Emirates

[OltonPete]

GLA

GW76

This has been discussed on other forums especially after the recent press release about how quick they reached 500000 pax on the route (I think).

However unless it is taking huge amounts of business pax then I would have thought they would wait until they fill the first aircraft.

The CAA stats since September last year show it exceeding 300 pax per flight (on average) in January only assuming that it ran daily.

April 17532 - 292 pax or 68% load factor
Mar 18310 - 295 pax or 69%
Feb 15945 - 285 pax or 67%
Jan 20495 - 330 pax or 77%
Dec 18098 - 292 pax or 68%
Nov 15311 - 255 pax or 60%
Oct 17435 - 281 pax or 66%
Sep 15738 - 262 pax or 62%

Good figures but not brilliant and with Newcastle starting in September
is it likely they would risk another Glasgow rotation.

The 2nd BHX flight was awful for the first six to eight months and they must have taken a big hit but it seems to have recovered. In fact I was
on the A332 (EK37) last Sunday and the captain stated it was full (Economy certainly was), this during a month it has traditionally not
done that well but of course it was the end of the school holidays.

Pete