At a press conference this morning it was confirmed that Continental are starting BFS-EWR from next May. Good news!
This from the BBC (full story
here ):
New Belfast-NY flight
An American airline has confirmed it is to begin a regular direct service from Belfast to New York.
The US based airline Continental has announced that it is to begin direct flights between Belfast International Airport and Newark airport near New York.
The service will operate daily during the summer and four times a week during the winter.
On Thursday, the airline said the new service would provide easier and faster travel options for travellers between Northern Ireland and the US.
The managing director of Belfast International, Albert Harrison, said the service was great news for both business and tourism in Northern Ireland.
The service begins on 27 May 2005.
In September, BBC Northern Ireland's business editor, James Kerr, said it was a "badly kept secret" that management at Belfast International and Continental had been in talks for months.
The service will receive start-up grant aid from the government's air route development fund.
It has also played a part in some of the other international routes that have come on stream in recent months.
(First BRS... now BFS... is this the secret pattern behind CO's route planning?
) What's next? BES (Brest)? BBS (Blackbushe)?
)