Wow. I am genuinely surprised by the lack of comment from the usual critics of every other airport on this island. Oh. Hang on. No I'm not. Pathetic. As I've been saying for years on here, a lot of those who adore BFS are hypocrites, and silence on this proves it.
Of course, we shouldn't forget the £2.4m a year it costs the tax payer to cover APD for this, and the scant other trans-Atlantic routes. I wonder how this news is going down in Emirates HQ. After all, they should be announcing their new EGAA-OMDB route....ANY.....DAY.....NOW.