ATNotts
I agree, why would Emirates or anyone else make their own competition. however it's not beyond the realms of possibility that someone else could operate long haul from EMA, although not likely.
KLM did run a F50 to AMS and I used it loads for connections elsewhere and it always seemed to do well pax wise, likewise the BM service to LHR, unfortunatly due to slot restrictions (I assume) we have lost both.
Certainly a dedicated service to, say. JFK, would not work, but maybe an airline like Qatar with onward connections would be viable.
Anyway we can all have pipe dreams.......mine is a direct service to Vilhelmina in Sweden, takes me ages to get there currently!!!!!!!!!!