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You can add VS to that list with the A35K from June 24. Hainan still to come with their A330 as well albeit on Fridays and Mondays. As you say, busy summer ahead!
Loadings for tonight's Toronto looking pretty healthy with just handful of seats free in economy. Even the return is looking reasonably well loaded too across all cabins.
Loadings for tonight's Toronto looking pretty healthy with just handful of seats free in economy. Even the return is looking reasonably well loaded too across all cabins.
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The initial W23 ACL suggest increased slot request/ international activity at EDI. We already know about Qatar increasing to double daily year round and Air Canada offering services for most of winter 23. The full report due out any day. Could EDI be in line for something new or the return of a familiar airline??
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The initial W23 ACL suggest increased slot request/ international activity at EDI. We already know about Qatar increasing to double daily year round and Air Canada offering services for most of winter 23. The full report due out any day. Could EDI be in line for something new or the return of a familiar airline??
LAX airport has been offering incentives to carriers who relaunch certain routes, started in 2022 and ends in 24 IIRC.
One of those is Scotland. Given United’s success at EDI, would not surprise me in the slightest to see them start that route
I'm led to believe the reports are going public in about a week's time.
LAX-LHR does well with the front cabins being packed out with some seriously high earners, allowing decent fares down the back. LAX-LHR on United is just now back to 2 x daily after they massively downsized long haul out of T7 and closed the Dreamliner pilot base. Now there's maybe a market for Scotland-LAX/SFO on a 2-3 weekly summer holiday basis but LAX isn't a hub for any of the US majors so seems pretty unlikely. American back on PHL-EDI now they have all their new B787-8s and more B787-9s on the way makes more sense for 2024 IMHO.
Scotland just doesn't have the front cabin numbers from California to make the use of a B787 worthwhile IMHO.
Scotland just doesn't have the front cabin numbers from California to make the use of a B787 worthwhile IMHO.
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United to LAX could definitely be one for Summer 24.
LAX airport has been offering incentives to carriers who relaunch certain routes, started in 2022 and ends in 24 IIRC.
One of those is Scotland. Given United’s success at EDI, would not surprise me in the slightest to see them start that route
I'm led to believe the reports are going public in about a week's time.
LAX airport has been offering incentives to carriers who relaunch certain routes, started in 2022 and ends in 24 IIRC.
One of those is Scotland. Given United’s success at EDI, would not surprise me in the slightest to see them start that route
I'm led to believe the reports are going public in about a week's time.
The only carrier I can feasibly see flying between LAX and EDI is Vigrin Atlantic shared with Manchester.
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Well that was certainly a brain fart.. part of me thought they had at least more than LHR.
LAX historically did quite well with Virgin and Thomas Cook out of Manchester.
I think given now Virgin are growing again from MAN they will deploy the “get the train down” line to EDI like they did with MAN!
LAX historically did quite well with Virgin and Thomas Cook out of Manchester.
I think given now Virgin are growing again from MAN they will deploy the “get the train down” line to EDI like they did with MAN!
Virgin tried MAN-SFO at 2 to 3 weekly in summer 2017 and 2018 which became 3x weekly MAN-LAX by 2019, West Coast USA isn't easy to make work from the UK. I think Thomas Cook did well on UK based POS on high volume less than daily holiday flights. And of course the GBP/USD exchange rate isn't great for UK originating passengers at the minute sadly.
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I hadn't realised VS MCO start had been pushed back to June 21st. Thats quite a short season for this type of route. Looks like they’re waiting for peak school hols to fill all the leisure config A350-1000 391 seats 😮 though suppose still fair bit less than the 455 on the ‘Queen’
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The initial W23 ACL suggest increased slot request/ international activity at EDI. We already know about Qatar increasing to double daily year round and Air Canada offering services for most of winter 23. The full report due out any day. Could EDI be in line for something new or the return of a familiar airline??
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United to LAX could definitely be one for Summer 24.
LAX airport has been offering incentives to carriers who relaunch certain routes, started in 2022 and ends in 24 IIRC.
One of those is Scotland. Given United’s success at EDI, would not surprise me in the slightest to see them start that route
I'm led to believe the reports are going public in about a week's time.
LAX airport has been offering incentives to carriers who relaunch certain routes, started in 2022 and ends in 24 IIRC.
One of those is Scotland. Given United’s success at EDI, would not surprise me in the slightest to see them start that route
I'm led to believe the reports are going public in about a week's time.
A contact at EDI is suggesting that Emirates is very much a possibility in spring 2024. The airport is also actively pursuing Etihad again. A number of weeks ago, the airline did drop hints on their socials about a return to certain cities. EDI was on one of their departure boards using the same flight numbers as before.
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[QUOTE=Skipness One Foxtrot;11444736]LAX-LHR does well with the front cabins being packed out with some seriously high earners, allowing decent fares down the back. LAX-LHR on United is just now back to 2 x daily after they massively downsized long haul out of T7 and closed the Dreamliner pilot base. Now there's maybe a market for Scotland-LAX/SFO on a 2-3 weekly summer holiday basis but LAX isn't a hub for any of the US majors so seems pretty unlikely. American back on PHL-EDI now they have all their new B787-8s and more B787-9s on the way makes more sense for 2024 IMHO.
Scotland just doesn't have the front cabin numbers from California to make the use of a B787 worthwhile IMHO.[/QUOTE
LAX is a hub for United and Delta Airlines. I have been in both this year. They are more focused on West bound Pacific traffic and transcontinental flights. T4 SFO is a Delta hub and had a number of European flights and code shares that I saw.
Scotland just doesn't have the front cabin numbers from California to make the use of a B787 worthwhile IMHO.[/QUOTE
LAX is a hub for United and Delta Airlines. I have been in both this year. They are more focused on West bound Pacific traffic and transcontinental flights. T4 SFO is a Delta hub and had a number of European flights and code shares that I saw.
Delta don't actually fly transatlantic from SFO so far as I am aware, codeshares will be on KLM. United however DO hub at SFO, it's one of their biggest.
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I do forsee Virgin bringing MAN-LAX back in 2025
I think it depends on the value of the pound to see if anyone will give LAX-EDI a go.. I think EDI should be able to hold on to all of it's current TATL network however further expansion might seem a bit much especially given the GBP-USD is steadily improving..?
I think it depends on the value of the pound to see if anyone will give LAX-EDI a go.. I think EDI should be able to hold on to all of it's current TATL network however further expansion might seem a bit much especially given the GBP-USD is steadily improving..?
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SFO offer:
Atlanta Boston Detroit Los Angeles Minneapolis JFK Salt Lake City and Seattle.
Literally only connections to the real Delta hubs
Delta operate ZERO International from SFO on own metal and other than LAX bugger all that isn’t a genuine hub
Not even a Connection presence apart from a few off peak Seattle rotations!
Indeed barely even a focus city !
LAX offer:
Add a few more hubs and flights back east and a selection of Connection flights to nowhere destinations .
They do offer services to Hawaii and across the Pacific and serve a few Latin American points as well .
Again very much focus city territory
The primary west coast hub is somewhere much further north in Seattle.
Whilst Minneapolis remains very much their main Hub west of Detroit by large margin
Any idea that Delta are a major player in California is simply erroneous .
Atlanta Boston Detroit Los Angeles Minneapolis JFK Salt Lake City and Seattle.
Literally only connections to the real Delta hubs
Delta operate ZERO International from SFO on own metal and other than LAX bugger all that isn’t a genuine hub
Not even a Connection presence apart from a few off peak Seattle rotations!
Indeed barely even a focus city !
LAX offer:
Add a few more hubs and flights back east and a selection of Connection flights to nowhere destinations .
They do offer services to Hawaii and across the Pacific and serve a few Latin American points as well .
Again very much focus city territory
The primary west coast hub is somewhere much further north in Seattle.
Whilst Minneapolis remains very much their main Hub west of Detroit by large margin
Any idea that Delta are a major player in California is simply erroneous .
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