Dublin EK & EY flights are not about point to point, they are in the main about feeding their huge hub operation to all points North, East, South and West.
They will entice PAX from the traditional Euro hub airports over to theirs.
So the losers will be LH, KLM, BA and partners.
Dont discount their ability to fill aircraft, they will have done their sums. MAN now supports 7 flights a day to the ME hubs.