2023 Trans Atlantic Flights

[Paris]

This absolutely infuriates me. Why can GLA not hold on to business. Instead, WS rather go to Edinburgh and compete against daily AC 787 flights coupled with all the other trans atlantic routes from EDI. Is there genuinely that much business from EdI or are airlines just behaving like sheep?

I suspect this behaviour is driven by the instinct to 'hang on the coat tails' of the airlines / destinations with the highest profiles, best marketed airline(s)/airport(s) (Visit Scotland?!) and then 'word of mouth' follows but is still significant - I don't profess to know the inner workings of search engines but the more clicks drives profiles up the pecking order

Also, I suspect now that GLA is to EDI what LGW is to LHR.

Carrots n Bananas

[GKirk]

EDI is doing to GLA, what GLA done to PIK.

[egpffqtv]

EDI is doing to GLA, what GLA done to PIK.

I said that years ago

[Iain]

Plus the airlines get a better deal form EDI. This is fairly often coupled in with a deal that they get for flying to their other major airport, LGW.

That's interesting, we're always told that airport charges at GLA are not the issue.

With respect to joint LGW/EDI deals, iirc I think I remember reading that these kind of deals - tying flying from one airport to get a deal at another one owned by the same company - might be prohibited by some CAA rules......although there are probably ways around it!

[Clive]

Plus the airlines get a better deal form EDI. This is fairly often coupled in with a deal that they get for flying to their other major airport, LGW.

That's interesting, we're always told that airport charges at GLA are not the issue.

With respect to joint LGW/EDI deals, iirc I think I remember reading that these kind of deals - tying flying from one airport to get a deal at another one owned by the same company - might be prohibited by some CAA rules......although there are probably ways around it!

Indeed because it wouldn’t stand one second’s scrutiny for those who still think GLA and LHR are owned by the same company.

[egpffqtv]

Plus the airlines get a better deal form EDI. This is fairly often coupled in with a deal that they get for flying to their other major airport, LGW.

That's interesting, we're always told that airport charges at GLA are not the issue.

With respect to joint LGW/EDI deals, iirc I think I remember reading that these kind of deals - tying flying from one airport to get a deal at another one owned by the same company - might be prohibited by some CAA rules......although there are probably ways around it!

Indeed because it wouldn’t stand one second’s scrutiny for those who still think GLA and LHR are owned by the same company.

[McG]

GLA should be pushing to get Aer Lingus UK in with an A321 Neo operating a JFK flight to start with, similar to what they have out of Manchester.

[Paris]

GLA should be pushing to get Aer Lingus UK in with an A321 Neo operating a JFK flight to start with, similar to what they have out of Manchester.

GLA should be this and GLA should be that.. GLA couldn’t push a ball up a hill … Don’t be silly.

[GKirk]

Looks like WestJet is a goner. GLA-YYZ no longer on sale for S23 according to SeanM1997 on Twitter

[awwdabaaby]

Looks like WestJet is a goner. GLA-YYZ no longer on sale for S23 according to SeanM1997 on Twitter

Dublin-Toronto removed too