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EZY flight to JER tonight ...Appears to have been an evening sight seeing trip, around JER and back for late evening arrival again GLA? Fog at JER? But why back to GLA and no alternate? Positioning for morning again? Suspect a few miffed pax on board?
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If you can't get passengers to the right land mass it is easier and usually cheaper to bring them back. U2 are responsible to get the pax to JER, if you dive into BOH for example, you then have to accommodate them and still get them from BOH to JER. If pax are back at base then easier to find aircraft etc to get them to JER. Also you'd probably find majority of pax would be happier to be back in GLA, than a 3rd place
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A350 Saltire, why not? Are you saying that Edinburgh and the Central Belt isn't big enough for a Chinese route? Both airports are the same market Central Belt/Scotland that's what the ME3 certainly see. Biggest Cantonese community in Scotland and biggest Chinese community in Scotland is in Glasgow. Also HKG and Shanghai (if that's the EDI route) are not exactly close to each other. Also Glasgow is closer to Loch Lomond & the Trossachs where the tour groups head. Certainly less runway considerations at Glasgow than Edinburgh as I've heard that's why the Edinburgh flight is to be coupled with DUB and ARN as possibilities.
I've heard rumours of Cathay but given what's been said on Manchester's thread about lack of availability of aircraft maybe a while yet.
I've heard rumours of Cathay but given what's been said on Manchester's thread about lack of availability of aircraft maybe a while yet.
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A350 Saltire, why not? Are you saying that Edinburgh and the Central Belt isn't big enough for a Chinese route? Both airports are the same market Central Belt/Scotland that's what the ME3 certainly see. Biggest Cantonese community in Scotland and biggest Chinese community in Scotland is in Glasgow. Also HKG and Shanghai (if that's the EDI route) are not exactly close to each other. Also Glasgow is closer to Loch Lomond & the Trossachs where the tour groups head. Certainly less runway considerations at Glasgow than Edinburgh as I've heard that's why the Edinburgh flight is to be coupled with DUB and ARN as possibilities.
I've heard rumours of Cathay but given what's been said on Manchester's thread about lack of availability of aircraft maybe a while yet.
I've heard rumours of Cathay but given what's been said on Manchester's thread about lack of availability of aircraft maybe a while yet.
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I would have thought that would have obvious, EDI has far higher inbound Chinese tourism starting point, tacky souvenir shops, pandas, tourist board/government interventions... etc etc
I personally would do anything to avoid travelling China Eastern (I mean, why would you?) but this will essentially be a scheduled 'charter' !
Cathay ex GLA?? You and the spotters are having a laugh.
I personally would do anything to avoid travelling China Eastern (I mean, why would you?) but this will essentially be a scheduled 'charter' !
Cathay ex GLA?? You and the spotters are having a laugh.
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Are Chinese Eastern really that bad? What do you mean by a "scheduled charter" flight?. Runway considerations were mentioned earlier, what exactly would have to be considered about edinburgh's runway?
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It restricts MTOW for certain aircraft types, a 100m is a good chunk of runway before your nose wheel digs deep into the grass on an aborted takeoff. So it's a consideration if you're looking for freight to help with costs. I suspect to China the flights will be at MTOW.
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I can't believe any China flights to either Edinburgh or Glasgow would be dependent on freight. They'll fill those with tourists and first class tourists/business folk no problem.
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What would roughly be the required length of runway for an a330 and 777 at MTOW?
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Glasgow has the only 1st Class cabin operating to/from Scotland on Emirates 2 x daily 777-300.
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GASA First Class from Scotland has until Emirates, been almost impossible to offer. Neither Qatar or Etihad even offer it from Scotland with good reason. Even US bound flights offer only up to Business.