It is truly astounding how much capacity EK have from London now, I'd bet on this flight being an A380 by 2017! I also suspect LGW-DXB will break the 1 million annual passenger mark soon given it carried around 866,000 last year. EK will now have:
6x A380 LHR-DXB
3x A380 +1x 77W LGW-DXB
Plus
2x A380 LHR-DXB via Qantas.
Absolute madness!