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I’ve flown just about every commercial model of airplane made in the last 30 years including Emirates A380 biz class. While that was undoubtedly an amazing trip, it had a lot more to do with the airline than the airplane. My enthusiasm for the trip also dropped off when I had to spend several hours waiting around in the middle of the night at their hub in Dubai.

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Yes! See my other comment - the DXB stopover is their Achilles heel I think.

Why? What happened in Dubai?

Probably has to do with the way airlines schedule their flights, depending on the final destination and direction. Sometimes you'll catch a flight and can't make a connecting flight for several hours.

How Airlines Schedule Flights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGXahSnA_oA

Many flights in Dubai happen late at night / very early morning due to a combination of time zone alignment and daytime heat making it harder to service large planes.

It could be fueling issues. I once had a Summer flight which was suppose to be direct from Athens to NYC that had to make a pitstop at Heathrow for fuel. It was so hot in Greece they couldn't fit enough fuel on board to jump the pond without a top off.

I've never heard of that before, and I've taken flights out of Israel in 43°C weather. Could just be a 'fuel price' thing

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