AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Edinburgh Airport View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Zippy Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:15 am    Post subject: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service Apr 25 2007 By alasdair northrop Emirates Airline's Scottish service to Dubai has become the carrier's fastest growing UK route by flying 500,000 passengers in just three years. No other Emirates UK route has reached the milestone so quickly....... http://www.insider.co.uk/editorial/breakingnews/tm_headline=500-000th-passenger-for-emirates-glasgow-service&method=full&objectid=18964128&siteid=52742-name_page.html Back to top Jim Mason Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:15 am    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service In article <1178343021.957061.19010 (AT) l77g2000hsb (DOT) googlegroups.com>, kwa0711 @hotmail.com says... Quote: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service Apr 25 2007 By alasdair northrop Emirates Airline's Scottish service to Dubai has become the carrier's fastest growing UK route by flying 500,000 passengers in just three years. No other Emirates UK route has reached the milestone so quickly....... http://www.insider.co.uk/editorial/breakingnews/tm_headline=500-000th-passenger-for-emirates-glasgow-service&method=full&objectid=18964128&siteid=52742-name_page.html At this rate it might not be too long before EDI gets it's own EK service? Jim -- Remove `spamtrapped` to reply off-list http://jim-mason.fotopic.net/ Back to top Jim Mason Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:15 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service In article <yv__h.103250$aB1.85311 (AT) fe3 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk>, callumjohnstone (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk says... Quote: "Phil Dubai jr" <bizzer277 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1178366002.343512.265190 (AT) o5g2000hsb (DOT) googlegroups.com... On May 5, 6:54 am, Jim Mason <jim.ma...@spamtrappedukonline.co.uk wrote: Apr 25 2007 At this rate it might not be too long before EDI gets it's own EK service? Jim I think EDI's chance had gone as soon as the airline chose Newcastle as it's next UK destination. With the news about the continuing success of it's GLA operation I think it's far more likely now to be a 2x daily service from Glasgow ! ;-) Well, wasn't that the theory when Newcastle developed an easyJet hub - a few wishful thinkers tried to claim that it was curtains for EDI in terms of future easyJet expansion, but clearly nothing could be further from the truth. The same when certain others claimed, a few years back, that CO would never come to EDI and also serve GLA. Personally I believe EK is such a big airline, and DXB such an important destination, that they won't ignore EDI forever. They're fleet is about to expand significantly in the coming years, and they'll be looking to expand right across the UK. They'll do it when the time is right. Cue `when they provide facilities` post :-( Jim -- Remove `spamtrapped` to reply off-list http://jim-mason.fotopic.net/ Back to top GKirk Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:23 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service On 5 May, 12:57, David Kerr <david.a...@lineone.net> wrote: Quote: On 5 May, 06:30, Zippy <kwa0...@hotmail.com> wrote: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service No other Emirates UK route has reached the milestone so quickly....... Now if anyone can work out what load factor would be needed for a 2 to 3 weekly A310 operating DXB-FRA-MAN for 3 years to achieve 500,000 passengers, I'd be delighted. My reckoning suggests about 300%! Our 500,000th passenger would have occurred toward the back end of December 1998, the routing having started in November 1990. I'd also be extremely skeptical about this as the only other airport (currently) that the GLA service can be compared with is BHX. Back to top Callum Johnstone Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:34 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service "Jim Mason" <jim.mason (AT) spamtrappedukonline (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:MPG.20a685ca76c5c95b98a31c (AT) news (DOT) individual.net... Quote: In article <yv__h.103250$aB1.85311 (AT) fe3 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk>, callumjohnstone (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk says... "Phil Dubai jr" <bizzer277 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1178366002.343512.265190 (AT) o5g2000hsb (DOT) googlegroups.com... On May 5, 6:54 am, Jim Mason <jim.ma...@spamtrappedukonline.co.uk wrote: Apr 25 2007 At this rate it might not be too long before EDI gets it's own EK service? Jim I think EDI's chance had gone as soon as the airline chose Newcastle as it's next UK destination. With the news about the continuing success of it's GLA operation I think it's far more likely now to be a 2x daily service from Glasgow ! ;-) Well, wasn't that the theory when Newcastle developed an easyJet hub - a few wishful thinkers tried to claim that it was curtains for EDI in terms of future easyJet expansion, but clearly nothing could be further from the truth. The same when certain others claimed, a few years back, that CO would never come to EDI and also serve GLA. Personally I believe EK is such a big airline, and DXB such an important destination, that they won't ignore EDI forever. They're fleet is about to expand significantly in the coming years, and they'll be looking to expand right across the UK. They'll do it when the time is right. Cue `when they provide facilities` post The facilities are there. Back to top Jim Mason Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:36 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service In article <BR__h.103340$aB1.91600 (AT) fe3 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk>, callumjohnstone (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk says... Quote: The facilities are there. Indeed and you must be tired of pointing that out :-( Jim -- Remove `spamtrapped` to reply off-list http://jim-mason.fotopic.net/ Back to top John Dundas Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:41 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service "GKirk" <grahamkirk1983 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1178367807.259155.253200 (AT) u30g2000hsc (DOT) googlegroups.com... Quote: I'd also be extremely skeptical about this as the only other airport (currently) that the GLA service can be compared with is BHX. You would be Back to top GKirk Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:28 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service On 5 May, 13:41, "John Dundas" <j.m.dundas(removethisnow)@btinternet.com> wrote: Quote: "GKirk" <grahamkirk1...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1178367807.259155.253200 (AT) u30g2000hsc (DOT) googlegroups.com...> > I'd also be extremely skeptical about this as the only other airport (currently) that the GLA service can be compared with is BHX. You would be And you complain about JC trolling? *sigh* How can you compare the GLA service to MAN,LHR and LGW? None of which started on a daily basis. So whilst the reporting may be technically true, the only other airport that could have been compared to was BHX. Back to top Clive Braham Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:36 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service "Phil Dubai jr" <bizzer277 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1178366002.343512.265190 (AT) o5g2000hsb (DOT) googlegroups.com... Quote: On May 5, 6:54 am, Jim Mason <jim.ma...@spamtrappedukonline.co.uk wrote: Apr 25 2007 At this rate it might not be too long before EDI gets it's own EK service? Jim I think EDI's chance had gone as soon as the airline chose Newcastle as it's next UK destination. I don't think the NCL decision effects the Scottish ops at all. The NE of England obviously has a sizeable market which EK fancy. Clive Back to top Zippy Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:44 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service On May 5, 12:57 pm, David Kerr <david.a...@lineone.net> wrote: Quote: On 5 May, 06:30, Zippy <kwa0...@hotmail.com> wrote: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service No other Emirates UK route has reached the milestone so quickly....... Now if anyone can work out what load factor would be needed for a 2 to 3 weekly A310 operating DXB-FRA-MAN for 3 years to achieve 500,000 passengers, I'd be delighted. My reckoning suggests about 300%! Our 500,000th passenger would have occurred toward the back end of December 1998, the routing having started in November 1990. Didn't it route through ZRH on certain days? Wasn't it also an A300 on occasion? Back to top Zippy Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:48 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service On May 5, 2:28 pm, GKirk <grahamkirk1...@gmail.com> wrote: Quote: On 5 May, 13:41, "John Dundas" j.m.dundas(removethisnow)@btinternet.com> wrote: "GKirk" <grahamkirk1...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1178367807.259155.253200 (AT) u30g2000hsc (DOT) googlegroups.com...> > I'd also be extremely skeptical about this as the only other airport (currently) that the GLA service can be compared with is BHX. You would be And you complain about JC trolling? *sigh* How can you compare the GLA service to MAN,LHR and LGW? None of which started on a daily basis. So whilst the reporting may be technically true, the only other airport that could have been compared to was BHX. And don't forget what happened to BHX. They announced it would go double daily - and then all of a sudden it was postponed due to the fact the aircraft was to be utilised elsewhere (they got extra LHR slots) - and the BHX 2nd daily service was postponed in favour of a further LHR service. The 2nd BHX service started when more aircraft arrived. Still - look at how many aircraft EK have on the way ... something like that shouldn't happen again hopefully. Back to top David Kerr Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:49 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service On 5 May, 14:44, Zippy <kwa0...@hotmail.com> wrote: Quote: On May 5, 12:57 pm, David Kerr <david.a...@lineone.net> wrote: On 5 May, 06:30, Zippy <kwa0...@hotmail.com> wrote: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service No other Emirates UK route has reached the milestone so quickly....... Now if anyone can work out what load factor would be needed for a 2 to 3 weekly A310 operating DXB-FRA-MAN for 3 years to achieve 500,000 passengers, I'd be delighted. My reckoning suggests about 300%! Our 500,000th passenger would have occurred toward the back end of December 1998, the routing having started in November 1990. Didn't it route through ZRH on certain days? Wasn't it also an A300 on occasion? Back to top GKirk Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:50 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service On 5 May, 14:48, Zippy <kwa0...@hotmail.com> wrote: Quote: On May 5, 2:28 pm, GKirk <grahamkirk1...@gmail.com> wrote: On 5 May, 13:41, "John Dundas" j.m.dundas(removethisnow)@btinternet.com> wrote: "GKirk" <grahamkirk1...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1178367807.259155.253200 (AT) u30g2000hsc (DOT) googlegroups.com...> > I'd also be extremely skeptical about this as the only other airport (currently) that the GLA service can be compared with is BHX. You would be And you complain about JC trolling? *sigh* How can you compare the GLA service to MAN,LHR and LGW? None of which started on a daily basis. So whilst the reporting may be technically true, the only other airport that could have been compared to was BHX. And don't forget what happened to BHX. They announced it would go double daily - and then all of a sudden it was postponed due to the fact the aircraft was to be utilised elsewhere (they got extra LHR slots) - and the BHX 2nd daily service was postponed in favour of a further LHR service. The 2nd BHX service started when more aircraft arrived. Still - look at how many aircraft EK have on the way ... something like that shouldn't happen again hopefully. Indeed. I believe EK even announced a CPH service then got dropped due to lack of a/c. Back to top David Kerr Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:53 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service On 5 May, 14:44, Zippy <kwa0...@hotmail.com> wrote: Quote: On May 5, 12:57 pm, David Kerr <david.a...@lineone.net> wrote: Our 500,000th passenger would have occurred toward the back end of December 1998, the routing having started in November 1990. Didn't it route through ZRH on certain days? Wasn't it also an A300 on occasion? Can't remember the exaxt years when the service was altered. About 1991/1992 it then operated through CDG and then to ZRH about 1994ish with a couple of non-stop services appearing 1995/1996. Think the A300s mingled with A310s regularly from about 1992 though they did operate occasionally before then. Think it went to daily non-stop only in 2001. Back to top Zippy Guest Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:56 pm    Post subject: Re: 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service On May 5, 8:38 am, hiddels...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Quote: On May 5, 6:54 am, Jim Mason <jim.ma...@spamtrappedukonline.co.uk wrote: In article <1178343021.957061.19...@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, kwa0711 @hotmail.com says... 500,000th passenger for Emirates Glasgow service Apr 25 2007 By alasdair northrop Emirates Airline's Scottish service to Dubai has become the carrier's fastest growing UK route by flying 500,000 passengers in just three years. No other Emirates UK route has reached the milestone so quickly....... http://www.insider.co.uk/editorial/breakingnews/tm_headline=500-000th... At this rate it might not be too long before EDI gets it's own EK service? Jim -- Remove `spamtrapped` to reply off-list http://jim-mason.fotopic.net/ "She was presented with a bottle of champagne, 10,000 Skywards Miles and a £100 airport shopping voucher." A bit stingy IMHO, surely a free ticket up the front would have been more appropriate - then again probably no room. ;-) Crawford I thought so too. 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