BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[BFS BHD]

but good luck to Citywings when they start.

Start at BFS?

[stab3.5up]

Yes transatlantic flights from bfs. Well no one else seems interested in bfs anymore

[carsonEGAD]

From another forum I hear it is EI, although how accurate the rumour is I do not know.

[EI-A330-300]

EI have set out there Long Haul plans so it won't be them.

Where is to to anyway?

[EI-BUD]

Could Westjet do BHD- St. John - Toronto on 737-7?
Coming east would be fine, but the distance outbound nonstop probably a stretch, Brian Ambrose said in a recent interview in hospitality mag that new routes were on the agenda for this year including North America ... Would wonder, maybe trying to shake the trees opposite the rivals!

[Una Due Tfc]

If Westjet can do YYT-DUB then there's no reason they couldn't do BFS. They sold all the DUB seats in 4 hours apparently! There was speculation on the Cork forum a while back that a service would be launched there

[eastern wiseguy]

Dublin declared distances


RWY Designator TORA
TODA
ASDA
LDA


10.
2637 M TORA
2850 M TODA
2728 M ASDA
2637 M LDA

28
2637 M TORA
2850 M TODA
2693 M ASDA
2637 M LDA

16
2072 M AS ABOVE
2255 M
2072 M
2072 M

34
2072 M AS ABOVE
2133 M
2072 M
2072 M


EGAC/BHD

04.
1829. AS ABOVE
2029
1829
1737



22.
1767 AS ABOVE
1917
1767
1767


There is a considerable difference between the runway dimensions at DUB and BHD. Could anyone QUALIFIED be able to say if a WESTJET operation could depart westbound on a summer day with a full load without a tech stop?

[BHD2BFS]

I very much doubt they would launch flights from BHD
I also doubt they will appear in BFS very soon either ( I hope I'm wrong)
But why launch a route from DUB who now has several carriers to Canada rather than BFS who has no one and keep blabbering on that a Canadian route is viable especially when it's only a 737-700
Again I feel another missed opportunity by BFS

[Una Due Tfc]

A B752 can get to EWR out of BFS, didn't there used to be direct links to YYZ? If a 752 can do a longer leg without restrictions, a 737-700 to YYT would be no problem!

Ahhh you are in the wrong forum Eastern. This is BFS/EGAA. BHD/EGAC is another forum

[eastern wiseguy]

Una

Two points

First

The runway at BFS runway 25 is 2780 TORA with a TODA of 3179 considerably longer than anything at BHD . That accounts for the direct EWR

Second

My query was in response to the suggestion that WESTJET could run a service from BHD DIRECT to Canada. That suggestion was made on THIS thread by EI-BUD.

[Una Due Tfc]

Ah, my mistake, I misread EI-BUD's post, made the assumption he was talking about BFS (what is it they say about assumption again....)

Yeah I know EGAA has EWR, I thought that's what we were talking about. Getting back in my box

[EI-BUD]

But why launch a route from DUB who now has several carriers to Canada rather than BFS

This is a good question, I guess it is a good way to test the Atlantic route, a new type of operation and given the presence of AirCanada, being a full service carrier and AerLingus in the similar space for long haul , competing with these will allow WestJet to see in quite a measurable way how their model performs in what could be described as a crowded market place. This clearly is a test bed for them. I'd say they will assess the overall success if the venture and decide if this adds up, given all he costs that they might not always be used to such as staff overnighting. The impacts on peripheral things such as ancillary revenue, on board sales etc. in my view Dublin is a good market to try this in given proximity to North America.

I think that it is conceivable that BFS would be looked at if the assessment of such an operation proves fruitful ex DUB...

With DY doing long haul and Westjet testing the crossing of the pond, who knows perhaps a new breed of airline like Westjet may seek out opportunities on this island as it is reachable by 737!!! Let's hope as it's size may prove effective .

[owenc]

No its not a strech lol!

Its 2,000 miles to St Johns of course you could fly there direct.

Thompson fly further routes... I don't think people realise how close Canada is.

[canberra97]

owenc

I find it amazing how many people insist on adding a a P to THOMSON

It is a very recognisable brand name and yet it is regularly misspelt by amongst others aviation enthusiasts as well as journalists it has always been THOMSON.

Stansted is another one as it is often misspelt as STANSTEAD.

[BCALBOY]

And Qantas.....Quantas!

[carsonEGAD]

Add Qatar to that list..."Quatar"

[stab3.5up]

Are we wandering off thread here

[Hangar6]

Thread

Know wear not !

[owenc]

What has this actually got to do with new routes?

[ILS25]

There are no new routes. Thread is dead.