BELFAST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - BFS (Aldergrove)
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I heard the Iron Maiden liveried Astraeus 757 is due in Belfast on wed 2nd Aigust - anyone any idea which airport - must be BFS surely due to size and weight?
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but would BHD have the loading/unloading facilities they may require? Do Iron Maiden not carry all of their equipment etc
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So what would you do to change the airport to your liking? Reduce security?Security at all UK airports is dictated by the Government / DFT / CAA. If your main gripe is the drop off zone or smoking charge and that makes BFS the worst, then what about those airports who have £5-10 airport development charge.
Most airports have some form of extra income as airline's demands to have lower fee's and the downturn reduce the income of an airport, welcome to the world of making money and with airports I would get used to it.
If you think security is over the top at BFS now, then you obviously never travelled from BFS when the police checkpoint was on the road, the antrim/dublin road was closed for access to the airport and when you got searched entering the check-in hall
Most airports have some form of extra income as airline's demands to have lower fee's and the downturn reduce the income of an airport, welcome to the world of making money and with airports I would get used to it.
If you think security is over the top at BFS now, then you obviously never travelled from BFS when the police checkpoint was on the road, the antrim/dublin road was closed for access to the airport and when you got searched entering the check-in hall
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Tnt 777f
Arrived into BFS tonight with EZY from Paris, having been web-free for the past week.
Surprised to see a TNT 777F (OO-TSA) on stand 25...assumed it was a special, but delighted to read here that we might get to keep her!
Very impressive machine in the flesh...as we used the rear exit from our flight on stand 24, I got a good look at her.
Performance off 25 ought to be impressive...IIRC the 777F has the 115lbs GE90 (rather than the 110klbs of the 77L).
Surprised to see a TNT 777F (OO-TSA) on stand 25...assumed it was a special, but delighted to read here that we might get to keep her!
Very impressive machine in the flesh...as we used the rear exit from our flight on stand 24, I got a good look at her.
Performance off 25 ought to be impressive...IIRC the 777F has the 115lbs GE90 (rather than the 110klbs of the 77L).
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Great that's all we need, I'm sure there is plenty of routes that would be successful from belfast, I mean we now have baby, easy, jet2 and aer lingus aswell as thomas cook operating to Alicante, I don't mean to sound negative but with this amount of frequency to one destination the aircrafts can't be full I'm sure a schedule flight to Cyprus turkey or Greece would be maintainable, Has anyone heard anything more about the 3 news routes someone mentioned on here a few weeks ago?
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With Goldtrail and now holidays 4 U going bust in the last few years (among a few others) who flew to Turkey, i would say now is the time for EZY to decide to fly to Turkey for Summer 2012, perfect opportunity before another holiday company looks to step in
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Though doesnt EI at BFS trade under Aer Lingus UK? thus meaning the staff are on UK contracts and not entitled to the same terms as DUB based crew. Also was there not something a while back about EI having acquired a UK operating AOC, would this not entitle them to the rights to fly to Turkey?
