Originally Posted by
GulfTraveller
As I have said before, pre-clearance does not attract airlines as they are not greatly interested in how long it takes passengers to clear immigration.
EDI management clearly disagree. Pre-Clearance potentially attracts customers - which does attract customers.
There are still a lot of passengers flying to the US via other UK/EU hubs from Edinburgh. How many fly via Dublin because it has pre-clearance?
Offering pre-clearance might persuade more of these passengers to fly direct.