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Why Edinburgh becoming 'Scotland's Airport' isn't wise

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 9:16 am
by Iain
Opinion piece in The Scotsman from Alistair Dalton today:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/c ... on-4669757
But could Edinburgh get too much of a good thing? Admittedly, I pose that question as someone who lives 15 minutes’ drive from Glasgow Airport.

But I do find it ridiculous, as one example, that residents of Scotland’s largest city can no longer fly direct to New York, yet there are as many as four flights a day this summer from Edinburgh.

Almost all of my European flights over the last two years have been from Edinburgh because there wasn’t the option to fly to those destinations from Glasgow. In my case, we travelled by train and tram, but many people will drive.

Re: Why Edinburgh becoming 'Scotland's Airport' isn't wise

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 12:10 pm
by billyg6
He makes some interesting points, but truth is AGS are happy in their niche of being a profit making small airport , any new owner would know the potential at Glasgow from the outset .