Airfrance W19
 

I just done a dummy booking for W19 on the AirFrance website and it currently shows 1x daily A319 on the morning rotation and and 1x daily A318 on the afternoon, so an increase on the summer timetable.

Good news as Ba Cityflyer are increasing Florence to 2x weekly with an extra flight on Saturday's. So 1x weekly E170 and also 1x weekly E190.

I notice that EDI have been very quick to add the extra Florence flight to their timetable page. Not so good at removing the WOW flights which ended months ago and will only operate in peak season this year, but still appear thrice weekly.

EDI to see the TUI 737max from May 19 onwards.

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-04jan19/

Regards 4ea

I read in the Evening News that Burger King are going to be opening up at EDI. I laughed out loud when I read this statement though:

AYE RIGHT! :eek:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...year-1-4852587

Blimey, nothing to see here folks. Other than lots of noisy children driving other passengers nuts....

where's it going to go? The terminal is pretty much full retail wise as it is! Although if they can squeeze it in, it would certainly prove popular. As much as I'd rather sit down and have a proper burger from one of the restaurants, often when in a rush you just dont have time. not to mention finding a free table in Wetherspoons can be almost impossible most of the time!

Didnt there used to be a Burger King in the old land side food court, back before they build the extension?

I could be wrong but I thought it was going in the new extension where there is quite alot of space for additional retail units.

Hey, newbie here.

I wonder if they plan to develop the space where the previous exit to domestic reclaim was? Similarly, I wonder if they plan to use the equivalent space downstairs for more check-in desks. Although they have absolutely no reason to do so, I wish they'd be more open and detailed about their development plans.

The whole building is now an endless series of extensions and bolt-ons since it opened in the 1970s. The passenger flow through the terminal is awkward to say the least. I flew EasyJet into EDI for the first time in years last month, and the walk from Gate 3 to the new domestic reclaim is long, but I guess not compared to larger airports. Crucially, though, it's not intuitive and you feel like you're walking down a fire exit when you finally get to the stairs. I think the city "deserves" a new terminal, designed according to modern airport design standards, but I'm expecting further ad hoc extensions until the piers can be extended no further. I can't see the current owner or any potential owner deciding to risk a brand new build before it's absolutely necessary?

Well the masterplan shows they plan to keep extending the terminal until they can reach at least 35 million passengers per annum.

Ah, so 35 million is the magic number. They'll need to get creative to keep things moving in that space when they reach that number.

Thomson Airways
 

92% load factor on Sanford in July 18, 99% load factor on Cancun. Seems like there is scope for additional LH services. Fully expect to see more to Florida in the future at least.

The short season of 4 return flights each to CAN and SFB equates to sixteen sectors. Twelve of these require positioning flights either into or out of EDI.

Maybe building an extra level to the terminal building could be the only option to create much-needed space? If I pass through EDI then it is normally around 1800 and the experience can be rather unpleasant during the week.

Whilst pax numbers have risen around 50% in the last 10 years, the overall infrastructure before and after security has not grown anywhere close in proportion to that value.