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From 1 July 2023, Qatar Airways to increase its Doha - Edinburgh route from 10x to 14x weekly flights

Am I naive in thinking that this will erode Emirates Glasgow margin?

hads wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:00 pm Am I naive in thinking that this will erode Emirates Glasgow margin?

Yes. It will erode Qatar’s margin unless all their flights are full.

One big pot Clive. One big pot. They wont be new passengers, they will be existing. Got to come from somewhere.

hads wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:41 pm One big pot Clive. One big pot. They wont be new passengers, they will be existing. Got to come from somewhere.

Growth does happen when there are excess seats but if you are correct then the extra capacity may impact the likes of BA, KL, TK, LH and AF at EDI who QR are competing with for destinations that they have in common.

GLA also has some of them plus the EK A380 for folks heading far east and south but I wouldn’t worry about loads on it in respect of the QR service at EDI. I’m sure your just thinking of our EK service versus their QR service but it’s a lot more than that.

Only interested in GLA. An extra 300 ( guess) seats a day x 7 is 2100 per week or 8400 per month. 100,000 per annum.
if full.

Crucial that it doesnt impact Emirates.

Vueling making some reductions on their EDI to BCN route.

Barcelona – Edinburgh
26MAR23 – 18JUN23 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly
20JUN23 – 06SEP23 Reduce from 5 to 4 weekly

Source: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230222-vybcn

hads wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:49 pm Only interested in GLA. An extra 300 ( guess) seats a day x 7 is 2100 per week or 8400 per month. 100,000 per annum.
if full.

Crucial that it doesnt impact Emirates.

Until Emirates return to double daily, then the QR and TK services at EDI will continue to impact the EK service.

GKirk wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 2:37 pm

hads wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:49 pm Only interested in GLA. An extra 300 ( guess) seats a day x 7 is 2100 per week or 8400 per month. 100,000 per annum.
if full.

Crucial that it doesnt impact Emirates.

Until Emirates return to double daily, then the QR and TK services at EDI will continue to impact the EK service.

And even then people will want to say it’s a problem for GLA. Thankfully Emirates seem to have some faith in the GLA market.

hads wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:49 pm Only interested in GLA. An extra 300 ( guess) seats a day x 7 is 2100 per week or 8400 per month. 100,000 per annum.
if full.

Crucial that it doesnt impact Emirates.

Of course it impacts Emirates. Your average Scottish punter travelling to Oz/Far East is likely to go where the fares are lower and QR are providing that option for the Scottish market ex EDI. They couldn’t give a hoot that EK will have the A380 at GLA.