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EDI WIDEBODY STANDS - FAQ

OK, EDI has 3 stands (plus block 33, but we'll leave that for now) that
are capable of handling widebodied aircraft. These stands are 6A, 12,
and 16.

The regulars amongst you will notice 6A and 12 are not used generally,
this is because they infringe the 2 stands either side of them, namely
5 and 6, or 11 and 14. 16 is a slightly better option, as the stands
on that ramp are less used, except that it is a remote stand at the
moment, and until BAA build a walkway, moving a full widebodied load of
passengers by bus requires more bus drivers and cargo handling etc
equipment than BAA can easily dedicate to the task.

Also 6 is generally used by the regular Midland Heathrow flight, and
14 is the Irish EasyJet and FlyBe flights, so they're stands the
airport can not do without for a long period.

The problem with having a regular flight is that it will seriously
reduce the available stands on the main apron at EDI for the duration
it's here - plus various other considerations during pushback etc that
require different procedures.

If it's timed when the airport is quiet, great, except it takes
probably near on 3 hours
(at an absolute minimum) to turn one around, and there isn't a 3+ hour
quiet time at the airport anymore. Also, the operators, be it
Emirates, EAL, Virgin, whoever, want to schedule their flights when
they want them, not when the airport says they can have them, which
isn't necessarily ideal from a stand allocation perspective.

So, that's why it's said EDI has no widebody stands. Not strictly
true, but logistics almost dictate that it is true.

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Abridged from a post to alt.airports.uk.edinburgh on
3rd. August 2005

Acknowledgements to edi spotter