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Old 3rd May 2018, 21:58
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EI-BUD
 
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IOM Route...

I've read with interest the various debates about routes to and from Island communities, IOM being a notable one. This is not a case of who charges the cheapest, the island needs a daily service to a range of destinations and Belfast has always been one of the top routes. Easyjet will create new business and in my view fills a space in the market. However, Eastern has insane pricing, so that was bound to depress the demand. Routes like iom bhd need a commuter style propeller aircraft with realistic pricing and frequency. Manx2 though small at one point had 10 flights a day on this route and over 2000 pax per month. That's a portion of what used to travel the route, when multiple daily 360's used to go. Though leisure business has declined, family and business links remain. Easyjet will drive the leisure business. Eastern will not, hence why they'd have axed the route whether easyJet came asking or not...

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