My comments are similar to those in that thread:
Interesting, a few weeks ago I read an interview with the European manager of Emirates, he said that they are not planning to fly nonstop to another destination than Dubai from German airports because "it is not their market".
CO will get killed on their EWR-HAM flights. The germans / americans must be nuts to allow 5th freedom rights (if they have / do / will)
Maybe HAM is not doing so well, so they need to send the aircraft all the way to JFK?
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