Did LS not fly to LPA in the past from Belfast, potentially during the winter?? Was it when they had a 757 based at Aldergrove??
They did. I think it was about five years ago. But LS very quickly abandoned LPA. The problem was that they introduced a big flying programme from 4 UK bases on B752s with very little notice for advanced ticket sales. Also there was not really any Jet2holidays in those days to help fill up the a/c. So the a/c flew empty and LS got their fingers burnt.
The programme has been building up slowly over the last few years. Starting with LBA, MAN and NCL with EMA and GLA added last year. Last year also saw Jet2 employ their own staff in LPA again. BFS was the only piece of the jigsaw missing (I doubt BLK or EDI will feature for LPA).