Good news re Cyprus, especially as hopefully the economy over there has recovered...a bit !
When I read the slot swap I must confess to be being wee bit concerned thinking they (QR) might infact reduce MAN for LHR with this addition, do they have lots of frames ?
Lets hope they stick.
Do we know what the mix of slots they gain is ?
Lets hope route development chase down but they look elsewhere !
As an aside does anybody know the most popular END destinations and ratios based on the combination of MEBs Ex Manchester ?
I am pretty sure Hong Kong was most popular on Emirates and even think I read somewhere that Perth (somewhat oddly) was well up there.
With regards HK (and I hasten to add it's only a fag packet calculation), but if its 25% per day on EK that would equate to a reasonable load on a direct service assuming all other things were equal, fares, frequency, yield etc.
(not sure Cathay could sell 1st like EK do). Suspect they could fill back end but not front.
Having said that I am as evangelical about Cathay as others on here, give me another EK or ETIHAD any day!
Extra frequency and a pretty much guaranteed seat filler !
Better the devil you know.
Would be an interesting discussion point however !
Last edited by Bagso; 11th Jan 2014 at 11:52.