eltomzo From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2009, 61 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 2097 times:
I was thinking lately, is there any route that Emirates flies where a competitor airline regularly sends a larger aircraft/higher seat capacity than EK? Since they only operate widebodies I don't see that happening much.
How about other airlines that operate 'total dominance' on all routes? I can't think of many other candidates except possibly QR and EK, as well some airlines that operate very small fleets.
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sw733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6103 posts, RR: 10 Reply 1, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 2029 times:
Quoting eltomzo (Thread starter): is there any route that Emirates flies where a competitor airline regularly sends a larger aircraft/higher seat capacity than EK?
Sure - how about BKK-HKG? Sure, it's a tag on, but it's an EK route, and both Thai and Cathay Pacific send more seats on any given day than Emirates does.
RyanairGuru From Australia, joined Oct 2006, 2673 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2012 times:
Quoting eltomzo (Thread starter): I was thinking lately, is there any route that Emirates flies where a competitor airline regularly sends a larger aircraft/higher seat capacity than EK? Since they only operate widebodies I don't see that happening much.
Don't forget that all their flights start or end in DXB, a fortress hub. It's like asking if another airline has more capacity than DL out of ATL...
The tag routes are the only ones where EK is a minority player: BKK-HKG (as already suggested), SIN-BNE/MEL, KUL-MEL, BKK-SYD + the Trans Tasman flying.
Unless, however, are you referring to trips between two points via DXB? i.e. how dominant is EK USA-India (quite) or Australia-Greece (very to the point of having a monopoly)
blink182 From Azerbaijan, joined Oct 1999, 5431 posts, RR: 19 Reply 3, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1986 times:
What about AMS-DXB? EK is daily whereas KL, I think is 10-12x weekly with widebody equipment. I realize that is one route of many out of DXB, but it still answers the question.
Give me a break, I created this username when I was a kid...
eltomzo From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2009, 61 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1933 times:
Quoting RyanairGuru (Reply 2): Unless, however, are you referring to trips between two points via DXB? i.e. how dominant is EK USA-India (quite) or Australia-Greece (very to the point of having a monopoly)
I assume you are referring to monopoly in the technical sense of the word - i.e. greater than 25% of the market - because of course there is a competition on Greece-Australia from both QR (ATH-DOH-MEL). And if we look at aircraft size here, DL does not send a larger aircraft to every destination than any other airline - BA sends 777s that are at least the same size as anything DL sends.
Quoting blink182 (Reply 3): What about AMS-DXB? EK is daily whereas KL, I think is 10-12x weekly with widebody equipment. I realize that is one route of many out of DXB, but it still answers the question.
Again, looking at aircraft size here it is still a win for EK I believe (B77W）
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