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It was indeed due to be fully resurfaced (I think it was 2021) but deferred due to the pandemic.
In other news, I see BA CityFlyer is advertising for Edinburgh-based direct entry Captains. The base - another pandemic casualty! - must be reopening, which is an interesting move. I can’t think that will do any favours for other airlines and wannabe airlines trying to retain and recruit for Edinburgh bases.
In other news, I see BA CityFlyer is advertising for Edinburgh-based direct entry Captains. The base - another pandemic casualty! - must be reopening, which is an interesting move. I can’t think that will do any favours for other airlines and wannabe airlines trying to retain and recruit for Edinburgh bases.
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why not do it in summer - the nights are very short , its warmer and you'd get twice the productivity................
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Are BA CityFlyer to re-open the Edinburgh Airport base ??? I didn't see any advert for 1st officers or cabin crew for Edinburgh base , just captains I read on the job advert.
Well constant diversions will have the same effect - and it'll be worse as they're unplanned
Obviously contractors might not have had the capacity to drop everything and do it though.
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In hindsight, that's true but it's not that simple. The works are to cost £20m. It would have been a brave airport management team that sanctioned such a level of expenditure in the depths of the pandemic. There are several mail and parcel flights overnight, which continued to operate during the pandemic. They would have had to have moved somewhere were the airport to have closed, with consequences for the ground transport of the cargo carried by those services.
tartan201,
Short term pain, long term gain. All those cargo ops could have been relocated to GLA or NCL for the period.
I'm sure the driver for not doing it was simple, money and the bottom line. Investors think long term is the next quarterly statement!
Short term pain, long term gain. All those cargo ops could have been relocated to GLA or NCL for the period.
I'm sure the driver for not doing it was simple, money and the bottom line. Investors think long term is the next quarterly statement!
By mid to late 2020 the direction of travel of the pandemic was pretty clear, with both treatment and vaccination. Nobody seriously thought there was going to be "commercial aviation armageddon" so while some hindsight may be in play its mainly a case if risk averse private investors. I feel sure that had airports been treated as vital infrastructure the necessary work would not have been deferred.
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Interesting. Seems to be a reasonable product. Not sure what market they’ll be after with twice weekly but may just be testing water. They do have a reasonable local connection network. Wonder, where they've competed with TK elsewhere, what effect if any it has on TK numbers, as both offer relatively cheap fares already.
By mid to late 2020 the direction of travel of the pandemic was pretty clear, with both treatment and vaccination. Nobody seriously thought there was going to be "commercial aviation armageddon" so while some hindsight may be in play its mainly a case if risk averse private investors. I feel sure that had airports been treated as vital infrastructure the necessary work would not have been deferred.
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Interesting. Seems to be a reasonable product. Not sure what market they’ll be after with twice weekly but may just be testing water. They do have a reasonable local connection network. Wonder, where they've competed with TK elsewhere, what effect if any it has on TK numbers, as both offer relatively cheap fares already.
There are issues making private money responsible for airport infrastructure. I don't think you need to look much further than EDI's passenger terminal or indeed the debacle at BHX to see good examples of that. I would add that I base my view on EDI largely from posts on this very thread.