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It’s ridiculous really. Two good additions from EasyJet and a 9th based aircraft. What’s not to like. Probably on the wrong coast for some people.
According to Gibraltar’a tourism minister the new route to EDI is one of the fastest selling of EasyJet’s new route launches today. It would be great to maintain this as a year round service from Scotland’s busiest airport.
According to Gibraltar’a tourism minister the new route to EDI is one of the fastest selling of EasyJet’s new route launches today. It would be great to maintain this as a year round service from Scotland’s busiest airport.
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Another drop in passenger numbers.
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/t...onth-1-5062319
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/t...onth-1-5062319
A drop in passenger numbers at Edinburgh Airport has accelerated, new figures show.
The airport has cited falling domestic travellers, particularly after a service to London Stansted was axed, as driving the reduction.
A total of 1,000,246 passengers used the airport last month, down 4.3 per cent on the same month last year.
It marks the second consecutive month of falling passengers numbers, following five years of growth excepting a marginal 0.1 per cent drop caused by the Beast from the East in March 2018.
In October, passengers number were 1,309,170, a 1 per cent dip compared to the same month the previous year.
Domestic passengers were down 13.5 per cent last month to 411,819 compared to the previous year, while international travellers were up 3.3 per cent to 588,427.
The airport said Ryanair scrapping its London Stansted service had led to a 48,000 reduction in passengers but this impact was softened by a strong performance on other domestic routes, including increased services to Heathrow and a new route to the East Midlands.
Gordon Dewar, Edinburgh Airport chief executive, said: "We're on course for another record year at Edinburgh Airport and we welcome that but there's always a disappointment that we haven't been able to share Edinburgh and Scotland with more tourists.
"The end of one of our most popular domestic routes has clearly had an impact and the winter season always sees a small reduction in services so these numbers are not unexpected but it does show that the industry requires support to address the connectivity deficit that Scotland has."
The airport has cited falling domestic travellers, particularly after a service to London Stansted was axed, as driving the reduction.
A total of 1,000,246 passengers used the airport last month, down 4.3 per cent on the same month last year.
It marks the second consecutive month of falling passengers numbers, following five years of growth excepting a marginal 0.1 per cent drop caused by the Beast from the East in March 2018.
In October, passengers number were 1,309,170, a 1 per cent dip compared to the same month the previous year.
Domestic passengers were down 13.5 per cent last month to 411,819 compared to the previous year, while international travellers were up 3.3 per cent to 588,427.
The airport said Ryanair scrapping its London Stansted service had led to a 48,000 reduction in passengers but this impact was softened by a strong performance on other domestic routes, including increased services to Heathrow and a new route to the East Midlands.
Gordon Dewar, Edinburgh Airport chief executive, said: "We're on course for another record year at Edinburgh Airport and we welcome that but there's always a disappointment that we haven't been able to share Edinburgh and Scotland with more tourists.
"The end of one of our most popular domestic routes has clearly had an impact and the winter season always sees a small reduction in services so these numbers are not unexpected but it does show that the industry requires support to address the connectivity deficit that Scotland has."
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The drop in domestic pax numbers is mainly due to Ryanair suspending its STN service. It'll be interesting to see whether it gets reinstated once the Max gets ungrounded.
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Loganair have added 2 new routes from EDI:
Esbjerg- 3x weekly Eff 7th May 2020
Hannover- 5x weekly Eff 17th April 2020
Great news to see Loganair increase their presence more.
Esbjerg- 3x weekly Eff 7th May 2020
Hannover- 5x weekly Eff 17th April 2020
Great news to see Loganair increase their presence more.
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Doha to increase to 14x weekly.
https://www.qatarairways.com/en/pres...Press-releases
https://www.qatarairways.com/en/pres...Press-releases
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Doha to increase to 14x weekly.
https://www.qatarairways.com/en/pres...Press-releases
https://www.qatarairways.com/en/pres...Press-releases
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Thats great news to hear.. slightly surprising though, as the loads haven't exactly been huge over the summer. So much for the blood bath everyone predicted when Emirates started flights though.
https://onemileatatime.com/qatar-air...eports-losses/
Qatar Airways is an old fashioned flag carrier, built to get Qatar "out there". They also fly half empty B787s frequently out of CWL and the country is engaged in a cold war with the UAE. Not sure how much of this is commercially driven IMHO. They currently have six B789s on the flightline at PAE.
Great news for EDI though as the second daily DXB cannot be far away.
Qatar Airways is an old fashioned flag carrier, built to get Qatar "out there". They also fly half empty B787s frequently out of CWL and the country is engaged in a cold war with the UAE. Not sure how much of this is commercially driven IMHO. They currently have six B789s on the flightline at PAE.
Great news for EDI though as the second daily DXB cannot be far away.
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The revised CAA statistics for October show that both Qatar and EK are growing from NCL, EDI and GLA. Is this new traffic or are passengers being abstracted from other hubs?
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https://onemileatatime.com/qatar-air...eports-losses/
Qatar Airways is an old fashioned flag carrier, built to get Qatar "out there". They also fly half empty B787s frequently out of CWL and the country is engaged in a cold war with the UAE. Not sure how much of this is commercially driven IMHO. They currently have six B789s on the flightline at PAE.
Great news for EDI though as the second daily DXB cannot be far away.
Qatar Airways is an old fashioned flag carrier, built to get Qatar "out there". They also fly half empty B787s frequently out of CWL and the country is engaged in a cold war with the UAE. Not sure how much of this is commercially driven IMHO. They currently have six B789s on the flightline at PAE.
Great news for EDI though as the second daily DXB cannot be far away.
Fair comment, I wonder if it's as much to attack EK as it is to make money, I suspect both will be true. Either way, it's all upside for EDI and the consumer.
It's absolutely all upside for EDI unless / until both carriers blink simultaneously and walk away leaving EDI going from feast to famine. Happened at BHX many moons ago when Air Canada tried, successfully, to kill off Wardair on BHX/YYZ and I suspect that the excess competition between AA and UA lead to BHX having no proper direct North Atlantic services! Sometimes one needs to be careful about one wishes for.
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I'm told by people who regularly use Qatar's EDI service that business class is often full and they either need to travel economy or travel on another day.
Qatar offer paid upgrades to Business, via their app, to those holding economy bookings, which probably explains why it is often full. Qatar Business Class is brilliant.
