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suspect their media team were caught up in the mess that was the possible pilot strike and cancellations of hundreds of international flights, so suspect fanfare was not top priority. A few inaugurals I have been involved in actually offered a promo discounted fare bucket which fills first.
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Said system would have had the capacity ordinarily without the works in progress closing a code E stand... Although it can certainly be questioned why the stand closure/jet bridge repair was not completed before mid May...
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I'm fairly sure they've recently consolidated all long haul flying to Calgary so I wouldn't expect a resumption of Toronto (or Halifax which was at Glasgow) any time soon. Any frequency uplift would also come at the expense of another route since all 789s are accounted for and they've got no plans to add any more.
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Another new route on the horizon? A couple of sources at EDI dropping hints that Delta, for S24, may announce another new route. The twin cities - MSP is rumoured to be the destination.
Another new route on the horizon? A couple of sources at EDI dropping hints that Delta, for S24, may announce another new route. The twin cities - MSP is rumoured to be the destination.
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I think Detroit is a better shot - MSP to DUB was always my thought for Minneapolis
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I had never seen an airport as crowded as the first wave departure from EDI - all airlines (EZY, Jet2, FR) had horrendous queues at bag drop, and Security was packed and they were closing the entry gates more often than opening them - cue people shouting, screaming, pushing, fighting. Not pleasant. I don't know about aircraft movement delays, but I do know we had to be off our stand and wait remotely for our ATC slot on that morning flight. I'm happy for EDI's success, but it is definitely bursting at the seams at times!
I grew up watching the NW/AC/AA/BA/UA bubble burst at GLA in the '90s, perhaps this is finally the real deal in growth?
Part of me wants to dampen down excitable chatter BUT I always think of Dublin when I was growing up with two Aer Lingus B747s out to BOS and JFK via SNN where NWO also flew onto PIK. Same old slog year after year for ages. Over time, that long haul market changed massively for the better and the dead seasonality has been evened out. Perhaps something similar is finally happening to Scotland, long overdue and without a based flag carrier to help. Sometimes we don't believe change can happen even as we live through it. It would be interesting to see the pull factor EDI now exerts all the way from NCL and the borders to Ayrshire and beyond. United don't need to serve GLA/NCL anymore if they can pull traffic to EDI.
I grew up watching the NW/AC/AA/BA/UA bubble burst at GLA in the '90s, perhaps this is finally the real deal in growth?
I grew up watching the NW/AC/AA/BA/UA bubble burst at GLA in the '90s, perhaps this is finally the real deal in growth?
Of course Virgin is allied to Delta and BA with American so all is hardly lost, but it appears as though the year-round market is making EDI very attractive and the two 'London' carriers may have missed an opportunity.
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A member of staff at the airport has said "Edinburgh has become the largest UK airport for Transatlantic flying outside London, which is a fantastic achievement (with more to come!)" (my emphasis) so the excitable chatter would seem to have some merit.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pavel...052609536-dEuq
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pavel...052609536-dEuq
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A member of staff at the airport has said "Edinburgh has become the largest UK airport for Transatlantic flying outside London, which is a fantastic achievement (with more to come!)" (my emphasis) so the excitable chatter would seem to have some merit.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pavel...052609536-dEuq
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Part of me wants to dampen down excitable chatter BUT I always think of Dublin when I was growing up with two Aer Lingus B747s out to BOS and JFK via SNN where NWO also flew onto PIK. Same old slog year after year for ages. Over time, that long haul market changed massively for the better and the dead seasonality has been evened out. Perhaps something similar is finally happening to Scotland, long overdue and without a based flag carrier to help. Sometimes we don't believe change can happen even as we live through it. It would be interesting to see the pull factor EDI now exerts all the way from NCL and the borders to Ayrshire and beyond. United don't need to serve GLA/NCL anymore if they can pull traffic to EDI.
I grew up watching the NW/AC/AA/BA/UA bubble burst at GLA in the '90s, perhaps this is finally the real deal in growth?
I grew up watching the NW/AC/AA/BA/UA bubble burst at GLA in the '90s, perhaps this is finally the real deal in growth?
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But maybe this will help create likes to attract more. I am sure DUB’s US connectivity helps drive this.
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I welcome any new connections but cannot disagree with the need for investment and facilities growth but sceptical if the current owners will ever go as far as a new Terminal.
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Certainly. It will be interesting to see whether UA give Glasgow another go. In terms of their "recently gone" UK destinations, well BFS, NCL and BHX certainly won't come back for the forseeable. I'm of the opinion UA will launch LAX-EDI with Dreamliners a few years down the line. Hearing whispers of a certain North West airport getting EWR back in Summer 24, and that's about it from United really.
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Certainly. It will be interesting to see whether UA give Glasgow another go. In terms of their "recently gone" UK destinations, well BFS, NCL and BHX certainly won't come back for the forseeable. I'm of the opinion UA will launch LAX-EDI with Dreamliners a few years down the line. Hearing whispers of a certain North West airport getting EWR back in Summer 24, and that's about it from United really.
For Delta, JFK will have a lot of traffic heading to New York as well as good connections out of a major hub. ATL will have almost no one going to Atlanta and will be funneling one stop connections. Given almost no one is heading to Detroit or the twin cities compared to say Boston, you have two routes with good point to point in JFK/BOS and one route to mop up connections. Might it not make more sense to think in terms of ATL being upgauged to an A330 over time rather than adding in DTW/MSP? DUB has neither if we're looking for comparison and MAN only has ATL albeit on VS.
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MSP/DTW would seem very ambitious. Wonder where that originated from unless there are incentives at play. I still have slight concerns the current US bubble will pop and that finite connecting pax would then just be pulled from other established hubs. Some of these suggested routes are marginal ex LHR never mind anywhere else.