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Old 21st Dec 2010, 15:41
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In my view the chance of another Jet operator doing MAN-BFS is remote
Huge market, WW didn't break well into it.
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Old 22nd Dec 2010, 12:48
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Just seen evening flight between Stansted and Belfast cancelled, is this a Belfast based aircraft causing the issues on London flights?
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Old 22nd Dec 2010, 15:04
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Just seen evening flight between Stansted and Belfast cancelled, is this a Belfast based aircraft causing the issues on London flights?
more than likely, as i think (note the i think bit) the aircraft was to take out the BFS-BCN route, but the runway was closed on short notice from 1100-1300

delays also due to parts of the apron being unsafe for passengers, resulting in flights only getting front steps
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Old 22nd Dec 2010, 15:14
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Cheers Tiger2k8, can you tell I'm nervous ahead of my flight home tomorrow... glad to see the fog etc isn't causing to much difficultly for flights!
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"I could be wrong but I thought that the Seattle flight that diverted was the BA038 and it was a 747, The only reason I remember it at all is because it was the flight that I was going out of Heathrow on 3 weeks later."

Yes that 9/11 diversion to BFS was a 747; there used to be a photo of it on the Ulster Aviation Society website but its format has changed now..
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Old 22nd Dec 2010, 23:15
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Ryanair

RYR4283 Dublin 22:30 DEPARTED 23:41

I see a Ryanair was at BFS, could be the future at BFS
hopefully the pilot will give good feedback to mr o'leary lol
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Old 22nd Dec 2010, 23:21
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Diverted while runway was closed for de-icing at around 22:00.
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Old 23rd Dec 2010, 18:32
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Dont think the reports will be very good indeed.Servisair the handling agent for FR refused to de ice the aircraft.It was left to Menzies to do it after they had got their last flights out.Passengers sat on aircraft for nearly 4 hrs.Not a good show from a company loosing business and staff hand over fist.
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Old 23rd Dec 2010, 18:57
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Servisair, as of 1400 this afternoon only has a couple of cubes left of de-icing fluid, so their scheduled services take priority. How they have ran so low I don't know, same happened last year and before. Menzies ofcourse has to give priority to their scheduled services, they seem to have plenty of fluid always on station, about 20,000 litres of ecowing, some of which is 100% fluid, and I think the 22 cubes (22,000 litres) of killfrost is also theirs at checkpoint one
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Jet2 to Manchester???

In the latest Jet2Holidays brochure Our Destinations — Intro — Jet2holidays.com A45321 Jet2holidays Dec10 on the cities flight guide, showing the option of a Belfast citybreak departing from Manchester, flights up to daily for the winter 2011/12 season. A mistake as Leeds Bradford missing is missing??
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Old 23rd Dec 2010, 20:17
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Well it is possible that LS may take thw BFS-MAN route up, they were one of the rumored airlines to be interested in taking it up
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Anyone seen the public sledging of Ryanair on the Dublin Airport Website....
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Old 23rd Dec 2010, 21:43
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Ryanair started it by saying there was no need to close the runway for so long this morning. It's on Ryanair news. The DAA also reminded Ryanair about the aircraft skidding of the runway in PIK a year ago today. Well done to the DAA.
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Old 24th Dec 2010, 11:50
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Continental Diversion

Does anybody know where Continental diverted to this morning?

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Old 24th Dec 2010, 12:31
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Diverted to Dublin.
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CO94 diverted to Dublin with a flight control problem, not an emergency, couldn't land at BFS due the runway conditions. Arrived Dublin at 10am departed again with the pax at 12:41 arrived into BFS at 13:30.
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Old 24th Dec 2010, 18:52
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christmas!

merry christmas everyone
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Merry Christmas

Hopefully 2011 will bring better things for BFS. More sensible owners and better management would be wishful thinking.
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Merry Christmas BFS, especially to the Guys and Girls in the Tower and all the staff working outdoors in this weather!! Cheers, TR!
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Old 25th Dec 2010, 19:59
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Manchester

Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas day, just want to point out that jet2 flew to Manchester, either earlier or last night cant be too sure and are due back in tomorrow, could be a practice run?

just as BFS101 pointed out
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