EDINBURGH - 2

[0605743]

DY EDI-AGP

I see that Norwegian have added Malaga direct flights from March 31 on Tuesdays and Saturdays

[4eyed anorak]

Looks like Norwegian starting Malaga Tue,Sat from the 31st March 2015. Possible new base opening up at EDI or does the flight originate in Malaga? Anyway good news all round

Regards 4ea

[GrahamK]

IBERIA Express also returns 4-6 x weekly to MAD year round.

[4eyed anorak]

Just beat me to it

[Joe Curry]

Possible new base opening up at EDI

And a possible EDI-MCO from Norwegian if they do?

[LGWAlan]

one word - REALLY?

We go from a twice weekly flight on an away-based a/c to a base with 787 flights to MCO??

Flight ops as AGP-EDI so no not a DY base - but expansion of AGP

[Fairdealfrank]

About 40 years ago, British Caledonian operated Edinburgh-Copenhagen and Glasgow-Stockholm (or it might have been the other way round), in both cases via Newcastle, using the BAC 1-11.

The timings were such that passengers could change flights at Newcastle, so BCal effectively ran flights to both Scandinavian capitals from both of Scotland's major cities.

A bit like 9W at BRU. So the "scissor hub" concept is not a particularly recent invention!

[VickersVicount]

A big drop in QR figures from October (>7K) to November (5.7K) - was there a capacity or frequency cut ?

[billyg]

A big drop in QR figures from October (>7K) to November (5.7K) - was there a capacity or frequency cut ?

51 % load factor apparently , and with EK figs holding up at GLA , looks like trouble ahead for QR , particularly with EY on the horizon !

[willy wombat]

Surprised that Joe Curry hasn't posted the drop, year on year, of EDI pax numbers in November.

[CabinCrewe]

oooft that aint good. These ME routes don't tend to have significant season fluctuations except the May/June dip, so the change from a historically summer month to November I dont think tells that much. This route should be high 80's by now after almost 8 months of ops as are the other QR routes that started around the same time. Think the only outright cancellation was this month after the lightening strike of a 787. There were persistent delays last month but that shouldnt affect the calculated load, although some will be going back to AMS and LHR as their transit if the delays with QR and EDI security are to continue.
7 days a week..., Etihad..... Mmmm

[Seljuk22]

Anyone knows which aircraft (A319 or A320) did EZY 6911 EDI-MUC on Friday, 24th October 2014? Or anyone knows a page to check this - sorry if this is the wrong thread, answer also with private mesage, thanks

[Donkey497]

Seljuk,
As with many things, FlightRadar24 is your friend. Set the filter to the specific flight number & check back the history.

[EK77WNCL]

Uh oh, despite the potential negative effects on NCL... I do wish QR the best of luck from EDI... Although after 8 months of EK serving NCL (un-arguably a much smaller/poorer market, albeit on a higher frequency but about the same size aircraft) they had 12,525 pax for April 08. Even our first November, only the third month, had 11,191 passengers :/

I do wish QR and EY the best of luck at EDI, but I think by this time next year unless QR about doubles each months figures, 2016 will be a matter of one or the other. I'm sure it will pick up...

[Callum Johnstone]

'10-millionth pax' expected today

EDI to hit the magic 10 million pax in a calendar year target today:

BBC News - Edinburgh Airport set for 10 millionth passenger in 2014

Also, new TOM flights to Cyprus and Gran Canaria mentioned for winter 15/16. Anyone know whether Larnaca or Paphos? Hopefully Larnaca since Easyjet already offers Paphos.

[figgi_gsm]

CDG reduced for Summer 15

AF reduces CDG to 3x Daily with Hop! E190 instead of Cityjet RJ85 coming back on the route.

[CabinCrewe]

one would have thought EDI would be high frequency Mainline....

[Joe Curry]

November traffic EDI-CDG was impressive
an 11% increase over October 2014 to 21859. - sourced CAA provisional.

[nighthawk117]

Any idea when the change takes place? I'm off to Paris in June, and would like to get on an RJ85 while they're still flying. Looks like I might have to fly from Newcastle instead

[VickersVicount]

Ups and downs I suppose given the route was down 2% in September. With all this apparent 'impressive' growth perhaps yields explain the reduced frequency low cost offshoot service.