Originally Posted by
jchiguy1
Bumping this thread to inform folks that the next US destinations for EK will be DFW 2/2/12 and SEA 3/1/12. It's somewhat surprising as many thought MIA, IAD and ORD were on the short list ahead of those markets.
I agree, there's one more U.S. city they plan to announce and my gut is saying it's going to be on the east coast. (October 13 is the IATA deadline for S12 slot/schedule submission and yes, airlines are still required to submit both to the FAA and us.) That's why I previously mentioned I'll know officially in Oct.
EK knows Chicago won't be an easy city to operate from. With EY already established, the UA/LH juggernaut and many other international options to fly on, they'll have a battle.