Middle East pax would have previously gone with the likes of BA, SQ, MH and QF, etc to Australasia via the likes of LHR, AMS, FRA, CPH, CDG.
Two million Australians claimed Ireland was their main country of their ancestry (source 2006 census). Remember the hopes for a direct SQ service from DUB? Now at last we have a one stop convenient service with fantastic and increasing connections via AUH and DXB. Tourism and emigration will keep EY and EK happy.
Last edited by Sober Lark; 9th Oct 2012 at 06:38.