EDINBURGH - 2

[LFT]

If a £2 million 1st Class/Business Class Lounge isn't commitment I don't know what is ;-)

[j636]

There is nothing stopping EK from coming to EDI and keeping their GLA service. United operate from both airports for example, as do many others. Now this is just EK PR but nobody can say they wont come or if they did that it would be at the expense of GLA.

[Callum Johnstone]

Originally Posted by Skipness One Echo

We shall soon see which of the two or both the new American keeps faith with.

And that will just as much hinge on the volume of passengers currently connecting to/from Scotland via LHR as it will on any analysis of a single daily seasonal 757 flight 'direct' from Scottish airports. Personally I think there is more than enough scope for AA to keep a presence at both EDI and GLA.

[billyg]

There is nothing stopping EK from coming to EDI and keeping their GLA service

Welcome for Emirates' city commitment

AIRPORT bosses today welcomed a long-term commitment to Glasgow by one of the world's top airlines.

Emirates has been flying in and out of the city for the last 10 years and has now revealed it has no immediate plans to launch services out of Edinburgh.

The Evening Times told how the commit-ment was given by the airline's regional sales manager Denise Holmes when she addressed business leaders at Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Common-wealth Games Warm Up Breakfast meeting.

She revealed how the Dubai-based airline considered both cities when deciding to launch a Scottish base and chose the west coast hub.

"Glasgow was the right decision," said Ms Holmes.

The business comm-unity was told the airline planned to expand in Glasgow and had no plan to operate services at Edinburgh, even though the capital has attracted rivals Qatar and Etihad.

Airport chiefs in Glasgow have welcomed the commitment.

A spokesman said: "Since its arrival in 2004, Emirates has been one of Glasgow Airport's biggest success stories.

"During this time it has carried more than 2.6 million passengers on its Glasgow to Dubai service, carried more than 50million kilos of cargo and established itself as Scotland's leading long-haul airline.

"We are extremely proud of our long-standing partnership with Emirates which created aviation history earlier this year when it became the first airline to bring the world's larg-est commercial aircraft, the A380, to Scotland.

"The recent opening of its first and business class lounge in what is Emirates' 10th anniver-sary year will enhance the already excellent service it provides to its Scottish passengers."

Emirates is noted for a series of firsts. It was the first to launch direct flights between Scotland and the Middle East, the first to fly a Boeing 777 from Scotland and the first to introduce a first- class service out of the country when it launched two daily flights from Glasgow.

The airline is also an official partner of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and was the official airline of the Queen's Baton Relay.

It also sponsors the new multi-million pound sports complex at Dalmarnock, which led to it being renamed the Emirates Arena.

[j636]

US Airways have released PHL for 2015, the only one of there new T/A route released so far.

[CabinCrewe]

Surprised it not starting any earlier in the summer season this time. Think first flights well into June 2015

[VickersVicount]

I wouldnt read to much into it being the only one of the new launched routes on sale. It is commonplace for US to release in batches. You'll note their forward scheduling is for 364 days ahead only. Would be very surprised to see any of their new routes dropped after one short season this year.
SNN, GLA etc all available to book for their longer seasons.
Also surprised EDI is remaining a relatively short season in 2015 given reasonable loads so far this limited summer season. Thought ORD might have been a casualty alebit again, very early days.

[Joe Curry]

Source: Edinburgh Airport - Where Scotland Meets The World

Following its record-breaking summer last year, Scotland's busiest airport has eclipsed its previous July passenger total, making it the first airport in Scottish history to reach this milestone.

A total of 1,104,264 people passed through the airport last month - an increase of 1.8% on the same period in 2013. International passenger numbers saw an increase of 4.0% on the previous year with 661,220 passengers. Domestic passenger saw a slight decrease of 1.3% with 443,044 people....

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Edinburgh Airport - News releases

[BHX5DME]

Well done EDI

This is the first time ever that an airport outside of the "big 4" has ever handled over 1.1m pax in a month

[VickersVicount]

Thought with all these new international routes now embedded all summer the growth would have been greater than 1.8%, is that EDI's lowest of late ?

[Joe Curry]

1.8%

If you were earning over 1m per month, a 1.8% per month increase would hardly be chicken feed.?

[VickersVicount]

...we'll see if the 1M is maintained year round... The 1.8% is based on last years figure which was not 1M.

[Joe Curry]

...we'll see if the 1M is maintained year round... The 1.8% is based on last years figure which was not 1M.

Busiest month ever for Edinburgh Airport as it breaks the million passenger month

[willy wombat]

Can anyone tell me how the Turkish loads are holding up as, to a fair extent, Qatar is competing for the same traffic.

[Joe Curry]

Turkish recording 9976 in July Sourced CAA provisionals
Qatar recording 7978 (73% loads?)

[LTNman]

It would appear that Polish Airline 4You is planning to launch a route to Edinburgh from Rzesow.

[CabinCrewe]

Doubt that airline are going anywhere in a hurry...
Poland's 4YOU Airlines temporarily suspends operations - ch-aviation.com

[ericlday]

Please read the first few lines....has temporarily suspended operations ahead of its entry into the scheduled budget-carrier market later in November.

[CabinCrewe]

Ive read the article thank you...as I said, doubt this is going anywhere. You seem more positive however ?

[Heathrow Harry]

did I hear they are going to up the cost of Drop off at EDI?

It's already bloody dangerous there as people are desperate to get in & out in 5 minutes to save a couple of quid.................... like a F1 starting grid some days