BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL
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thanks BFS BHD, i thought i was 6 in total 5xA319 and 1xA320, wasnt sure if it were going to be 7 in total. Just trying to confirm now if they use OpenRes as their check in system.
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It's 6 aircraft, one of these changes to the a320 as far as I'm aware in June/July for a short period of time. For anyone travelling into/out of BFS keep an eye out for the new EI A319 noticed it sitting the other day
Join Date: May 2007
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EI A319
It positioned up from SNN on Wednesday and her its first flight is Sunday am. It's sitting for a few days to give engineers and crew a chance to have a look round before taking her out.
The other one is being positioned up on saturday pm. Again from SNN and also starts revenue service on Sunday am.
Hope everyone enjoys flying on them. I have the pleasure of being on ei-eps on her first trip as a shamrock. Lol
The other one is being positioned up on saturday pm. Again from SNN and also starts revenue service on Sunday am.
Hope everyone enjoys flying on them. I have the pleasure of being on ei-eps on her first trip as a shamrock. Lol
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They seem hell bent on getting rid of their own staff and contracting everything out. It may be cheaper, but no-one works for peanuts except monkeys.
Taken from their website:
" The airport itself currently employs around 200 employees who are committed to achieving the objectives of the company. "
Totally untrue, they employ nowhere near 200 employees.
Taken from their website:
" The airport itself currently employs around 200 employees who are committed to achieving the objectives of the company. "
Totally untrue, they employ nowhere near 200 employees.
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I hear from a reliable source that Abertis has made quite few people redundant recently whats going on up there?
Welcome to the world of contracting out, i blame LCC's setting a trend of demanding lower landing / parking / handling fee's.. and a bit of greed thrown in, reasonably cheap tickets at the expense of 1 or 2 jobs or more in the long run. I think the fire cover is also out for tender at BFS..
ILS25 im not so sure, it could be just a little bit under 200, once you throw in office staff / OPS / maintenance / fire service
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I was told (but don't quote me on it) that the Airport directly employs around 120 and Abertis want to halve that and contract everything out. You are correct about the porters. Another eight personnel (don't know from which department) were told they were being made redundant last week.
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I was told (but don't quote me on it) that the Airport directly employs around 120 and Abertis want to half that and contract everything out. You are correct about the porters. Another eight personnel were told they were being made redundant last week.
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It is sad, what annoys me most is that the airports managing director was moaning that Northern Ireland plc is not investing in the infrastructure leading to the airport. If the airport invested in it's own infrastructure and staff I would maybe be a bit more sympathetic.
Olympic Holidays has signed a deal with Aegean Airlines to provide flights on key routes this summer.
Among the first routes announced are Belfast to Cyprus and Rhodes
Among the first routes announced are Belfast to Cyprus and Rhodes
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BA back
The red white and blue are coming back people. It's official -
The Press Association: EC approves IAG's bmi takeover
The Press Association: EC approves IAG's bmi takeover
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From the press release
so I'd say that BA will return with their own metal into BHD. Willie Walsh was vocal about wanting to bring BA back to NI, even before the bmi deal was on the cards.
In my opinion, BA will basically replace the bmi BHD operation, perhaps with a small reduction in frequency. If they keep the EI codeshare in addition, I don't know. Hopefully very soon, we'll have flights into T5!!!
We have already announced that British Airways will re-start flights from Belfast to Heathrow
In my opinion, BA will basically replace the bmi BHD operation, perhaps with a small reduction in frequency. If they keep the EI codeshare in addition, I don't know. Hopefully very soon, we'll have flights into T5!!!