Run the service via Singapore instead of non stop. Then there is a wide body on that route to compete with SQ and Scoot
As we picked up in other threads the hastily convened EK 'alliance' does not seem to make any money, nor is there upside in passenger numbers through Dubai.. Traffic patterns suggest the Asian routes are much preferred.
Is this hail-Mary ULH route a tacit admission that the EK alliance
necessitates a hub through Dubai and trying to get something via Perth a way out of the spiral Joyce signed QF up for?