The roads to and from GLA are in a constant state of being dug up.MADNESS!

Why should folk on the east coast of Scotland have to pass
a perfectly capable airport in Edinburgh to travel to GLA
anyway.? When one looks at the situation sensibly it would
appear east Scotland is paying a surface travel premium to actually bankroll an economy to the detriment of their own.

Use it or lose it? Donal Dowds is on record stating that using an airport gives the impression you like it.

Preaching to the converted?

Folk who are fearful of losing EDI through monopolistic
social engineering will use EDI no matter what… :p :p

[QUOTE=RIPConcorde]Very well done to CO for beating off stiff competition from EK and SQ etc. (I presume) Of course it is all down to them showing such initiative and launching EWR-EDI! 😉

Emirates of course had their head in the sand when they
overlooked Scotland’s most convenient/accessible/profitable airport at EDI for one on the edge of nowhere. 😀 😀 😀

BAA’s airports should be allowed to compete instead of being in the same cozy – for BAA – bed together.. :p :p :p

777’s on shuttle routes? 😮 what’s that in aid of? any chance of them operating the lunchtime shuttle to Heathrow next Wednesday? A319’s are nice, but a 777 to sample would be better. 😉

I think you may find that 767s do operate the odd shuttle.
777s? During this years Edinburgh Festival maybe.?

Ah, finaly someone talking sense!

Thank you silver snapper. Thats exactly what I’ve been trying to put across for ages.

As I keep saying; If EDI had the investment, it would have the terminal space and runway lenght required for regular Long Haul travel.
That woould mean some of the flights currently operating out of GLA WOULD shift to EDI as that is the ulitmate destination for many a tourist.

If this were to happen, it would probably work out that GLA and EDI have more or less equal ammounts of direct Long Haul routes.

Let’s get something clear here..BAA do not want long-haul
aircraft operating from EDI… their rhetoric alone betrays
their categorisation policy.” Each incoming EDI MD releases
an almost identical introductory speech..”No more big jets
in Edinburgh Skies”..”European” etc..etc..

Of course Edinburgh is the ultimate Tourist and business destination, a new owner would exploit this fully and
provide facities to attract a mix of routes rather than
those allocated presently.

Ask yourself why BAA have discounts available at GLA that are not available at EDI.?

I am not knocking Glasgow here BTW..

I am knocking a monopoly airport owner who has two cities virtually at one anothers throats with the kid glove
treatment at one airport and the boxing glove treatment at the other.. 😡 😡 😡

Also, EDI-YYZ on TCX

This flight highlights the dearth of long-haul aircraft based
at EDI…..hence the dearth of long-haul charters.

Thomas Cook actually position the EDI-YYZ flight from and
back to BHX. All this dead-legging and they still want to fly EDI…

Time Monarch or Thomas Cook based a long-haul aircraft at EDI? Would they be encouraged by the airport owners.?

CO is going to be the EDI v GLA battle of the century! 😀
Anyway, enough of that!

Much of CO’s EDI July programme is SOLD OUT… 😀 😀

3. Doha (Qatar)

As much as I agree with this one, I doubt it will ever happen, certainly not under BAA ownership, they are hardly likely to compromise Emirates at GLA… or break
the long haul monopoly they have bestowed on that
airport on the edge of the Scottish mainland.. 😡 😡

I have more faith in Livingston winning the Scottish
league title next year and BBC Scotland moving its
studios to Edinburgh… 😀 😀

It’s interesting that only Monarch and My Travel fly out of EDI, but those two plus Thomas Cook, and Air 2000 as well as Britannia fly out of GLA?

The latter three currently flying out of EDI are ‘Scotch Mist’? 😀 😀 😀

Enough of this nonsense…back to aviation? 😎