Originally Posted by Mr A Tis
BWIA, Air Jamaica, Malaysian, Qantas, Gulf Air, Cathay, South African, Estonian, Northwest, Air Seychelles, Air Mauritious, Austrian, Lauda Air,Air India, Malev,Portugalia,soon to be joined by Alitalia
BW JM........Caribbean services relaced by VS and these will hopefully expand.
MH CX........CX will reappear one day, and if not then Oasis HK might. TG will too, and then there will hopefully be something to Shanghai/Beijing. And then, SQ planning to increase to 10 weekly, so no losses in terms of Far East.
QF.........Expect to see Jetstar withing the next 5 years. Also MAN on the back burner for NZ. They very nearly came to MAN, but slot at LHR materialised.
GF........since GF left, massive expansion from EK, EY and QR. Out of these, GF never had a proper hub at AUH.
AI........give it a couple of years and Jet, Indian or Kingfisher will arrive.
SA.......bmi also came very close to starting JNB, but alas Riyadh beckoned. There's no promise of a JNB service, but FlyGlobespan to CPT might be a success.
MA......Jet2
OS/Lauda.....directly replaced by BA, and now NE to Bratislava.
I could go on, but just to make a point that all is not lost.