BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[eastern wiseguy]

Johnny

YES

ONLY THERE FOR THE TRIAL PERIOD ( until the system is proved to work or not work)

NO.

[jonnyc]

Thanks for the info Eastern.

[GAZMO]

Can anybody shed light on the additional services to LGW today, LS (apparently now cancelled) and MON?

[BFS BHD]

Jet2 W14/15

Some routes on sale for Winter 2014/15:

• Tenerife: 2 Weekly (Tue & Fri)
  
• Lanzarote: 1-2 Weekly (Thu & Sun) (Some weeks its 1 Weekly (Sunday) or 2 Weekly on (Sat & Sun) Around Christmas)

[GAZMO]

Would love to see LPA on the jet2 schedule for next year

[BFS BHD]

LPA is on sale from GLA, LBA & MAN for W14/15 now. Still a year to W14/15 so you never no could be added in the months to come

[BFS BHD]

Sames like only 3 departures tomorrow morning for easyJet based aircraft here:

• EZY254 London Stansted 06:15
• EZY6771 Amsterdam 07:00
• EZY191 Birmingham 07:10

[GAZMO]

Quiet time of the year I assume, although all six planes out yesterday morning!
Probably the same in mid January

Wonder if EZY will increase service to STN with LGW disappearing from BHD

[GAZMO]

Cannot figure out why two EZY arrivals from LGW tomorrow morning within one hour of each other. Noticed this for the previous few weeks on a. Sunday
I thought Sunday morning was a quiet time for LON flights
Can anyone suggest reasons ?

[BFS BHD]

Full emergency at BFS tonight EZY G-EZAM had a fuel leak and ad-hocs problem.

BBC News - Emergency services called at Belfast International Airport

[BHD2BFS]

Thomson info

Just wondering what Thomsons operations at BFS consist of
Are the routes on the wiki page correct
And do they base an aircraft there year round?

[True Blue]

TOM only about mid-May to about mid-September. Their on-line timetable will tell you all you need to know.

TB

[BFS BHD]

Routes TOM does are BOJ, CFU, SSH, LPA, IBZ, ACE, AGP, MAH, PMI, REU, TFS, DLM.

BOJ starts 26th May and ends 30th September (1 Weekly)
CFU starts 23rd May and ends 10th October (1 Weekly)
SSH starts 27th May and ends 14th October (1 Weekly)
LPA starts 24th May and ends 11th October (1 Weekly)
IBZ starts 28th May and ends 1st October (1 Weekly)
ACE starts 22nd May and ends 16th October (1 Weekly)
AGP starts 25th May and ends 12th October (1 Weekly)
MAH starts 28th May and ends 1st October (1 Weekly)
PMI starts 3rd May and ends 25th October (3 Weekly)
REU starts 23rd May and ends 26th October (1 Weekly)
TFS starts 25th May and ends 12th October (1 Weekly)
DLM starts 26th May and ends 13th October (1 Weekly)

All done by a B737-800 from Sunwing. No flights in Winter.

[BHD2BFS]

Thanks for the response

[BFS BHD]

Looks like BFS-ALC is dropped for W14/15 for Jet2 as its for sale at other Jet2 bases

[GAZMO]

I know jet2 are early birds in releasing flights, so I still think there is time. Twice weekly in winter would be OK

[BFS BHD]

Will the new owners be making any announcements soon on what they have planned for BFS?

Also any rumors on new routes or airlines??

What would the chances of Qatar starting up at BFS on the B787 or A330 to go head on head with Emirates & Etihad at DUB?

[j636]

What would the chances of Qatar starting up at BFS on the B787 or A330 to go head on head with Emirates & Etihad at DUB?

Would say its only a matter or time before they go head to head from DUB before BFS.

[GAZMO]

Would love to see Quatar operating from BFS but I think if anything Canada would be first on the horizon

[Dee747]

What would the chances of Qatar starting up at BFS on the B787 or A330 to go head on head with Emirates & Etihad at DUB?

Simple - NIL.

With Qatar flying to just Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh in the whole of the British Isles. the chances of them flying to a regional airport such as Belfast are not even remote, they're non-existant. What would be the business case?

The answer to your question was actually in your question - "head on head". The only way you can do that is from the same airport, and no matter anyone's political opinions about north/south, UK/Ireland or anything remotely connected, the simple numeric and realistic facts are that Dublin Airport is a massive player with a large population living within two hours driving time, and more importantly it serves the capital of the Irish Republic.

BFS in itself is not in the same league when it comes to having the pulling power to attract many world airlines. It might rightly be important to the people in Northern Ireland, but while it competes directly with BHD for airlines and passenger numbers it can't build the critical mass necessary to generate sufficient traffic to be attractive to most airlines. In aviation terms it remains, and will remain, a regional airport. Our expectations should be based on that.