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Skipness One Foxtrot
Linked to the return of A350 capacity perhaps? Great news for BHX.
No doubt, and was rumoured to be used on the BHX route but alas not, as the 788 is showing
Similar times and split to last time it operated
Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday
QR33/34 13:15-14:45
Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
QR35/36 07:30 - 09:00
Hopefully loads will be good enough to allow a 5/5 split in the near future to help with connections or of course 7 and 7 like Edinburgh.
Aer Lingus Regional/Emerald Belfast City increases on a Sunday to 4 daily from 26 March (was earlier but delayed) and 5 daily in the week from 28 April.
These two above are welcome after a run of some significant back-tracking by Air France, Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines for summer, some of it due to crew or aircraft availability.
Air France was to be 4 daily in the week from 3rd January which was the first to go and was put back until 26 March with 3 x AF and 1 x HOP but this has now changed to 3 x HOP and 1 x AF, that is some drop but still more seats than last summer - just.
Lufthansa has been well publicised will large scale reductions with BHX still seeing an increase on Frankfurt on last summer on some days but down on what was planned and they use more Cityline to start with. Munich has already seen the night-stop removed until August leaving it double daily in the week but appears to be only once at weekends from April. Brussels Airlines change the afternoon A319 to Cityjet CRJ9 in the week and the night-stop A319 doesn't always operate. Not sure how that would work as the early outbound crew operate in the afternoon before which will now be Cityjet!!!
Pete