All this is only at T3, right? Not T1? I fly Qatar all the time so rarely ever fly in/out of T3.

Not 100% sure but I thought they had eGate in T1 as well? They certainly have eGate at Al Maktoum.

There's egate (and I have an egate card) but we're talking about using Emirates ID in lieu of the egate card? The last I heard was that the ID was only usable in T3 but that was some time ago.

Slightly about airports isn't Emirates moving airport to Al Maktom? Which is very near the Abu Dhabi boarder. Which begs the question why don't Etihad and Emirates merge? I massive airport in 30 minutes from both cities. I think Etihad even owns a good % of Emirates as well.

“The service will soon be activated in all other terminals as well. As part of the first phase, we have implemented it at the arrival wing of Terminal three, but in the following phases of the project, the service will be activated in Terminals one, two, and three at both the arrivals and departures wings,” he said.


Passengers with Emirates ID can now use e-gate at Dubai Airport Terminal 3 | GulfNews.com

A few years ago I was told the plan was to move other airlines to DWC once completed and DXB would be purely Emirates.

Dubai's Emirates to move to new airport after 2020, exec says | Reuters

Can do it on blue too, the Mrs sorted it quite recently.

their freighter operations are already out there (along with everyone elses). It's Qatar airways fly out of there a couple times a day. Last time I flew out from DWC, I was 25minutes from leaving the house through to being past security. Empty.

Qatar fly from both. Wizz air fly from DWC.
think they plan to move fly Dubai out to DWC in the not too distant future

I used the one on the far left.

which way were you facing?

Up.

Using your Emirates ID for egate is only at the minute in T3 (Emirates flights only). I used it recently and it was fantastic. Always hate flying into DXB and the immigration queues so this was a refreshing change. Spent more time in the taxi queue than getting through the egate. Glad I didn't pay the egate fees. They do say soon they will be expanding it to all the other terminals, I think they are just checking if it all works out of T3 before rolling it out to other terminals.