Emirates going all B777
Mar 22, 2020, 8:08 am
#31
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,605
Mar 22, 2020, 8:11 am
#32
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Canada, USA, Europe
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 31,452
Passenger services stop completely from 25 March according to Bloomberg.
Mar 22, 2020, 8:35 am
#33
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 2,330
Mar 22, 2020, 12:43 pm
#34
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: SEA
Posts: 2,021
Apparently Emirates is now saying they won't shut them all down.
Mar 23, 2020, 12:06 am
#35
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,215
They can’t shut them down. I bet the response from governments has been overwhelming to continue to operate (albeit at a lowered capacity).
I was thinking about the safest airline to fly once borders open. Does anyone really want to get on ANY European based airline plane once borders reopen? Chinese carriers are out since this originated in Wuhan, and an airline like SQ has a limited route network and SIN is not centrally located for anyone. The US3 also have a limited route network. So when this ends I was going to take EK and have tickets booked with them.
Once borders open, being that DXB and the UAE has really not been effected by COVID that much, UAE is relatively centrally located for everyone In the world, EK has the planes, crews and capabilities to go anywhere, the route network already established, and long reach to take people everywhere.
I was thinking about the safest airline to fly once borders open. Does anyone really want to get on ANY European based airline plane once borders reopen? Chinese carriers are out since this originated in Wuhan, and an airline like SQ has a limited route network and SIN is not centrally located for anyone. The US3 also have a limited route network. So when this ends I was going to take EK and have tickets booked with them.
Once borders open, being that DXB and the UAE has really not been effected by COVID that much, UAE is relatively centrally located for everyone In the world, EK has the planes, crews and capabilities to go anywhere, the route network already established, and long reach to take people everywhere.
Last edited by NWplatinum; Mar 23, 2020 at 12:14 am
Mar 23, 2020, 1:20 am
#36
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Canada, USA, Europe
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 31,452
Um, except borders won’t really open for tourism until perhaps May at the earliest.
Mar 23, 2020, 2:07 am
#37
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: EK1 ML5A ;-)
Programs: EK iO
Posts: 699
Plan is to restart flights mid April.
Mar 23, 2020, 2:18 am
#38
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,215
Mar 23, 2020, 3:47 am
#39
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,605
Maybe close this thread now as it's been superceded...