BELFAST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - BFS (Aldergrove)
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HRH The Queen officially opens the £10 million refurbished and expanded terminal...
News - Belfast International Airport
Good to hear of ongoing modernisation works at BFS.
News - Belfast International Airport
Accompanied by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty also heard plans by the airport to invest a further £50 million in a range of essential facilities over the course of the next five years. The privately funded Terminal project involves a major re-configuration of "airside" and "landside" facilities.
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the amount of work they put into the airport in the last few days for her visit was crazy, she needs to visit more often..
*Windows washed
*Apron scrubbed clean, almost glistening
*Stands 16+17 out of use, classed as a "sterile area" They even removed a section of the "go-kart track"
*All of Servisair and Menzies equipment usually parked between stand 15 and 16, moved
*Potholes filled in (still many more left)
*Toilets at the top of gate 16 now part of the business lounge (may change back)
*The Welcome to Belfast sign was on, but in true BIA style... the S and T in Belfast... didnt work
and much more behind the scenes, including a search for velvet toilet roll for the toilets
As quoted by BFS101:
if they did all the recent improvements with £10m, it should be good to see what £50m will do, i hope this includes the much needed pier for stands 12-15 
, i would class that as essential and the baggage bay could do with being extended... anyone who has ever been in it during summer or the Christmas holidays will know the system cant cope
*Windows washed
*Apron scrubbed clean, almost glistening
*Stands 16+17 out of use, classed as a "sterile area" They even removed a section of the "go-kart track"
*All of Servisair and Menzies equipment usually parked between stand 15 and 16, moved
*Potholes filled in (still many more left)
*Toilets at the top of gate 16 now part of the business lounge (may change back)
*The Welcome to Belfast sign was on, but in true BIA style... the S and T in Belfast... didnt work
and much more behind the scenes, including a search for velvet toilet roll for the toilets
As quoted by BFS101:
plans by the airport to invest a further £50 million in a range of essential facilities over the course of the next five years.
, i would class that as essential and the baggage bay could do with being extended... anyone who has ever been in it during summer or the Christmas holidays will know the system cant cope
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TCX176P Manchester 19:30
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TCX176P is an A321 positioning to Manchester to operate as TCX176K to Izmir tonight....the aircraft will then operate inbound from Izmir as TCX176L to Belfast.....
There are no passengers departing from Belfast tonight....they originate in Manchester.
Next weekend TCX176P will operate from Belfast to Izmir direct
is that what you meant??
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Easyjet - 6 A319
Aer Lingus - 2 A320 during winter and 3 A320 during summer
Thomson Airways - A320 but next summer it will be a B738
Thomas Cook - A320 during winter and A321 during summer (other a/c come and do routes but not based)
Jet2 - 2 B733 summer only (one a/c MON - FRI and two on SAT - SUN)
Aer Lingus - 2 A320 during winter and 3 A320 during summer
Thomson Airways - A320 but next summer it will be a B738
Thomas Cook - A320 during winter and A321 during summer (other a/c come and do routes but not based)
Jet2 - 2 B733 summer only (one a/c MON - FRI and two on SAT - SUN)
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As FICA did not have any B737 in there fleet it will be in the Thomson livery.
Thomson will have no a/c based in BFS between November and next May.
Thomson will have no a/c based in BFS between November and next May.
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EZY will be 5 A319s in the winter
I think Jet2 was 3 during the peak of summer, will be 1 in winter.. as far as im aware this is the cargo aircraft, not sure if it will do any PAX flights, probably will though... quite a bit of maintenance is carried out at BFS now.. G-CELK had a new engine fitted last week.. the first start up was smokey and some flames (which is normal) but i bet the PAX waiting to get on an EZY flight where a bit
I think Jet2 was 3 during the peak of summer, will be 1 in winter.. as far as im aware this is the cargo aircraft, not sure if it will do any PAX flights, probably will though... quite a bit of maintenance is carried out at BFS now.. G-CELK had a new engine fitted last week.. the first start up was smokey and some flames (which is normal) but i bet the PAX waiting to get on an EZY flight where a bit
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Anybody know what the score is with replacing the Onur air/ Turkuaz flights ie the goldtrail ones? During peak season it was generally all 321's going out full (220 ppl) Surely if only a portion of these passengers are accesible it would be worth one of the BFS airlines having a go?
10 flights a week mostly 321's (odd 320 / MD) surely it's worth EZY/LS/EI having a go at Bodrum or Dalaman?
10 flights a week mostly 321's (odd 320 / MD) surely it's worth EZY/LS/EI having a go at Bodrum or Dalaman?
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surely it's worth EZY/LS/EI having a go at Bodrum or Dalaman?
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victoria73
plans by the airport to spend 50million over the next 5 years includes the cost of the runway resurfasing witch will cost 30million so not much change for much more to be done maybe the pier out to stand 15
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Yup, just heard that yesterday victoria, the best part about it is they had a quote to do it a couple of years ago for half of that. They are looking to see if its cheaper to use local contractors or to fly in their own team from spain... The 30million does not include the taxyways...
As far as I've heard, due to the cost of the resurfacing their pier is delayed for the forseeable future, if they could put up a temporary system, similar to what's at 28 and 29 that will atleast keep PAX dry and half warm
As far as I've heard, due to the cost of the resurfacing their pier is delayed for the forseeable future, if they could put up a temporary system, similar to what's at 28 and 29 that will atleast keep PAX dry and half warm
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victoria73
looking at the monarch thread they are operating flights to canada for summer2011 from bhx and gatwick using b757 pity couldnt attract them to operate the toronto route from bfs right size of aircraft for a 3 flights per week service.
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As Aer Lingus is an Irish registered company. If they were to operate flights to Turkey they could only be from the Republic of Ireland. This is because Turkey has no aviation agreement with the EU.
EUROPA - Press Releases - EU and Turkey initial civil aviation agreement
The European Union and the Turkish authorities have today initialled an aviation agreement which will remove nationality restrictions in the bilateral air services agreements between EU Member States and Turkey. This agreement will allow any EU airline to operate flights between any EU Member State and Turkey, where a bilateral agreement with Turkey exists and traffic rights are available.
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So Aer Lingus should be able to operate BFS-Turkey
It will most lightly be Jet2 who would fly between BFS - Turkey but they need more B757's to do so.
As EZY can't operate a A319 (full) to Malta and they don't seem to want to base a A320 in BFS. If they did base a A320 they could do a lot more longer range routes and there would be high demand for them.
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Aaron, i would say after 2013 before we hear anything... unless they plan to invest more, although in saying that.. they could probably build a pier with the remaining £20m, but im sure its pushed well back...
Jamie, i would normally agree with DUB getting flights first, but with the market gap in BFS at the minute on turkey flights, it could be worth it for them to run from BFS
Jamie, i would normally agree with DUB getting flights first, but with the market gap in BFS at the minute on turkey flights, it could be worth it for them to run from BFS