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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jun 2017, 23:54
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

There are airports where infrastructure matches...

There are airports where infrastructure matches traffic and where the experience is consistently better than some in the UK. GIP are sweating the assets to breaking point at EDI, the opposite of what...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd May 2017, 09:52
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

I don't believe that's allowed anymore, which is...

I don't believe that's allowed anymore, which is why double drops are now very rare.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd May 2017, 04:50
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

It still means DUB passengers reclearing security...

It still means DUB passengers reclearing security one hour after settling into their seats. Not ideal and a hard sell.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th May 2017, 11:22
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

No commercial airport wants a "spare" runway...

No commercial airport wants a "spare" runway unless they REALLY need one. GLA, BHX and LHR have all closed runways deemed to be unnecessary. The cross runway at EDI is space for much needed parking,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Apr 2017, 08:11
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Go on......? Which airports are we comparing...

Go on......? Which airports are we comparing against?
Also bear in mind #indyref2 is starting to unsettle economic activity and Scotland's growth rate has fallen behind the rest of the country.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Mar 2017, 10:33
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/541819-scottish-in...

http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/541819-scottish-independence-hamsterwheel-596.html
Take the politics here *PLEASE* :)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Mar 2017, 11:18
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

It's the British Government at Westminster and...

It's the British Government at Westminster and we're well represented with 59 (?) MPs as well as Parliament full of MSPs at Holyrood. Scotland is not under-represented IMHO.

There's already a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Mar 2017, 04:27
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

How much added benefit is bulk cargo on the B757?...

How much added benefit is bulk cargo on the B757? It's not palletised alas.
American have a terrible hard product on the B757, that's part of the reason BHX-JFK was dropped, LHR-JFK had a much...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Mar 2017, 12:41
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Weak = seasonal summer peaks and winter troughs,...

Weak = seasonal summer peaks and winter troughs, minimising winter losses.
So AA UA UA UA DL in summer becomes UA and part season DL in winter. Adding in Norwegian just makes things that bit...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Mar 2017, 01:00
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Scotland-US in winter remains a weak market, this...

Scotland-US in winter remains a weak market, this feels more about strategically throttling Norwegian as all other things being equal, that same B757/B767 could likely make more money for Delta...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Feb 2017, 17:43
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Much of that is connecting onwards.

Much of that is connecting onwards.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Feb 2017, 20:04
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

£675.90 for the following week on EDI-SWF (!)...

£675.90 for the following week on EDI-SWF (!) What destination / dates gave you £69+£69 in *JUNE* summer? Genuine question.

Given £69 is surely less than the taxes for the flight, they're paying...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Feb 2017, 13:55
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

A week's break in July EDI-Newburgh/Stewart...

A week's break in July EDI-Newburgh/Stewart *begins* at £545.70 "LowFare" option for a Sat/Sat.
That''s quite far from £69. One assumes that's a day return in darkest Feb?

If I want to eat and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Feb 2017, 10:50
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

EDI is a funny beast, Air Transat kept EDI-YYZ at...

EDI is a funny beast, Air Transat kept EDI-YYZ at once per week for years then simply gave up and concentrated on GLA. Air Canada took the opposite decision, they returned to the Scottish market not...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Feb 2017, 20:05
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Being looked at means nothing, genuinely. Fluff...

Being looked at means nothing, genuinely. Fluff at this point. They REALLY need a building fit for purpose and an apron to match before adding even more long haul.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jan 2017, 02:55
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

5 daily would be quite something. As to not...

5 daily would be quite something. As to not recalling BA187's Newark phase, summer 92 saw the last Fri-Sun mainline B763 operation shifted to EWR. This was just before G-BNWU arrived and the BHX tag...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jan 2017, 15:54
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Being five daily means it remains uncompetitve...

Being five daily means it remains uncompetitve against QR/EK when trying to gain high yield market share. It feels like they're not sure what to do with it. If it's all about great deals for UK...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jan 2017, 06:59
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Etihad are cutting, a new concept for the ME3....

Etihad are cutting, a new concept for the ME3. The assumption that they will be daily may not hold if commercial realities are being considered.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Dec 2016, 23:55
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

This would be the Ryanair that stopped doing this...

This would be the Ryanair that stopped doing this and now use primary airports like EDI / GLA rather than serving Scotland via just PIK?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Dec 2016, 19:38
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Given the short haul market grew tired of...

Given the short haul market grew tired of Ryanair's City-MilesAway approach, it's odd DY are doing exactly this on long haul. It's enough of a pain to get from HHN to FRA on short haul if things go...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Dec 2016, 23:42
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

No that's misleading as you're being UK-centric. ...

No that's misleading as you're being UK-centric.
MAN is mainly spoke to hub with VS/DL ATL, AA PHL/JFK/ORD and UA EWR/IAD (IAD ended)
DUB is the same with added hub to spoke of Aer Lingus. Point to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Dec 2016, 21:04
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

It's not lazy using hub and spoke FFS. It's a...

It's not lazy using hub and spoke FFS. It's a different business model that allows a whole lot more options of getting from A to B (!)
Are Emirates lazy? Perhaps they need to launch EDI-xyz for some...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Dec 2016, 21:42
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

The more I look at how Norwegian run their...

The more I look at how Norwegian run their business, the better Ryanair looks. That's meant to be impossible IMHO.
Great to have new flights to new places for much cheapness but it's all built off...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Nov 2016, 11:58
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

A strong based network carrier tends to be the...

A strong based network carrier tends to be the prerequisite.
MAN does well but lacks a dominant local carrier for inbound feed to align with.
DUB does way better in that space as it has EI as the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Nov 2016, 10:28
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

What physical changes were made to get from the...

What physical changes were made to get from the appalling start to it actually working way better? My experience last time was the enormous amount of re-screening? How did they change this for the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Nov 2016, 07:15
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Unless they can force those passengers in a hurry...

Unless they can force those passengers in a hurry to trudge through a labyrinth of "Duty Free", it won't fit in with their business model. UK airports remain people processing facilities with shops,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Aug 2016, 01:42
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

All correct but none of it matters in the...

All correct but none of it matters in the slightest.
I don't imagine Etihad or Qatar will give up at EDI, it's not what they do.
Qatar is trying to buy kudos and credibility on the world stage,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Aug 2016, 01:21
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Oh come on, commercial analysis has no place with...

Oh come on, commercial analysis has no place with Qatar and Etihad. Both are government projects solely to increase the profile of their respective territories. Emirates is at least a more commercial...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jul 2016, 15:36
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Why is it a joke they don't have year round New...

Why is it a joke they don't have year round New York JFK, they have year round New York Newark, just like GLA, BHX and BFS.

As for Brexit, well that's this year's excuse for everything it seems.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jul 2016, 00:49
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Where did they park the world's longest airliner?

Where did they park the world's longest airliner?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jun 2016, 09:57
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Disagree, the passenger flow with the bolt ons to...

Disagree, the passenger flow with the bolt ons to the 1977 structure are convoluted and the place is just too busy. There's only so many add ons you can do before it breaks down. See LHR pre T5 and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th May 2016, 15:23
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

What numbers are you basing this on? Many inbound...

What numbers are you basing this on? Many inbound US visitors tend to do the Highlands as well as Glasgow and Edinburgh. Hence they can happily use GLA or EDI. As for Scottish people going on...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th May 2016, 21:52
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

GLA only has more bucket and spade long haul, EDI...

GLA only has more bucket and spade long haul, EDI has considerably more daily long haul departures from United, American and Delta.



That's sooo not the case. EDI was way behind GLA for many...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th May 2016, 17:32
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

The term "long haul gateway" died in 1989 with...

The term "long haul gateway" died in 1989 with PIK and "Gateway Scotland".
Great catch for EDI if true but they really need to put in more gates, airbridges and contact gates. International Arrivals...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Apr 2016, 08:02
Replies: 1,681
Views: 719,133
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Delta were beaten off both EDI-ATL and EDI-JFK by...

Delta were beaten off both EDI-ATL and EDI-JFK by a Continental who got the Scottish market in a way DL didn't. I would suggest this is simply an attempt to take as much market share as possible in...
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