A380 to GRU from 26th March
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...-to-sao-paulo#

If I'm not wrong EK is the only carrier to fly the A380 to all continents.

3rd daily flight to NBO will be launched on 1st June
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...ht-to-nairobi#

what will the next UK A380 development be for EK?

Glasgow , March 2018 ? Strongest rumour yet !

I understood from other threads that the ME3 were all under pressure to increase their revenue more than their PAX. Since numbers on GLA-DXB were reported in august as more or less static, they could surely only justify a A380 by reducing the frequency?

....... but that would reduce freight capacity too , and it's well known that both daily flights are bursting at the seams !

I thought that the A380 has very little freight capacity?

I seriously doubt they would decrease frequency as one flight a day is not enough for demand.
Emirates flights ex GLA are operating at 95%+ load factors in July and other busy periods. Business class is almost always full.

The A380 attracts customers that might fly from elsewhere. People going on holidays of a lifetime may spend a bit more to fly on the super jumbo.

Less than the 773 anyway , so even more unlikely they would reduce the frequency. Add to that the pax attraction of flying local daily on the A380 and it's a sure winner and hopefully puts to bed the theory/hope in the east that Emirates would ever consider starting a service from EDI.

It wasn't clear from your previous post whether the flights were bursting at the seams with freight or PAX.

I thought I had seen on this or other threads that there were a lot of bargain fares on all the ME3, which implies unfilled seats.

or predatory pricing to damage opponents? :E

Whilst I understand you are referring to GLA believe me there are no bargain basement prices with EK ex DXB, EK is the most expensive option in J and F, hence why as a DXB resident, I don't use them. QR and BA are more cost effective coming to the U.K. and when the price differential is x2 you may understand my comment

That is often the case for direct services. Strangely enough it's often cheaper to connect hence why you will find QR cheaper in many cases.

In Scotland at the moment, there is a bit of a price war going on between the ME3 with all fares being relatively low. EK used to be more expensive but their fares have dropped recently as they now have new competition from QR and EY in what is a tough marketplace.

More capacity in the form of the A380 will only exacerbate this however it will be good to see the whale operating into Scotland.

Flights from an airlines home base country are almost always more expensive than a transit through the home base. I recently priced two flights with BA to Asia, one starting in MAN and the other in Europe with the long haul sector out of and back into LHR on the same flights, same day. The flight ex Europe was £1,400 CHEAPER than that out of MAN.

Correct - on a recent UK- Oz trip in business, Emirates out of Paris were 30% cheaper than QF & 20% cheaper than BA & Emirates out of LHR

I did a check today for trips to either Singapore or HK from EDI or GLA on April 9. I stipulated 1 change.

For both destinations Etihad were substantially the cheapest and Qatar the most expensive. Most of the other cheap options were KLM.

Maybe APD has a lot to do with the cost of airfares in the UK, hence cheaper from Paris.

DXB-ATH-EWR to be launched on 12th March
https://www.emirates.com/media-centr...rk-via-athens#

Newark is a new US destination and EK the only airline to operate year-round US-Greece service. Also important to add new US flights sooner than later as Mr. Trump may close the door.

Surprised no one is servicing this route... There muss be a reasonably high demand.

What AC will they use? 777 or some soon to be retired 330/340?

The A330s and A340s are gone; it'll be a B733 operating the route - same as on the current DXB-LCA-ATH route.