The big mystery is why TG is code-sharing with EK effectively helping them to penetrate TG market-share even further???
20SEP FRI BKK/Z‡7 DXB/-3♦
1EK 419 F4 A4 J7 C0 I0 O0*BKKDXB 0240 0545 77W M 0 DCA /E
Y9 E9 R9 W9 M0 B0 U0 K0 *A
2EK 375 F4 A4 J7 C7 I7 O7*BKKDXB 0955 1300 773 M 0 DCA /E
Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U9 K9 *A
3EK 385 F4 A4 J7 C7 I7 O7*BKKDXB 0135 0440 388 M 0 DCA /E
Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U9 K9 *A
4EK 377 F4 A4 J7 C7 I7 O7*BKKDXB 1525 1830 77W M 0 DCA /E
Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U9 K9 *A
5EK/TG 6201 J4 C4 I4 O7 Y7 E7*BKKDXB 1730 2140 332 M 0 DCA /E
R7 W7 M7 B7 U7 K7 Q7 H7 *A
6EK 373 F4 A4 J7 C7 I7 O7*BKKDXB 2120 0030‡1 77W M 0 DCA /E
Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U9 K9 *A
I would expect TG to be the needy party for codeshares on the BKK-DXB route. TG pax tend not to fly beyond DXB and TG does not have the PtP traffic to send two planes a day. On the other hand EK has huge traffic transiting through DXB. Adding its code to an EK flight allows TG to offer the flexibility of two daily flights to business pax. I guess that some Thai helpers working in Dubai also like the arrangement. Having just one daily flight to DXB would make it very unattractive for some of the TG clientele.