I was thinking on the topic of further route expansion from Bfs and wondering if between Ezy and LS, we are at a stalemate at the moment. Any new routes are going to have to be somewhere like Turkey, yet I see neither being able to do that without adding an extra unit or dropping some of what they have. But is there the demand to keep an extra unit busy all week? I know that they could bring in an aircraft for part of a week, but do they need to do that if they can keep it profitability employed elsewhere? They could do a W from elsewhere, but again, do they need to do that? Just not sure where further route expansion will come from at the minute. Turkey seems like an opportunity, yet Thomson are dropping Bodrum and Tcx will be down to one a week next summer. Not that long ago, we had about 5 flights a week to Bodrum. Izmir has gone as well. Ayt and Dlm seem to be stable.
TB
New routes would have to be to Turkey. Flights from BFS to a Greek Island could work as well. Jet2 could also make BFS-ACE year round.
Jet2 would be able to operate new routes from BFS without adding an additional aircraft to its BFS base.
I have looked at the schedule for Belfast for Summer 2014. I have come across six gaps in the schedule. The gaps are Mon, Tues, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sat afternoon. So there is room to add flights from BFS to say Turkey or even a Greek Island.
Here is the Summer 2014 schedule for Belfast Int'l so far. This is based on July 2014:
Sunday
LS333/4 DBV 0700 1130 1205 1440
LS361/2 PMI 0700 1050 1125 1325
LS377/8 MJV 1510 1910 1945 2155
LS397/8 IBZ 1530 1920 2000 2200
Monday
LS361/2 PMI 0700 1050 1125 1325
LS305/6 FAO 0710 1020 1055 1415
LS303/4 REU 1505 1845 1920 2105
Tuesday
LS361/2 PMI 0700 1050 1125 1325
LS395/6 MAH 0755 1145 1230 1430
LS381/2 TFS 1505 1950 2025 0055
Wednesday
LS361/2 PMI 0700 1050 1125 1325
LS387/8 AGP 0755 1205 1240 1455
LS377/8 MJV 1510 1910 1945 2155
Thursday
LS361/2 PMI 0700 1050 1125 1325
LS303/4 REU 0755 1135 1215 1400
LS397/8 IBZ 1515 1915 1945 2145
Friday
LS361/2 PMI 0700 1050 1125 1325
LS305/6 FAO 0710 1020 1055 1415
LS381/2 TFS 1505 1950 2025 0055
Saturday
LS361/2 PMI 0700 1050 1125 1325
LS305/6 FAO 0710 1020 1055 1415
LS387/8 AGP 1430 1840 1920 2135
BFS-ALC is being operated by an ALC based a/c for S14 and PSA,JER & BLK have not been loaded for S14 yet.