Really? The Caa figures show 12605 people flew between Aberdeen and SCS in April 09 compared to 11601 in April 2008, doesn't look like a definate downturn to me. Its a 9% increase.
Its a lot easier to file regular flight plans throughout the day, and then cancel them if you dont need them, rather than file one at short notice. Its just a taxi service at IACs members convenience. On the coal face the new operator seems well recieved and the increase in frequency of flights has been warmly welcomed, after all who wants to sit around all day waiting for a flight and not just fly home as soon as youve taken your survival suit off or be able to analyse a sample within a few hours.
Im looking forward to hearing the results of the five year tender, later in the summer.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport...tic_Routes.pdf