I wouldn't say that. Still plenty of Scots who head to NCL or MAN to get their sunshine flights, so pax retained in Scotland is a bonus. Ex-pats offer inbound potential too, though of course demand will be overwhelmingly outbound. Vienna is certainly high time, and very welcome.
Agreed in part. Last July we were looking at booking EDI-FAO for July 2015. Jet2 wanted c.£1200 for 3 of us. Checking NCL-FAO for virtually the same dates showed c.£650. A bit of a no-brainer despite the extra travel time (roughly 90 minutes) to NCL.
So while we haven't gone south for a different destination we have gone south for a lower price.