New York, New York - not again! Let's give it a rest! My view is that the US economy is in no state to support airline expansion to what they might consider "small" regional airports like NCL, where half the catchment area is sea. I think NCL has done tremendously well to attract Emirates, which reflects the region's business community's current focus on the Middle East, India, China, Australia and South Africa - all well-served by EK. Next priority should be a 2x or 3x daily LH connection to FRA or MUC, which would dent the KL/AF monopoly on decent connections to most of Europe.