Dubai
Have loads been affected by the Hajj in a similar way to Ramadan?
This month BHX has seen 11 three class 77W's out of 16 flights and similar at the end of last month.
On checking libhomeradar it appears 13 or the 14 I have listed as two-class are in use with one clearly not as it has not flown for a month.
I have also noticed EK96 Rome has been a two-class for several weeks and this was definitely a three class service with the A380 operating the afternoon.
Boeing have been dispatching 77W's from the factory quite regularly recently and even Airbus delivered two A380's to them last week so they are getting aircraft in but of course some A332's & A343's are due to leave.
I was a little surprised at the speed of the upgrade based on the CAA stats but EK have the yield figures and must have been confident. Maybe the 772ER would have been a better stepping stone but again that is another sub-fleet allegedly on the way out although four are still flying with three in 42/304 configuration.
Pete