Originally Posted by
Sk1schoolsam
Are the BA frames that overnight at EDI crewed from London? Could they not use one of these am on a Saturday?
BA mainline crews are based in London, and nightstop in GLA/EDI. I dont think mainline have any crew based here any more. They certainly could operate EDI to Europe and back in the morning, then onward to London, but they can make more money flying from London, so why waste an aircraft out of EDI? BA are short of narrowbody aircraft as it is, and are having to lease in operators for the summer to cover flights, to ensure they fully use their LHR slots and dont lose them. Adding flights from EDI would make the situation worse.
You need to think of the bigger picture, they may well be able to make money flying from EDI, but the important question is can they make more money flying from elsewhere?