How can you say that it's a fundamentally wrong view when your own figures show that the Heathrow market from Glasgow has diminished by 65-70% based on flight numbers.
Glasgow moved their airport from Renfrew to Abbottsinch and built the M8 across the runway end. Edinburgh did the same with their new runway. Their focus was never trans-continental.
The reason why the Middle East airlines are in the driving seat can be clearly understood by going to the Airbus sites for the A350 or A380. These aircraft, and their Boeing equivalents, can fly directly from that region to any airport in the World with range to spare.
Scotland's duplicated/triplicated Central Belt airports, developed as London feeders, are not serving the massive numbers of Scots that work and do business in those remote places that working people need to get to. Often the only flights will be from one of the large European hubs that are poorly served from GLA / EDI. Overnight stays on the continent become the accepted practise, eating into leave time.
The Central Scottish airports that were once Heathrow focussed are now focussed on holiday flights and inward tourists, making working travellers walk endless miles through their shopping malls.
Scotland needs a central airport at Airth that would make GLasgow, Edinburgh, Prestwick and Dundee totally unnecessary. A terminus railway and bus station on the airport would make it easily accessible to all. It would be a real transport hub with flights to all the World's crossovers.
Last edited by Rob Royston; 19th Oct 2017 at 09:33.
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