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It's probably through inbound tourism.
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Yep Edinburgh is a popular destination for American tourists also there is some finance sector connections and of course the oil industry in Scotland.
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Correct, in 2024 the US-EDI market sat at 72% US travellers and 28% non US travellers, summary of yearly breakdown since 2019 below.
All data taken from US Department of Commerce, its worth pointing out winter tends to be more NON-US heavy, but has seen a drop in that category in the first two months of this year.
| Year | Total Pax Number | US | NON-US |
| 2025 (So far) | 18,600 | 8,342 (44.8%) | 10,258 (55.2%) |
| 2024 | 542,325 | 390,364 (72%) | 151,961 (28%) |
| 2023 | 515,023 | 357,752 (69.5%) | 157,271 (30.5%) |
| 2022 | 344,513 | 229,508 (66.6%) | 115,005 (33.4%) |
| 2021 | 456 | 405 (88.8%) | 51 (11.2%) |
| 2020 | 35,372 | 12,936 (36.6%) | 22,436 (63.4%) |
| 2019 | 392,483 | 261,160 (66.5%) | 131,323 (33.5%) |
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Edinburgh is no18 in Heathrow top routes with 1.1 million passengers
www.headforpoints.com
What are the 24 routes from Heathrow with over 1 million passengers?
Heathrow Airport has revealed the 25 routes which have over 1 million annual passengers. New York is obviously the busiest but the rest are interesting.
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EDI continues to grow at a tremendous rate. Interestingly however, domestic numbers have not recovered fully following the pandemic. International numbers are going through the roof. Many more pax are flying direct to/from EDI. The American and ME markets being good examples. The reliance on having to travel via LHR is nothing like what it used to be. The airport is forecasting pax number of considerably north of 16m in 2025. The next big targets being additional Chinese routes and a service to India. New American routes also on the radar.Edinburgh is no18 in Heathrow top routes with 1.1 million passengers
What are the 24 routes from Heathrow with over 1 million passengers?
Heathrow Airport has revealed the 25 routes which have over 1 million annual passengers. New York is obviously the busiest but the rest are interesting.
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Why do you think domestic figures haven't recovered? Do you think airlines have been reluctant to take on former Flybe routes?
A combination of factors probably. The direct flight options from EDI are so much better than before. Up to 17 x transatlantic flights to/from EDI per day to the US and Canada from EDI this summer. Pax travelling to the ME and on to Australia and NZ for example have 3 x daily options via DXB or DOH. Qatar, even in what is normally the slow months, such as January this year have LF’s around 95%. Crazy high. Price point too perhaps. BA prices are normally very high. The train is now a viable option too. Normally cheaper than flying if booking in advance and the time difference isn’t a huge factor. No direct flight to/from Manchester. Limited options to/from Cardiff.
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In 2019 111,415 passengers travelled between Cardiff and Edinburgh. In 2024 it was 16,189.
Exactly. Big drop. In the grander scheme of things, a 16m pax airport like EDI can mitigate the drop. For Cardiff this is a massive loss of business.
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Yep Edinburgh has likely replaced those passengers with others flying elsewhere ie the USA.
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Looks very nice.
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Edinburgh Airport runway will be closed overnight for 5 months starting November for resurfacing work.
www.scotsman.com
Edinburgh Airport reveals when its runway will close for £30m resurfacing
Long-planned first major upgrade since 2008 follows series of unscheduled shutdowns for emergency repairs
www.scotsman.com
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Edinburgh Airport: Flights resume but disruption continues
About an hour of confusion was followed by collective relief as flights began resuming, our reporter at Edinburgh Airport says.
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Edinburgh hoping it can get US pre-clearance
www.independent.co.uk
This UK airport could be first to offer fast track to America with ‘preclearance’
Exclusive: Airport boss Gordon Dewar says if Scottish and US governments can agree, ‘we’ll start building the next day’
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