An Emirates Boeing 777-300
New Routes

Emirates swoops on Edinburgh as Etihad leaves

Dubai based Emirates has announced it is to begin a daily service to Dubai (DXB/OMDB) from 1st October 2018. The move comes as Emirates’ Abu Dhabi based rival Etihad prepares to leave the Scottish capital’s airport. Etihad (EY/ETD) ends operations at Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) on the 30th September so there will be minimal [read more]

Norwegian 737 Max
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Norwegian cuts some UK to US services to summer only

Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air International has cut some UK to US transatlantic routes to summer only from October 2018. Services from Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) to Providence (PVD/KPVD) and Belfast International (BFS/EGAA) to Newburgh Stewart (SWF/KSWF) will no longer be operated between the end of October 2018 and March 2019. Norwegian Air [read more]

Etihad A330 (Image: Nick Harding/Max Thrust Digital)
News

Etihad axes Edinburgh route from September

Etihad appears to have axed the Abu Dhabi – Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) service from the end of September 2018. According to Routes Online, Etihad closed reservations for the route yesterday with the last flight operating on 30th September 2018. Etihad currently operates the flight between Abu Dhabi and Edinburgh five times [read more]

Beijing
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Hainan Airlines plans Edinburgh to Beijing service

Hainan Airlines (HU/CHH) is planning to start an Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) to Beijing  (PEK/ZBAA) service from in 2018. The flight will operate up to 4 times per week with two inbound flights Beijing to Edinburgh going via Dubin (DUB/EIDW), and another two routing from Beijing to Dublin via Edinburgh. It will [read more]

Finnair
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Finnair increase Edinburgh connection

Finnish airline Finnair (AY/FIN) has announced it is increasing the frequency of its link between Helsinki Vantaa (HEL/EFHK) and Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH). The summer-only route becomes a year-round operation with 3 weekly flights between the two capitals. The flight is operated by a Finnair Embraer E190 and will operate a Monday, [read more]