EDINBURGH

[Skipness One Echo]

BBC News - New non-stop flight route links Edinburgh with Toronto

Air Canada Rouge launch article

[Joe Curry]

Good Video included here

VIDEO ? Air Canada rouge launches new route from Edinburgh : The Edinburgh Reporter

[Joe Curry]

Air Canada seem positive?

Clear skies for air Canada's new low-cost carrier rouge in first week

[VickersVicount]

You'd have to be very worried if they weren't being positive....

[Joe Curry]

I only worry that my lottery numbers might never come up.

[Joe Curry]

Passenger figures - June record

Edinburgh Airport sees passenger numbers grow - Transport - Scotsman.com

[OntimeexceptACARS]

Oxford Airport announced today that Minoan Air will cease operating EDI-OXF with effect from 4 August. Statement is on their website, though nothing at Minoan's.

[Joe Curry]

Scotland’s busiest airport announced today it had passed the milestone for July with a day to go till the end of the month...

Edinburgh airport sees millionth passenger in month - Transport - The Scotsman

[VickersVicount]

...and not the first airport in Scotland to meet the milestone !

[Joe Curry]

...and not the first airport in Scotland to meet the milestone !

With another day to go perhaps that milestone will need edited?

[LFT]

What's the big deal, GLA had +1m pax in July 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Source - CAA Stats

[Bartek]

Originally Posted by LFT

What's the big deal, GLA had +1m pax in July 2004, 2005, and 2006

So what happened from 2007 onwards then?

Sounds like a few bears with sore heads trying to spoil EDI's big day

[Joe Curry]

What's the big deal, GLA had +1m pax in July 2004, 2005, and 2006.

For one year and one year only in 2005?

[Skipness One Echo]

You're acting like we'ans, stop it.

[LFT]

3 years in a row - Source - CAA Stats

[Callum Johnstone]

Originally Posted by Skipness One Echo

You're acting like we'ans, stop it.

Hear hear! I can't help feeling there is something particularly sad about folks feeling the need to dredge up CAA stats from yesteryear as a form of 'retaliation' to this very welcome news from EDI. Insecurity abounds, sadly.

It seems to me EDI will need to look at more EZY and FR expansion, plus some form of Middle East service, to really cement this position and make 'one million passengers in a month' a regular feature of the summer months. Perfectly achievable, I think.

[willy wombat]

Well done EDI - I remember the days when it was Turnhouse and the height of excitement was the daily BKS Ambassador to Belfast (and the Sterling Caravelles trying to stop on the 6000 ft runway - Wednesdays if I recall correctly). However, as one who uses the LGW/EDI route quite often, I was disappointed to arrive last Thursday in the rain and and find a broken airbridge so a walk in the wet required (stand 9 I think) and to depart on Saturday evening, again in the rain, and find no airbridge (not even a broken one) - gate 8 I think. Need to do better.

[GSM763]

How many free stands are there at EDI overnight these days. Arrived on a Ryanair flight late Sunday night and couldn't help but notice that the place looked pretty packed.

[GoEDI]

How many free stands are there at EDI overnight these days

Zilch. Recently FR and TOM inparticular have been having to disembark and nightstop on the cargo ramp. The whole place is in dire need of expansion.

[Skipness One Echo]

Can someone break down the usual nightstoppers by operator/type?