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Anyone know if there are any new routes in the pipeline for BFS?
EZS are taking over the Geneva route, so you would think this would make space for the 737 to another route. Any ideas?
EZS are taking over the Geneva route, so you would think this would make space for the 737 to another route. Any ideas?
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Belfast City Airport to be renamed after George Best
Just hot of the press this morning...
Belfast City Airport to be named after George Best - BBC Website
Belfast City Airport is to be renamed in honour of George Best, it has been announced.
A ceremony at the east Belfast airport is planned for 22 May, with the new signage being unveiled on what would have been his 60th birthday.
The decision to rename it George Best Airport followed meetings with his father, Dickie, and close relatives.
The Manchester United and Northern Ireland legend died last November after suffering organ failure.
Airport chief executive Brian Ambrose said: "We believe that renaming the airport after George is a fitting and permanent tribute to his footballing brilliance."
A Best family spokesman said they were delighted at the gesture.
George's father Dickie Best unveiled a plane bearing his son's image
"This is a highly visible and lasting memorial to George that we hope will please many people in Northern Ireland."
It is estimated that 2.2 million passengers use the airport each year.
Since his death, there has been a wide-ranging debate on how to commemorate Best in his home city, with proposals considered including a statue of Best outside Belfast City Hall.
Earlier this year, snooker star Alex Higgins launched a campaign to call a referendum to remove the letters "lfa" from Belfast and rename it "Best" city. He has since dropped this plan.
Last week, airline Flybe named one of its aircraft in honour of George Best.
The aircraft has a picture of him in his Manchester United strip and will fly between Belfast and Manchester.
The renaming move follows a similar decision to rename Liverpool Airport after one of the city's most famous sons, John Lennon, in 2002.
Belfast City Airport to be named after George Best - BBC Website
Belfast City Airport is to be renamed in honour of George Best, it has been announced.
A ceremony at the east Belfast airport is planned for 22 May, with the new signage being unveiled on what would have been his 60th birthday.
The decision to rename it George Best Airport followed meetings with his father, Dickie, and close relatives.
The Manchester United and Northern Ireland legend died last November after suffering organ failure.
Airport chief executive Brian Ambrose said: "We believe that renaming the airport after George is a fitting and permanent tribute to his footballing brilliance."
A Best family spokesman said they were delighted at the gesture.
George's father Dickie Best unveiled a plane bearing his son's image
"This is a highly visible and lasting memorial to George that we hope will please many people in Northern Ireland."
It is estimated that 2.2 million passengers use the airport each year.
Since his death, there has been a wide-ranging debate on how to commemorate Best in his home city, with proposals considered including a statue of Best outside Belfast City Hall.
Earlier this year, snooker star Alex Higgins launched a campaign to call a referendum to remove the letters "lfa" from Belfast and rename it "Best" city. He has since dropped this plan.
Last week, airline Flybe named one of its aircraft in honour of George Best.
The aircraft has a picture of him in his Manchester United strip and will fly between Belfast and Manchester.
The renaming move follows a similar decision to rename Liverpool Airport after one of the city's most famous sons, John Lennon, in 2002.
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Good to here that BHD will be named after George Best. I'll look forward to seeing her name on the front of the terminal when a fly out.
With Regards Easjet at BFS. Both the GVA and SXF routes will nolonger be operated by BFS based A/C or crew. They will be operated by A319s from their SXF and GVA bases. This will free up some time for BFS 737s to increase frequency on the AGP/ALC/PMI/FAO routes for the summer.
I haven't heard anything about new easyjet routes for a while. It seems that Jet2 are doing all the Expansion at BFS at the moment.
Richard
With Regards Easjet at BFS. Both the GVA and SXF routes will nolonger be operated by BFS based A/C or crew. They will be operated by A319s from their SXF and GVA bases. This will free up some time for BFS 737s to increase frequency on the AGP/ALC/PMI/FAO routes for the summer.
I haven't heard anything about new easyjet routes for a while. It seems that Jet2 are doing all the Expansion at BFS at the moment.
Richard
name airport after piss head
Lets name an airport after a piss-head 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...nd/4828114.stm
I thought Liverpool John Lennon was daft enough but this is something else!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...nd/4828114.stm
I thought Liverpool John Lennon was daft enough but this is something else!
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Originally Posted by Aeronut
Lets name an airport after a piss-head
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...nd/4828114.stm
I thought Liverpool John Lennon was daft enough but this is something else!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...nd/4828114.stm
I thought Liverpool John Lennon was daft enough but this is something else!
Scourge of Bad Airline Management!
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You can interline onwards from STN with Air Berlin thus opening up the whole network to NI
On a different note - George Best Airport? Daft - what airports are better off doing is telling people who don't know where they are, where they are. Cf, EMA becoming Nottingham East Midlands, since large chunks of Europe don't know where the East Midlands are - at least they can do a search in an atlas for Nottingham. What hope have they got with George Best Airport??
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An aircraft fair enough but an airport? Isn't there some kind of massive genetic connection between Liverpool and Belfast to encourage such similar disjointed though processes in airport naming?
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Infact they do thru check you via STN as they do with their services from Glasgow & Manchester via STN. Any flight you book (say BHD-TXL) will operate via STN and clearly states on their website too. At Belfast your baggage will be checked thru to TXL and your boarding passes issued the whole way though to TXL as well.
They are using STN in the UK as a hub airport for feeder services just like they do in Germany and in PMI. You can also of course book just domestic sectors from STN to Manchester, Glasgow & Belfast. So no they are not just a point to point airline.
I can't make their website show me any connecting services, which makes me think that they are purely point-to-point; what that means in practice is that if you take a flight to STN to catch another, and the first flight runs late enough for you to miss the second, that's your problem, not Air Berlin's.
They are using STN in the UK as a hub airport for feeder services just like they do in Germany and in PMI. You can also of course book just domestic sectors from STN to Manchester, Glasgow & Belfast. So no they are not just a point to point airline.
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AB check your baggage through to your destination and the connecting flight awaits your arrival. Excellent airline. Used them several times from Glasgow. Been delayed a couple of times on the connecting flight but they have always kept the onwards aircraft at SS awaiting our arrival.
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ok so your not happy with airports being named after local legends, everyone is entitled to their opinion but i think the name calling is stretching it a bit to far......george best deserves his acolades he achieved things you or me are never going too a bit of respect for somebody who has died wouldnt go a miss..having lost a close relative who died because of the drink i feel a lot for besties family...these people take to the drink because of underlying problems that are only kept in the head of the drinker....its an illness!! i just hope the people you care about famous or not never have to resort to these measures or they would know what kind of treatment to accept from yourself........!!
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Originally Posted by Rampmole
ok so your not happy with airports being named after local legends, everyone is entitled to their opinion but i think the name calling is stretching it a bit to far......george best deserves his acolades he achieved things you or me are never going too a bit of respect for somebody who has died wouldnt go a miss..having lost a close relative who died because of the drink i feel a lot for besties family...these people take to the drink because of underlying problems that are only kept in the head of the drinker....its an illness!! i just hope the people you care about famous or not never have to resort to these measures or they would know what kind of treatment to accept from yourself........!!
I'm a football fan, but f*** the football. It meant nothing from the moment he first raised his hand to his wife.
Glorifying someone famous for...................err...................drinking and denying someone more worthy of a liver transplant and wife beating,
now thats foolish.
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Belfast City Airport is to be renamed George Best Airport
I think it's great anyway!
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Belfast City Airport renamed after favourite son
21 Mar 2006
Ferrovial-owned Belfast City Airport is to be renamed George Best Airport in a ceremony on 22nd May, which would have been the footballer’s 60th birthday.
In a statement the airport’s chief executive, Brian Ambrose, said: ‘In the days following George’s death the media reported a variety of possible memorials to him. We were contacted by the Best family, who indicated that in their opinion the most appropriate memorial to George was the re-naming of Belfast City Airport.
‘We believe that re-naming the airport after George is a fitting and permanent tribute to his footballing brilliance. With 2.2m passengers passing through the airport each year, this will act as a constant reminder of Belfast’s favourite son.’
Born in East Belfast, where the airport is located, Best was part of the team that helped Manchester United to League Championships in 1965 and 1967 and the European Cup in 1968, and he also won 37 caps for Northern Ireland. He died last November following a long battle with alcoholism.
Earlier this month, budget airline Flybe named one of its Q400 aircraft after him. The aircraft, which has an image of Best in his Man Utd strip next to the passenger door, operates between Belfast City and Manchester airports.
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Belfast City Airport renamed after favourite son
21 Mar 2006
Ferrovial-owned Belfast City Airport is to be renamed George Best Airport in a ceremony on 22nd May, which would have been the footballer’s 60th birthday.
In a statement the airport’s chief executive, Brian Ambrose, said: ‘In the days following George’s death the media reported a variety of possible memorials to him. We were contacted by the Best family, who indicated that in their opinion the most appropriate memorial to George was the re-naming of Belfast City Airport.
‘We believe that re-naming the airport after George is a fitting and permanent tribute to his footballing brilliance. With 2.2m passengers passing through the airport each year, this will act as a constant reminder of Belfast’s favourite son.’
Born in East Belfast, where the airport is located, Best was part of the team that helped Manchester United to League Championships in 1965 and 1967 and the European Cup in 1968, and he also won 37 caps for Northern Ireland. He died last November following a long battle with alcoholism.
Earlier this month, budget airline Flybe named one of its Q400 aircraft after him. The aircraft, which has an image of Best in his Man Utd strip next to the passenger door, operates between Belfast City and Manchester airports.
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Best inspired a whole generation...and pretty much put Northern Ireland on the map....OK giving the mrs a slap is wrong.... I pretty much bet he would have been under the influence of the grog when that happened although this still aint an excuse for that kind of behavior....i dont condone that part of his life what so ever...but i do feel this was all part of his illness.....seeing the symptoms of depression and loneliness are very hard to spot, after he was given his 2nd chance at life i personally dont feel the support shown for him after he died was there at the time he most needed it resulting in his downfall once again and eventually his death....lets remember the best that let his feet do the talking... nobody is perfect lets remember that...the people of belfast should be proud today!!
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Mate of mine works for one of the big breweries in Belfast, and apparently one of the things they're actively looking at is a FREE BAR in "Belfast George City Best Harbour" Airport.
They've done their sums and apparently the publicity it would generate would be astronomical...you heard it here first!
They've done their sums and apparently the publicity it would generate would be astronomical...you heard it here first!
Oh, the irony.
Will Liverpool Airport be opening a free shooting gallery as well?
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Much as an expansion of EZY services to PMI,AGP,FAO,ALC would be welcomed, I wouldn't hold your breath. Replacing the BFS - GVA amd SXF services with A319's based out of town will not free up any local 737's for long enough to cover the above as the block times are significantly different. There do not seem to be any plans for a sixth 737 either, this side of the summer. This would leave W patterns the only options to increase such services possibly using buses from GLA or EDI while local 737's cover the domestics 
Having said that, its all hearsay. Commercial probably havn't even thought about it yet. They may speed up a bit if the RYR 800's come to town.
Having said that, its all hearsay. Commercial probably havn't even thought about it yet. They may speed up a bit if the RYR 800's come to town.
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Arrived at BIA last Sunday to discover that Boal's Car Park office was completely shut. Furthermore, the tarmac area in front of their office was completely closed off.
Any ideas what has happened/is happening?
Any ideas what has happened/is happening?