Matt, you’re probably right, though I couldn’t believe the state of the BA B777that flew from Boston to LHR last year – it must have been one of the old ones.

I couldn’t help noticing while waiting at DXB for a connetion, that Emirates uses all its least desirable aircraft (A340-300s) for the African rioutes that carry mainly migrant workers back and forth.

Not for them the glittering A380s.