I suspect there is most certainly some inter Gulf politics involved, which was demonstrated in EK starting as soon as EY ceased flying to EDI. Whilst I am sure flying to EDI was on the agenda for EK at some stage, I suspect they may have wished to start the route at a time which was perhaps not so close to the start of the A380 flying into GLA. In the space of 12 months, Scotland will witness an overall EK capacity increase of around 70%, which equates to a lot of extra seats.