Emirates Adds Edinburgh -- Then Cuts Flights Amid Fleet Pinch - Bloomberg:
Scottish capital Edinburgh is betting on a new daily air link operated by Persian Gulf carrier Emirates to bring in thousands of tourists from around the world while boosting exports of everything from smoked salmon to malt whisky. Trouble is, the service won’t stay daily for long.
Flights that began Monday will be cut to five a week from the end of this month through next May amid a plane and pilot availability crunch, Emirates said after the inaugural service landed. They’ll expand to seven again only from Dec. 10 until mid January for the busy Christmas and New Year travel period.
The truncated schedule -- which means Emirates will need to rebook or refund passengers with tickets for flights that will no longer operate -- has also been dictated by the shutdown of a runway at Dubai International airport next spring for upgrade work, Hubert Frach, the company’s head of commercial operations for the Americas and Europe, said in an interview.
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