My hopes and reality sadly I think will not meet.

We all too quickly forget that EK placed an order in 2013 for 150 77X frames, totalling US$76b. I don't have a timescale for that, but that alone renders the 787 obsolete within the fleet for now.

I think that FlyDubai will most likely be consumed by EK in the coming months. It makes excellent operational and financial sense and provides the network expansion that EK want without having to change strategy and buy narrow body aircraft.

Fully expecting the A380 order to go ahead. What becomes of T3 if they don't? What about all of those promises of a seasonal 380 route to outstations? It would be seen as a retreat, and that is one thing EK don't do.