Originally Posted by
Sk1schoolsam
….I guess similar to how Hainan did this summer with Beijing flight twice a week (which looks like it may not be back for this S24)
That was a pain point in stand blocking. EDI's lack of remote parking meant no ability to push off stand for a few hours, maybe even cater on a remote while one of the US flights used the gate before towing back on for the departure.There's pretty much no contingency in summer now, so you have long haulers being late back to their base due to holding on taxiways in Scotland for a gate. Now for the margins of a LHR/FRA/CDG that's unavoidable, for Scotland, there's probably a few similar airports competing for the aircraft that can get it home on time. That's my worry.