Emirates re-schedules some Australia / New Zealand flights from 30th October

EK418/419 DXB-BKK-SYD-CHC daily B77W will become EK412/413 DXB-SYD-CHC daily A380

EK412/413 DXB-SYD-AKL daily A380 will become EK418/419 DXB-BKK-SYD-AKL daily A380
Emirates to Offer First A380 Christchurch Services

Flights offered to Australia / New Zealand from 30th October

EK404/405 DXB-SIN-MEL daily A380
EK406/407 DXB-MEL-AKL daily A380
EK408/409 DXB-MEL daily B77W
EK412/413 DXB-SYD-CHC daily A380
EK414/415 DXB-SYD daily A380
EK418/419 DXB-BKK-SYD-AKL daily A380
EK420/421 DXB-PER daily A380
EK424/425 DXB-PER daily A380
EK432/433 DXB-SIN-BNE daily B77W
EK434/435 DXB-BNE-AKL daily A380
EK440/441 DXB-ADL daily B77W
EK448/449 DXB-AKL daily A380

From 1st January BKK will be 6 daily A380 + daily B77W.

No 4th lgw flight.

Emirates shelves planned 4th daily London Gatwick flight due Oct 2016 :: Routesonline

Great! I'm booked (with family) on EK23 on 31/10. Guess we'll get moved to one of the other flights.

Edit: logged onto booking and looks like we've already been moved to the EK9, which is ok by me :-)

Interesting that EK would cancel this only 9 days before it was due to start though.

New route to Fort Lauderdale, Daily on a 777-200LR

Seems odd to choose FLL over MIA, wonder if they couldn't get the slots they wanted.

Source

Read the article and you'll see that JetBlue has a major hub in Ft. Lauderdale (like they have in Orlando) and EK will code share with them.

QR choosed MIA as oneworld partner AA has a hub there.

Last flights for EK's B772ER, A343 and A332 on 29th/30th October.

Fleet per 1st November
85 x A380, 123 x B77W, 8 x B773 and 10 x B77L remain in the fleet.

DOH (shortest ever A380 route) and KUL will received daily A380 flights and SEA will be double daily B77W from 1st December.
Ft. Lauderdale (JetBlue's main base) announced with a daily B77L flight from 15th December and ATH will get a second daily nonstop flight from 1st May (3 daily in total as one flight operates via LCA).
Further changes for the summer 2017 to be announced in the coming weeks.

1st December
KUL (EK346/347) from daily B77W to daily A380
DOH (EK841/842) from daily B77W to daily A380
SEA (EK227/228) from daily B77L to daily B77W
BKK (EK350/351) resumption seventh daily with 2-class B77W

15th December
NEW: FLL (EK213/214) new daily with B77L

1st January
MAN (EK021/022) from daily B77W to daily A380
BHX (EK037/038) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 2-class A380
BHX (EK039/040) from daily 2-class A380 to daily 2-class B77W
BKK (EK370/371) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 2-class A380
DUB (EK163/164) from daily 3-class B77W to daily 2-class B77W
BAH (EK837/838) from daily EQV to daily B77W

6th January
CMB SIN (EK348/349) route restricted to DXB CMB until 6th April
CMB (EK654/655) flight suspended until 6th April

1st February
KUL (EK346/347) from daily 3-class A380 to daily 2-class A380
JNB (EK761/762) from daily B77W to daily A380
BUD (EK111/112) from daily B773 to daily 2-class B77W

1st May
ATH (EK103/104) new third daily with B773

1st August
ATH (EK103/104) from daily B773 to daily B77W

I was just thinking that as Emirates were thinking about operating into MEX with a stop in between (not sure if the stop would need to be inbound/outbound/both) and have just announced FLL, they could maybe do DXB-FLL-MEX and have 5th freedom rights on FLL-MEX. Thoughts?

They'd be shooting themselves in the foot there because I believe Mexican passengers flying MEX-DXB/MEX-DXB-XXX would require an American visa if the aircraft touches down on American soil

Silly, I know. It has a huge turnaround in FLL so tagging on to MEX wouldn't be too difficult, if it didn't preclude the majority of passengers from using the service

I think they should look at tagging it with HAV/CUN/SJU etc. I think Cancun makes the most sense

And HOW would CUN be different to MEX - both in Mexico. Make your mind up as to the economic and commercial benefits to the airline and not just what spotters wish to see

Quite simple. It's elevation is about 7300ft lower than MEX, which means a 77L/77W/A380 could fly direct CUN-DXB, whereas they can't do MEX-DXB

It's pretty safe to say the only reason EK don't already serve MEX is because of the elevation

Nothing to do with spotters...

Quiet end of the year as new new routes or changes have been announced the past weeks.

1st January
MAN (EK021/022) from daily B77W to daily A380
BHX (EK037/038) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 2-class A380
BHX (EK039/040) from daily 2-class A380 to daily 2-class B77W
BKK (EK370/371) from daily 2-class B77W to daily 2-class A380
DUB (EK163/164) from daily 3-class B77W to daily 2-class B77W
BAH (EK837/838) from daily EQV to daily B77W

6th January
CMB SIN (EK348/349) route restricted to DXB CMB until 6th April
CMB (EK654/655) flight suspended until 6th April

1st February
KUL (EK346/347) from daily 3-class A380 to daily 2-class A380
JNB (EK761/762) from daily B77W to daily A380
BUD (EK111/112) from daily B773 to daily 2-class B77W

1st May
ATH (EK103/104) new third daily with B773

1st August
ATH (EK103/104) from daily B773 to daily B77W

current fleet
88 x A380
124 x B77W
7 x B773
10 x B77L

Tim Clark visited Bournemouth for the opening of the new daily Bournemouth Dubai service.... oh correction... I mean the opening of the cabin interiors factory by AIM aviation. Really hope Tim was drawn by the attributes of the airport and wealthy catchment area

Nakata77

Your getting carried away with yourself regarding Emirates and BOH just like a certain individual on the Bournemouth forum!

BOH and Emirates will NEVER happen full stop.

Tongue in cheek

I don't think it was!

Casablanca will be the next A380 destination from 26th March
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...-a380-network#

NRT will see the A380 from 26th March once again
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...-narita-japan#

Zagreb will join the network from 1st June. Several aircraft swaps announcerd as EK focussing to use the A380 to slot/bilateral constrained airports like NRT or CMN.

1st February
KUL (EK346/347) from daily 3-class A380 to daily 2-class A380
JNB (EK761/762) from daily B77W to daily A380
BUD (EK111/112) from daily B773 to daily 2-class B77W

26th March
CMN (EK751/752) from daily B77W to daily A380
FCO (EK095/096) from daily A380 to daily B77W
FCO (EK099/100) third daily service reinstated with B77W
LCA ATH (EK107/108) five weekly routing suspended
LCA MLA (EK109/110) reinstated daily routing with B77W
MLA TUN (EK749) five weekly routing suspended
TUN (EK747/748) reinstated five weekly service with B77W
LAX (EK217/218) from daily A380 to daily B77L
GIG EZE (EK247/248) from daily B77L to daily B77W
BKK HKG (EK384/385) from daily 3-class A380 to daily 2-class A380
NRT (EK318/319) from daily B77W to daily A380
PER (EK424/425) from daily A380 to daily B77W
SEZ (EK707/708) from daily B77L to daily B77W
LAD (EK793/794) from daily B77W to daily B77L

1st May
ATH (EK103/104) new second daily with B77W

1st June
NEW: ZAG (EK129/130) daily with B773

1st July
RGN HAN from daily 2-class B77W to daily 3-class B77W

1st September
MRU (EK703/704) from daily 3-class A380 to daily 2-class A380

is EK launching paid-for Business Class and First lounge access? That could be useful for (a few) willing economy passengers, using some of the lovely outstation lounges ie LHR, GLA etc.

They are but at USD100 per person I can't see them getting too many takers!