I hope an EI/EK tie-up on the DXB route does take place, would be good for both airlines. Christoph Mueller has spoken of gaining a partner to fly East but the question has always been who and where as he's regularly ruled out EI ever flying East with their own metal so EK makes sense if that's what happens.
EY will have to wait a while before they can get their hands on EI, the government has said it won't sell for less than EUR1 a share and it's currently a while off that. EY showing interested boosted EI but the deficit there needs dealing with and until that happens the share price will struggle.