Originally Posted by
sadiqhassan
I agree, but I think its unlikely that EK would get rid of DXB-SYD/BNE/MEL-AKL in favour of a once daily DXB-AKL
I guess that would depend on the profitability of the Trans Tasman traffic. After all it seems that their crews spend about 3 days in Aus and NZ after arriving from DXB in Aus before they head back and this would perhaps not be necessary if they dispensed with the "via" flights. I think that they do at least one AUS to NZ to AUS while they are down under though.