Thats good news, Looks like the flights are to be operated by the Embraer E190.

March Pax
 

BAA figures.

BAA: March traffic figures - BAA's airports

European routes up a bit!!!

Pete

Just thinking of booking NOC/GWY/SNN to EDI and the following prices i got for second half of july are as follows for four adults,

NOC to EDI €341.08

GWY to EDI €484.96

SNN to EDI €487.32
So its looks like noc will pressure on snn and gwy even more.

Florida and Mexico direct in 2012
 

Here we go again, will it bleed GLA and will EDI pax be shunted there?


BAA Edinburgh: New long haul routes to Florida and Mexico from Edinburgh Airport

Bleeding and shunting ? Why cant you just be pleased regarding these new routes ?
Just because Florida has been pulled from Edinburgh on previous occasions- if it works from all the other larger airports in the UK- theres no reason to suggest it cant stand on its own two feet. All airports in UK are getting increases to their Florida long haul programs ( including what yet again appears to be your nemesis- Glasgow Airport). I would say despite your rather negative spin- this is great news. And rather straighter from the horses mouth:
Thomson Holidays - Summer 2012 | Thomson Holidays Communications Centre

We have been here before with Thomsons, I'd feel happier if it were an operator without irons in the GLA fire. It's natural that they might wish to expand but not at the expense of what they currently offer from Scotland.
Other Florida ventures from EDI have also been by operators
who have pulled the flights in order to double-up at GLA,
Nemesis? I have no idea what you are talking about.
I could be jumping the gun on the basis of past experience but hopefully BAA are planning for the eventual sale of one central belt airport.

Going by your previous posts I would have thought the definition of nemesis would be obvious ! but here you go....:rolleyes:
"Definition -unbeatable opponent: a bitter enemy"
If you had to chose- which airport sale would best benefit Edinburgh do you think ?

actually looking into it there are only about 8 flights next year from EDI with regards to TOM longhaul its not a full season programme.

A longer series than the other attempts however !

Which airport? Either would stimulate competition rather than having two airports in the same cosy bed together. The bit that worries me is the fact
that both EDI's and ABZ's registered offices are listed to be at Glasgow Airport. Reeks of monopoly?

Scottish Airports, the BAA subsidiary that runs all BAA's Scottish Airports has always been based at Glasgow, certainly going back to 1990.

Scottish Airports were supposed to be disbanded surely?

Having looked at the Thomson page it seems only 3 flights are available in
July 2012..Sunday flights, equipment apparently is 767..one flight looks as if it's showing a midnight return.

There is Cancun i think as well hence the extra ones, not sure about the midnight return this would indicate leaving sanford around 10am so i presume this is a misprint.

Glasgow is Your Nemesis
 

"I have no idea what you are talking about".

A quick Google search of "alt edi airport" will beg to differ, Joseph. Or is it ukoap sometimes? Your veil of common sense slipped over there.... :=

Just thought of Goldfinger...."No Meester Weegie, I expect you to DIE!"

Seriously, here's hoping both airports will benefit from the sale, I passed through both during the last month and have to say that each has its plusses and minuses - airside at EDI is much better, more spacious, until you visit Ryanair Central, the eastern pier that really looks like its been nailed on (badly). And GLA's originally beautiful 1966 terminal has been well and truly BAA'd to within an inch of its life. Don't think you can even see the Queen's dedication any more...its got a shop in front of it!:uhoh:

BAA's plans for EDI expansion
 

I wonder how many of these will come to fruition?

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A future bus interchange at Ratho Station looks interesting.

BA 777 from LGW 12 May
 

Why the 777 on BA2944 tonight?

737 gone tech earlier in the day. Wish they'd use the 777 more often - v comfortable commute in CW :)

I was a pax on the 777 that operated the 13.50 (local) EDI LGW flight on the
13th (which actually pushed at 14.20). Watching the EDI staff trying to cope with the 777 was quite amusing - I hadn't realised before that EDI doesn't have a fuel hydrant system (why?) and the combination of taking ages to refuel the 777 from a tanker plus delays loading baggage caused the 30 min delay. An interesting novelty but I'd rather have gone on time on a 737 than late on the 777. Going through security the LED sign proclaimed that the waiting time was 7 to 10 minutes. Only 3 out of a possible 10 scanners was in use and one of those was dedicated to fasttrack. The improvements at Gatwick since it changed ownership are now very clear. The sooner BAA sells either EDI or GLA and some competition is created, the better.

BAA never planned for anything larger than a 763 to operate from EDI
on a regular basis?