The US is finally opening up today. AA, DL and United reporting 100% load factors from London. They are all increasing capacity, Trying to satisfy huge demand. What do we have from EDI and Scotland? Zero, nothing. No transatlantic flights until well into 2022. DL have even pushed back resumption until May. Their is huge pent-up demandTo fly from Scotland. Covid has an impact on confidence from the public to fly. What continues to hurt and damage the sector is Sturgeon and co continuing to brief against the Scottish airport and travel sector. Only yesterday, the transport lead warned that Scots should avoid international travel for some time to come. The so called aligning with UK Gov testing regs is another con. Like PCR tests, Scottish gov have compiled a very limited number of approved suppliers for LF, which you must use. All are significantly more expensive than approved suppliers in England. The general travel advice from scot gov has also not been changed. It remains the case that all non essential international travel is banned. The barriers to truly aligning and opening up are well and truly up. A deliberate act which is catastrophic for the sector.