They were obviously attracted to the wonderful BA livery 😉

What a well written article, didn’t get anything wrong as far as I can see. Theres a first!

Wouldn’t expect anything less from The Scotsman. 🙂

It’s hard to mistake a 767 with a 747, so I’d say it must have been a 777.

Looking at the flight options from GLA and the time required and cost, it’s not worth the effort for me to be honest. I’d need to add in a hotel for a least one night, flights from Glasgow to London and Cologne as well as the SP flight.

I’m going on a 4 hour photo trip in an RAF Nimrod in a couple of weeks though ? 🙂

You’d could always be really daring and fly from EDI on Germanwings! 😉
Although it may well be that that wouldn’t work either with timings etc.

Superb! 😀 I need to get myself on one of those Concorde tours at some point over the summer!

According to their website, the 742s have 38” pitch in economy!

http://www.phuketairlines.com/about/about_fleet_map.html

Only 338 seats in total!

So now that the post 9/11 effect is calming down, we might just see that service come to fruition some time soon ?

I think Boston-Logan would make an obvious destination choice, or dare I say west coast destinations such as San Francisco, LA or indeed Vegas ?

I sincerely hope so. They could make EDI and GLA work together, GLA having the slightly longer runway could maybe cope with the west coast destinations? :confused: and the likes of ORD and East coast from EDI!
Oh yes, that would be bliss! 😀

From Pprune:

BMI are flying direct to Vegas from 31 October!!!

Man-Las flight no BD 737 depts 0905.

Las-Man flight no BD 738 depts 1515.

Operates three days a week Tues, Thurs and Sunday.

Slots into days when Caribbean not going.

Something like 11,000 miles in an A330-200 is achievable. Manchester-Las Vegas would be about 7000 to 8000 miles ? :confused:

I’d like to see BMI offer US services from Scotland, making them the only UK airline to offer scheduled services to the states from here.

Sir Michael Bishop himself stated they were planning on starting transatlantic services from EDI, but that was before 9/11. 🙁