EK77WNCL - I really admire your positivity but speaking as a BHX local I can tell you that our flights to DXB are now (after a dip last year when MAN saw so much Middle East expansion) between 80-90% LF monthly and there is not even a sniff of the A380 or a third daily service. I think you have a long way to go before there is even a second daily service at NCL let alone an A380. GLA was rumoured by EK themselves for the A380 but perhaps the new QR ops at EDI have put paid to that for now.
Remember it's how much people are paying to fly, how full the front end is and how much cargo carried that all help route profitability, not simply the numbers of pax carried.