As someone else has already introduced the subject as to events up the road then my observations are that whilst EK is undoubtedly good for NCL, & probably good for the region in general, there is nothing positive to take at all for DTV. There will necessarily be more pressure on KL who are going to have to hold rates at NCL to attract transit pax, with presumably a two fold effect, competitive pricing at NCL making this operation even more price competitive to DTV thus forcing more migration of current pax northwards. It is of course completely ludicrous to suggest that KL would be in a position to reduce fares at DTV
A final & sobering thought, then a bit of simple maths reflects that on a month on month review, one 777 is able to carry c.24k round trip pax p.m. & based on say a target 80% occupancy then at c.19K pax (yes noted there will be "significant" ? improvement come summer) then currently we would still be at a level of 1.5 times the current monthly total pax at DTV!
