Originally Posted by
Planeraz
I strongly suspect the main reason for Virgin choosing EDI as their “scottish home” was a financial carrot dangled by management to lure them away from Glasgow. As we know they don’t have any aircraft based at EDI. Profit primarily and load factors will determine how long they hang around for. They’re no different to the majority of airlines. I don’t know what the actual load factors have been for the route but I doubt they have been dreadful. Had they been way below expectation, the route would have been chopped very quickly.
I read on the EDI forum that VS to MCO had a load factor around 71% in June.
Having said that, all of the other transatlantic routes were in the very high 90s in June.
DOH performing well too.