Originally Posted by
Rutan16
The 764s used on Washington were NOT driven by demand more rather aircraft utilisation .
The 764 is primarily used on economy heavy routes from the east coast whilst most of the 763 fleet are now very premium heavy
Indeed those premium heavy 763s have Fewer seats than the 757s and just 99 in steerage and I don’t think the 757 are used on many other routes from Dulles anyway.
I suppose the question remains why/if Washington ( albeit limited programme) is even viable to be honest - Except as a secondary feeder and spoke beyond IAD and reliever for Newark ( that was the case at Manchester a few years back)
No disrespect Edinburgh must have cut a favourable deal with United and Delta behind the scenes.
And true high season US point of sale is a magnitude stronger than Manchester however falls off a cliff pretty quickly.
EDI has a strong inbound pull for seasonal tourism, it's a great city break as well as the clear long haul gateway to Scotland and parts of Northern England. Have the management at EDI cut a good deal with their airlines? I should imagine so, compare this to GLA who simply can't compete anymore. I
am surprised UA offer IAD, EWR and ORD, it used to be 2 x EWR and I was impressed by that. But summer traffic is much about US tourists making the best use of $USD buying power in years. Which partly explains why old favourite Orlando is on the floor while BOS/IAD have bounced back.
Flipping the question, how come MAN can't hold onto a single US carrier? Perhaps there's something to be said for cutting a deal?