Under the prevailing scenario, passengers setting out to travel with night flights into Edinburgh this summer can expect diversions on most occasions. This is reported in a recent report published by the Scotsman on 1st May. The reasons are not far to seek.

The airport is carrying out a large scale work during night time to resurface the entire stretch of the main runway presupposes that the aircrafts need to make use of the secondary runway for time being till the works are accomplished. But unfortunately, the alternative second runway lacks the provision of instrument landing system that is employed at the airports to guide the aircrafts to the ground during the times of poor visibility. Due to this limitation, the incoming flights may have to be diverted to other airports located nearby, especially under the conditions of fog or heavy rains.

Notably, in this connection, the first diversion was necessitated last Monday when a Flyglobespan aircraft had to be rerouted to Glasgow Airport very early in the morning.

Commenting on the situation, a spokesman for BAA Scotland observed, "We have always said there is a potential risk that aircraft may have to be diverted during the resurfacing work."

Most notably, on an average the schedule at the airport features eight passenger jets either taking off or landing between 11pm and 5.45am at the Edinburgh Airport, till the end of November. Most of these aircrafts may undergo rerouting and diversions.