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Great news. 3x per week is ambitious but WS have the data from operating this summer to support their decision. I wish them well and might even give the route a try next year.
Mystified by this. Seems to be driven by the fact that they are taking the B787 and so have to try and fill them somehow but are basing them all in YYC with none in YYZ. GLA/EDI-YYZ is a reliable known quantity that they're able to crew from the existing YYZ B737 base, YYC hasn't been served since AIr Transat flew it from GLA a while back.
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Interesting that they stopped any further 787 new deliveries
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What a shame to have gone from 3 WJ routes to Scotland (2x YYZ and 1x YHZ) to now 3/wk YYC only. Lets hope this new hub idea works for them! AC don’t really seem to be putting up much of a fight even in London.
Interesting that they stopped any further 787 new deliveries
Interesting that they stopped any further 787 new deliveries
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Perhaps. I wonder if EK is waiting to see if QR go double daily in 2023 before stepping in again? The current slots suggest they could do. It wouldn’t be a huge surprise given the Doha route continues to perform very strongly with LF’s in the high 90’s.
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It’s a waiting game, however I would have thought that if S23 was going to happen then it would have been launched by now. Just my opinion.
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Anecdotal: “(EK) have shortage of cabin crew and so the return of A380 or second daily at Glasgow or return to Edinburgh is still being worked on.”
It’s a waiting game, however I would have thought that if S23 was going to happen then it would have been launched by now. Just my opinion.
It’s a waiting game, however I would have thought that if S23 was going to happen then it would have been launched by now. Just my opinion.
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An A380 unable to land or take off at EDI. Runway too short. The taxi ways would also have to be upgraded significantly. EDI do have gates and bridges that can accommodate an A380.
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wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:31 pm
So EK have a choice. Either be at a competitive disadvantage from Scotland where they have less capacity than QR for 6 months or double up the GLA flights.Or bin GLA and move it all to EDI. And before anyone says anything, I’m aware they have a lounge. Won’t stop them moving though I bet.
See, telt you you don’t think there’s a market worth serving from GLA.
The market that AGS appear to be very willingly let disappear 45 miles east.
So EK have a choice. Either be at a competitive disadvantage from Scotland where they have less capacity than QR for 6 months or double up the GLA flights.Or bin GLA and move it all to EDI. And before anyone says anything, I’m aware they have a lounge. Won’t stop them moving though I bet.
See, telt you you don’t think there’s a market worth serving from GLA.
The market that AGS appear to be very willingly let disappear 45 miles east.
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Either be at a competitive disadvantage from Scotland where they have less capacity than QR for 6 months or double up the GLA flights.Or bin GLA and move it all to EDI. And before anyone says anything, I’m aware they have a lounge. Won’t stop them moving though I bet.
back, EDI may well remain Scotland's No. 1 airport but the notion that GLA would or should have nothing long haul is nonsense. It may be 2nd choice for inbound but no market likes a monopoly, and as and when EDI gets to the bursting at the seams point, people will look for other options. EDI is doing really well but I suspect WS swapping YYZ for YYC simply because they need to fly B787s they didn't cancel won't end well.
It's a finite market and we've been here before. Not every entrant is net new and as they battle for limited market share, expect something to give in the medium term.
I've always though the GLA is an "outbound" airport and EDI is an "inbound" one
Emirates operate from Birmingham and Newcastle - neither of which is overrun by people from the Gulf (tho they do fly their business jets into NCL in the shooting season) - it's all outbound sourced traffic
Their business is tourists to Dubai - much as SIA was in the early days
Emirates operate from Birmingham and Newcastle - neither of which is overrun by people from the Gulf (tho they do fly their business jets into NCL in the shooting season) - it's all outbound sourced traffic
Their business is tourists to Dubai - much as SIA was in the early days