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From 4 December, Emirates will fly daily from DXB to KBL and return, using a 3 class A340.
Emirates to commence daily service to Kabul | News | Emirates United Kingdom
Currently, its 'low cost' subsidiary FZ operates three return flights daily. The timings suggest the EK flights might replace one of the FZ flights, although FZ is still offering 3 flights daily after the change.
This comes against a backdrop of a KBL to anywhere market that has been shrivelling over the past 12 months with the steady reduction in aid - military and otherwise.
The advantage that 'foreign' airlines like FZ, TK, and :shock:AI have here is that some contractors, embassies, etc won't let anyone fly with the Afghan carriers (4Q, RQ and FZ) as they are banned from EU airspace, because of the inadequate regulatory oversight of these. This gives EK a walk-up start.
Interesting that they are targeting an F class market with these flights. There are certainly a few with a lot of money here. And the flight is commencing at the same time that FZ is rolling out its own J class
flydubai
The other oddity was the choice of aircraft - an A340 for a 3 hour flight. I for one will give that a go! With all their A380s coming on stream, presumably EK would have a few A340s spare now.
Would be nice to see a QF codeshare on the KBL EK flights, which if so would become the only OW flights into KBL, but I'm not holding my breath.
Cheers skip.
Emirates to commence daily service to Kabul | News | Emirates United Kingdom
Currently, its 'low cost' subsidiary FZ operates three return flights daily. The timings suggest the EK flights might replace one of the FZ flights, although FZ is still offering 3 flights daily after the change.
This comes against a backdrop of a KBL to anywhere market that has been shrivelling over the past 12 months with the steady reduction in aid - military and otherwise.
The advantage that 'foreign' airlines like FZ, TK, and :shock:AI have here is that some contractors, embassies, etc won't let anyone fly with the Afghan carriers (4Q, RQ and FZ) as they are banned from EU airspace, because of the inadequate regulatory oversight of these. This gives EK a walk-up start.
Interesting that they are targeting an F class market with these flights. There are certainly a few with a lot of money here. And the flight is commencing at the same time that FZ is rolling out its own J class
flydubai
The other oddity was the choice of aircraft - an A340 for a 3 hour flight. I for one will give that a go! With all their A380s coming on stream, presumably EK would have a few A340s spare now.
Would be nice to see a QF codeshare on the KBL EK flights, which if so would become the only OW flights into KBL, but I'm not holding my breath.
Cheers skip.
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, a lot are on FIFO, and there are quite a few of them here. But I don't expect the codeshare!
