Originally Posted by
Breathe
Does anyone have any info/hypothesis as to why EDI didn't work from here with U2?
I did read an article recently, where the CEO or MD of the airport said he would like to add EDI to the list of destinations when flybe started flights to GLA.
The original midday schedule was packed on Fridays and Sundays but incredibly quiet midweek. The revised schedule saw it leave SEN very early some days and get back very late on others, too early or too late for trains, and the very light loads on the am northbound and the pm southbound reflected that. The reverse loads on those days were much better. BFS had the same problem.
Essentially it failed because it didn’t have the frequency to meet to the needs of business travellers, was hamstrung by lack of transport options which reduced it to an Essex service rather than a London one and struggled to attract enough takers for leisure travel beyond the weekend.