Originally Posted by
chaps1954
They have STN/LTN One thing of interest is airports near the coast often struggle as their catchment area is half the size i:e Blackpool, Cardiff, Teesside, Humberside, Southend,
Bournemouth to name a few. I know that their are more reasons.
Brilliant point well made, 1/2 your catchment area is fish.
See also PIK vs. GLA although EDI bucks the trend by being a very strong inbound market in it's own right.
There's no reason we should think of favouring one segment at the expense of another. Outbound bucket and spade can live happily alongside rich arab playboys and Chinese students if the infrastructure was in a good enough place. Indeed the airport has a huge reliance on old school outbound short haul beach destinations.