Originally Posted by
CraigJay
If you have to make cuts you’re not going to cut back on well established routes, unfortunately EDI is an an easy choice.
Mmm. Thats not normally how it works. For inaugural route launches its normally the opposite, where everything is thrown at a new route to ensure successful launch especially on routes where there is competition. Even QR did that at the outset when the initial launch was dire (sometimes less than 50% loads) As EK well know the one thing you most certainly dont want to do is antagonise potential high fare frequent fliers with schedule changes and cancellations (you are more likely to be able to slip them into established multi frequency routes). You'll end up losing passengers before things are established.
Perhaps EK know this route will have a big chunk of outbound one off holiday makers and honeymooners who will care not a jot.
I would imagine it will veer back daily at some point in the future.
If one GLA services goes A380 maybe that frees up 777 pilots
Although if there is such a crisis in pilots - why all the expansion elsewhere?