No I did, I meant Central from a longitudinal perspective as in the middle of Asia. Anyhow I think we are veering OT and should move this to rumours and wishlist

Frankly I don't think so. All we "speculated" was based on the information from people having some knowledge what will happen. I agree that my posts concerning the island resort destination might be moved away from this thread but if those who know the next couple of destinations are not willing to share some of their knowledge without being directly asked for it :( I simply feel forced to ask many questions. :)

And PSA or FLR, too. Will EK have a consider to start new route to FLR or PSA?

I have no idea if the demand is there, but both Penang and Langkawi Airports can handle widebodied traffic.

MH used to route one of their daily London-KL flights via either Penang or Langkawi in the late 90's to early 00's.

In peak travel periods MH did/does operate the A330 there.

EK upgrades Karachi services to X5 daily.

http://www.tradearabia.com/news/TTN_214371.html

Awesome!!!

Khaleej Times Article

well FLR with 1650m runway long......definitely not.

PSA is a more LC -oriented airport...but who knows

Emirates A380 Mar/Apr 2012 Operation Changes as of 19MAR12
 

Dubai – Kuala Lumpur EK346/347 till 21APR12 Boeing 777-300ER replaces A380, except 01APR12
Dubai – Paris CDG EK073/074 27MAR12 – 05APR12 Day 245 operates with Boeing 777-300ER instead of A380
Dubai – Rome EK097/098 till 27APR12 A380 replaced by 777-300ER
Dubai – Seoul Incheon till 14APR12 Boeing 777-300ER replaces A380

Planned A380 service changes on following routes remain unchanged:
Dubai – Johannesburg EK761/762 till 30APR12 Boeing 777-300ER replaces A380
Dubai – London Heathrow Changes to existing A380 service, which temporary reduced from 3 to 2 Daily. 4th Daily A380 service postponed till 01MAY12
EK001/002 A380
EK003/004 A380
EK005/006 A380 replacing 777-300 from 25MAR12 remains unchanged
EK029/030 A380 replaced by 777-300 until 24MAR12, 777-300ER from 25MAR12 to 30APR12

Other A380 service may see last minute aircraft changes when necessary.
airlineroute.net

I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!

I wanted something that would make the wait from JFK/YYZ/IAH/LAX shorter in DXB but oh well.

I assume this is all because of those winglet crack checks?

The cracks are in feet holding on the wing skin (or something like that). Nothing to do with winglets.

Yes, they have to repaired the wing skin. All airlines will have a safety inspection for an A380. They have to make sure it is everything is good. If they doesn't have any problem at all. They will allowed to put back on rervenue route.

That's bad news. I'm on one of the affected flights, and went to look at my booking and it turns out EK have put me on an earlier flight. I wonder when they plan to communicate this change to me, and perhaps ask me if the change suits me?

While I appreciate my booking being protected on another flight, I wonder how flexible they might be in routing me via alternative destinations (that do have A380 service).

Sorry for veering off topic - please PM me with some sound advice :)

You could start another thread on this - there must be a lot of pax affected and any hints or tips may be of benefit to many.

For those interested:

A6-EGO is on delivery from Boeing's Paine Field (KPAE) to Dubai (OMDB) carrying call sign UAE/EK777. -EGO is estimated to land at Dubai (OMDB) at approximately 13:30 GST.

A6-EGO is the 1000th B777 to leave the production line.

Here's to another 1000 B777s! ^