Excellent report. Looked like a nice, scenic flight. 🙂

So that’s what happened to the guy who hosted Crystal Maze. :p

WITH VISITSCOTLAND LIVERY

I read this the other day, and was really hoping it was going to be a logojet similar to bmibaby’s VisitWales jet for example. Going by that pic, it appears not to be. 🙁

Anyone know if there’s any truth in the rumour that Fly Globespan have leased G-BYDA for a year to run long haul services from Glasgow ?

It’s an interesting one. Seems awfully late in the day though for this summer, doesn’t it?! If the proposed route is true, then I don’t know why they want to try and add to the already plentiful GLA-SFB market. Either an alternative route from GLA or an EDI-SFB would be more appropriate, I feel.
All speculation of course, although Scotavnet is generally very reliable.

I am an aviation consultant, with specialist economists as colleagues. The subsidies you talk of are NOT subsidies as such, and again I can definately consider myself to be somewhat of an expert! What you are talking about is the Scottish Route Development Fund, which does not equate to a subsidy, but purely acts as a way of assisting airlines when their load factors fall below desginated levels in order to help them establish routes earlier than the natural market would stipulate. As I say I can guarantee from my work that I am a relative expert on RDFs!

Looking at GDP statistics… Edinburgh = €22,351,000,000, Leeds = €56,373,000,000, quite a significant difference. These are taken from Eurostats.

So you’ll know there are two RDFs in Scotland then, although BAA are somewhat ‘hush hush’ about their’s. It is significantly bigger though? (than the SE’s)

Ok then, so one has to ask how they all define ‘important’ then as that is word being used. Maybe due to the fact Edinburgh is home to the likes of RBS it is regarded as more ‘important’? :confused:

It’s taken a while for me to realise this, but by my reckoning the ET are way out with their B773 seating! 😮 Going by their 2-class seat plan they seat mid-300s, not 400 odd.

Have read things about an A319 on the EDI route in the past, would surely be a good option for bmi.

Given that they are meant to be replacing the F100s? Then it would be, maybe when they get a few more in the fleet.

I do know that the bmi flights to EDI from LBA are a fantastic money spinner for bmi because nearly everyone is paid for by their companies to travel business class on the flights. Does maybe show that EDI is more important business wise otherwise you would think that they would have the facilities in Leeds.

I believe the curtain is almost always up the back of the aircraft. Although with the F100s leaving the route is being ‘forced’ to downgrade to ERJ. 😉

Leeds IS the second largest city in the UK after London for Financial type business.

A google search doesn’t bring up much, I’ll keep looking. 😉

Edinburgh is a significant business centre particularly strong in banking and insurance and, after London, is the UK’s most important financial centre.

http://www.ryanair.com/dest/edinburgh.html

Edinburgh is a leading international centre for business, finance and education and it is the second most important financial centre in Britain.

http://www.hotels-in-edinburgh.co.uk/business.htm