Originally Posted by travelsbyplane

Is it fair to say that this must have been the plan all along? surely they wouldn't have changed their minds about the familiarisation flight plans. If this is the case then what was most likely the trigger for DXB being officially announced as starting 02/09. I guess either customer acceptance on WBA (seems most likely), or possibly could they have had confirmation on WBB delivery date? Any chance this could arrive in time for DXB launch? That's clearly the only way that they could run DXB and MAD together. As already mentioned, sadly no chance with only one frame