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Old 21st Oct 2022, 08:14
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In terms of EDI’s growth, I suspect it is also the case that EDI has been more competitive than GLA in the offers it has put forward to attract new carriers and routes (European as well as intercontinental) which is why I am curious as to how much debt EDI is carrying. Exchange rates are also a big issue as they currently (and for quite a while) have favoured inbound travellers and EDI is easily the bigger inbound market whereas GLA was traditionally the stronger outbound market. Geographic location is also a huge factor. EDI is almost “Glasgow East” because of its location whereas if it was, for example, south of Musselburgh, that would not be the case. Indeed, if you look at the various locations that were proposed in the 1960s for a Central Scotland Airport, EDI is not very far away from them.
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