I thought that the Australian Government has not given them a green light to increase capacity??? Does this mean EK will increase be able to increase capacity now??? They have 42 flights weekly to Australia, they were asking for 84. Are they going to get them?
BNE From Australia, joined Mar 2000, 3156 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2718 times:
From the news article.
From 2nd March, EK424 will fly every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Perth, departing at 09:25 and arriving at 00:10 the next day. Return flight EK425 will depart Perth on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 06:30 to arrive in Dubai at 13:45. All timings are local.
Currently, EK420 departs Dubai daily at 02:35 hours to arrive in Perth at 17:20 hours; EK 421 departs Perth at 22:30 hours, arriving in Dubai at 05:45 hours the following morning.
I don't find any of these times that inspring if I was leaving from Perth.
Sydney and Melbourne have double daily but both the flights seem to go out within a couple of hours of each other.
Does Emirates run a banked hub in Dubai at different times of the day.
HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1050 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 2467 times:
Quoting EK156 (Thread starter): I thought that the Australian Government has not given them a green light to increase capacity??? Does this mean EK will increase be able to increase capacity now??? They have 42 flights weekly to Australia, they were asking for 84. Are they going to get them?
Their maximum is 49 flights per week to Australia - which the second daily Perth flight takes them to.
The Sydney Morning Herald's business section yesterday reports that EK wants to increase to 92 (!) flights per week, citing that the MEL and SYD routes are now the top 3 EK longhaul destinations in terms of profitability.
EK is also arguing that QF's pull-out from several European ports (Paris and Rome - both now code-share only with AF and CX respectively) show that it is not profitable for an Australian airline to fly to mainland Europe and that it will help bring competition to those routes, and touts the advantage of one-stop connection through DXB with no back-tracking.
Be interesting how this goes. Seems EK is quietly pushing for more Aussie traffic rights at the same time SQ is making a song and a dance over trans-Pacific ...
Antskip From Australia, joined Jan 2006, 883 posts, RR: 6 Reply 7, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2381 times:
Quoting HKGKaiTak (Reply 6): The Sydney Morning Herald's business section yesterday reports that EK wants to increase to 92 (!) flights per week, citing that the MEL and SYD routes are now the top 3 EK longhaul destinations in terms of profitability.
Great reference! The article referred to goes partly as follows:
"EMIRATES is tipped to use British Airways' exit from Melbourne next month and Qantas's lack of services into mainland Europe as the key planks in its lobbying effort aimed at more than doubling its flights into Australia to 98 a week. "While other carriers pull out, we actually want to increase our services," said the airline's head of East Asia and Australasian commercial operations, Richard Vaughan..."We have a carrier pulling out of Melbourne next month called BA and we actually want more services into there," Mr Vaughan said at the opening of Emirates' first- and business-class lounge at Sydney Airport yesterday. Emirates rates Sydney and Melbourne among its top three most profitable long-haul routes. Since beginning services to Australia in 1996, Emirates has built up 5.7 per cent share of the international market. Qantas's share has fallen from 34.7 to 28.2 per cent in the past four years". http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/...ots/2006/02/07/1139074229738.html.
MEA From Australia, joined Jan 2001, 631 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 2258 times:
I guess these points from EKs press release demonstrate what a bit of competition can bring to markets Qantas chooses to ignore:
Emirates SkyCargo’s services have boosted exports of chilled meat, fresh produce, flowers, and seafood, mainly to markets in the Middle East...
Between 1997 and 2003, Australia became one of the most popular destinations for leisure travellers from the Middle East with tourist traffic growing by 45 per cent and Tourism Australia forecasting a further 80 per cent increase in 2006.
Crewtagdotcom From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 21 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (7 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 2193 times:
I hope EK will eventually switch their PER flights to the 777ER. The 340-300 is one of the worst fleet they have!!! I guess they make it up in inflight service and the amount of food they serve.
Antskip From Australia, joined Jan 2006, 883 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2027 times:
QF has responded in their usual style in today's Australian newspaper:" QANTAS has lashed out at a push by Emirates to double its capacity into Australia, describing the Dubai-based carrier's plans as "over the top" and signalling it will campaign hard against the proposal..."Their (Emirates') attitude - that just because they've got more rights into Europe, they should be given more rights into Australia - just doesn't work," Mr Gregg said yesterday. "The Australian Government can't get more access into Paris, so why should Australian carriers be penalised for that?" Mr Gregg also reiterated Qantas's long-held view that Emirates receives government support not available to Qantas, a claim Emirates vehemently denies...Qantas will be ready to do battle with its nemesis. "We'll do what we always do to try and protect the interests of Qantas, Qantas shareholders and the Australian public," Mr Gregg said." http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...0,5744,18095669%255E23349,00.html.
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