I’ve seen it reported that 7000 to 11000 people turned up.

Most interesting comment I’ve seen today is that EK say that the 2 daily MAN services are more profitable than the 3 daily LGW services. Doesn’t LGW have F class offered?! Interesing trade-off in prospect now for MAN and EK – passenger numbers boosted (driven by the need for F class out of here – think someone should tell them that some airlines believe there no such demand for that class out of a regional, and that they need to stop turning passengers away from MAN) but cargo set to drop. We need the 3rd service soon, or we need Emirates SkyCargo to begin!