Rumour - EK to fly A380 SYD - PER

[cambriamarsh]

Has anyone else heard this rumour, supposedly later this year.

 

[Saab34]

Not going to happen.

They could only fly International Pax onboard. I don't see the point, fly SYD-PER-DXB-LHR？They would be mad to reroute the direct flight via Perth, Etihad would be laughing.

 

[Isochronous]

Unless it was structured as a QF wet lease?

 

[boomy]

That would be awesome!

 

[Sethor]

Doubt it will happen, I would prefer EK to axe one of the east coast TT flights & add a PER-AKL leg on one of the PER flights.

 

[clazman]

Quite a few articles and threads about this rumor...supposed to be the 1st of May

 

[mannej]

Quite a few articles and threads about this rumor...supposed to be the 1st of May

EK flying the 380 to PER (as a part of the PER-DXB rotation) or them using it for a tag flight PER-SYD? If it's the latter this is the first I've heard of it.

 

[ashleyn]

Quite a few articles and threads about this rumor...supposed to be the 1st of May

Or maybe 1st April ?

 

[smit0847]

PER-AKL would make sense. PER-SYD would not.

 

[clazman]

Can we read between the lines, they have done numbers and the only way they can get the A380 into Perth is to exit a east coast port and into Perth?

Flight radar always has them flying very close to perth anyway

 

[RailFlyer]

Maybe the rest of you will get to experience what us lucky ones on the Trans-tasman have had for a few years now. A380 vs 737 choice (even in economy) is a no brainer.

EK treat me so much better as a QFF SG travelling on QF flight number than QF ever do. Op-ups, near 100% shadow, welcome on every flight, awesome lounge food compared to QP etc, etc.

 

[cambriamarsh]

Quite a few articles and threads about this rumor...supposed to be the 1st of May

That was the date is heard too

 

[dajop]

Absolutely true, from 1 May passengers will be able to fly from SYD-PER on EK A380s. Trouble is that it will be a very costly exercise to do so, and there is a long layover in DXB in the SYD-PER direction.

It sounds very much like someone has got SYD & DXB mixed up. It is well known that EK are commencing A380 services DXB-PER on 1 May.

 

[cambriamarsh]

Absolutely true, from 1 May passengers will be able to fly from SYD-PER on EK A380s. Trouble is that it will be a very costly exercise to do so, and there is a long layover in DXB in the SYD-PER direction.

It sounds very much like someone has got SYD & DXB mixed up. It is well known that EK are commencing A380 services DXB-PER on 1 May.

that makes sense, if they were selling from 1 May you'd expect them to be on sale now.

 

[AIRwin]

EK publishes a list of A380 flights:
Emirates A380 Flight Schedule | Emirates A380 | Our Fleet | Emirates Australia

According to this schedule, the only A380 destinations that are a continuation of an outbound flight from DXB via an intermediary point are AKL (via BNE/MEL/SYD) and JFK (via MXP wef 1 July 2015).