It doesn't surprise me Edinburgh is doing well. One of the advantages Edinburgh has along with London is Edinburgh is most definitely a US favourite place to visit in the UK. I don't know how Edinburgh compares with say flights to Manchester but I expect Edinburgh will be significantly more popular with American tourists visiting the UK than say Manchester?
I believe I’m correct to say that the percentage or ratio of US compared to UK pax to/from both countries is different. A far higher ratio or percentage of pax inbound to EDI are American. A smaller percentage of pax are UK or other nationalities traveling to the US. At Manchester, a higher percentage are UK nationals traveling to Orlando for example. The holiday crowd and travel agencies filling Virgin and Aer Lingus planes. This may be the reason why no US airlines currently operate to/from Manchester. The yields probably aren’t high enough.
Thanks for update. ATL is still showing as starting only in late-May - it would be a bit odd to start it that late yet run it through to the end of October, so hopefully it will start earlier. When you say "JFK will continue year-round" do you mean that it won't take a break in W24 like it will for W23?
Everything subject to change as we know. DL planned to operate ATL 5 x weekly in S23 but quickly increased to daily before it launched. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it start earlier, in line with Boston. The part suspension of JFK route this winter is like many other routes around the world. A small dip in demand in W23. Demand apparently is still very strong moving into spring/summer 24. I’d expect DL to return to fully year round. Particularly when a pesky competitor (JetBlue) is about to enter the EDI market.
Yes that is exactly what I was thinking. The US economy is ahead of where the UK economy is and its showing signs of recovery. The US vs UK ratio of passengers on flights to Scotland will benefit from this more so than flights to places like Manchester for the reasons mentioned.
It cuts both ways. The tourism market in either direction is unlikely to be high yielding, though I note that EUK claim higher yield from MAN than from DUB. I wonder what percentage of seats to EDI are prebooked by US travel companies. They obviously still make money, as did TCX from MAN on their tourist routes to US but it is interesting to see that US airlines are still prioritising tourist destinations over traditional legacy routes.
As first reported by aeroroutes this has been wound back slightly and will now see a 5x weekly service until the 8th of June.
The daily ATL service resumes 26 May (source: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240922-dlns25inc)
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