Working for a large O&G related engineering company next year is going to be better has been the refrain for the last three years... In fact things are starting to look a little more positive in some areas than previously though 2018 still isn't going to be great. I know the numbers we have travelling are down about 40% on 3 years ago. The Iceland connection potentially offered another option over the Atlantic, didn't really work well into Houston though when compared with AF/KLM, BA and formerly LH. It will be interesting to see what effect the removal of LH has on the pricing of that route and also to Brazil where there is a bit of traffic too.
Leisure wise, this year for summer hols we will be cashing in some air miles and travelling ex ABZ to Europe via AMS, last two have been from EDI with EasyJet to destinations that the Aberdeen catchment area just can't sustain. Some holiday routes have their sweet spot and can sustain one or two rotations a week, beyond that I can't see much that could be sustainable.