EK New Routes (2012-13)

[anjoby]

Hi everyone! I'm opening up this thread because after going through the pages I found out there's none at the moment so I decided to just make one.

Anyways, would anyone happen to know about EK's new routes for 2012-13 operation plan? I would also like to know if Cebu is included in the plan list or is it being eyed for future routes because of unconfirmed reports that are circulating here that EK could possibly take up the slack as the result of QR ending its DOH-CEB route this Saturday 26th March. With QR packing up, CEB's lone connection to the Middle East & Europe will greatly affect the southern islands of which CEB is the main hub.

also, there are unconfirmed reports about EY and GF mounting flights to CEB as well.


Thanks

[akerosid]

I don't think CEB is included in EK's plan, as it is primarily a low yield route. The most likely option for CEB is an interline with either PR or Cebu Pacific at MNL?

EK has been pretty busy with new routes this year. IAD has just been announced and will be the third new US route this year, after SEA and DFW.

Two new European routes have also been added - DUB and LIS (the latter starting later this year).

There are likely to be more added, with at least one further route to the US.

[chinapattern]

EK are also launching BCN in July and re-instating SGN.

As for future destinations ARL and WAW are the obvious European candidates for me and ORD in the US.

There have been rumours in the past about them starting BOG. As EK only serve three South American destinations (GRU, GIG, EZE) I wander if that might be their next market to conquer. I could see BOG, SCL and perhaps CCS coming online.

[GMC1500]

airport codes

I know some of the ones you guys mention because I've flown there, but for the sake of simplicity could we use city names?

[Wycombe]

Let me do that for you - no doubt someone even more geeky than me will come along to correct if needed:

BCN Barcelona
SGN Ho Chi Min (code comes from when City was known as Saigon)
ARL Stockholm (the airport is called Arlanda)
WAW Warsaw (Poland)
ORD Chicago
BOG Bogota (Columbia)
SCL Santiago (Chile)
CCS Caracas (Venezuela)
EZE Buenos Aires (airport is called Ezeiza)
GRU Sao Paulo (airport is called Guarulhos)
GIG Rio de Janeiro

[Bartek]

Possible new UK destinations

On the subject of new EK routes, it seems a new UK destination could be on the cards:

In the U.K., where Emirates serves London Heathrow, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and Glasgow, there’s the possibility of it adding a further destination which “could be north of the border or further west,” he said.

Emirates Says

Sounds like EDI or perhaps BRS, CWL or BFS.

[anjoby]

@akerosid: thanks for the response.

well, CEB currently has international airlines like Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways (until 26th March), Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Tiger Airways, Silkair, Air Busan, Jeju Air and Jin Air and local airlines like PR, 5J and 2P which offer international flights to SEA as well. When QR departs, CEB will no longer have any direct flights to the Middle East & Europe which is more convenient for OFWs and western tourists.


anyways, thanks!

[Swedish Steve]

ARL Stockholm (the airport is called Arlanda)

and the airport code is ARN.

ARL is the name of the nearest VOR.

[chinapattern]

Code:

Sounds like EDI or perhaps BRS, CWL or BFS.

Shame Emirates didn't opt for the 787 as I think it would have allowed them to launch routes like this and other secondary cities where the 77W is simply just too much to begin with. It would also allow them to fly longer and thinner routes to destinations in Latin & South America. If demand grows then routes could still be upgraded, but with the A330's going they're going to have to go big from the very start.

[Buster the Bear]

500 additional pilots being recruited which is staggering!

[MerchantVenturer]

Sounds like EDI or perhaps BRS, CWL or BFS.

If it was a case of Bristol or Cardiff, even though the airline might believe that BRS was the better commercial bet if it could operate from there I don't believe it could take a B777 with full payload to Dubai.

Its 2011 metre runway perched over 600 feet up in the North Somerset mountains might be a nasty shock to those used to operating on the wide-open, sandy spaces of the UAE airports.

Happy to be over-ruled by those whose technical knowledge is far greater than my almost non-existent grasp of the subject.

[crewmeal]

Sounds like EDI or perhaps BRS, CWL or BFS.

If it were Filton then there would be no problem, especially as A380's have visited.

I will never understand why Lulsgate Farm was ever developed into an airport. But that's another story.

[Callsign Kilo]

You'd never get a 777 out of BRS. Not with the loads EK needs.

BFS is a lost cause; people can travel to DUB. EDI is too close to GLA, which will see two services daily on occasion. As for CWL, who knows?

[Tableview]

They have recently commenced service to Harare. Plenty of opportunity there as Air Zimbabwe recently went into liquidation, lots of traffic between GB and ZW and no direct flights now, also that nice Mrs. Mugape needs to travel to Dubai to buy her designer clothes.

[MAN FLEX 99]

I would guess EK will add 3rd daily BHX or possible look at STN for UK expansion.

[learjet50]

EK expansion

Think u will find it to be Cardiff
No other airline of EK s Size is in there yet

I am sure EK will be most welcome at Cardiff the way things are there

[falconeasydriver]

The logical next UK destination would be STN

That will please all the ex MOL drivers here, they can nip down to Storty for a pint
Or better yet go and see Jamies mum and dad at the cricketers for an overpriced pub lunch

[No RYR for me]

Shame Emirates didn't opt for the 787 as I think it would have allowed them to launch routes like this and other secondary cities where the 77W is simply just too much to begin with. It would also allow them to fly longer and thinner routes to destinations in Latin & South America. If demand grows then routes could still be upgraded, but with the A330's going they're going to have to go big from the very start.

The issue is not filling them so much. It is enough gates at DXB until the new airport opens so they prefer the biggest aircraft possible to make the most out of the current infrastructure.

[Joe Curry]

Sounds like EDI or perhaps BRS, CWL or BFS.

Don't rule out ABZ...

[pwalhx]

I am puzzled why STN is a possibility, why operate from a third London airport, I would have thought an additional Gatwick frequency would be preferable to them.