Originally Posted by Skipness One Foxtrot
it was only the agreed strategy to force growth at GLA what allowed an ROI to justify what GLA now has over EDI.
I'm not sure thats strictly true as lots of the bigger international carriers/routes post date those decisions by many years eg Delta, Air Canada R, Lufthansa. I'm not even sure, despite the initial subsidy, EK were 'forced' to GLA and 'forced' not to consider EDI at that time.