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14th Aug 2017, 07:10
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Posted By El Bunto

Alicante starting dates: 12 April 2017 28...

Alicante starting dates:
12 April 2017
28 April 2016

Faro:
30 March 2017
26 March 2016
29 March 2015
26th Mar 2017, 16:20
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Posted By El Bunto

Well spotted re: the F70 schedule. Outlasted its...

Well spotted re: the F70 schedule. Outlasted its great rival, the 146, by just a month at Belfast given Brussels Airline's last service was on Friday 24th.
20th Feb 2017, 14:14
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Posted By El Bunto

As of yesterday, apparently. Also as of today...

As of yesterday, apparently. Also as of today Brussels Airlines have axed the Monday service, confirmed on their online timetable.
20th Feb 2017, 08:41
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Posted By El Bunto

KLM have changed the times for the Sunday flight...

KLM have changed the times for the Sunday flight from Amsterdam, now scheduled to arrive in Belfast at 10:10 and away again 10:40. Not quite early enough to catch the third departure wave from...
25th Jan 2017, 19:13
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Posted By El Bunto

Bookable again from 31 October 2017 onwards. ...

Bookable again from 31 October 2017 onwards. Also customers with existing bookings for Summer travel have not received cancellation notices. Might be something to do with the Superjet wet-lease?
16th Dec 2016, 08:50
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Posted By El Bunto

Re: freighter noise at International, a few...

Re: freighter noise at International, a few months ago they introduced a night-time max speed of 250 KIAS below FL070 to try to reduce overflight noise. Took a little while for crews to adapt ( e.g....
7th Dec 2016, 19:16
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Posted By El Bunto

Sometime after 1987? Entered service a year...

Sometime after 1987? Entered service a year before the A320 so not exactly out of its era... Passengers have been "preferring" jets to turboprops since 1952 but when it comes to booking the flight...
4th Dec 2016, 08:29
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Posted By El Bunto

FL240? Not too bad. Consider that the DCs and...

FL240? Not too bad. Consider that the DCs and Constellations heading trans-Atlantic struggled to break FL180, at least not before the final quarter of the flight. Even the mighty Stratocruisers were...
2nd Dec 2016, 15:34
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Posted By El Bunto

It has done at least twice in the past, but only...

It has done at least twice in the past, but only executive-configured and they span into an adjacent gate area. Checking the PCN vs ACN, the runway can accept a full-MTOW 757-200 ( ACN 60 on PCN...
2nd Dec 2016, 12:32
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Posted By El Bunto

They keep saying Reykjavik but it'll actually be...

They keep saying Reykjavik but it'll actually be Keflavik, same as the current Air Iceland route to Aberdeen. And should be a bit more comfortable than EZY's buses, I think they have 31 inch pitch...
11th Nov 2016, 12:54
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Posted By El Bunto

Apparently I missed our new Air Ambulance...

Apparently I missed our new Air Ambulance refueling through City airport this morning. Red EC-135 touring NI but I don't know the schedule.
8th Nov 2016, 20:49
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Posted By El Bunto

"City radar offline again?" "Surely not" I...

"City radar offline again?" "Surely not" I respond, until checking the NOTAM indicates "yes". SSR only. How did that work out for Tornado pilot this morning, I wonder.
23rd Sep 2016, 06:15
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Posted By El Bunto

So much for the 'professionals' here telling us...

So much for the 'professionals' here telling us that post-21:30 movements were only for based aircraft... E170 G-FBJC arrived from Manchester last night at 22:25 and departed at 23:00. Why was that...
31st Aug 2016, 15:56
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Posted By El Bunto

Also on today, 31st. G-RJXF operating with BEL...

Also on today, 31st. G-RJXF operating with BEL callsign. So perhaps Wed and Fri?
27th Aug 2016, 12:51
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Posted By El Bunto

Interesting. I wonder if it will become a more...

Interesting. I wonder if it will become a more common substitution when Brussels retire their 146s in favour of A319s next year. I believe there was one day this summer when they operated an A319...
26th Aug 2016, 19:40
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Posted By El Bunto

Just reading elsewhere that there were a couple...

Just reading elsewhere that there were a couple of BMI Regional EMB-145 subs onto the Brussels service this week. I wonder if that was load- or availability-related.
26th Jul 2016, 21:28
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Posted By El Bunto

Quoth BMI: I'll bet that was a surprise to Enda...

Quoth BMI:
I'll bet that was a surprise to Enda when he met with Theresa today.

"Taoiseach, I have a solution for the post-Brexit border situation..."
24th Jun 2016, 20:53
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Posted By El Bunto

Topically enough the schedule is a bit of a...

Topically enough the schedule is a bit of a shambles tonight with at least nine arrivals after 21:30 and a departure to Birmingham > 22:00 ( not a based aircraft, then ).

They must read Pprune!
17th Jun 2016, 13:41
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Posted By El Bunto

Hard curfew cut-off remains 23:59. Runway...

Hard curfew cut-off remains 23:59. Runway closes, lights-out.

Soft cut-off at 21:30. Naughty boys & girls get written into the Black Book, but whether fines are actually levied is at the...
18th May 2016, 08:51
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Posted By El Bunto

Of course we did, everyone did including the...

Of course we did, everyone did including the "regulators". Companies don't merge for the benefit of their employees or their customers, they do it to cut costs and make more money.

Frankly I'd...
5th May 2016, 06:38
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Posted By El Bunto

The runway at City isn't a constraint for BA;...

The runway at City isn't a constraint for BA; look at their Dublin pseudo-Shuttle* service, they could put any aircraft they want on it but they go for frequency with the A319 / 320 / 321. There was...
4th May 2016, 19:36
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Posted By El Bunto

Being replaced by A321s domestically, aren't...

Being replaced by A321s domestically, aren't they? :(

Now I know how spotters must have felt in the 1950s when everything was a DC-3.
4th May 2016, 15:27
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Posted By El Bunto

Some BA curfew-busting stats from the logs for...

Some BA curfew-busting stats from the logs for 2016 to date. Not official, just my observations of movements after 21:30:

Winter
2x Outbound SHT88G

Summer
4x Inbound SHT86P
1x Outbound...
25th Apr 2016, 21:33
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Posted By El Bunto

Perhaps relying on the International staff to...

Perhaps relying on the International staff to vector visitors towards them?

Topical joke!
24th Apr 2016, 19:59
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Posted By El Bunto

Hmm so this is the last season of roary-smokey...

Hmm so this is the last season of roary-smokey F70? I really must haul myself up there to watch it.
17th Apr 2016, 05:45
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Posted By El Bunto

Re: NATS at City, an interesting aspect of the...

Re: NATS at City, an interesting aspect of the tender was:

which would suggest that consolidation of operation at International's site would be difficult.
14th Apr 2016, 21:10
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Posted By El Bunto

FlyBE diversion into International tonight, seems...

FlyBE diversion into International tonight, seems to have been in the MAGEE hold for a while before giving-up.

Manchester BE488 21:20 Diverted to...
10th Apr 2016, 19:45
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Posted By El Bunto

Another week out of service is the current...

Another week out of service is the current estimate. Any Selex ATCR 33 spares on ebay?

The HB NDB was out of service in the latter half of the week as well, wonder if someone blew a big fuse...
10th Apr 2016, 17:02
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Posted By El Bunto

Radar has been intermittent since Thursday but...

Radar has been intermittent since Thursday but exacerbated today by rapid changes in wind direction.
1st Apr 2016, 07:28
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Posted By El Bunto

And cancelled again on Sunday :( Blimey, TWO...

And cancelled again on Sunday :(

Blimey, TWO Brussels 146s in this afternoon! Like buses...

Clearing a backlog?
30th Mar 2016, 12:05
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Posted By El Bunto

Brussels cancelled again for Thursday 31st. ...

Brussels cancelled again for Thursday 31st.

They've also changed their conditions, so that a full refund is only possible:

"if Brussels Airlines does not offer an alternative flight solution to...
11th Mar 2016, 06:33
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Posted By El Bunto

Cello 146 on the ramp this morning, G-RAJJ. I...

Cello 146 on the ramp this morning, G-RAJJ. I don't know if it's a charter or doing a sub for FlyBE.

Turns-out it was a Geneva Motor Show charter.
6th Mar 2016, 20:00
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Posted By El Bunto

Jet2 do the Belfast mail runs using a dedicated...

Jet2 do the Belfast mail runs using a dedicated -300SF*, which therefore contributes nothing to their passenger ops. Plus their medium-term commitment to the mail service is 'questionable' and...
14th Feb 2016, 18:34
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Posted By El Bunto

Happy to hear that, thanks! The F70 still has a...

Happy to hear that, thanks! The F70 still has a bit of character, can put out some smoke when they're stoking it.
13th Feb 2016, 19:53
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Posted By El Bunto

Final planned KLM Fokker 70 service on Sunday,...

Final planned KLM Fokker 70 service on Sunday, changes to EMB-190 from Monday.

Unless by some miracle someone buys some C-Series I think this might be the last visit by Belfast-built wings.
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