Remember that EY have a rather comprehensive codeshare agreement with FlyBe which offers them ideal connections to/from EDI. QR on the other hand can amazingly offer connections through major hubs onto their network using other airlines and still win hands down on price. The UK is perhaps the best country in Europe for connectivity for EY and QR.
If you look further down the road at Birmingham, many people have speculated that QR may start up there but with a couple potentially saving hundreds in Y and thousands in J from MAN or LHR then most people won't batter an eyelid in driving up to MAN or down to LHR and jumping on a QR flight, than paying a lot more money to travel from BHX. If QR can attract people with ridiculously cheap fares from EDI (for example) via MAN and LHR onto their network then why establish a new route in what is a rather saturated market?
For example a random quote in May for EDI-BKK with BA via LHR was nearly £300 more expensive than booking with QR to fly EDI-BKK via LHR and DOH with the domestic sector being flown on BA! It was even slightly cheaper to connect through MAN with FlyBe.
If QR revised their fare structure to what could be described as more realistic levels then the catchment area for LHR and MAN will reduce from the existing huge radius. Only then will they perhaps need to focus on a potential third UK destination. Until that happens then I see little need for them to consider expanding anywhere in the UK.
Last edited by Mr R Sole; 25th Jan 2012 at 16:23.