They should be demanding more business routes, especially of Aer Lingus
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Hi there NorthernCounties, sounds nice in theory but airports cant demand much unless you are say Heathrow where there are huge limiting factors in terms of slots etc, and in Belfast, since there is competition and fierce competition for operators to move over and back etc, the airport managements respectively have to worry about keeping what they have.
Aer Lingus dont have the correct size of aircraft to operate thin routes to Europe and at a push maybe flybe do but many of the desired routes are at best marginal. Milan was a disaster and the loads so often in single digits. We will need to wait until the recession has lifted and employment improves and then hopefully we will see some new markets in the mean time BFS managements focus and challenge is to keep the Newark route.
Oddly, say CO pull it and then the tax is abolished would this be the ticket to get AerLingus to base a A330-200 and do daily or 6 weekly JFK and a weekly Toronto? Low fares etc more seats? Anyone have any views?
EI-BUD