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Amelia - just to assure you that there s an airfield at Letterkenny (ICAO : EILT). I've taken a Cessna 172 in with no trouble.
Letterkenny Airfield
Letterkenny Airfield
BRS and GAT would seem logical, proven markets. Ryanair's decision to chop LTN and keep STN at daily would suggest there's room in the LON market. Furthermore, RYR managed to average around 150 pax per day (return) to BRS, so the Q400 would be the perfect size to make this route work.
Other than these, NCL or LBA maybe? Perhaps not daily, but a few a week might work.
Other than these, NCL or LBA maybe? Perhaps not daily, but a few a week might work.
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Flybe would be a very welcome addition to LDY, and it seems to make sense that they have interest in LDY especially with a bunch of new operators moving into their patch at BHD. 2010 could be very good for LDY I think 
Flybe to LGW, NCL and BRS with summer rotations to the channel Islands would be great. And with RYR pulling the plug on LTN and once again giving us a crap schedule to STN surely the LON market is up for grabs. Also what about RE to do a 2x daily to LCY?
Flybe to LGW, NCL and BRS with summer rotations to the channel Islands would be great. And with RYR pulling the plug on LTN and once again giving us a crap schedule to STN surely the LON market is up for grabs. Also what about RE to do a 2x daily to LCY?
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Portrush Air Show 2010
News on the BBC Northern Ireland website tonight that the Portrush Air Show is now back on for 2010. Apparently the Coleraine Chamber of Commerce has now stepped in to find the £80,000 subsidy, previously provided by the council, to enable the show to continue.
Another piece of positive news for the North Coast.
Another piece of positive news for the North Coast.
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"Speaking to my reporter friend again .... but he still seems to think that someone is going to take up LDY - LTN or LDY - LGW, which of course looks less likely to be EZY from what we are hearing on the now split Belfast thread. Who else could do the route? It has to be Flybe, doesn't it? we shall see."- SpeedBirdATC
"It’s also known that Jersey European, which operates as Flybe from George Best City Airport in Belfast, is interested in operating from City of Derry" -Derry Journal
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I wonder that if someone did start a new London route, would RYR take it thick and then destroy the competition by re-introducing a 2 x daily STN or LTN. They did this at Shannon in January. After pulling the majority of routes from there, Aer Lingus were interested in taking up some of the axed routes, only for RYR to then reinstate some of their own more popular routes to stop them. Certainly one to think about.
I passed through the airport yesterday and I must say the newly resurfaced runway and new taxiways are looking fantastic. Also with the installation of a second ILS approach, coupled with the terminal getting an expansion, LDY is a very nice airport for operators to use. Maybe this explains all the current interest in starting new routes (FAO, EDI, MAN) as the airfield is a very attractive place and a lot easier for pilots to use.
I passed through the airport yesterday and I must say the newly resurfaced runway and new taxiways are looking fantastic. Also with the installation of a second ILS approach, coupled with the terminal getting an expansion, LDY is a very nice airport for operators to use. Maybe this explains all the current interest in starting new routes (FAO, EDI, MAN) as the airfield is a very attractive place and a lot easier for pilots to use.
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Bizarre. Why would Coleraine ratepayers think looking at a few planes flying over was worth £80k of their money? Oh right they weren't ever asked. But if local businesses think it's worth the money then that's even better - they should have been paying all along!
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the Coleraine Chamber of Commerce has now stepped in to find the £80,000 subsidy, previously provided by the council
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But it's not on the Aer Arann route map yet!
And don't get me started about the www.cityofderryairport.com website. Look at the timetable for Alicante : "There are no flights to this airport at present" although it lists Faro! And it always takes them ages to update the site.
Anyway Ryanair have 6 destinations versus Aer Arann's 3, and will carry about 5 times as many passengers as Aer Arann but Aer Arann now operate 27 flights each way per week versus Ryanair's 24!
9 destinations now: nearly a real airport!
And don't get me started about the www.cityofderryairport.com website. Look at the timetable for Alicante : "There are no flights to this airport at present" although it lists Faro! And it always takes them ages to update the site.
Anyway Ryanair have 6 destinations versus Aer Arann's 3, and will carry about 5 times as many passengers as Aer Arann but Aer Arann now operate 27 flights each way per week versus Ryanair's 24!
9 destinations now: nearly a real airport!
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I dare say we'd already know about it: NOC-FAO is already 3 x weekly from late May.
Looking at the prices on the website I'd be worried that LDY - FAO will even be repeated next year.
Lose the route with Ryanair and it'll be gone forever!
Looking at the prices on the website I'd be worried that LDY - FAO will even be repeated next year.
Lose the route with Ryanair and it'll be gone forever!
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If they take away the FAO route that would be bad news, but if they replaced it with AGP then I would have no complaints. Only time will tell once we get our hands on the PAX stats for the FAO flights this year.
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LDY-FAO
LDY-FAO looks as though it will be 3x weekly in July and August:
Novidades : Ryanair celebra grande volume de reservas nos voos da base de Faro
NOC-FAO goes up to 4x weekly.
Novidades : Ryanair celebra grande volume de reservas nos voos da base de Faro
NOC-FAO goes up to 4x weekly.
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I stand corrected
The bookings to Faro must be firm enough, well at least during July and August.
Malaga has to be a certainty, only a matter of time.
Faro from Northern Ireland attracted 128K pax in 2008 in comparison to Alicante's 97K, whereas Malaga attracted 188K!
The bookings to Faro must be firm enough, well at least during July and August.
Malaga has to be a certainty, only a matter of time.
Faro from Northern Ireland attracted 128K pax in 2008 in comparison to Alicante's 97K, whereas Malaga attracted 188K!
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LDY pax 2009
Hello,
Here's the updated chart for LDY. Obviously 2009 wasn't a particularly great year with the total number of passengers barely above the level achieved in 2006. Putting a more positive spin on it, 2009 was still the 3rd best year in LDY's history.
Ryanair actually increased their dominance at the airport by transporting over 90% of all passengers (scheduled and charter). "Other" ( = non-Ryanair and non-Dublin fell to little over 10,000 passengers.
It's not impossible that this year more passengers will use the FAO service than the DUB service, although the schedule change may rejuvenate the latter.
Here's the updated chart for LDY. Obviously 2009 wasn't a particularly great year with the total number of passengers barely above the level achieved in 2006. Putting a more positive spin on it, 2009 was still the 3rd best year in LDY's history.
Ryanair actually increased their dominance at the airport by transporting over 90% of all passengers (scheduled and charter). "Other" ( = non-Ryanair and non-Dublin fell to little over 10,000 passengers.
It's not impossible that this year more passengers will use the FAO service than the DUB service, although the schedule change may rejuvenate the latter.
Comprehensive stuff as always Anna. Much appreciated.
Amazing to see that, if it were not for the severe cuts to the STN route, LDY would nearly have held the pax levels of 2008.
The addition of Faro, Edinburgh and Manchester, plus Bourgas (and perhaps Flybe), may see 2010 return to the levels of 2008.
In the 1 in 4 chance that Derry gets 2013 City of Culture, then the airport will no doubt benefit further......here's hoping!
Amazing to see that, if it were not for the severe cuts to the STN route, LDY would nearly have held the pax levels of 2008.
The addition of Faro, Edinburgh and Manchester, plus Bourgas (and perhaps Flybe), may see 2010 return to the levels of 2008.
In the 1 in 4 chance that Derry gets 2013 City of Culture, then the airport will no doubt benefit further......here's hoping!
Amelia.......your comments ref: the Alicante timetable on the LDY website seem to have been reacted to, with an update.
God knows what's happened to the Faro timetable though. Now showing 3 a week form Derry to Faro (2 on a Sunday!), but only 1 a week from Faro to Derry! Must be difficult getting something like this right............
God knows what's happened to the Faro timetable though. Now showing 3 a week form Derry to Faro (2 on a Sunday!), but only 1 a week from Faro to Derry! Must be difficult getting something like this right............
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Anna_list's post clearly shows what a pig's ear has been made of the STN route, down from 150K to 80K pax p.a.
All the other Ryanair stuff is positive (apart from disappointingly losing the Bristol route but even that has demonstrated that there is possible demand for a smaller operator) but I do wish the Stansted route could be sorted out once and for all: Twice daily, forget Luton (which they seem to have done), no experimenting (except for a third daily flight) and a bit of commitment. It ran fine for years then when the runway extension was completed instead of lifting the self-imposed passenger cap they removed a flight and it has all gone sour since. LDY needs a twice daily London service. Are we to believe that just because other routes are now served that there is less demand for STN?
All the other Ryanair stuff is positive (apart from disappointingly losing the Bristol route but even that has demonstrated that there is possible demand for a smaller operator) but I do wish the Stansted route could be sorted out once and for all: Twice daily, forget Luton (which they seem to have done), no experimenting (except for a third daily flight) and a bit of commitment. It ran fine for years then when the runway extension was completed instead of lifting the self-imposed passenger cap they removed a flight and it has all gone sour since. LDY needs a twice daily London service. Are we to believe that just because other routes are now served that there is less demand for STN?