Originally Posted by
B747-437B
I'm usually on EK 501 (430am departure ) out of Mumbai and 80+% of the passengers seem to be connecting onwards to European and American destinations (with a handful to Africa and even Australia strangely enough!). Very few Golds usually. I'm sure the 9am flight is more popular with the regular O&D traffic though but I've never taken it myself.
It's changing, Sean an fast and only this year. Loads on 501 now are more for Africa (massive.... EK no 1 carrier BOM -jnb notwithstanding a direct jet flight)
Oh yes there's lots of trader traffic who do stopovers.. You are a Bombayite and you know the pax--- Boras etc... No golds there even if eligible they don't do this sort of thong.....
All goes to show how fragile the EK business is ex India....If guys like you could only get an angel to back you to get a solid Indian airline off the
ground!!!!