Haughtney has made some excellent points. It must be depressing to be flying the 777 at EK and see all your good destinations go to a commercial failure.
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No Don, you agree with me? say it ain't so
For EK the 380, as you and I both know, works well into certain destinations and is used as a flagship on other routes to add prestige and improve brand awareness using the "wow" factor.
It is however very much a niche airframe, and it is unlikely in its present form to gather anymore significant orders. In the wider context Airbus have got the very large aircraft concept consistently wrong over the past 15 years, in EK service however its the perfect fit on a large hub to large hub basis.
BTW, you can keep LHR, MEL, BNE, SYD, and JFK……and enjoy Dallas
