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Old 20th Feb 2018, 21:38
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mart901
 
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What makes anyone think KLM aren't doing well on the route? Take a look at the figures. It's grown consistently from the outset. There is really no logic in saying they will scrap the route, they have upped the aircraft size over time also. They knew full well EZY were competing with them when they arrived. And all this talk of BHD dying a death. Get real seriously. Pop down there any weekday and see the queues, business people who's firms have paid out decent money to fly flexibly on BA/EI/BE, passengers connecting via LHR, AMS. Yes the onslaught of FR hasn't helped in some ways, it brought the loss of LGW and a reduction in summer sun from EI. If you want to look at failures look at BFS - BA, KLM, BD, WW, UA, mytravellite etc etc etc...... ��. Tell you what, imagine you want flight to LHR, whoops can't get that at BFS, that one seems to only work for BHD. You want to go to BHX, there's 2/3 daily from BFS against 7 at BHD. You want a carrier with onwards connections, whoops can't do that from BFS but there's a choice of 4 from BHD. Now I'm a fan of both Belfast airports and this is not a dig at BFS, but please let's see it in proportion. Not long ago BFS had a blank departure screen in winter from about 10am till late afternoon and it was like that for many a year, meantime BHD was steady with arrivals and departures all day. I'm glad BFS is on the up, and give it time BHD will be bouncing.
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