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See, this was a problem as long as Fraport owned HHN. Fraport, as a publically traded company HAS to make a profit and can't receive subsidies. On the other hand, if the airport is being owned BY the state government, it is not a private company anymore.
I don't agree with subsidizing MOL, and I hope that under new ownership the airport will be looking for additional customers, so that theywouldn't be blackmailable by MOL anymore.
I don't agree with subsidizing MOL, and I hope that under new ownership the airport will be looking for additional customers, so that theywouldn't be blackmailable by MOL anymore.
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Report: Ryanair considers Niagara Falls-Dublin flights - Flights: Airfare, flight tracker, delays, miles tracker & airport news - Today in the Sky - USATODAY.com
Niagara Falls may become one of the first North American destinations for European discount giant Ryanair, according to a report in The Buffalo News. The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been discussing the possibility of charter flights between Dublin and Niagara Falls International, the paper says. "The really encouraging thing is that they sought us out and wanted to talk," NFTA Chairman Gregory Stamm tells the News. "We've got our fingers crossed because they are a big player over there and landing them would open a lot of doors for us."
The report comes as Ryanair has talked publicly over the past year or so about the possibility of setting up a stand-alone trans-Atlantic carrier that would fly to "secondary" U.S. airports like Providence (for Boston), Long Island MacArthur (for New York) or Oakland (for San Francisco).
As for the Niagara Falls International Airport, it is not to be confused with the Buffalo Niagara International Airport that's just 20 miles away. The Niagara Falls airport currently has only one regularly scheduled carrier -- South Carolina-based public charter company Direct Air. But the airport is in the midst of building a $30 million passenger terminal and is seeking to add airlines that would draw fliers not only from Buffalo and western New York, but from Canada as well. Buffalo's airport, for example, already pulls a substantial percentage of its customers from across the border, where downtown Toronto is just about a 110-mile drive.
A previous charter operator had planned Dublin-Niagara Falls flights in 2007, but that apparently fell through when that company was unable to secure aircraft for the flights, according to the News. As for the newest proposal, the NFTA's Stamm tells the News: "There's no question there's a market on both ends for these charters. It's more a matter of how this would fit into Ryanair's expansion plans."
Its Dublin - New York...........only thing is, is New York is actually 395 miles thataway!!!
Niagara Falls may become one of the first North American destinations for European discount giant Ryanair, according to a report in The Buffalo News. The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been discussing the possibility of charter flights between Dublin and Niagara Falls International, the paper says. "The really encouraging thing is that they sought us out and wanted to talk," NFTA Chairman Gregory Stamm tells the News. "We've got our fingers crossed because they are a big player over there and landing them would open a lot of doors for us."
The report comes as Ryanair has talked publicly over the past year or so about the possibility of setting up a stand-alone trans-Atlantic carrier that would fly to "secondary" U.S. airports like Providence (for Boston), Long Island MacArthur (for New York) or Oakland (for San Francisco).
As for the Niagara Falls International Airport, it is not to be confused with the Buffalo Niagara International Airport that's just 20 miles away. The Niagara Falls airport currently has only one regularly scheduled carrier -- South Carolina-based public charter company Direct Air. But the airport is in the midst of building a $30 million passenger terminal and is seeking to add airlines that would draw fliers not only from Buffalo and western New York, but from Canada as well. Buffalo's airport, for example, already pulls a substantial percentage of its customers from across the border, where downtown Toronto is just about a 110-mile drive.
A previous charter operator had planned Dublin-Niagara Falls flights in 2007, but that apparently fell through when that company was unable to secure aircraft for the flights, according to the News. As for the newest proposal, the NFTA's Stamm tells the News: "There's no question there's a market on both ends for these charters. It's more a matter of how this would fit into Ryanair's expansion plans."
Its Dublin - New York...........only thing is, is New York is actually 395 miles thataway!!!
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Bhx-mrs
The website is a nightmare at the moment.
BHX-MRS which was dropped at the end of October and not part of
the summer release was showing bookable this lunchtime but a BHX
based aircraft this time on Thursday & Sunday evenings.
Looked earlier this evening and Marseille from BHX was not in the
booking engine at all.
On a positive note BHX-GDN in April is back bookable twice a week
and NYO three times (it was showing just weekly!!!!!)
Pete
BHX-MRS which was dropped at the end of October and not part of
the summer release was showing bookable this lunchtime but a BHX
based aircraft this time on Thursday & Sunday evenings.
Looked earlier this evening and Marseille from BHX was not in the
booking engine at all.
On a positive note BHX-GDN in April is back bookable twice a week
and NYO three times (it was showing just weekly!!!!!)
Pete
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No. 2 A/C start dates 30th/31st March. Announced by friday.
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Is there stand congestion in EDI? well - it will have to be contact stands to allow for 25 min turn arounds.
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I didn't do an exact count, but Ryanair are already receiving 8 new aircraft from Boeing during the last week of March. So another 2 again now?
Is that normal to receive 10 new aircraft the same day?
Maybe the the EDI aircraft will come sometime during the summer, but they just have the slots provisionally booked for the entire summer season. (Starting end March)...
Is that normal to receive 10 new aircraft the same day?
Maybe the the EDI aircraft will come sometime during the summer, but they just have the slots provisionally booked for the entire summer season. (Starting end March)...
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This continued expansion at EDI has clear implications for PIK. Since PIK will have five based aircraft for this summer, how many will EDI have by peak summer?
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FR press release states 4 aircraft at EDI. The only new route that will directly compete with a PIK service is CIA. The NRN increase may have an impact as well though
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It's not the head to head on the routes that will impact PIK it's the simple fact that people will have another load of Euro destinations from Ryanair available from Scotland. A lot of folk fly because it is dirt cheap pure and simple. We shall see.
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Fr @ Bhx
We're crying out for some of these routes at BHX particularly CIA and SVQ - after the initial new base fanfare last year no new based a/c or routes this summer, maybe BHX is one of the rumoured underperforming UK bases........why BHX acnnot sustain something a bit different than Malaga, Alicante and not Berlin, Madrid, Rome and so on etc is beyond me
GayFriendly - could the existence of routes to Berlin and Rome from East Midlands have anything to do with it ?
AFAIK, regarding city breaks, FR already fly from BHX to
Bologna, Bratislava, Dublin, Gdansk, Krakow, Oporto, Oslo, Pisa, Prague, Stockholm, Trieste
AFAIK, regarding city breaks, FR already fly from BHX to
Bologna, Bratislava, Dublin, Gdansk, Krakow, Oporto, Oslo, Pisa, Prague, Stockholm, Trieste