Emirates Wishlist for 2014 (Incl Route Rumours)

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Jan 11, 2014, 3:16 am

#46

YuropFlyer

Join Date: May 2009

Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)

Posts: 9,455

I would absolutely love a service to NKG - would stop the last business that greedy Franz from LH has from us.

Jan 11, 2014, 9:45 am

#47

JTXC

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: Aberdeenshire

Programs: BA Exec Silver, Aeroplan, Hilton Honors Gold

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I thought of one more thing: perhaps remove the expiry of Skywards miles; or, extend the expiry period by a few years.

Jan 11, 2014, 11:08 am

#48

Topolino

Join Date: Oct 2009

Posts: 89

1. I'm happy that my wish will finally become true: Taipei (TPE) - Taiwan.
I'm surprised it took so long to make it real!

2. The next great destination is Sapporo (CTS) Japan.
Sapporo: No direct connections to Middle East or Europe. Sapporo-Dubai-further on Emirates would be a blast.
Just 1 change (now you need min 2) and you are everywhere in Europe, Middle East etc. Time is money. So great.
Sapporo is a big airport, there is in/out business. Would work 99% sure.

Jan 11, 2014, 11:24 am

#49

YYCspotter

Join Date: Sep 2013

Location: Calgary

Programs: Air Canada Aeroplan, AAadvantage

Posts: 27

Rumours from a couple of different websites that EK is finally going to get more slots in Canada this year.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...usiness-3.html

Quote:

Expect things to change in 2014....

The Harper government has put AC on notice regarding Gulf carriers wanting more access to Canadian airports. Harper knows he can spin this into votes in the next election. You can expect a passenger bill of rights announcement before the next election too

AC has asked for time to allow new aircraft to come online. The agreement is they have until August after which you can expect an announcement from the government on additional access to Canadian airports from Gulf carriers.

EK is expected to get YVR & YYC x3 flights weekly each

and..

http://www.connect2edmonton.ca/forum...ad.php?t=34672

Jan 11, 2014, 12:13 pm

#50

CaptainEKAirbus

Join Date: Mar 2011

Posts: 723

Quote:

Originally Posted by YYCspotter

Rumours from a couple of different websites that EK is finally going to get more slots in Canada this year.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...usiness-3.html

and..

http://www.connect2edmonton.ca/forum...ad.php?t=34672

I've been watching the thread on the AC forum, haven't been too inclined to join in on the discussion though.

I would not be surprised if this were the case. As I've mentioned previously, AC always used the 787 delay as an excuse for not being able to economically fly to the Subcontinent, however these 787s will shortly be coming onto property, so they won't be able to use this excuse much longer.

The potential routes would be DXB to YVR and DXB to YYC. YEG would not be included. Both flights will most likely be started with 77Ls then eventually upgraded as needed in the future. If the bilaterals really are changing/going to be changed, EK will also make 241/242 daily, and most likely add a second flight eventually.

Jan 11, 2014, 1:28 pm

#51

EK77W

Join Date: Oct 2011

Location: Germany

Posts: 616

New aviation agreement with India signed
http://gulfnews.com/business/aviatio...ndia-1.1275776

Any more details e.g. any new indian destinations or increased frequencies?

What about YUL? It's not a first choice destination for EK?

From the operational view it's quite interesting as there are some freed up B77L from August (AMS B77L > B77W; GVA B77L > B77W; CRK B77L > B77W). Either these B77L could be used for Canada or new destintions like BRU, OSL, BUD.

If EK gets more flights to Canada (I assume) they will use this instead of launching new destinations in Europe.

Last edited by EK77W; Jan 11, 2014 at 1:49 pm

Jan 12, 2014, 5:09 am

#52

HB-IWC

Join Date: Jul 2005

Posts: 1,953

Quote:

Originally Posted by EK77W

From the operational view it's quite interesting as there are some freed up B77L from August (AMS B77L > B77W; GVA B77L > B77W; CRK B77L > B77W). Either these B77L could be used for Canada or new destintions like BRU, OSL, BUD.

SEZ is going all B77L from 01DEC. Apart from that there is BOS, DFW, HND and LYS. That leaves as least 2 spare frames.

Jan 12, 2014, 5:31 am

#53

diontd

Join Date: May 2013

Location: London, England, UK, Europe, The World, The Universe

Posts: 360

Quote:

Originally Posted by HB-IWC

SEZ is going all B77L from 01DEC. Apart from that there is BOS, DFW, HND and LYS. That leaves as least 2 spare frames.

Also DEL (EK514/515 only)

Jan 12, 2014, 10:06 pm

#54

safari_7

Join Date: Aug 2008

Programs: Skywards Platinum

Posts: 490

With EK expanding their presence into Africa, I wish for the following......

1.) Gaborone and Windhoek

2.) Early arrival into JNB - currently, the first flight arrives almost 11am which is a bit too late ....... something that gets in at maybe 8 am or earlier will be ideal.

3.) Kilimanjaro - I think Qatar already serves that route....

Jan 13, 2014, 3:43 am

#55

Krzystos

Join Date: Jul 2012

Location: Poland

Programs: Emirates Skywards, IHG Rewards Club

Posts: 203

Quote:

Originally Posted by JTXC

I thought of one more thing: perhaps remove the expiry of Skywards miles

+ 1

Jan 13, 2014, 11:03 am

#56

CaptainEKAirbus

Join Date: Mar 2011

Posts: 723

Quote:

Originally Posted by EK77W

If EK gets more flights to Canada (I assume) they will use this instead of launching new destinations in Europe.

I'm sure EK would jump at the opportunity to launch flights to Canada. If 77L aircraft availability was an issue, they would probably launch YVR with 77Ws and YYC with 77Ls. Whatever the result may be, this will be a great enhancement to the Canadian market.