tristar500
For US bound carriers, why not use airports further north in the UK, and save a little fuel. Instead of pax having to fly south from Scotland, to fly back up over on their US flight, use a Scottish airport for the longhaul sector and let the joining pax commute up from London to join the flight. It IS feasible and there IS ample capacity on the ground, and more than enough airspace. Just because its not happening now (BA VS UA etc etc) doesn't mean it cant. People will just have to fly north if they want to fly. Do you honestly think people will stop flying just because they have to fly north to catch their flight?
That's fine when the NAT Tracks are to the North - But, they aren't always - Sometimes the Jet-stream favours Southerly Nat Tracks via Lands End(Cornwall) or Via Strumble (South West Wales).
IE. Not all Traffic to the USA goes via Scotland everyday!
