BBADXB From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1037 times:
Hi, there!
I was wondering if Emirates have Spain on their cards?
Would such a service to Barcelona and/or Madrid, Malaga (lesser extent Alicante(?)), Mallorca (wishful thinking?!), or the Canrary Islands (combined with Casablanca)... be viable?
And are there any other Gulf-based airlines already flying to Spain? (Which airline, a/c, frequency?).
Emirates777 From Tanzania, joined Feb 2000, 655 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1009 times:
I am sure Emirates will put Spain on its route-map at some point in the future (probably 2003 and after) along with Dublin and Amsterdam (pax flights). This is likely to happen as more A330s get freed up once the double-dailies to the big European routes are introduced. Most likely to be Madrid/Barcelona (combined).
As far as i can remember Kuwait Airways had a seasonal service into Malaga over the summer.
Marco From United Arab Emirates, joined Jul 2000, 4161 posts, RR: 17 Reply 2, posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 992 times:
Correct EK777 KU flies to AGP in the summer!
Spain is definately going to be a part of EK's network in the future!
Taloush From United Arab Emirates, joined Jul 2001, 154 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 983 times:
Actually, it's funny that there are NO direct links between the UAE and Spain..You'd think Gulf Air or another airline would be flying the route..
BBADXB From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 979 times:
Furthermore, IBERIA, the Spanish flag carrier and Spain's main and largest airline does not fly to anywhere in the Gulf, or the Far East.
Of course, it codeshares with BA to Bangkok and other places, and probably codeshares with other oneworld carriers such as Cathay Pacific to other Far East destinations, but no direct air link... I bet it would make one good money spinner for Emirates to fly there.
SAS767 From Denmark, joined Dec 1999, 394 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 966 times:
Nice to see the ongoing EK expansion, but will Scandinavia be on the future EK routemap??? Would be very nice but I'm afraid that the demand just isn't there (at the moment).
BBADXB From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 963 times:
Probably it will, very soon: it's a question of time... Emirates was codesharing with Sri Lankan (UL) on the Colombo-DXB-Stockholm-DXB-Colombo run before the terrorist attacks on Colombo airport last year.
BBADXB From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 910 times:
Well, we'll just have to wait & see then... I, for one, am hoping that MAD-BCN-DXB starts asap (probably in 2003, as indicated above)... & I am very enthusiastic about flying on one (AT LEAST!!) of those flights.
BTW, to all people from Spain: WOW! Boy, do I love your country (& the people!!), or what?? I was there last week and now I am flying to MAD this Friday - Hasta muy pronto,
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