Ryanair postpone startup of Edinburgh base

Ryanair today announced that it was deferring the startup of it's Edinburgh base from the planned date of September 23 until November 5 - a six week delay. The capacity to operate the eleven routes from Edinburgh was dependent on on-time aircraft deliveries from Boeing. Aircraft to operate the routes will now come from increased availability arising from seasonal changes, rather than dependence on new unit deliveries.

With such tight capacity constraints it is to be expected that the airline could make similar announcements in the coming days, assuming that there is no change in the strike situation at Boeing.