Dubai Airport.
The plane: A compact B777-300.
Class: Economy, as always.
Price: $520 (I know this because... see below).
Flight time: About six hours over some dramatic landscapes from the deserts around Dubai to snow-flecked Stockholm. About 20 minutes late taking off because of heat haze and traffic, but the time was made up in flight.
My seat: An aisle seat, 43G.
Fellow passengers: Looked to be mostly Swedes going home rather than tourists to Sweden.
How full: Close to squeezing, but comfy enough.
Entertainment: Always hard to argue with Emirates' sheer diversity of options from radio interviews to current movies.
The service: Excellent and efficient. Young kids got games, colouring books and cheerful blankets early on. The crew, from 11 countries, spoke 13 languages.
Food and drink: Decent continental breakfast (fruit, cheeses, croissant) and lunch (grilled chicken or grilled salmon as mains). The salmon came with a delicious dill sauce. Nice prep for the seafood in Stockholm.
The toilets: Yes, there were. Clean and small.
Luggage: A 17kg bag in the hold, and in the overhead locker a small carry-on, a very large thick coat, scarf and woollen hat for Stockholm in winter.
The airport experience: Ummm. Because I'd missed my flight the day before, I spent 24 hours in Dubai's cavernous airport which is a story for another day (and an experience I do not recommend).
Would I fly this again? Yes, with family at the far end it is necessary but the flight is reasonably quick, the food good, the movie choices excellent and the airline reliable.
When there's nothing as far as the eye can see, you may appreciate the company.