Originally Posted by
globaltraveller
Cathay at Edinburgh would be very tantalising, but I agree with other posters that the huge capacity that exists on the Middle Eastern routes from the Scottish market (i.e EDI and GLA) at the moment must surely mitigate against this. The political turbulence in the UK probably doesn't help either.
Hong Kong has a lot of indirect traffic from EDI. In addition, it is on the great circle route and is closer to its midpoint for destinations down under meaning that it should be more economic to operate (less fuel burned carrying fuel) and offer faster journey times than via the ME. Hong Kong would also offer good connections and faster journey times to many Far East destinations and there's a lot of cargo potential. Hopefully it won't be long before Cathay, an alliance partner or an airline with fifth freedom rights, adds Hong Kong from EDI.