There has been talk of the EK DXB service being profitable before pax are carried on the flights as agreements have rumoured to have been signed to carry large amounts of freight on each departure and arrival, which is worth quite alot of revenue. In addition pax carried are bonus profits and judging by previous posts, sales are going well and I'm sure it won't be long before the likes of holiday specialists Kuoni, Hayes and Jarvis etc start buying seats and offering, atlast proper long haul holidays from NCL. The route network available from DXB is fantastic, with the far east, africa and austrailasia all easily available now from NCL. Just a shame that east bound NCL only has charters to YYZ/YHM, SFB and POP - 2 of which have reduced capacity from previous years.
Are TCX still offering Hurghada for sale next winter or is that another no starter?
The numerous Onur Air flights supposed to operate from NCL this summer could also be in jeopardy as rumour on another forum says that another carrier is taking over all international OHY flights, using 320/321 aircraft with the A300's going and MD's being kept by OHY for domestic use. The plan is to get rid of Onur's negative image. 2 Onur Air widebody aircraft were planned to be on the ground at the same time this summer, quite a sight at NCL where widebody aircraft are few and far between (although not for long!).