EY & EK now both double daily, when you consider EI couldn't make DXB work back in the Celtic tiger it just goes to show the amount of transit pax they must get.
I appreciate a lot more people now living in AUS etc but who is suffering from these guys gain? BA via LHR? Is 4xdaily sustainable?
You're comparing apples with pears. Aer Lingus can get you to Dubai, just like Virgin do from Heathrow. Emirates however connect to many, many destinations going East from Dubai. DUB is a spoke on the Emirates hub and spoke network, EI was mainly point to point. The same applies to Etihad.
SQ and QR must kick themselves at a missed opportunity.
Singapore took a major hit at MAN when the ME3 went big time, that's at the extremity of the range of the B777-200ER, nowadays MAN routes MAN-MUC-SIN on a B777-300ER. I reckon that ship has sailed for DUB, the desert carriers are just too strong.