As an aside to you whimike, I think over 75% of all of EKs traffic is transiting, not just Americas traffic. In fact I think it's probably like 90% - the only significant O&D market to DXB is by far the UK (London specifically) with 1 million inbound overnight visitors yearly. The next 4 markets are Riyadh with 450k, and Kuwait, Jeddah and Paris with 400k (according to Mastercard's research for 2014).