What's next from EK?

[falconeasydriver]

Having a few days off away from the joys of the UAE I've been catching up on a bit of reading and general travel industry news.
It's got me thinking about what is next for EK, specifically their route/hub strategy.
A recent CNN biz traveller show from that loud chap Richard Quest ran with Deltas' ATL hub operation and it got me thinking.
Are EK going to follow the lead of some others and look at continuing to exploit their 5th freedom rights to run mini-hubs (Milan-JFK anyone?).
I know it may seem a bit thin, but apart from up-gauging airframes and frequencies, what else are we going to see?

[The Turtle]

Complete the circle. Gotta go after Delta's and United's transpacific operation. EK has been in Asia long enough now to establish a brand name...exploit it. Those carrier's service is a joke. NRT, SIN, BKK (gasp!) mini hub anyone??

[pilotday]

Australia to Hawaii

[ironbutt57]

IMHO Honolulu or Maui is food for thought....sure somebody has looked at it

[crewmeal]

DXB - Northern UK point - USA. Then connect up with the Pacific. A bit like Clipper 101/102.

Make Sir Tim work for his knighthood!

[ironbutt57]

Put together a Dubai 2days in Hawaii then codeshare to mainland USA/Canada...wouldnt tie up my own assets on the Hawaii-mainland segment...too saturated to be profitable...but would be nice for North Americans on their way home for annual leave to have a nice Hawaii mini vacation stopover option...could it make money??

[Wizofoz]

Alan Joyce is in Dubai at the moment- Stage 2 of the QANTAS takeover?

[CAYNINE]

....or trying to explain why the airline shares are classed as junk.