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Contents 1 History 2 Rivalry 3 Future Services 4 Former destinations 5 RAF Turnhouse

[edit] History

I am not quite sure what "which is has since become 06/24" means in this section.--C. Trifle 21:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rivalry

Please note that there is a significant rivalry between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and aviation fans on the internet have taken this to a new and bitter level.

Please be very suspicious of any blatantly pro- or anti- Glasgow changes made here. To keep a NPOV, this article should not discuss Glasgow at all except in passing.

There is real political debate about the future of Scotland's airports but any statement that airport X will get future investment instead of airport Y, or that airport D is better than airport C because it has B is basically an opinion and does not belong in an encyclopedia page. Please don't let this article turn into (yet another) edinburgh/glasgow bickering ground (see: alt.airports.uk.edinburgh).

I have to say it but I can see this article (and the Glasgow one) having to be locked at some point in the future now that its existence has been mentioned on alt.airports.uk.edinburgh

Thparkth 12:04, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

The history of the airport is wrong in several respects. The orignal terminal, now the cargo terminal, was sited on the East side of the airport on the old runway. This was designed by Robert Matthew. The new terminal and runway were built in the late 70's a mile to the West. The airport was running passenger services to the continent way before the 'official' opening of the airport - I know because I flew to Paris from Edinburgh in the mid 70's.

Connected with the rivalry theory, I note that someone made a statement that Edinburgh Airport was the second busiest airport in Scotland in 2007. I have corrected this to say 2006, as 2007 is not over yet, and Edinburgh has, since July 2007, overtaken Glasgow on a yearly basis as the busiest airport in Scotland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.97.238.110 (talk) 17:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Future Services

I've added a section under the main destination section - please add future destinations there, and not into the main list itself. Thanks/wangi 16:54, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Former destinations

Is there any interest in creating a a list of former destinations sub topic for this article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.9.228.253 (talk) 14:29, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RAF Turnhouse

The article seems to suggest that the RAF withdrew entirely from Turnhouse when the site was handed over to the Ministry of Aviation / later to BAA. But I remember there being a Spitfire gate guardian, and RAF personnel, well into the 1980s. Can anybody source any information about the lingering RAF presence, and when they finally withdrew? Perhaps the time of the creation of the cargo centre? – Kieran T ^(talk) 02:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Dug up some extra info, although sadly it looks like it's on a commercial site I wouldn't be 100% happy about citing as a reference, here: http://www.edinburgh-airport-uk.info/edinburgh-airport-news-100705.htm

Anyway, dated July 2005, it says: The former RAF Turnhouse is still within the modern airport, but was closed almost 10 years ago, when defence chiefs decided the base was surplus to requirements. There were brief plans in 2002 for the site to be transformed into an accommodation centre for up to 1000 asylum seekers, but this is now no longer planned. Instead, BAA has unveiled plans to develop 7 large industrial warehouses on the site, as part of a business park aimed at delivery and air-freight companies. – Kieran T ^(talk) 19:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)