However I worry that the bean counters at EK are casting more than a beady eye at both BHX and NCL as both have seemed weak for a while now.
GayFriendly - do you mean this NCL, which gets the 773 instead of the 332 this Autumn?
Laurie Berryman, the vice-chairman of Emirates who oversaw the Dubai link being established five years ago, has said that in three years it is possible it could go from a once-a-day to a twice-daily service as has recently been introduced in Glasgow. He said. “We’ve been delighted by how people, businesses and political organisations have got behind the route and made it a success, but now we want to increase passenger numbers by 15% this year and 20% next year – from 80,000 people to around 120,000 or 130,000 – and we definitely think that is achievable. You never know, in three years’ time we might be here again discussing a double daily service”