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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Aug 2019, 17:36
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

On the contrary, the cashflow is very useful. ...

On the contrary, the cashflow is very useful. Eventually they might need to issue refunds but that can be done at a financially convenient time. And a certain percentage of customers won't remember...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jul 2019, 10:01
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

I saw 'Verona holidays direct from Belfast by...

I saw 'Verona holidays direct from Belfast by Topflight' advertised on the side of a Metro bus at the weekend, but no further details
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Jun 2019, 07:12
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

That's back to front. Much air travel is...

That's back to front. Much air travel is discretionary, so beyond a base load the level of demand is established by the pricing.

It's not obscure economics, it's the entire basis of Ryanair's...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Mar 2019, 07:46
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

"...ranked the Causeway Lounge at the Belfast...

"...ranked the Causeway Lounge at the Belfast International poorly because of its lack of shower facilities, made-to-order dishes, sparkling wine or champagne, spa facilities and fast-track premium...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Mar 2019, 19:50
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

.. to Charleston, for these guys Thompson...

.. to Charleston, for these guys

Thompson Aero | Intelligent Design (http://www.thompsonaero.com/)

Not really 'seats' as you and I know them, more those cubicles for the front-end of the cabin.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Mar 2019, 10:40
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Those £4.99 fares are just teasers they throw in...

Those £4.99 fares are just teasers they throw in occasionally. There's another tier around £15 but most Stansted fares are £30+ one way.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Mar 2019, 17:46
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Yet airports keep lining-up with special...

Yet airports keep lining-up with special sweetners to attract Ryanair, hoping "they'll be the one".

It'd be refreshing to see the Belfast management tell Ryanair to just clear out entirely for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Mar 2019, 07:45
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

I assume by 'charter' the CAA in that document...

I assume by 'charter' the CAA in that document actually mean 'scheduled non-passenger' since 99% of freight flights into International are scheduled. Very rarely does a chartered freighter pass...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Mar 2019, 07:03
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Cat IIIB approaches for the freighters earlier...

Cat IIIB approaches for the freighters earlier this morning, really thick muck.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2019, 15:12
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

The Swiftair trick will be interesting :) ...

The Swiftair trick will be interesting :)

Doesn't the ASL for TNT originate in Liege? Doesn't night-stop any more in Belfast even at weekends.

Ta!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2019, 09:43
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Saw the ASL TNT freighter coming in this morning...

Saw the ASL TNT freighter coming in this morning which made me ponder the post-Brexit courier ops, since they operate domestically to & from East Midlands as tag-ons from their Continental bases:
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Feb 2019, 09:49
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Bear in mind that much of Ireland's reported GDP...

Bear in mind that much of Ireland's reported GDP is contingent on its status as a tax haven; many huge multinationals book revenue in Ireland, but don't contribute significantly to tax receipts. The...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Feb 2019, 19:03
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Per a Virgin source we're meant to get A350s at...

Per a Virgin source we're meant to get A350s at Belfast from 2020, perhaps they'll phase them in with the A330s covering the gaps.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jan 2019, 05:42
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

If you want to get pedantic then no-one actually...

If you want to get pedantic then no-one actually flies to 'LDY', that's just an internal IATA code for ticketing and bag routing. You can't write that on a flight plan and you can't ask ATC for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jan 2019, 18:19
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

TUI B788 due early on Saturday morning for 11:55...

TUI B788 due early on Saturday morning for 11:55 to Bridgetown. Looking like G-TUIA at the moment.

Returns 3rd Feb

Edit: it was G-TUIF, first time visiting
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Dec 2018, 14:47
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Pedantically and tangentially, I think you mean...

Pedantically and tangentially, I think you mean 'hold fire'.

A 'hang fire' is an unpleasant situation wherein you've pulled the trigger but the primer or powder of the round doesn't ignite...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Sep 2018, 08:28
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

This would be such a straigtforward piece of...

This would be such a straigtforward piece of infrastructure I really don't understand why it hasn't been done. There was a three mile branch line from Aldergrove station to the airfield until 1918,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Sep 2018, 05:26
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Well of course that was satire, but why would we...

Well of course that was satire, but why would we need politicians involved in air transport anyway? They should be kept as far away as possible from anything flying.

Belfast International is a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Aug 2018, 12:36
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

I know it has become a trope but I wish people...

I know it has become a trope but I wish people would stop saying that. The priority for a company is to fulfill its business objectives, generally aligned with making money. Otherwise it will cease...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jul 2018, 08:56
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

It's the principle though. For £98 you'll get a...

It's the principle though. For £98 you'll get a Paris meal. For £20 you can drive to Dublin. For £1 you get... nothing. The airport pockets the fee and provides nothing more than it did before...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Jul 2018, 07:55
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

US carriers don't seem to be keen on tag-ons, at...

US carriers don't seem to be keen on tag-ons, at least internationally.

The big missed opportunity at Belfast was Ethiopian; that would have given both US and African connections, and they don't...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jun 2018, 06:19
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

That's not correct. The EU and Canada have a...

That's not correct. The EU and Canada have a freedoms agreement dating back to 2009. Any Community-registered carrier can operate to any point of Canada. Since Norwegian's Irish AOC qualifies, there...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jun 2018, 20:16
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

You were spot-on, it departed at 15:45. Cheers!

You were spot-on, it departed at 15:45. Cheers!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jun 2018, 09:33
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Tu-204 arrived about 02:30 this morning for a...

Tu-204 arrived about 02:30 this morning for a load of drilling tubes. Due out either late tonight or lunchtime tomorrow, can't get a definitive answer.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Jun 2018, 09:14
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

It also positions crews when schedules don't...

It also positions crews when schedules don't otherwise align, and moves spare parts around. I'm surprised they haven't upgraded to a turboprop given that Avgas must be fairly rare at some of their...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Jun 2018, 19:24
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Maybe I'm naive but wouldn't it be better to...

Maybe I'm naive but wouldn't it be better to schedule upgrades like that in the winter...? Plus the disruption of staff training etc.

Such as on winter Wednesdays with fewer than 70 movements?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th May 2018, 06:26
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

The passengers are paying for transportation from...

The passengers are paying for transportation from Belfast to X. Adhering to the conditions of carriage is the passenger's responsibility and the transportation part is the airline's responsibility. ...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th May 2018, 19:29
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Met a family from Boston today who were doing the...

Met a family from Boston today who were doing the tour of the island-of-Ireland coast clockwise and had reached NI. They flew in to Cork from Providence on Norwegian; they didn't even know that...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd May 2018, 06:17
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Outsourcing isn't always about reducing cost,...

Outsourcing isn't always about reducing cost, though that often follows. Its great advantage is that it moves 'human assets' from the capital expenditure of the balance sheet to operational...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th May 2018, 08:57
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

B738 G-NPTA doing more back-and-forth training...

B738 G-NPTA doing more back-and-forth training today and then rumoured to be operating the mail service out of Belfast this evening; its first revenue flight since becoming a freighter.

OK it's...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th May 2018, 20:38
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Sunwing B738 C-FEAK arrived in just after...

Sunwing B738 C-FEAK arrived in just after tea-time tonight from Canada. Presumably for the TUI full-season kick-off tomorrow.

There was also a TUI-bluey B738 doing pilgrimage runs today.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th May 2018, 18:44
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

West Atlantic's newest B738 freighter G-NPTA on...

West Atlantic's newest B738 freighter G-NPTA on the ramp this evening. Stunning colours, could teach 'proper' airlines something about branding. I wonder if Boeing provided some design assistance...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th May 2018, 10:16
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Of course it makes sense. If you can't or won't...

Of course it makes sense. If you can't or won't scale to handle demand in the peak season then the demand shifts to somewhere that can, like the big aerodrome 100 miles down the road.

It makes...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Apr 2018, 06:43
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

Are we back to the United Newark conversation? ...

Are we back to the United Newark conversation?

It made money, that was stated uncategorically in public evidence before a committee.

They decided the airframes could make more money on other...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Apr 2018, 13:34
Replies: 2,453
Views: 1,124,249
Posted By El Bunto

You jest, but one of the problems with LED...

You jest, but one of the problems with LED lighting is that it encourages use of brighter bulbs for the same power consumption, instead of maintaining the same level of illumination. Which is worse...
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