BA still do it on most flights, those short haul flights with only 1 rotation per day they don't but they do on all long haul flights, especially to america where people can be re-routed through say JFK then connection with AA. I know this for a fact as teh last flight i was on to BWI was overbooked by 16 passengers going out and 25 coming home. People were upgraded to Club World and Premium Economy then the rest were re-routed or placed on the following days flight which then made that flight overbooked. Works for them most of the time as people either don't show or change their flight plans last minute or their incoming connection is delayed.

B777 to DUB from 1 May and not as planned from 1 July.

Over booking is a normal practice on most airlines. The number of pax who don't show up for flights can be astounding.
I was on an ID90 standby with BA out of DXB one night years ago. The flight was overbooked by 30 and I was number 34 on the standby list, and I still got on. So at least 64 pax booked didn't show up.

I recently cancelled three sectors for 5 PAX with EK but they never removed the booking from their system. Result and invitation text for 5 PAX to check in for flights they were never going to take. Some unfortunate probably needed one of those seats.

More flights to Jeddah (+4/7) from 1st June and Riyadh (+3/7) from 1st August
Emirates increases flights to Saudi Arabia | Emirates | About Emirates | News

Karachi will get a fifth daily flight from 1st August
Emirates adds fifth daily frequency to Karachi | Emirates | About Emirates | News

Washington D.C. will be launched from 12th September
Emirates to Launch New Service to Washington, DC | Emirates | About Emirates | News

Rome will get a third daily flight from 1st October
Emirates boosts Rome services with 3rd daily flight | Emirates | About Emirates | News


Chengdu and Hangzhou could be next in China
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Codeshare with JetBlue
Emirates announces codeshare with JetBlue | Emirates | About Emirates | News

And finally EK has a proper FB page
Emirates launches official Facebook page | Emirates | About Emirates | News

Quote: "As a curious spectator who lives in the region, does anybody know if Emirates ever have or ever will consider adding any caribbean routes? It seems to be the only major holiday destination they don't fly to.

Obviously BA, VS etc.. have a heavy presence here, but I didn't think that would bother Ek that much, just a lack of demand, or something more? I'd love to see EK flying around the islands one day."

Expect that would depend on the amount of traffic between the Caribbean and Asia/Australasia, probably not a great deal.

It's too long a dog-leg to expect traffic between the Caribbean and Europe/Africa to route via DXB!

As for the Americas......

Twice daily GLA-DXB today with Suites in first class. A340 on evening fight

Emirates Says

P.S. EK also serves London Gatwick :rolleyes:

"north of the border or further west"
whats that supposed to mean?! Who do you think will be the lucky airport?

Emirates
 

My bet for an extra UK destination would be either Bristol (further west), or Edinburgh (north of the border). Though I would rule out Belfast as I don't feel it could sustain the sort of frequencies that Emirates seems to go after.

Bristols runway is extremely short! I dont know wether it would be possible.

As for further west what are the possibilities of Cardiff?

Emirates allready offers codeshares on flights with Flybe via Glasgow, Eastern Airways via Newcastle and KLM via Amsterdam.

However would Cardiff Airport be able to sustain such a route by pulling enough passengers from the local catchment area amog those living around Bristol and any over spill from Birmingham? Also is there enough demand for cargo by the local companies to help support the porfitability of the route?

This is not a new report and was being discussed on aviation message boards in March, though a brief search fails to reveal any trace of a discussion then on PPRuNe but I'm pretty certain there was one somewhere within the site.

From memory the remark was little more than a throwaway in response to a question by the business tv interviewer and words such as 'possibility' and 'could' were used.

EDI, CWL, BRS and BFS were discussed then as potential candidates.

As far as West of England/South Wales is concerned a view seemed to form that the area is well enough served from BHX, LHR and LGW already, though the latter is not so convenient from South Wales, and any Severnside route might only serve to dilute current route traffic, particularly BHX.

My understanding is that BRS would be ruled out of a non-stop route because of operational constraints at the airport.

Emirates eyeing Adelaide as a destination :ok:
Emirates eyeing Adelaide as a destination - The West Australian

Changes Summer 2012 + Winter 2012/2013 (AFAIK)

1st August
DOH +7/7 (6 daily in total)
KWI + 7/7 (5 daily in total)
KHI + 7/7 (5 daily in total)
RUH + 3/7 (17 weekly in total)
BSR + 3/7 (daily in total)
AMS B77W > A380
BKK B773 > B77W

12th August
new: Erbil 4 weekly A343

1st September
MAN B77W (2 class) > B77W (3 class)
NCL A332 (2 class) > B77W (2 class)
NCE A343 > A345
ATH A332 > B773
EBL +3/7 (daily A343 in total)

12th Sptember
new: Washington daily B77W

1st October
MEL-AKL B77W > A380
CPH B772 > B77W
FRA A332 > B77W (3 daily B77W in total)
LCA-MLA A332 > A343
HKG +1/7 A332 (2 daily (A380/B77W + A332) nonstop + daily A380 via BKK in total)
LUN-HRE +2/7 (daily A332 in total)

28th October
RUH +4/7 (3 daily in total)
CDG +1/7 (19 weekly in total)
BEY +4/7 (18 weekly in total)
DMM +3/7 (10 weekly in total)
LHR B77W > A380 (4 daily A380 in total)
MAN B773 > B77W (2 daily B77W + daily A380 in total)
LGW B772 > B773 (2 daily B77W + daily B773)
HYD A343 > B772
BLR A343 > B772 (2 daily A332 + daily B772 in total)
EBL A343 > A332
HKG A332 > A343
SGN A332 (2 class) > B77W (2 class)

1st November
new: Adelaide 4 weekly B77W

1st December
PER +5/7 (19 weekly in total)
DME B77W > A380
CMB-SIN B773 > B77W (2 class)
LOS A345 > B77W
TUN A345 > B773
HYD A343 > A345
LED A343 > A345

5th December
new: Lyon 5 weekly A345

1st January
JFK B77W > A380 (2 daily A380 in total)
CDG B77W > A380 (2 daily A380 + 5 weekly B77W in total)
GLA A343 > B77W (2 daily B77W in total)
ACC-ABJ A345 > B77W
VCE A343 > A345
IST B772 > B77W (2 class) (11 weekly B77W in total)

1st February
LHR B77W > A380 (5 daily A380 in total)
LIS B772 > B77W
LCA-MLA A343 > B772
DAR A345 > B77W (2 class)
HKG A343 > B77W (10 weekly B77W + 3 weekly A380 + 1 daily A380 via BKK in total)
ADL +3/7 (daily B77W in total)
NBO A343 > A345 (daily B772 + daily A345 in total)
HYD A343 > A345 (daily B772 + daily A345 + daily A332 in total)

6th February
new: Warsaw daily A332

1st March
PER +2/7 (2 daily B77W + 1 daily B77L in total)
DME A345 > B77W (daily A380 + daily B77W in total)
VCE A343 > A345 (2 daily A345 in total)

All 8 A343 to leave the fleet from 28th February 2013.

New bilateral with Japan eff summer 2013:
DXB-NRT double daily instead of daily
DXB-HND new daily service approved

10th December
new: Dubai-Phuket daily A332

Unfortunately with bad connection from Europe:
EK378 DXB1245 – 2155HKT 332 D
EK379 HKT0035 – 0435DXB 332 D


Beirut to be increased from 14/7 to 18/7 from 28th Oct and further to 21/7 from 31st December.

EK354/355 DXB-SIN will get a B77W instead of B77L from 1st September.
On the other hand DXB-IAD will be launched with B77L instead of B77W on 12th September.

Emirates W12 Operation Changes as of 03AUG12 | Airline Route – Worldwide Airline Route Updates


22nd A380 was delivered these days. 9 more to follow until the end of this year.

Looking at the Emirates route map - Could Emirates make Perth & Adelaide A380 routes with a flight to Auckland NZ

Auckland would then have all EK A380 flights from Australia...

I think in the near future most of all DXB-Australia flights will be with A380 especially when this comes into effect:
Qantas en route to alliance with Emirates

Don't kwow much about the bilateral / demand Australia-New Zealand.


1st Dec DXB-SIN daily A380 instead of DXB-JNB
Emirates Shifts Planned Johannesburg Airbus A380 Service to Singapore from Dec 2012 | Airline Route – Worldwide Airline Route Updates

Cabin Crew sacked
 

Air stewardess sacked for being drunk on board a flight to Birmingham - Birmingham News - News - Birmingham Mail

I know how she must have felt, in economy on a packed flight back to BHX from DXB and I only had two kids to deal with :)

The bit I want to know is what she did to get praise from one passenger - quote "My client felt she did perform her duties reasonably, and in fact, one of the passengers praised her for being helpful and attentive,”:confused:

Oh well she might be able to spend more time with her family now.

Pete

EK inaugurates flights to IAD this week
Emirates Inaugurates Non-Stop daily service to Washington, DC | Emirates United Arab Emirates

BOS could be their next US-destination


changes/new routes during winter 2012/2013

from 1st October DXB-AMM from 13 weekly to 14 weekly

from 1st October DXB-LUN-HRE from 5 weekly A332 to daily A332; from 1st February from daily A332 to daily B77W

from 28th October DXB-JED from 18 weekly to 21 weekly (double daily A380 + daily A332; from 1st January double daily A380 + daily B77W)

from 28th October DXB-MRU from 11 weekly to 12 weekly; from 28th November from 12 weekly to 14 weekly (all B773)

resumption:
from 29th October DXB-TIP 4 weekly A332; from 2nd January 4 weekly A343

from 3rd December DXB-SEZ from 11 weekly to 12 weekly; from 5th February from 12 weekly to 13 weekly (all A345)

from 1st December DXB-TUN from daily A345 to 5 weekly B773 (despite frequency reduction it's a capacity increase)

from 1st February DXB-CPH from 3-class B77W (360 seats) to 2-class B77W (427 seats)


new: from 1st March 2013 DXB-ALG daily A332
Emirates to launch daily service to Algeria | Emirates United Arab Emirates



Due to the QF agreement PER and FRA should be new A380 destinations in 2013