When you think MAN had no non-stop service to the Far East a few short years ago, to get close to 21 weekly (and with the possibility of more to come) is phenomenal.
Good point, but the ME3 are a particular kind of flag carrying pseudo-political state entities. With more money than God they've captured market share going East in a massive way from the old legacies with their multi stop nightmare slogs across Asia. The flip side of that is that there's a host of places that might otherwise have non stop service to MAN who are now better served with a one stop option via DXB/AUH/DOH.
So in terms of variety, not ideal but better in terms of volume I think.