Scotbill, on what basis do you suppose that politicians within the Scottish Government would try to influence airlines to operate from one Scottish airport at the expense of another? When Ryanair launched EDI-Tenerife, for example, what possible benefit would there be to the Scottish Government in ensuring the route went strictly to EDI and to no other airport? Perhpas ... just perhaps .... Ryanair saw an opportunity to serve an underserved market and went for it, and BAA Edinburgh took a commercial decision to offer them the attractive rates to enable the service to go ahead. No massive conspiracy there.