Gentlemen,
Theres a number of posts discussing flying on Emirates from the states.
Consensus is the Emirates firearm form is relatively straightforward but I don’t think I see any information on the “prior clearance into the UAE from UAE Customs & UAE Ministry of Defense” that Emirates references on their website.
Any thoughts or experience ?
I’m not opposed to using a Travel Agent, I’m just not sure they can book Emirates flights.

Thanks in advance.

Emirates, flying through Dubai, have their own clearance rules and they deal with them when you book your flight with firearms.

The firearms are in Dubai Airport Police custody at the airport, so technically they are not entering the country.

As Saeed describes, you'll need preauthorization from Emirates to fly with firearms but this has not been a problem for my travel agent and me. I've flown the USA to Dubai to Lusaka/Harare a few times without any issues. For the last couple trips, Qatar economy was significantly cheaper than Emirates, but my wife and I prefer to fly Emirates when the cost is similar.

There is confusion when people search for firearms into the UAE.

They get a page with required authorization from other government departments.

This does not apply to people flying Emirates through Dubai.

It is really very simple, and takes the hassle of rechecking on the next flight.

God, I love this site !

Many thanks for the clarification.

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Originally posted by doubleboy:
God, I love this site !

Many thanks for the clarification.

Gracey Travel will set you right and the application for Dubai needs to be made a month prior.

Just be careful if you use a Tuffpak. Often it's confused with a golf club case. Ours came out on the carousal with the rest of our luggage (we had a chosen three day layover) and we couldn't find anyone to take possession. We took it to the airport police office ourselves and this breached "possession" rules. Luckily the problem self resolved over a 90 minute period of tea and hospitality.

J&J

I will be flying through Dubai and then on to Harare. I am working on the form now and it requests an uploaded license for the firearm which is not necessary here. Would that be the new 4457 as a "license"

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Emirates, flying through Dubai, have their own clearance rules and they deal with them when you book your flight with firearms.

The firearms are in Dubai Airport Police custody at the airport, so technically they are not entering the country.

Saeed -

When I fly Emirates, they don't allow me to board. I stand by the gate agent until they get a phone call. I've always assumed it is they won't let me on the plane, until my firearms on on board?

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Originally posted by Steve Ahrenberg:

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Emirates, flying through Dubai, have their own clearance rules and they deal with them when you book your flight with firearms.

The firearms are in Dubai Airport Police custody at the airport, so technically they are not entering the country.

Saeed -

When I fly Emirates, they don't allow me to board. I stand by the gate agent until they get a phone call. I've always assumed it is they won't let me on the plane, until my firearms on on board?

No idea.

May be just because you look suspicious?

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Saeed -

When I fly Emirates, they don't allow me to board. I stand by the gate agent until they get a phone call. I've always assumed it is they won't let me on the plane, until my firearms on on board?

Whenever I travel on Emirates I have a firearm in baggage. Only been paused from boarding a couple of times and asked why once. The guy said he was checking my boarding pass number matched the tag number of my rifle case. It only took seconds and was done very politely.[/QUOTE]