Originally Posted by razMJ (Post 18083958)

What political situation? And yes, MEX would be after some further US expansion to probably IAD, ORD, maybe EWR?
Both ATQ and GOI are currently served by AI/IX, so maybe the Indian government didn't give permission for service launch for competition reasons, since they're doing the same with Emirates A388s.
Also, although I'm going back on my statement, I've noticed that carriers except for BD (who clubs traffic) serve ATQ and GOI with narrowbody aircraft, of which EK has none, but like in other areas of the world, they could replant and grow that market.
I though of CEB since it has no direct flights to the Middle East, considering the considerable Filipino population only MNL is served. But I'm not sure about regions and market linked to the Filipino population of the Gulf.
Yep, HAN and HKT, I would agree with you. Probably not non-stop flights, but continuations from an airport in SE Asia, or maybe even India since there's a lot of Indian tourists in Phuket, but there's always that permission request problem.

Originally Posted by razMJ (Post 18083958)

What political situation? And yes, MEX would be after some further US expansion to probably IAD, ORD, maybe EWR?
Both ATQ and GOI are currently served by AI/IX, so maybe the Indian government didn't give permission for service launch for competition reasons, since they're doing the same with Emirates A388s.
Also, although I'm going back on my statement, I've noticed that carriers except for BD (who clubs traffic) serve ATQ and GOI with narrowbody aircraft, of which EK has none, but like in other areas of the world, they could replant and grow that market.
I though of CEB since it has no direct flights to the Middle East, considering the considerable Filipino population only MNL is served. But I'm not sure about regions and market linked to the Filipino population of the Gulf.
Yep, HAN and HKT, I would agree with you. Probably not non-stop flights, but continuations from an airport in SE Asia, or maybe even India since there's a lot of Indian tourists in Phuket, but there's always that permission request problem.

Originally Posted by mecabq (Post 18097476)

Qatar Airways serves CEB, though the airline announced a few days ago that it was ending the service.

Originally Posted by ung1 (Post 18095703)

Expansion to India isn't possible because of a limit on the number of seats UAE carriers are allowed to operate. That is shared among Emirates, Etihad, FlyDubai, Air Arabia etc. Emirates would rather operate widebodies to 10 destinations than multiple low frequency flights.

There was some talk of that capacity being increased once IT, 9W and AI gained some market share, but given the financial state of at least two of those carriers, things look bleak. Indigo seems to have made a good entry into the market. Though if they want to compete they need to do better than one daily flight on a narrowbody in the middle of the night. Doesn't compare with 5x daily DEL/BOM on long haul EK birds.

Originally Posted by Face81 (Post 18095222)

Emirates to increase airfares from March 1
Hike in fuel surcharge will not be applicable to flights booked prior to the date

http://www.emirates247.com/news/emir...02-28-1.445595

Originally Posted by Face81 (Post 18095219)

Liberia on the horizon? ;)

United Arab Emirates signs aviation pact with Liberiahttp://www.arabiansupplychain.com/ar...-with-liberia/

Originally Posted by N830MH (Post 18101247)

Hmmm. Could EK is considering service to Liberia. Isn't DXB is a slot controlled. There is no room to parked the aircraft in concourse 2.

Originally Posted by N830MH (Post 18101247)

Hmmm. Could EK is considering service to Liberia. Isn't DXB is a slot controlled. There is no room to parked the aircraft in concourse 2.

Originally Posted by peterdudas (Post 18101406)

Liberia is the next shining star on West Africa's map with the recent major oil finds. With the amount of major construction works (infrastructure, mining and O&G) announced or in the pipeline, cargo influx for the next few decades will be provided :D
I wouldn't be surprised if EK dropped ABJ off EK787/788 for ROB @:-)

Originally Posted by EK433B77W (Post 18102444)

The 27th of February 2012 saw the unveiling of A6-EGO, the 1000th B777 to be built and delivered by Boeing.

Take a look at the pics below, quite a sleek looking livery.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pfodFjPU76...0th+B777_1.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p6oIEUD189...0th+B777_2.jpg

Originally Posted by S c 0 TT y (Post 18102765)

Wowzr. Any chance of getting hi-res links to those images? Pwetty please? :D

Originally Posted by CaptainEKAirbus (Post 18104084)

For those interested:

The aircraft flying tomorrows Seattle inagural flight is A6-EGH

Also another B777-300ER is being delivered tomorrow: A6-EGN is expected to land in DXB at 15:47 local time. It does not have crew rest quarters and therefore has a configuration of 8/42/310.

Originally Posted by EK433B77W (Post 18102444)

The 27th of February 2012 saw the unveiling of A6-EGO, the 1000th B777 to be built and delivered by Boeing.

Take a look at the pics below, quite a sleek looking livery.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pfodFjPU76...0th+B777_1.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p6oIEUD189...0th+B777_2.jpg