Brilliant news - about
time!
I was surprised to see a 3 class aircraft and I guess that's what's available, but whatever they send is welcome! As I said previously, with THEIR A330s not going to be around beyond 3-4 years, EK will want to upgrade to 773/77Ws at some stage, which means they will be quite aggressive in building their Irish route; would not be surprised to see a 77F service at some stage, either, as cargo will be very important.
I would expect to see EK going twice daily in due course,largely because the late night Dep. ex-DUB is better for connections to Oz. (SYD, MEL, BNE nonstops leave c.1030).
This is a huge boost to the Irish economy; with EI unlikely to look east (certainly now) and one of their potential owners (BA) unlikely to encourage them anyway, EK is where the future lies as far as tapping Asian markets. I bet EI is wondering what might have been, had Mannion not messed up the DXB route ...