EDI - LCY route
 

Dublin-based Cityjet will withdraw from the busy London City to Edinburgh route at the end of October.

Is there any news of any other airline taking over the route to offer competition.........

New easyJet routes from EDI
 

Commencing summer 2014:

Heraklion, 2 x weekly
Bodrum, 2 x weekly

Xmas Day Schedule
 

Does anyone have the flight schedule for Xmas day this year ? How many flights are outbound / inbound and where are they all going to / from.

Might I suggest that before Easyjet introduce new flights they get a ground handler who can be bothered to turn up to meet arriving flights not turn up 15 minutes after the aircraft arrives on stand (EZY6918 today) (Menzies on steps), and that EDI bothers to invest in a UKBA area sized for purpose and staffed for purpose ? Might also be good if the hire car village was closer than half a mile away ?

:D not just easyJet, seems to be an EDI problem...aircraft arrives...and it seems to take them all by surprise...no one there to meet it.

And then there is the slalom just before the UKBA desks!

EDI pretty pathetic when compared with other european airports.

Not my experience at EDI -have to say.

I'm flying from Edinburgh to Brussels with BMI on November 5th and back on the 12th. I've never flown from Edinburgh before and now you're all getting me worried!!!
Nothing against Edinburgh but I wish there were flights from Glasgow or Prestwick to Belgium. Flying from Edinburgh is adding about two hours on to my journey each way.

Can't understand why it would two hours extra each way. It takes only 56 minutes by car between GLA and EDI.

I live in Irvine. It will add 2 hours because of the time taken to drive to a car park plus time taken waiting for a bus from there to the airport. If I was able to fly from Prestwick I'd just get a taxi and I'm there in a few minutes.

But you'd probably be the only one on the flight! :ok:

Well anytime I flew from Prestwick to Charleroi the flight was either completely full or just had only three or four empty seats.

How much was everybody paying? Obviously not enough for the airline with the lowest cost base (?) in Europe thought it was worthwhile continuing.

Sorry to be boring and drop some facts in but FR operated PIK-CRL daily for many years before a strategic decision moved all city routes to EDI. It's hardly due to poor loads, just more inbound appeal at EDI. Try and grow up eh?

Seems to have worked well for Scotland and FR but hit PIK overall.

This option from Glasgow Buchanan Street direct to Edinburgh Airport
might prove beneficial for west-based pax?

Edinburgh Airport now connected to Glasgow city centre with launch of new Citylink bus service

Thanks for that Joe. I'll bear that in mind the next time I fly from Edinburgh. Hopefully though, some airline will start flying to Belgium from either Glasgow or Prestwick which would be more convenient for me.

Convenience is what it's all about James, choose local whenever you can otherwise airlines will think you like their choice.

Why would west coast pax travel to Edinburgh when they have 2 perfectly convenient airports to choose from?

How can you choose one of two perfectly convenient airports when the flight goes from / to Edinburgh ? Do you think we from the West Coast like having to go to an Edinburgh that can't be bothered to have staff meet flights or provide fit UKBA facilities ?:=

Hopefully GLA or PIK can get the Belgian link re-instated asap.

The new bus link to Edinburgh gives Glasgow folk a better choice of airports and flights. It will certainly keep Glasgow Airport on its toes as far as competition is concerned. Although Glasgow is my nearest airport I have used Edinburgh and may do so more often now because of the bus link.