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Originally Posted by Euroboy39
If EZ opened a base at MAN, it is still under contract to retain its services from Liverpool until some year in the future (2017??), so it would probably open more niche routes from MAN than it would be able to from the smaller catchment area of LVL.
From MAN EZ would be more likely to open routes such as Riga, Ljubljana, Tallinn, Dortmund, Istanbul, Bilbao, Split etc, which do not have the same competition, either from existing MAN carriers, or to it LVL services.
Even if EZ did open routes from MAN to Prague, Alicante, Paris, Palma, Nice etc, I'm sure they would have the economies of scale and marketing advantages to compete profitably against the likes of Jet2, BMIBaby, BAConnect and Monarch...
Much as I love LVL, I think EZ would give a better range of destinations with greater frequency, if it focused on MAN instead of LVL! (+ Ryanair poses less of a threat at MAN)
From MAN EZ would be more likely to open routes such as Riga, Ljubljana, Tallinn, Dortmund, Istanbul, Bilbao, Split etc, which do not have the same competition, either from existing MAN carriers, or to it LVL services.
Even if EZ did open routes from MAN to Prague, Alicante, Paris, Palma, Nice etc, I'm sure they would have the economies of scale and marketing advantages to compete profitably against the likes of Jet2, BMIBaby, BAConnect and Monarch...
Much as I love LVL, I think EZ would give a better range of destinations with greater frequency, if it focused on MAN instead of LVL! (+ Ryanair poses less of a threat at MAN)
You claim to love lvl? Its lpl in fact, but you want ez to start to fly from man to destinations covered by lplexcept prg,if they can fly to some of the destinations you have mentioned why not use lpl to fly from????
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The based Globespan 737 will link Liverpool with Prague from Nov 3rd. Departs LPL at 0620, in to Prague at 0920. Leaves Prague at 0950 and back into LPL at 1115. The aircraft then operates the TFS service at 12 noon.
More good news!!!
More good news!!!
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Originally Posted by BarTT
With an 0600 departure, will the Flyglobespan not go before all the EZY's and RYR's??
But using the summer times for comaprison, easyJet just has departures to Ibiza (Tuesday) and Malaga (Saturday and Sunday) at 0600.
For information, the airport opens up for business at 0600 during the winter months after shutting to allow work on the runway to take place overnight.
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With the launch of their winter timetable, Flybe seem to have almost axed their Liverpool/Belfast City service.
Although there are two flights on a Saturday and one on a Sunday, there are now no flights available during the working week.
Although there are two flights on a Saturday and one on a Sunday, there are now no flights available during the working week.
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ESCNI
Timings arranged to watch Everton and return to Belfast. 
How this airline has run down this route is amazing (over 110,000 pax in just over 10 months in 2005) with this winter a total of three flights is useless.
Any other airline wanting to take over the route?..............
How this airline has run down this route is amazing (over 110,000 pax in just over 10 months in 2005) with this winter a total of three flights is useless.
Any other airline wanting to take over the route?..............
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....probably not. Effectively, they would be competing directly against easyJet's large aircraft.
(Yes, I know it's a different Belfast airport but they're competing for the same passengers.)
PS A total of three flights per week isn't useless if it still enables us to watch Everton.
(Yes, I know it's a different Belfast airport but they're competing for the same passengers.)
PS A total of three flights per week isn't useless if it still enables us to watch Everton.
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ESCNI
The city pair, Liverpool/Belfast, is THE biggest provincial air route in the UK.
Last year EZY carried 525,000 pax to BFS and BE carried 110,000 pax to BHD!
This makes the THREE flights per week BE are offering a very strange decison indeed.
Last year EZY carried 525,000 pax to BFS and BE carried 110,000 pax to BHD!
This makes the THREE flights per week BE are offering a very strange decison indeed.
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ESCNI I think you maybe over simplyfiying things with regard to BFS and BHD. Most if not all who fly into BHD are people who are either working in or visiting Belfast. Those who fly into BFS are not only doing that but also then travelling onto other points in Northern Ireland (not flying). Yes there is competion on both the routes but for the same pax but pax for Belfast (wanting to be in the city) itself if given the opition of the two at competitive pricing tend to want to fly from BHD.