Sorry for the late reply. San Francisco will get a 380 for sure within the next year. Emirates president Tim Clark has said he wants it by the end of the year... whether its financially viable due to the lack of revenue payload it can take at the moment, I don't know. I think the big attraction for the 380 is just the premium of the service and the fact people will fly EK just because of the 380, we've seen that happen a lot. Looking at Rome before the 380 service definitely showed it didn't justify a 380 service during non-peak seasons, but now it has attracted a lot of demand and some flights this week even leave with nearly full loads! Just goes to show the demand flying EK for the 380 creates!

Seattle - First flight is 3/4 full, but after that hardly 50% full for the first few days. Definitely shows why the 777-200LR was replaced on the route for now anyhow. But I think this will change, I think by December we'll see a need to increase it to a 777-300ER for sure.

SYD market definitely strong as most flights are full year round. PER should have had an upgrade to a 777-300ER a long time ago, its had its flights full for a long time! MEL very strong as well, no need to worry there - full loads pretty much year round as well. BNE, a bit weaker perhaps not the need for a 380 quite yet... but still full in peak times! The good thing about Australia though is the strong demand of premium traffic, as most J and F seats to Australia are full year round as well.

Would almost agree with you there.. but I think YYZ definitely needs to be added to that list! Also HKG I could say 384/332 but definitely not 388. Just looking at 388 today and tomorrow - today not even 50%... tomorrow not much better.