CabinCrewe, there certainly is no evidence to support conspiracies of government intervention. I have never doubted that the Scottish Government has a vested interest in seeing all Scottish airports grow and prosper, and I have never been under the impression that any special treatment on their part is being exercised towards any one airport.
Oh, and there is certainly no Emirates sour grapes from me, nor from the overwhelming majority of people with an interest in seeing EDI grow and prosper. Perhaps you have been listening to one rather vocal alleged fan of EDI too much and it has influenced your opinions of us Edinburgh boys for the worse? Without a successful GLA-DXB service there would be little prospect of EK starting at EDI, so I for one welcome EK's success at GLA and hope it will lead to expansion at EDI in the near future. I do, however, get the impression that not everyone would wish for such an equitable outcome .. perhaps that is the real sour grapes?