or Gatwick if you have them. I sent a message to P&O 5 days ago but no reply!

Ours is emirates EK20 leaving Manchester at 20.35 19th Feb arriving Dubai 07.50 (next day)

Return is EK19 leaving Dubai 2nd March 14.40 arriving Manchester 18.40 same day

Hope this helps

Our Gatwick flights are EK10 leaving at 20.25 arriving at Dubai 7.20 (next day), EK9 leaving Dubai at 14.35 arriving back at 18.25

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Thanks that's very useful as we need to get connecting flights first.

Finally got a response as follows

It will depend which date you wish to fly on with which cruise number.

However, as an example, I have the following information:

E904 08 Feb 19

LGW - Emirates - departing 08 Feb 19, 20:25 arrival in to DXB at 07:20 09 Feb

Departing DXB 19 Feb 19, 14:35 arrival in to LGW 18:25 19 Feb 19

There are no upgrades available on these LGW flights.

MAN - Virgin - departing 08 Feb 19, 21:30 arrival in to DXB at 08:30 09 Feb

Departing DXB 19 Feb 19, 11:30 arrival in to MAN 16:00 19 Feb 19

These Virgin flights have Economy, Premium Economy and Upper Class available.

Obviously you will need to check with our Reservations Team on 03453 555 111 for the cruise you want to take as all flights will be subject to availability.

I hope this information has helped to answer your enquiry and we look forward to welcoming you on board soon.

Kind regards

Helen

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Virgin has a premium economy option which is much less to upgrade to than with emirates as they only have business & first class grades. Although premium economy doesn't compare with business class it may be a more affordable option.