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• Andy says:

  11 Sep11 September 07:48

  The Glasgow emirates flight washes its face with cargo alone, all pax revenue is profit. We’re economy pax to reduce they’d simply downsize to a B777 and actually create more space for cargo as they carry much, much more than an A380. I don’t see them feeling nervous at all about this.

  • Bernard says:

    11 Sep11 September 07:58

    That’s quite the claim. How do you know? Can you see Emirates financial data on a route by route basis?

    Whatever the case, Wizz’s choice of routes looks suicidal. Odd destinations and very little competitive advantage on longer services.

    • BJ says:

      11 Sep11 September 09:53

      Whatever the detail, the one certainty is that Emirates have not be flying two of their largest aircraft with premium cabin to Glasgow every day for years to lose money.

  • memesweeper says:

    11 Sep11 September 08:37

    Indeed, and if Wizz are substantially cheaper there’s a good chance they will simply grow the market.

• Dev says:

  11 Sep11 September 08:32

  Ultra low cost long haul is perfect for the Raw-Dogging community.

• Swifty says:

  11 Sep11 September 09:38

  You can get to Bangkok with wizz for 182 if you don’t mind it taking 35 hours and 2 stops. Not sure how you’ll get back as the was one way.

  • Aston100 says:

    11 Sep11 September 09:43

    Commit a minor crime and get deported for free?

• Richmond_Surrey says:

  11 Sep11 September 10:01

  Wizz is doable on route to Egypt and that’s only flight I took with them in last 11 years. I think, Norwegian has more uncomfortable seats on shorter routes, so Wizz is not that bad. And I think, Wizz can definitely offer competitive price on Middle East routes. They already popular with budget travellers from East Europe to Maldives and Dubai.

• Richie says:

  11 Sep11 September 11:46

  BTW https://www.caa.co.uk/newsroom/news/regulator-s-enforcement-action-sees-over-1-million-refunded-to-wizz-air-passengers/

  • Nick says:

    11 Sep11 September 12:58

    Flights operated on Wizzair’s Abu Dhabi AOC will never qualify for EU261 in the Europe-bound direction. Will be interesting to see the proportion of these new aircraft that eventually get registered to each of their AOCs, or indeed whether they set up other subsidiaries for flights outside Europe.

• Voldemort says:

  11 Sep11 September 12:07

  I thought the “game changer” is what airlines called the 737 Max so people didn’t know it was a Max?

• Blair Waldorf Salad says:

  11 Sep11 September 12:21

  I’m afraid I’ll be avoiding the XLR due to the fuel tank matter. I’m sure flying the aircraft will remain very very safe but the potential for a disastrous fire if an incident does happen puts me off

  • Londonsteve says:

    11 Sep11 September 14:40

    You do know how much fuel you’re sitting on when flying any fully loaded commercial airliner? The extra fuel tank for the XLR is probably the safest of them all as it sits inside the fuselage.

• chris w says:

  11 Sep11 September 12:55

  Iberia has not received any XLRs yet, let alone be operating them across the Atlantic

  • Rob says:

    11 Sep11 September 12:56

    You’re right, 14th November.

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