American Airlines

[bill]

Okay, taking a keen interest now as the thread's starting to go south. Friendly reminder to tread carefully please gents.

[Clive]

...in response to your comparison between BCN and GRO. Shall we next study why Cumbernauld has no links to the US as it's closer to the castle than GLA? At what point does your comparison have any merit?

You’ll have to explain - is it market forces or is something more unnatural going on? Be sure to answer this time.

To me there isn’t really a mystery going on, much as we’d all wish there was. If it’s all the one (seasonal) market it’s easy for the airlines to consolidate at EDI similar to as they would at stations all over the world. No one has been able to counter that since the one market dictat became accepted.

[Clive]

If you cannot fathom why CDG has more transatlantic links than BVA then I suggest you look into it. I won't be explaining it.

It’s not me who thinks it’s odd how one dominant airport in a catchment area attracts the lion’s share of airlines.

If GLA admitted it was “all one market” but doesn’t even have a bus link to the mega tourist centre then we are fuqqued. It must be wholly embarrassing talking to the airlines on there speed dating sessions at Routes, etc.
The missing bus to Edinburgh is not an expensive luxury - it’s a marketing necessity.

If anyone at GLA is reading this could we please be given some kind of explanation even by PM?

[bill]

If you cannot fathom why CDG has more transatlantic links than BVA then I suggest you look into it. I won't be explaining it.

It’s not me who thinks it’s odd how one dominant airport in a catchment area attracts the lion’s share of airlines.

If GLA admitted it was “all one market” but doesn’t even have a bus link to the mega tourist centre then we are fuqqued. It must be wholly embarrassing talking to the airlines on there speed dating sessions at Routes, etc.
The missing bus to Edinburgh is not an expensive luxury - it’s a marketing necessity.

If anyone at GLA is reading this could we please be given some kind of explanation even by PM?

100% accurate. We should have had a bus link from 2007 when EDI started to overtake us. The fact that it's 2024 and it's still missing is negligence off the scale and jotters should be dished out. It seems so obvious to us on here but AGS for some reason (and BAA previously) failed miserably. Why is that?

[egpffqtv]

If you cannot fathom why CDG has more transatlantic links than BVA then I suggest you look into it. I won't be explaining it.

It’s not me who thinks it’s odd how one dominant airport in a catchment area attracts the lion’s share of airlines.

If GLA admitted it was “all one market” but doesn’t even have a bus link to the mega tourist centre then we are fuqqued. It must be wholly embarrassing talking to the airlines on there speed dating sessions at Routes, etc.
The missing bus to Edinburgh is not an expensive luxury - it’s a marketing necessity.

If anyone at GLA is reading this could we please be given some kind of explanation even by PM?

100% accurate. We should have had a bus link from 2007 when EDI started to overtake us. The fact that it's 2024 and it's still missing is negligence off the scale and jotters should be dished out. It seems so obvious to us on here but AGS for some reason (and BAA previously) failed miserably. Why is that?

Just like we've been promised a rail link to GLA since the 90s but that's never materialised. Common denominator here? AGS/BAA.

[PiperOne]

We did have a through service to Edinburgh in the 1980's, when the airport service was operated jointly between Eastern and Western Scottish as the X14. Alternating services continued from Buchanan Bus Station to Edinburgh. We also had Central service 582, which went to Edinburgh via East Kilbride, Hamilton, and Motherwell.

Back to AA, I used them earlier this year on a BA codeshare GLA-LHR-PHL-PBI, and would say they are nowhere near the AA of the 1990's when I used AA53/2 GLA-ORD. However, PHL is a very efficient and well laid out hub, and has a decent set of onward connections.