Edinburgh Airport - General Thread

[Viscount]

AF1 and SAM46 left EDI Just after 10 PM, taken off to the west. There were seven other inbound planes in a holding pattern over Peebles.
As she went out over the Atlantic a C17 seems to have come up from England ahead of the
to form a transatlantic convoy. Wish them all a good flight

 

[Viscount]

Canada A310 CFC01 just left EDI with the PM
Happy to report all diplomatic flights away now,
checking on AF1 this AM she was sitting at Andrews AFB

 

[Viscount]

CFC01

 

[Viscount]

According to another forum site Air Baltic is back on sale from EDI 2 days per week

 

[Viscount]

Air Canada flying 787 from June big improvement on Air Canada Rouge old 767

Air Canada touch down in Edinburgh with 'non stop' Toronto services | Edinburgh Airport

Air Canada announce 'non stop' seasonal flights between Edinburgh and Toronto

corporate.edinburghairport.com

 

[Viscount]

New virgin flight to Orlando

http://redirect.viglink.com/?key=71fe2139a887ad501313cd8cce3053c5&subId=7242798&u=https%3A//simpleflying.com/virgin-atlantic-edinburgh-orlando-20-years/

Up to nine long-haul departures a day​

Edinburgh will have up to nine long-haul departures a day this summer. According to Cirium, the pinnacle is July 6th, with the following all operating:

1. 09:40: United to Newark; B757-200ER
2. 10:15: Air Canada to Toronto; B787-8
3. 10:20: Virgin to Orlando; A330-300
4. 10:25: WestJet to Toronto; B737 MAX 8
5. 10:45: United to Chicago; B757-200ER
6. 10:50: Delta to JFK; B767-300ER
7. 11:55: TUI to Cancun; B787-8
8. 12:30: United to Washington; B757-200ER
9. 14:55: Qatar to Doha; B787-8

No sign off DXB coming back yet.

 

[Brum X]

Finally off to EDI on my day return plane spotting trip after waiting 2 years due to Covid. Going up on the morning EZY flight from BHX and returning on the evening back to BHX. What is the best spotting location, it looks like it’s the spot at the end of the runway next to the car parks ?

 

[Jerry]

When I went a few years ago there was a mound near the Royal Highland showground by the perimeter fence not far from where the aircraft turn after landing. Spotterguide is a good guide

Edinburgh Airport - Spotting Guide - spotterguide.net

Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is located at Ingliston in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the busiest airport in Scotland and welcomed over […]

www.spotterguide.net

 

[Brum X]

When I went a few years ago there was a mound near the Royal Highland showground by the perimeter fence not far from where the aircraft turn after landing. Spotterguide is a good guide

Edinburgh Airport - Spotting Guide - spotterguide.net

Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is located at Ingliston in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the busiest airport in Scotland and welcomed over […]

www.spotterguide.net

Thanks Jerry, going up on Friday 6th May, hopefully the weather will be ok.

 

[Jerry]

Thanks Jerry, going up on Friday 6th May, hopefully the weather will be ok.

Pre pandemic Edinburgh had a good selection of airlines and aircraft, hopefully many of them will have returned by now so i'm sure you'll have a great day.

 

[Viscount]

EDI opening up a solar farm that will supply some of it power.

Edinburgh airport’s solar farm set for completion in March 2023

The eleven-acre farm will provide 27 per cent of the airport’s energy needs based on 2019 levels

www.businesstraveller.com

 

[Viscount]

April passenger loads, coming back up to pre covid levels over 900,000. started this month was. Orlando Virgin, New York Delta, New York United, and Washington United.

Edinburgh Airport operation copes well during busiest period in three years

Easter travel summary as almost one million passengers pass through the terminal

corporate.edinburghairport.com

 

[Viscount]

I read this on the On the Edinburgh Airport forum

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Turkish will operate the A330-300 on its IST service on 18th, 25th and 29th June.

Hop it happens, need to have the camera ready.

 

[Viscount]

Should have mention in previous post EDI to Washington currently being operated with 767/400
sorry I don’t know the pay loads. Will try and find out.

 

[Viscount]

Just been told the Washington 767 400 is going out almost full, unfortunately the services is due to go back to a 757 soon.
Boston services started today with Delta 767 300, so today we had 3 767s plus a 757 all states bound
just waiting for ORD and PHL to start along with Toronto.

 

[CM.]

Seems by what you are saying is the flights to the US are doing ok. Loads wise. Hope it continues.

 

[Viscount]

Yes appears that way, I have now been told United are keeping the 767on the Washington route until August.
taken into account the Schools stop the end of next month and go back mid August, that would make sense.

 

[Severn]

Aircraft Based / Overnighting at EDI - August 2022

TOTAL: 33
Note: Some aircraft may be standby aircraft or in maintenance

Ryanair (10)

B738 (10)​

easyJet (8)

A319 (3)​

A320 (5)​

Loganair (4)

AT45 (2)​

E145 (2)​

Jet2 (4)

B738 (4)​

British Airways (2)

A320 (2)​

BA Cityflyer (2)

E190 (2)​

Air France (1)

A321 (1)​

KLM (1)

B738 (1)​

Lufthansa (1)

A320 (1)​

 

[Jerry]

Nice Air to launch 2x 3-day trips between Akureyri and Edinburgh in 4Q22:

20 October & 17 November 2022
AEY 1550-1815 EDI

23 October & 20 November 2022
EDI 1145-1420 AEY

https://twitter.com/x/status/1564902922428858371

 

[Jetsco]

EDI - August 2022

Route Load Factors

Based on pax numbers, number of rotations and aircraft capacity, a few % on some routes. Gives an idea of how certain routes performed.

Virgin

Orlando - 81%

United

Washington - 92%
Chicago - 93%
Newark - 96%

Delta

JFK - 94%
Boston - 96%

Qatar

Doha - 97%