MANFOD,
Without wanting to dampen the great work Seljuk does in keeping track with Emirates, all he does is keep track of already made announcements and amalgamated them into one thread.
Therefore, the fact nothing appears on his thread doesn't mean nothing is due to happen.
That said, Emirates seem to have cut back a lot of capacity this winter, and even with MAN doing well, it will be summer 17 before any capacity gets added. It's more likely to be when Oman and Air China start, as almost a warning shot.
On another note, nice Qatar Airways A319 due on a VIP flight on 22nd.