[媒体名称] Simply Flying [新闻日期]2023/1/11
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https://simpleflying.com/emirates-a380-returns-to-taipei/
[内文]
Emirates计画于2023/8/1 恢复A380 (三舱等)飞航台北
Emirates has confirmed the return of the A380 to Taipei after a
three-and-a-half-year absence. Now bookable, it'll again use the superjumbo
to Taiwan from this August, replacing the 777-300ER. It comes as Korean Air,
which had planned to use the A380 between Seoul and Taipei for just two
months, extends it through the year.
Emirates A380 to Taipei
As of January 11th, but still liable to change, Emirates expects to use the
A380 to Taipei from August 1st. It'll run 1x daily. It began using the
double-decker to the Taiwanese city daily in May 2016, ending in March 2020.
It is now scheduled as follows, with all times local:
Dubai to Taipei: EK366, 03:40-16:15 (8h 35m block time)
Taipei to Dubai: EK367, 23:35-04:15+1 (8h 40m)
Click here for Dubai-Taipei flights.
The timings might seem unusual, but they're perfectly normal for Emirates'
Far East flights. The 03:40 departure is fed by vast amounts of arrivals,
primarily from across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, which land
around 23:00-01:00. The 04:15 arrival feeds its largest Europe, Middle East,
and North Africa-bound departure bank from 07:00-09:00.
When writing, it is clear that three-class equipment will be deployed on the
route as first class is bookable. There will be 14 first class seats and 76
in business. But it isn't certain how many economy seats there will be, which
dictates which configuration will be used.
An examination of Flightradar24 data for March 2020 indicates that it used
both two-class and three-class equipment. When first was offered, it tended
to use 517-seat A380s, those with 427 economy seats.
Assuming it'll continue to use 517-seaters, it'll replace the three-class,
354-seat 777-300ERs presently deployed. It means that each departure will
have 46% more seats. The number in first will rise from 8 to 14 (+75%),
business from 42 to 76 (+81%), and economy from 304 to 427 (+40%). That's a
lot more seats to sell, especially in premium. Clearly, Emirates is confident.
Where Taipei passengers go
Analysis of Emirates' Taipei operations for 2019, the last normal year, shows
that it had 388,820 roundtrip seats for sale between Dubai and Taipei,
according to OAG data. (I like the '388' bit.) Booking data indicates that it
carried approximately 330,000 passengers, for an average seat load factor of
85%.
About 87% of passengers, a considerable proportion, transited Dubai, while
13% were point-to-point. Extremely few connected over Taipei or bridged both
airports. The most popular transit markets Europe-Dubai-Taipei (~67% of
connecting passengers), North Africa-Dubai-Taipei (~11%), and Middle
East-Dubai-Taipei (~6%), according to booking data.
Istanbul-Dubai-Taipei was number one
The most popular airport-level origin and destination market was Istanbul
Airport-Taipei via Dubai. Flying via Dubai adds a reasonable 14% to the
non-stop distance. Cairo-Taipei was the second most popular market. The rest
of the top ten, in order, were Lisbon, Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen, Barcelona,
Casablanca, Vienna, Madrid, Zagreb, and Prague.
Click here for Istanbul-Taipei flights.
In 2019, Sabiha Gökçen, Zagreb, and Prague had both Emirates and flydubai.
Now, Sabiha Gökçen and Zagreb are exclusively by increasingly important
partner flydubai.
[心得]
文中引述 EK台北航线的客源分析(in 2019)
平均载客率: 85%
旅客组成:
87% 转机客 (经杜拜至第三地)
13% 两地点对点
Europe-Dubai-Taipei :67%
North Africa-Dubai-Taipei:11%
Middle East-Dubai-Taipei : 6%
TPE-DXB-第三地: 10大目的地
1. Istanbul
2. Cairo
3. Lisbon,
4. Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen
5. Barcelona
6. Casablanca,
7. Vienna,
8. Madrid,
9. Zagreb,
10.Prague.
本来还以为搭EK TPE-DXB 的旅客主要是去西欧国家首都或经济主要大城,
看起来反而都是以观光旅游城市为主.