Talking of EK, then they are back in the news again for all the right reasons. Full page in Friday's Journal on EK and their performance, plans re NCL & the 773ER.
Basically a confirmation of earlier posts that they are to showcase the 773ER at airports anniversary, but more importantly stating that EK "hope to start running it on the NCL - DXB if pax no.'s continue to rise"
Laurie Berryman (
UK North Manager for EK)
"And if the growth continues, we will be looking to start using an aircraft with increased capacity on the route but we are talking about at least a year for that to happen"
Of interest also is the reference to dramatic cargo growth, 720,000 kilo's handled Jan-Mar 10.
As for pax. up 25% Y.o.Y. then obviously EK can't ignore this sort of demand.
No doubt the cynic's will cite BA problems as a major cintibutory factor, but the reality is that pax may realise that BA have been "trumped" as to much eastbound LH traffic ex NCL.