Qatar Airways, ever made a profit? Ever published accounts?
Emirates at least is a (mainly) commercial entity, the same cannot be said of Etihad and Qatar. The fact that they are sending the Minibus onto routes that had the A330 may mean little but is there really room for all three operators in this market? Commercially I mean?
The BAA didnt ever do justice to EDI, competing with GLA (Scottish HQ). Very slow to expand and invest. And of course both lagged investment due to LHR and LGW being the jewels in the crown - LoL!
Glasgow's last major investment airside was the new international pier some 17 years ago. They opened a new security hall recently but given it's just a big empty queueing space I refuse to get too excited. EDI has been renovated airside twice in that time and had the South East pier and a new control tower built as EDI caught up and overtook GLA. It remains a a pint in a half pint pot, GLA is rather like a ghost town some nights. Indeed even though numbers are up on ten years ago, the smaller number of rotations on larger aircraft means GLA often looks dead. Indeed on one occasion last year, there was
ONE aircraft in. One single Loganair SF340 on the old international pier, ( and a BA B734 hiding in the hangar. ) Having grown up around there, that's a change. EDI however is much busier.