Demand is exploding to Dubai and Hong Kong! There will soon be twelve or thirteen daily flights from London to Dubai and twelve daily to Hong Kong. Chicago currently has eleven daily flights but they are in smaller planes and enjoy lower loading factors. However this is still well below the more than 28 daily flights (197 per week) that depart London for New York.
London-Dubai (87):
Emirates fly an astonishing eight daily flights to London Heathrow and Gatwick. British Airways offers a two or three times per day service (depending on the day of the week), Royal Brunei offer another daily, and Virgin Atlantic offer yet another. Emirates have ordered 45 x A380s (nearly a third of the total ordered number of A380s by all airlines worldwide) and will use them first on their London route. This will only increase capacity and reduce prices even further.
- Emirates = 56
- British Airways = 17
- Virgin Atlantic = 7
- Royal Brunei = 7
London-Hong Kong (84):
Capacity will have virtually doubled to Hong Kong in the last 12 months by the time Air New Zealand's newly announced Hong Kong service commences from October 28th. British Airways recently went from two daily to three daily and Cathay Pacific upped its offer from three to four. Qantas recently upped its frequency to daily and Virgin Atlantic adds the ninth daily service and will add a tenth in two stages in November 2006 and Febraury 2007. Air New Zealand will add the eleventh daily service from late October and longhaul start-up Oasis Airlines will add services to Gatwick from late October, rising to a daily frequency by 25th November, which will create twelve daily London-Hong Kong services. Almost all of these services use the largest aircraft flying (Boeing 747-400s, 777s, or A340-600s).
- Cathay Pacific = 28
- British Airways = 21
- Virgin Atlantic = 14
- Qantas Airways = 7
- Air New Zealand = 7
- Oasis Airlines = 7
....and for comparison:
London-Chicago (77):
- American Airlines = 35
- United Airlines = 21
- British Airways = 21
London-New York (197):
- British Airways = 75
- Virgin Atlantic = 42
- American Airlines = 41
- Continental = 18
- United Airlines = 7
- Eos Airlines = 7
- MaxJet = 7
A skyscraper lover's charter!
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London-Dubai (87):
Emirates fly an astonishing eight daily flights to London Heathrow and Gatwick. British Airways offers a two or three times per day service (depending on the day of the week), Royal Brunei offer another daily, and Virgin Atlantic offer yet another. Emirates have ordered 45 x A380s (nearly a third of the total ordered number of A380s by all airlines worldwide) and will use them first on their London route. This will only increase capacity and reduce prices even further.
- Emirates = 56
- British Airways = 17
- Virgin Atlantic = 7
- Royal Brunei = 7
London-Hong Kong (84):
Capacity will have virtually doubled to Hong Kong in the last 12 months by the time Air New Zealand's newly announced Hong Kong service commences from October 28th. British Airways recently went from two daily to three daily and Cathay Pacific upped its offer from three to four. Qantas recently upped its frequency to daily and Virgin Atlantic adds the ninth daily service and will add a tenth in two stages in November 2006 and Febraury 2007. Air New Zealand will add the eleventh daily service from late October and longhaul start-up Oasis Airlines will add services to Gatwick from late October, rising to a daily frequency by 25th November, which will create twelve daily London-Hong Kong services. Almost all of these services use the largest aircraft flying (Boeing 747-400s, 777s, or A340-600s).
- Cathay Pacific = 28
- British Airways = 21
- Virgin Atlantic = 14
- Qantas Airways = 7
- Air New Zealand = 7
- Oasis Airlines = 7
....and for comparison:
London-Chicago (77):
- American Airlines = 35
- United Airlines = 21
- British Airways = 21
London-New York (197):
- British Airways = 75
- Virgin Atlantic = 42
- American Airlines = 41
- Continental = 18
- United Airlines = 7
- Eos Airlines = 7
- MaxJet = 7
A skyscraper lover's charter!
kay:
