Originally Posted by
N830MH
I doubt it that EK will consider it. I'm pretty sure if EK will done extremely very well. It will get more tougher competition against UA, EY, QR. It will fought the competitive. What's next? How about ATL, MIA, LAS, PHX? This could be next new route to be announced. I think ORD will be next sometime in the future but, not right now due to aircraft availability.
In my humble opinion this is the outlook:
Las Vegas - geographically speaking Dubai has a bad location; demand comes mainly from Japan/Korea; even for pax bound to Singapore and Macao/Hong Kong DXB is an unbearable detour
Phoenix - personally I don't have the slightest clue for which reason there should be traffic btw Phoenix and the markets Emirates serves (don't get me wrong: i would love to see the route but it is somehow unrealistic)
Denver - large airport due to the East-West connections within the US but low O&D traffic and almost no economical ties to ME/South/Southeast Asia
Orlando - Miami simply wins hands down
Miami - huge VFR traffic to India and beyond, onward connections to Latin America, large local demand, gateway to Florida, major tourism centre (in a positive sense)
Philadelphia/Boston - obviously there is a reason for EK to consider these markets but I can't figure out why...
Atlanta - huge connection potential, gateway to the Southern States including Texas, many business travellers
Detroit - "the secrete weapon"
subtantial ME community, growing ties with Asia, recovery takes up pace, very limited competition (except from Royal Jordanian)
Chicago - no explanation required; will probably be the next destination to be announced (just my guess...^^)