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Taken from Airliner Route from today 23.03.20 Emirates UK Ops will be as follows-: BHX 1x Daily A380, GLA 1x Daily 773/A380, LHR 6x Daily A380 and MAN 2x Daily A380. All other UK suspended.

Looks like things are changing.
The National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, NCEMA, and the General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, have decided to suspend all inbound and outbound passenger flights and the transit of airline passengers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for two weeks as part of the precautionary measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19.

The decision, which is subject to re-assessment, will take effect in 48 hours.

In a statement today, the GCAA said cargo and emergency evacuation flights would be exempt.

Appreciate this is a long way off but we were looking to go and visit my sister in Melbourne in Easter 2022. It looks like the EK evening flight from MEL is not showing as operating ( looked as far as Feb 2022) which makes connection to BHX (and most other UK regionals) very poor.

Does anybody know or have an opinion as to whether the evening flight will return? We'd prefer to use EK as we have some miles to use.

Emirates are very good at upping the schedules when needed & I think the U.K. market will return to 2019 levels quickly once the world returns to normal

Was EDI ‘suspended’ or officially dropped?

In the current situation, is there a difference?

Depends I suppose if they still have an active contract with EDI airport. I think they still do with STN, but like many others is just suspended for the foreseeable.

Thanks Simon. As if by magic the evening flight from MEL is now showing in Feb 2022 with the morning one now gone so that means a much better connection to BHX.

Edit. MEL flight also now showing as A380 which wasn't the case when I posted originally

They let all the staff go at EDI, so I'd say "officially dropped"

With changes in UAE travel restrictions tonight, could there be a UK EK ramp up?

It will allow them to land and disgorge self loading freight in Manchester legally from Monday, rather than to hypocritical RED list entry points which for some reason I haven't quite grasped include Bristol and Birmingham however not the only major airport outside the capital with a significant long haul network.

The changes represent positive progress, but until major markets in Asia and (particularly) Australasia open up to travellers from the UK and vv, one would expect the ramp-up to be cautious. Even as restrictions are lifted, customers who generally book long-haul trips well in advance will remain wary of draconian rule changes imposed with minimal notice by politicians disrupting their eligibility to travel. I expect the recovery to 2019 levels to be slow (though the percentage rises in passenger numbers yoy will look amazing).

India going "amber list" from the UK will be helpful, looking beyond the UAE itself.

Does anyone know if EK intend restarting LGW anywhen soon?
the flights used to be busy before Covid appeared .

as with everything, subject to change but currently expected to return for summer 22 but just the lunchtime rotation, not the three daily we were used to

Thank you x
Hoping if Oz and NZ reopen sooner,EK may come back before Summer 22🙏

DXB-GLA restarted passenger flights today, B77L scheduled but B77W operated.

no way. God knows when oz and NZ will open borders !

Good to see EK back.

Last 3 A380 will be delivered by November 2021
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...0-in-november/

Some new routes/frequency increases compared to pre-COVID:

TLV new destination started with daily B77W flights on 23rd June; 2nd daily to be added from 30th October
DME new 3rd daily flight to be added from 1st October
MRU new 3rd daily flight to be added from 1st October
MLE has been increased to 24/7

Compared to summer 2019 following destiantions have not (yet) been resumed:
EDI, SAW (IST increased from 11/ to 17/7), ZAG (servived by FZ), OPO, EWR (DXB-EWR nonstop flight not resumed; currently served only via ATH), SCL, HND (might come back in summer 2023), PNH, RGN, ADL

Most destinations are planned to be back to pre-COVID frequencies by 2023 but some will be serviced with B77W instead of A380 previously.

I'm hoping to see Newcastle restored to daily, ideally with the original midday schedule. I wonder what happened to the report that the flights were to go twice daily.

Hasn’t the NCL timings been adjusted?

NCL-DXB goes back to lunchtime departure from 29th October. They should do the night flight on Tuesday and Thursday to mix it up

There was never a plan for twice daily. The airline simply applied for lunchtime and evening slots before deciding on the timing of the service.

x7 weekly daytime, x4 weekly evening ;)

ncl will most likely be that before double daily.
can’t see it happening before the end of 2024

For summer 2023 the majority of destinations will be at pre COVID levels in terms of frequencies. A380 not returned to all destinations/flights.

Compared to summer 2019 following destinations will/have not (yet) been resumed:
EDI
ZAG (serviced by FZ)
SAW (IST increased from 11/7 to 21/7)
OPO
EWR (DXB-EWR nonstop flight not resumed; currently daily DXB-ATH-EWR)
SCL (as a tag-on to GRU, GIG or EZE)
KBL
PNH (rumoured tag-on to BKK might be re-launched in August)
RGN
ADL

Biggest gaps compared to 2019:
Scotland: was 3 daily (incl. A380), now only 1 daily
JNB: was up to 4 daily, now only 2 daily
China (incl. HKG): was 9 daily (majority A380), now (planned) with 5 daily after recent resumption

nice subtle livery refresh. Evolution rather than drama

Bilaterals between UAE and Canada have been increased to allow each country 21 weekly flights.
Therefore on short notice the flights to YYZ will be increased to daily A380 starting 20th April.

1st May: 3rd daily flight to TLV to be launched
1st June: one of the two daily flights to DPS will get the A380
29th October: CAI will be increased to 4 daily with 2 daily operated by A380

Number of flights to Australia are also on the way back to pre-COVID levels as additional flights to SYD, MEL and BNE have been restored whereas ADL remains cancelled.

Flights to China will be gradually restored by adding further frequencies and A380. PVG and PEK will be back to double daily eff. 1st July and 1st September.

BKK will have 4 daily nonstop flights again from 1st August and JNB is planned to be 3 daily A380 starting January 2024.

Daily flights to Montreal will be launched eff. 5th July with B77W
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...treal-in-july/

How come no one else reporting this? Dubai's Emirates orders 200 Airbus A350 aircraft
If true does it kill their outstanding 787 order?

Lots of A380s and B777s to replace in the coming years. I know that Emirates have ordered plenty of B77Xs but looking towards the future they have a large amount of aircraft to replace.

I definitely think that the B787 has a future in the Emirates fleet. I also don't think that this huge new order with Airbus for 200 A350s will kill their outstanding B787 order.

Looking towards the next decade the Emirates fleet will more than likely consist of A350-900, Airbus A350-1000, B777x, B787-9, B787-10.

The A380 will work well into next decade which is why they are spending $2B on upgrades to Premium Economy, the 777X is due......well who knows.

This doesn't strike me as an official announcement (yet...!); who are ZAWYA as a publication as I've not heard of them before...?!

I rather suspect that many of the big-name industry publications (i.e Airways Magazine, FlightGlobal, etc.) & other mainstream media outlets will probably wait until there's a properly scheduled publicity event, which will likely be held at the Dubai Airshow (13-17th Nov), before reporting on this.

To be honest I had completely overlooked the fact that Emirates are spending a huge sum of money on upgrades to the A380. But the middle of the next decade is just under 12 year's time away. I should imagine that the Emirates fleet of A380s will have halfed by that time if not more.

By 2035 the Emirates fleet won't be revolving around the A380. Their day's would surely be numbered by then hence why Emirates are possibly interested in making such a huge order for future requirements.

I personally haven't seen or read anything about this order except for here on pprune. As another poster pointed out, any such order if true would more than likely be announced at the forthcoming Dubai Air Show.

My thoughts are with the x6 daily A388s into LHR. That is a big loss of seats moving to any other equipment, unless they get more slots!

The link at post #31 quotes "UAE daily Al-Bayan"

Wiki describes Al-Bayan as

More slots more aircraf, hence the possible large order. By the middle of the next decade the A380 days will certainly be nearing their end.

6 x daily A380 to LHR could easily be replaced by 8 x daily A350-1000. 3 x daily A380 LGW could easily be replaced by 5 x A350-1000, same more or less with MAN and other airports that see multiple daily A380 flights. Emirates could find a way of obtaining more slots and using aircraft such as the A350-1000 to maintain capacity without a loss of seats.

Of course there's also the much delayed B777X that's "due to enter" service for Emirates in 2025. Boeing have stated that sometime during 2025 it will enter service. But it's been a long haul for Boeing to get the aircraft certified.

A large aircraft order as outlined by the author of this thread is quite feasible. Having more fflights with more aircraft to maintain capacity without the A380 is more than likely the future outcome for Emirates. We all love the A380 but it's day's will surely be numbered by the middle of the next decade.

Finding slots for more flights might be the issue

https://www.flightglobal.com/airline...153733.article

SWBKCB
I would also like it if they kept the A380 as it is by my favourite A/C to fly in as a passenger. Aesthetically it is no looker and I do prefer the A350 in that respect but as a passenger the A380 is excellent, and I have spent along time in them mostly with EK and a little with SQ.

Cheers
Mr Mac