Second daily flight to Glasgow announced
Glasgow Airport have just announced a second daily Emirates flight from Glasgow to Dubai with a First Class cabin on both flights. http://tinyurl.com/6te2r8e
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Any chance this has been announced today to beat an EY announcement next week when Alex Salmond (First Minister) is in Abu Dhabi?
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Originally Posted by ft101
(Post 17787207)
Any chance this has been announced today to beat an EY announcement next week when Alex Salmond (First Minister) is in Abu Dhabi?
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EK25/26 on the website for booking now, although I don't think they've got the prices sorted out yet!
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Also to note - as this is the first time ever a 'first class' service is operating at a Scottish airport, the airport authorities are considering creating a first class lounge (EK lounge? - that would be nice now wouldn't it!).
Source: Scotsman |
how many scots will pay for first class as business class gets filled up I can't see first class being full as not many scots are rich actually most of the time scots are poor so how many people in scotland will pay for first class
also how long as this plan has been in the works, bet anything this has been planned for years and always have been ready to launch but they were waiting for the BAA competition ruling to see whether if glasgow or edinburgh would be sold also it would be great if qatar airways would launch a service as well that would be awesome so I guess the next question how long before we glasgow gets a third service either a early morning service or late evening one, maybe not or not for a long while until how well the 2nd service does also 12 jobs what will the 12 jobs consist of i think night shift during when emirates lands in the night from customer service to ground handlers. A A340-300 why that aircraft they could use an 340-500 or a 777-200LR both have first class as well good news anyway |
Its not, loads of airlines have offered First before including LH and UA
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Originally Posted by tmckinnin
(Post 17791629)
how many scots will pay for first class as business class gets filled up I can't see first class being full as not many scots are rich actually most of the time scots are poor so how many people in scotland will pay for first class
also how long as this plan has been in the works, bet anything this has been planned for years and always have been ready to launch but they were waiting for the BAA competition ruling to see whether if glasgow or edinburgh would be sold also it would be great if qatar airways would launch a service as well that would be awesome so I guess the next question how long before we glasgow gets a third service either a early morning service or late evening one, maybe not or not for a long while until how well the 2nd service does also 12 jobs what will the 12 jobs consist of i think night shift during when emirates lands in the night from customer service to ground handlers. A A340-300 why that aircraft they could use an 340-500 or a 777-200LR both have first class as well good news anyway As far as Scots not being rich - generalising a bit too much? Thats your opinion. I'm sure EK have done their research in regards to what people want - if not, im sure it won't be difficult removing a 1st offering from 1 of the 2 flights if the response isn't good. |
The thing about a strong First product that appeals to frequent F flyers is availability on all routes. You can't be like Qatar, offer it on 5 routes, and then expect good loads. Obviously this varies by route, but as the network grows it becomes easier to fill up cabins.
Anyway you don't need to be exceedingly rich to fly F. Depending on where you start your journey, you could be paying half what someone ticketing ex DXB would pay. |
First ex GLA will unlikely carry any full fare paying pax, will be used as an incentive for FF and will be full of honeymooner upgrades. Excellent none the less. Hopefully chat of a First Lounge at GLA will have formed part of the negotiations
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Originally Posted by gw76
(Post 17791795)
First ex GLA will unlikely carry any full fare paying pax, will be used as an incentive for FF and will be full of honeymooner upgrades. Excellent none the less. Hopefully chat of a First Lounge at GLA will have formed part of the negotiations
Originally Posted by tmckinnin
(Post 17791629)
how many scots will pay for first class as business class gets filled up I can't see first class being full as not many scots are rich actually most of the time scots are poor so how many people in scotland will pay for first class
also how long as this plan has been in the works, bet anything this has been planned for years and always have been ready to launch but they were waiting for the BAA competition ruling to see whether if glasgow or edinburgh would be sold also it would be great if qatar airways would launch a service as well that would be awesome so I guess the next question how long before we glasgow gets a third service either a early morning service or late evening one, maybe not or not for a long while until how well the 2nd service does also 12 jobs what will the 12 jobs consist of i think night shift during when emirates lands in the night from customer service to ground handlers. A A340-300 why that aircraft they could use an 340-500 or a 777-200LR both have first class as well good news anyway Why would EK put First on a route if they know that only upgrades will get the seats? Seems commercially naive to me so I sense that is nonsense. And as for most Scots being poor.....hells teeth......don't even know where to start with that one. First, as has been pointed out already, not everyone using planes to and from Scotland is Scottish. It would be quite unique in the world of air travel were that the case. Second - its claptrap anyway. There is poverty everywhere in the UK yet the world keeps spinning and the number of people travelling by air keeps growing.....partly because companies like EK have brought the cost of flying down. Do you have any idea what it cost to fly from Scotland to DXB in the early 80's, when the competition was a lot less fierce? |
Originally Posted by chunk73
(Post 17791914)
that only upgrades will get the seats? Seems commercially naive to me so I sense that is nonsense
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It is a commercially sensible thing to do if you have a spare seat or two, not to fill a cabin.
Why would you bother when you could get more business or economy seats in and increase your revenue from the flight instead, if you know you aren't going to sell the First seats anyway? Unless i am missing something here..... |
Wow - the lunatics seem to have got to this thread as well :D
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