Edinburgh

[atuk]

Flew out of EDI at 11.00 , crazy busy for mid November all bar one security desk in operation and still queue’s. Although, Eurowings flight to Düsseldorf that I was on only 60% full.

Think I have the answer to the icelandair speculation. On the ground was a NIceair Northern Iceland A319, their only one according to Wikipedia which worth reading up, as expansion plans of this airline likely to include EDI ( although not specifically mentioned). flying to northern Iceland.

That may have been a pre Christmas shopping charter. Titan Airways used to operate these pre Covid. Yesterday’s FAE inbound was ram jam and my best friend tells me that Atlantic Airways are back in Aberdeen again - not that’s there are many shops left to shop in as he says.

[Clive]

EDI are applying for US pre-clearance facilities.

[GeorgeNTravels]

EDI are applying for US pre-clearance facilities.

Where exactly does Dewar plan on putting this?

[PiperOne]

EDI are applying for US pre-clearance facilities.

Where exactly does Dewar plan on putting this?

I would imagine they have identified a location for the facility, probably by adding an extra floor somewhere around gates 16-20 which will have its own dedicated access to the airbridges on these gates. Careful scheduling will be needed though to make sure the gates can handle the planned services, but would certainly be a selling point. I expect EDI is looking at replicating Dublin's network in time, although at a lower level.

[GeorgeNTravels]

EDI are applying for US pre-clearance facilities.

Where exactly does Dewar plan on putting this?

I would imagine they have identified a location for the facility, probably by adding an extra floor somewhere around gates 16-20 which will have its own dedicated access to the airbridges on these gates. Careful scheduling will be needed though to make sure the gates can handle the planned services, but would certainly be a selling point. I expect EDI is looking at replicating Dublin's network in time, although at a lower level.

That would probably work, my initial thought was beyond gate 17 where the narrow extension corridor opens out into the seating area but didn't think that would work.

[PiperOne]

Other possibility could be on the north-east corner, where the extension was built, which would allow access to wide-body stands 9A/10A/14/15/16, again it would probably need to be an extra floor on top. Fair amount of comment on the "dried fruit network" questioning the viability of it, given the very peaky nature of US traffic and substantial cost of having to pay for a year-round US Customs and Border Patrol facility.

[atuk]

Other possibility could be on the north-east corner, where the extension was built, which would allow access to wide-body stands 9A/10A/14/15/16, again it would probably need to be an extra floor on top. Fair amount of comment on the "dried fruit network" questioning the viability of it, given the very peaky nature of US traffic and substantial cost of having to pay for a year-round US Customs and Border Patrol facility.

Summer 23 departures will see 3*UA 757*2 764 3*DL 763 VS 333, AC 788 plus TK 332 and QR 788 all morning slots. Current gates 13-16 hosts 13A/B 15A/B where only one of each stand can be used by a wide body and the same for 16/A/B as well as stand 19 normally used by qR and AC in that order.
Gate 4=stand 3A and gate 2/2A are also a wide bodied stands.

[atuk]

Word I hear on TK is different; double daily with one wide bodied flight.

The latest gossip about UA is EDI-LAX.

[Ekally1]

That's like more than double the capacity ... can't see that big a jump .. with LAX I saw on airliners someone suggested it but seems just a rumour from there , no substance to it

[hads]

like you Al, Id love GLA to be winning Topline destinations. We wont as we all know. If LAX is a starter, it wont be from GLA. Thats the reality nowadays.