RE: Edinburgh cuts due to price disagreements.
I'm not fully convinced this is the case. I'm more inclined to say that it's the Ryanair
PR machine blaming someone else yet again. Real reasons behind the cuts could be lack stand availability for night stopping aircraft during the peak summer season. Also, Servisair are more often than not running short on staff in the terminal and on the ramp.
Another reason I'd say is that FR simply havent got enough pilots, cabin crew or aircraft to deploy to Edinburgh, when there are 5 new bases opening March/April and deliveries slowing and other airports like STN/CRL/MAD up to full summer capacity.
From looking at the timetable, it seems that there are fewer flights to PMI/ALC/AGP, which were all running at 7-8 p/w last season. Could this simply be a tactic by FR to increase ticket fares by giving the passengers less choice?