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British Airways Cityflyer started the new service to Florence today, does anyone know the loads for the flight?
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BACF will also once again operate charter flights on selected dates from GVA and ZRH to EDI for the Swiss Tour Operator Kontiki using a E70. Flights will arr EDI on a Saturday morning and depart on a Sunday evening.
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British Airways Cityflyer started the new service to Florence today, does anyone know the loads for the flight?
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Thanks for the information on the BA loads it is good to see them getting good loads on their services, It's a wonder why they don't operate more flights than they currently do
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Water cannon salute today for first summer seasonal UA 757 to IAD. Interesting to see how this does compared to eg PHL and ATL as outbound connections less than other hubs. Inbound tourism during peak summer should be good. Wonder if people would switch from existing US services to use this instead?
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Stand 14 Markings
Sitting on. Plane on Stand 14 (Gate12) and just noticed the ground markings for Aircraft. Lists A350-1, B777 B, B747-4, B777-2, A350/8, B787-9, A330-2-3, B787-8 and B767-3.
Not quite sure I recognise all these aircraft types (B777-B? And assume the A350-1 means 10, also now 9 listed) and somewhat optimistic but shows at least one stand for the larger planes. I assume new stand 16 is the same. Only downside for passengers is that although officially a contact stand to the terminal there is no airbridge (now or in the future) unless anyone knows differently....
i had contact over Twitter with the airport who confirmed that 3 of the new expansion stands will have airbridges installed l, they did not say when.
Not quite sure I recognise all these aircraft types (B777-B? And assume the A350-1 means 10, also now 9 listed) and somewhat optimistic but shows at least one stand for the larger planes. I assume new stand 16 is the same. Only downside for passengers is that although officially a contact stand to the terminal there is no airbridge (now or in the future) unless anyone knows differently....
i had contact over Twitter with the airport who confirmed that 3 of the new expansion stands will have airbridges installed l, they did not say when.
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The markings you refer to are on stand 12. When this is in use it will preclude the use of stands 11 and 14. It can’t be used at the moment due to the ongoing works to the terminal extension. B777 B is a single designation used to refer to the B772LR and the B773ER necessary because both types have the same wider wingspan. A350-1 refers to the A350-1000. As far as I know there are no plans to have an airbridge to this stand but it is the least likely widebody stand to be used, the current main terminal widebody stands 2A, 4A and 10A are all served by airbridges. The new widebody stands 15, 16 and 18 will have airbridges in Place by late summer/autumn and are all capable of taking aircraft up to 777/747 size with stand 16 being wide enough to accommodate an A380.
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The markings you refer to are on stand 12. When this is in use it will preclude the use of stands 11 and 14. It can’t be used at the moment due to the ongoing works to the terminal extension. B777 B is a single designation used to refer to the B772LR and the B773ER necessary because both types have the same wider wingspan. A350-1 refers to the A350-1000. As far as I know there are no plans to have an airbridge to this stand but it is the least likely widebody stand to be used, the current main terminal widebody stands 2A, 4A and 10A are all served by airbridges. The new widebody stands 15, 16 and 18 will have airbridges in Place by late summer/autumn and are all capable of taking aircraft up to 777/747 size with stand 16 being wide enough to accommodate an A380.
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Route rumours
Does anyone know any new route rumours for Edinburgh as the only ones I can find are another Chinese route to be added and Virgin Atlantic to add a few longhaul routes.
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I personally don't think that we're see another Chinese link added at EDI until Hainan have bedded down and with regards to VS again I personally don't think that we will see them 'adding a few long haul routes' either.
They are what they are just rumours with absolutely nothing to back them up and more than likely made up by young over enthusiastic plane spotters when having a 'wet dream'!
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Route rumours
The sources for the information are :
https://www.scotsman.com/news/richard-branson-hints-at-virgin-flights-from-edinburgh-to-us-1-4680550
China's vote of confidence in Scotland means more flights | HeraldScotland
Although I agree with you that these are only rumours and are unlikely to happen.
https://www.scotsman.com/news/richard-branson-hints-at-virgin-flights-from-edinburgh-to-us-1-4680550
China's vote of confidence in Scotland means more flights | HeraldScotland
Although I agree with you that these are only rumours and are unlikely to happen.
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GLA has signed the same sort of deal with Shanghai that EDI did a few years back with Beijing, including working towards direct flights, I would have thought it unlikely, unless HK?
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Given Virgin Atlantic's ongoing fleet problems caused by RR engine issues on its B789s, which are likely to last well into next year and could still get worse before they get better, I'd be surprised if they announced EDI routes this year or next, unless at the expense of other routes in their network.
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Virgin Atlantic are part owned by Delta, and have recently been taking over a number of Delta operated flights from Manchester. If we see Virgin operating from EDI, then it will be at the expense of Delta, rather than an additional route.
A second Chinese route is a possibility - a rival carrier may choose to step in to the market before Hianan gets too established, however with GLA recently signing the agreement with Shanghai, I think the next Chinese route will be more likely to go to GLA than EDI.
Other than that, I can't see much long haul on the immediate horizon. Possibly a return of JAL charters.
A second Chinese route is a possibility - a rival carrier may choose to step in to the market before Hianan gets too established, however with GLA recently signing the agreement with Shanghai, I think the next Chinese route will be more likely to go to GLA than EDI.
Other than that, I can't see much long haul on the immediate horizon. Possibly a return of JAL charters.
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Given that DL & VS are basically the same airline it’s been noticeable that as people get use to the joint marketing it’s going to be similar to BA/IB and AF/KL. So if DL think the JFK will sell better with the VS brand then you could find a VS A330 rather than a DL 767/757 into EDI. I have noticed lately on the VS from MCO to GLA the increase in DL pax, approx 70 per flight, quite a few are using MCO as a Transit point. This is a huge increase from even two years ago where all but 3-4 pax were Brits going to the Kingdom of Mouse. For now though the Delta brand is maybe the best for EDI given the fall of Sterling and that the current trend is for Americans to come here to Scotland. Also how much influence does the beard have with VS?