kirker

Ouch. It slipped my mind entirely that EK flies out of LAX, but you are correct. Also, I looked up the distance capacity of the A380, and it's only slightly less than the 77R. That said, QR in particular is far behind EK in terms of its F product (both on the A380 and the rest of its long-haul routes), and while EY's is better -- I flew it last year from AUH-SYD -- its unavailability at LAX may simply reflect the fact that EK offers considerably more (and better) connections out of DXB. (Or it could simply mean that EY hasn't yet taken delivery of enough A380s to add LAX service on it.)