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Old 10th Jul 2011, 10:33
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Who or what is Air TRANSIT and Air CANFA?

Air Transat operated successfully in to BFS from Toronto for many years but withdrew a couple of years ago, probably due to intense competition from Zoom and Globespan. Air Canada has also operated over the years into BFS (with Tristars and then B747's)

Of course Air Transat has built its summer operation in Dublin to a 4 times a week (some services split between Toronto and Montreal) and Air Canada is daily.

Similarly not many years ago there was a long (March-October) season weekly from BFS to Orlando/Sanford (with 2 flights a week in the peak) this has now reduced to a couple of flights per season.

Is everyone driving to Dublin?

Would the right size aircraft, with similar APD levels as the Republic, encourage Northern Ireland business to both places?
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