You're not getting a pre-clearance facility for £5 million, that's an unrealistically low number. Why would EDI get US pre clearance when it has only 2 flights per day for 1/2 the year? Given United and Delta use different sides of the terminal in summer given the limited number of gates, can someone provide some explanation of how they actually plan to do this and for so little money in comparison to Dublin?
It really sounds like a lot of fanfare that will lead to nought beyond raising the visibility of EDI for a sale or for more US flights, nothing wrong with either but I genuinely don't see an EDI CBP facility as a realistic outcome.