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To simplify it for you,.Airlines make that decision and so far they haven't...
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Airlines have a herd instinct, AC and NW dropped PIK together. Once Continental opened EDI they had a direct GLA/EDI comparison, so they went from one daily EDI and GLA with a second daily B757 4 weekly GLA and 3 weekly EDI. For me, the year that swapped 4/3 in favour of EDI, we could see the direction of travel. I think US Airways was the last one to start out at GLA? Delta offered GLA after years at EDI and then dropped it alongside United. Those guys have got years of data showing which option works better for them.
When Air Canada returned to Scotland, they opened EDI first with Rouge with a smaller GLA operation following a few years later. Having looked at both, they went all into EDI, and not as a new route.
I don't think there's too many shenanigans behind the scenes. It just seems that the airlines have chosen EDI over GLA and like LHR over LGW/STN or MAN over LPL, it's not gonna change.
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Too many airports? Scotland has similarities to Ireland re concentration of market share. Dublin being the main international airport and Shannon being the more regional like airport with a limited number of international routes. Dublin continues to grow and is doing very well. Edinburgh is the main airport in Scotland with Glasgow being the smaller operation. Aberdeen and Inverness are very regional type concerns with a handful of non UK flights. I don’t see things changing dramatically anytime soon. The large international airlines like to fly to capital cities and compete directly. EDI being a good example. Glasgow, for now, has emirates and have one TATL route with Air Transat. That’s it really. One Scottish mega hub if you want to call it this would be mega expensive and would be met with huge resistance from the green brigade and the current political establishment.
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Too many airports? Scotland has similarities to Ireland re concentration of market share. Dublin being the main international airport and Shannon being the more regional like airport with a limited number of international routes. Dublin continues to grow and is doing very well. Edinburgh is the main airport in Scotland with Glasgow being the smaller operation. Aberdeen and Inverness are very regional type concerns with a handful of non UK flights. I don’t see things changing dramatically anytime soon. The large international airlines like to fly to capital cities and compete directly. EDI being a good example. Glasgow, for now, has emirates and have one TATL route with Air Transat. That’s it really. One Scottish mega hub if you want to call it this would be mega expensive and would be met with huge resistance from the green brigade and the current political establishment.
This really is a ridiculous debate. Both of the major Scottish airports are owned by institutional investors with significant amounts of debt secured against them. You're proposing to throw that away and spend even more billions that would need to be borrowed building something else somewhere else. It's playground fantasy stuff.
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This really is a ridiculous debate. Both of the major Scottish airports are owned by institutional investors with significant amounts of debt secured against them. You're proposing to throw that away and spend even more billions that would need to be borrowed building something else somewhere else. It's playground fantasy stuff.
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QR 359 returns to EDI tomorrow. Great to have them back. A 788 operates the morniing service before the A359 in the afternoon. With EK retaining slots, will they actually use them in 2024? In relation to possible competition for QR, EDI has been mentioned on a couple of non UK forums as a potential new destination for Singapore Airlines.
QR 359 returns to EDI tomorrow. Great to have them back. A 788 operates the morniing service before the A359 in the afternoon. With EK retaining slots, will they actually use them in 2024? In relation to possible competition for QR, EDI has been mentioned on a couple of non UK forums as a potential new destination for Singapore Airlines.
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QR 359 returns to EDI tomorrow. Great to have them back. A 788 operates the morniing service before the A359 in the afternoon. With EK retaining slots, will they actually use them in 2024? In relation to possible competition for QR, EDI has been mentioned on a couple of non UK forums as a potential new destination for Singapore Airlines.
QR 359 returns to EDI tomorrow. Great to have them back. A 788 operates the morniing service before the A359 in the afternoon. With EK retaining slots, will they actually use them in 2024? In relation to possible competition for QR, EDI has been mentioned on a couple of non UK forums as a potential new destination for Singapore Airlines.
would say EK coming back would be highly doubtful with their lack of Aircraft and crew and QR going 3 daily some days next year.
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Edinburgh airport, along with Glasgow, Edinburgh and Southampton potentially up for sale.
Four UK airports reportedly up for sale (travelmole.com)
Four UK airports reportedly up for sale (travelmole.com)
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Edinburgh airport, along with Glasgow, ABERDEEN and Southampton potentially up for sale.
Four UK airports reportedly up for sale (travelmole.com)
Four UK airports reportedly up for sale (travelmole.com)
EDI has apparently been for sale for past few years…
They’ll still all be under same owners this time next year if I was to wager.
According to Reuters, the majority owner of Edinburgh airport is actively looking to sell. Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is looking to offload its majority stake, according to several sources. That would value the airport at about €2.5 billion. It could see a new owner by 2024.