very interesting point EI-A330-300 - so our travel agents are not that independent?
Well if EY and EK quote X and Y it is very likely passengers will go for cheapest option which I suspect was EK for a while particularly in it's first year. EK were also much more proactive on the marketing front when it launched. I can't really remember when EY did such visual marketing outside of the Sat/Sun Game and GAA.
In unrelated news revised application for runway will likely be launched in the next few months possibly by December. While passenger numbers will be at required levels, anybody guess as to how long application will take and contracts to be signed.
If all went well construction could start by late 2016 and it has been estimated to take 36 months to complete.