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I see that there's a Beijing flight at 1600. I assume that this is a publicity one full of the great and good,as the scheduled services don't start until a week on Thursday.
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Aer Lingus
It will be nice to see the Aer Lingus jet back in edinburgh I have forgot the last time it was here on a scheduled service, Also does anyone know the loads for Aegean?
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ATH has decent loads, would be hard to tease out from CAA stats given there are often two operators on the route with EZY too.
Figures were down in March by 5% but I suppose that could be weather?
EI A320 was certainly on one of the daily rotations in 2012/13.
Figures were down in March by 5% but I suppose that could be weather?
EI A320 was certainly on one of the daily rotations in 2012/13.
Anybody else have the pleasure of arriving or departing the airport by road on Thursday afternoon/evening?
When I arrived on Tuesday afternoon the Surface car park was close to full. Leaving on Thursday, the place was in complete meltdown. Queues of traffic trying to leave the car parks and drop off areas with equal amounts of traffic struggling to get into the airport. Traffic was so slow, passengers had to resort to abandoning the buses, taxis and cars to walk from the A8 and Eastfield Road into departures. I understand there had been an RTA down towards the Gyle which was the initial cause but it did get me thinking the infrastructure and road system is creaking under the continual growth of flights.
It’s the National Cow of the Year Show at Ingliston next weekend, creating more stress to the traffic system. We are also only two weeks from the school holidays and presumably even more passengers using the airport. Thankfully, I will not be going anywhere near the place for the next few weeks but if events like Thursday are going to become the norm, I will need to rethink times that I want to use the airport.
Was Thursday a one off or are my fears that the road links are not capable of handling the traffic at peak times?
When I arrived on Tuesday afternoon the Surface car park was close to full. Leaving on Thursday, the place was in complete meltdown. Queues of traffic trying to leave the car parks and drop off areas with equal amounts of traffic struggling to get into the airport. Traffic was so slow, passengers had to resort to abandoning the buses, taxis and cars to walk from the A8 and Eastfield Road into departures. I understand there had been an RTA down towards the Gyle which was the initial cause but it did get me thinking the infrastructure and road system is creaking under the continual growth of flights.
It’s the National Cow of the Year Show at Ingliston next weekend, creating more stress to the traffic system. We are also only two weeks from the school holidays and presumably even more passengers using the airport. Thankfully, I will not be going anywhere near the place for the next few weeks but if events like Thursday are going to become the norm, I will need to rethink times that I want to use the airport.
Was Thursday a one off or are my fears that the road links are not capable of handling the traffic at peak times?
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The RTA was between a tram and a shuttle bus between the longstay and the terminal, so the trams had to terminate at Gyle and passengers bussed from there. Congestion almost inevitable.
Wasn’t that the day before (Wednesday)? If the chaos was caused by substitute busses due to the tram accident that occurred 24 hours before, not sure I agree it was inevitable.
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Anybody else have the pleasure of arriving or departing the airport by road on Thursday afternoon/evening?
When I arrived on Tuesday afternoon the Surface car park was close to full. Leaving on Thursday, the place was in complete meltdown. Queues of traffic trying to leave the car parks and drop off areas with equal amounts of traffic struggling to get into the airport. Traffic was so slow, passengers had to resort to abandoning the buses, taxis and cars to walk from the A8 and Eastfield Road into departures. I understand there had been an RTA down towards the Gyle which was the initial cause but it did get me thinking the infrastructure and road system is creaking under the continual growth of flights.
It’s the National Cow of the Year Show at Ingliston next weekend, creating more stress to the traffic system. We are also only two weeks from the school holidays and presumably even more passengers using the airport. Thankfully, I will not be going anywhere near the place for the next few weeks but if events like Thursday are going to become the norm, I will need to rethink times that I want to use the airport.
Was Thursday a one off or are my fears that the road links are not capable of handling the traffic at peak times?
When I arrived on Tuesday afternoon the Surface car park was close to full. Leaving on Thursday, the place was in complete meltdown. Queues of traffic trying to leave the car parks and drop off areas with equal amounts of traffic struggling to get into the airport. Traffic was so slow, passengers had to resort to abandoning the buses, taxis and cars to walk from the A8 and Eastfield Road into departures. I understand there had been an RTA down towards the Gyle which was the initial cause but it did get me thinking the infrastructure and road system is creaking under the continual growth of flights.
It’s the National Cow of the Year Show at Ingliston next weekend, creating more stress to the traffic system. We are also only two weeks from the school holidays and presumably even more passengers using the airport. Thankfully, I will not be going anywhere near the place for the next few weeks but if events like Thursday are going to become the norm, I will need to rethink times that I want to use the airport.
Was Thursday a one off or are my fears that the road links are not capable of handling the traffic at peak times?
I will giving myself a bit more time when I head in tomorrow afternoon and again a week on Saturday.
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Regarding Athens, while I don't know the loads or even the capacity/ frequency of the route, I have been checking fares on a fairly frequent bases of late with the intention of booking for later in the year. Fares are consistently over £100 return per person, before you add any extras. Hardly scientific I know but it does suggest yields are healthy for both airlines.
I take it you are joking. Fares clearing £100 return Inc taxes to Athens implies a yield nett of around £35 per sector if all seats are sold at that approximate level. For a four hour sector, that's not healthy - it's an economic disaster area even with ancillary revenue.
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If that's the case then no airline flying from the UK to Athens is making money. From what I've seen EDI departures seem to be slightly more than those from other UK airports. As I say not scientific, just saying what I see.
