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Jonathan Hinkles, chief executive of Glasgow-based Loganair, admitted that was a “very difficult message”, but said travellers had to make “conscious decisions” about who they flew with if they wanted to use the same route in the winter. It follows no-frills airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair launching UK summer routes from Scotland over the last few years in competition with Loganair which operated on only a few days a week, with some subsequently being scrapped....
...Speaking to The Scotsman in the first part of Future Flight, our new series on Scottish aviation, he said: "People say 'I can get a cheaper flight on a Thursday in June', and yes you can, but when you want to fly on a Tuesday in February, you won't see them for dust, but we are going to be there. If you want the year-round service of three flights every weekday come rain or shine, we will provide that consistency. If that’s what you want as a customer, please support us.
Yes, a very fair comment and sound observations,
However it is eye watering that a recent SOU-GLA-SOU flight I checked on to fly up a couple of weeks ago
was well over £300 return.
It did fly though, at the very times I needed;
The Ryanair alternative, albeit flying to EDI from BOH was £29 each way, plus whatever extras I wanted.
BA full service fare from LHR was around £200 return.