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A way WOULD be found by shifting someone less glamorous along a few stands.
Conspiracy theorists and cynics might look at the weak PCNs linking the SE apron to taxiway alpha, the previous abolition of stands 6A and the stand between 11 and 14, the almost exclusive use that BA and BD have to the stands that block the use of these potential large widebody stands (even if they were reinstated) and the general lack of investment in suitable international/long-haul facilities at EDI and conclude that, despite all the fine words, EDI has never really been serious about attracting long-haul and that they are instead looking after their own interests and those of their biggest clients at LHR (BA and BD) by trying to route as many passengers as possible via LHR. The benefits of this to BA, BD and their respective alliance partners are obvious. In the case of BAA they get two lots of airport “taxes” and two opportunities to get passengers into their shopping malls instead of one. I’m more inclined to believe that the situation at EDI is the long term result of government and then BAA policies in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s (and possibly right up until the competition commissioner started his investigations), some of which have been touched on by others earlier in this thread. Having said that, some of the more recent BAA decisions have been puzzling to say the least, such as abolishing stand 6A before strengthening the taxiways to the SE apron, and not creating a dedicated walking route between some international contact stands and the immigration hall; this often results in an aircraft not being able to board passengers when another is disembarking and vice versa.
If anyone is interested, the EDI parking/docking chart can be found via this link; NATS | AIS - Home . Note that, at EDI, the gate numbers are not the same as the stand numbers.
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Humble pie? Now why would I eat that? Because I said the clincher of the deal doesnt revolve round BAA HQ... You know that was the specific reason? Please do share....
"Commonsense would dictate they sell the worse performing Scottish central belt airport"
"Commonsense would dictate they sell the worse performing Scottish central belt airport"
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EZY Giving up CGN.
Can't say it'll be a great loss. Personally, I always saw it as a total missed opportunity for EZY and EDI. I even considered it a waste of time for EZY as 4U have always had a better product with the added benefit of offering connections from CGN at prices which are quite favourable when compared to LH or BA and sometimes cheaper than EZY anyway.
Hopefully in time EZY will give us a much needed HAM link or even VIE...both are cities I cannot believe are not served from Scotland. Perhaps I'm being too optimistic, though.
Can't say it'll be a great loss. Personally, I always saw it as a total missed opportunity for EZY and EDI. I even considered it a waste of time for EZY as 4U have always had a better product with the added benefit of offering connections from CGN at prices which are quite favourable when compared to LH or BA and sometimes cheaper than EZY anyway.
Hopefully in time EZY will give us a much needed HAM link or even VIE...both are cities I cannot believe are not served from Scotland. Perhaps I'm being too optimistic, though.
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Hopefully in time EZY will give us a much needed HAM link or even VIE
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Without a successful GLA-DXB service there would be little prospect of EK starting at EDI, so I for one welcome EK's success at GLA and hope it will lead to expansion at EDI in the near future.
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Interesting FR EDI Berlin has never really set the heather alight comparing with other UK Berlin routes
The GLA figure for 2010 was 91,312 whilst PIK recorded no passengers on German routes.
These figures mean that EDI captured 86.17% of the Scottish Central Belt’s market on German routes in 2010.
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No Emirates at EDI then...?
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I have no idea what this rumoured UAE announcement may be but, in terms of sustainability (i.e. something that will last rather than being tried for a season and then dropped) the best result would be EK going double daily at GLA rather than another Gulf carrier coming to Scotland to split the market.