Originally Posted by
inOban
What I'm intrigued to find out is how they plan to operate this service as, I believe, the 8 based aircraft are fully utilised. The only way to free one up for the Birmingham route would be by switching another route to being operated from the other end, e-g either the first Stansted, Luton Gatwick or Belfast flights would be inbound to Edinburgh. Or, of course they could base a ninth aircraft and launch a swathe of new routes or increased frequencies.
The base increases to 9x aircraft next summer, 4x A319s, and 5x A320s - an increase of 1x A319.
Looking at a Monday next summer, the EDI-based aircraft show as operating the same flights they operated this summer, although some there is some swapping from A319 to A320 and vice versa.
A new flight to VRN has been added during the middle of the day leaving BHX sized gaps morning and evening on an A320.