Laurie Berryman, Emirates Manager UK North and Scotland, said: “We have been delighted with the success of the Glasgow-Dubai route. No other Emirates UK route has ever performed so well in its first three years.

Err..if their MAN service got off to that start, we would be talking a load factor of at least 300% since that service started as a 2 weekly A310 via FRA and then went to 3 weekly! Therefore, don’t read any significance into that statement apart from the initial bit about being delighed with the success!