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Old 12th Jan 2024, 11:15
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Planeraz,

No.1 priority is usually maximising profit which generally squeezing quarts into pint pots. Longtermism tends not to be a high priority these days which is a shame as infrastructure needs a long term view.
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Surely the Indian sub continent and Asian markets are ar least in part served by QR, TK, KL, BA etc over their hubs.
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Originally Posted by willy wombat
Surely the Indian sub continent and Asian markets are ar least in part served by QR, TK, KL, BA etc over their hubs.
Yes, BA in particular are very big on Indian routes, standing in domestic arrivals in either EDI or GLA and seeing the amount of bags tagged from an Indian airport can be a sight to see, you dont think 15 large suitcases can fit in a fiat punto, but determination makes it work

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Wonder if this will affect any sale:

https://scottishfinancialreview.com/...-by-blackrock/
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Originally Posted by tartan 201
Wonder if this will affect any sale:

https://scottishfinancialreview.com/...-by-blackrock/
Could be a game changer. EDI effectively an asset of BR. One of its stated aims is to invest in large infrastructure projects like airports.
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Originally Posted by Planeraz
Could be a game changer. EDI effectively an asset of BR. One of its stated aims is to invest in large infrastructure projects like airports.


Blackrock also own in shares circa 6% of Delta, United, American, Alaskan Airlines and Southwest.

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Originally Posted by tictack67


Blackrock also own in shares circa 6% of Delta, United, American, Alaskan Airlines and Southwest.
Should Blackrock retain EDI, presumably, airlines such as Delta and United could benefit commercially re landing fees etc and the airport may have easier access to the right people for further route developments.
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Old 12th Jan 2024, 17:13
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Originally Posted by Planeraz
Should Blackrock retain EDI, presumably, airlines such as Delta and United could benefit commercially re landing fees etc and the airport may have easier access to the right people for further route developments.
Wouldn't that be illegal under competition laws in the UK? Unless, of course it was applied to all airlines.
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Originally Posted by GeorgeNTravels
Wouldn't that be illegal under competition laws in the UK? Unless, of course it was applied to all airlines.
indeed it's illegal
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Originally Posted by Planeraz
Should Blackrock retain EDI, presumably, airlines such as Delta and United could benefit commercially re landing fees etc and the airport may have easier access to the right people for further route developments.
The shareholdings are insignificant and Blackrock will exert no pressure on the business managers of airlines in which they invest. Blackrock are interested in one thing and one thing only; returning value for their investor clients which will include many of the pension funds in which our old age are invested.

They will spend money on development only if they see an adequate return on that investment in a timescale that works for their clients.

Personally I would prefer public investment in infrastructure but that isn't the way we do things these days unless of course where road building is concerned.
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Originally Posted by Ekally1
indeed it's illegal
Not if done as a deal negotiation for a new route, see Ryanair.
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Originally Posted by ATNotts
The shareholdings are insignificant
Blackrock is the 2nd largest institutional Investor in Delta, I think the 6th in American and 8th in United.

Blackrock's Delta shares are worth over 1 billion Us Dollars.



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Originally Posted by GeorgeNTravels
Yes, BA in particular are very big on Indian routes, standing in domestic arrivals in either EDI or GLA and seeing the amount of bags tagged from an Indian airport can be a sight to see, you dont think 15 large suitcases can fit in a fiat punto, but determination makes it work
How can you tell where a bag is tagged from?

as we know it shows the final then any connecting airport but not the originating airport.


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Old 12th Jan 2024, 19:04
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Originally Posted by tictack67
How can you tell where a bag is tagged from?

as we know it shows the final then any connecting airport but not the originating airport.
Most show flight numbers and a quick flightradar search reveals all.
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Old 12th Jan 2024, 19:06
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Originally Posted by GeorgeNTravels
Most show flight numbers and a quick flightradar search reveals all.
Impressive whilst looking out for your own luggage and checking up on flight radar, you should be a customs officer
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Originally Posted by tictack67
Blackrock is the 2nd largest institutional Investor in Delta, I think the 6th in American and 8th in United.

Blackrock's Delta shares are worth over 1 billion Us Dollars.
Unless I am reading incorrectly thats a very big number but a very small %age of the total shares.
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Originally Posted by ATNotts
Unless I am reading incorrectly thats a very big number but a very small %age of the total shares.
Ues you are, focus on the 38 million shares they hold. Delta shares are scattered to the four winds, to get consensus requires the likes of blackrock and Vanguard (11%) most pensions holding only have 2%
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Originally Posted by tictack67
Impressive whilst looking out for your own luggage and checking up on flight radar, you should be a customs officer
Didn't say I was waiting for my bag, you should be a politician.

In some cases it's as simple as sitting across from somebody who has bags as they wait for a lift or a bus.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...-fife-67944481

A £2bn development with 7,000 homes as well as shops, schools, social and medical facilities is being planned for a site near Edinburgh Airport.

If planning permission is granted, West Town will span 205 acres between Gogar Roundabout and Ingliston Park and Ride. It is described as the single biggest homes-led development in Edinburgh in modern times. The development is designed so residents could live there without needing a car. Developers said the site would also have 27 acres of parks and a network of cycle, running and walking tracks. The West Town Edinburgh consortium, which is behind the plan, was formed in April 2021 by Drum Property Group.
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For anyone not familiar with the area, the line which bisects the site is the tram which will get an extra stop. The existing P&R stop is in the bottom right of the picture and the runway is the old one which is disused.
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