BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[Una Due Tfc]

I thought Eirtech only did painting? They have a hangar in DUB aswell

[El Bunto]

Eirtech do a bunch of engineering too, avionics and structural.

Dublin hangar makes sense re: WestJet. And now the route has proven to have legs, so even when the contract ends the passenger flights will probably keep running.

/me looks longingly at the Scandy 737s that pass empty over Belfast to and from Shannon...

[j636]

Not quiet Venice but Jet2 will fly weekly to Verona between May-September.

[owenc]

Good a new route.

[GAZMO]

EI diversion in from Kerry.......long way to divert

[BFS BHD]

The aircraft was doing KIR-DUB, was unable to land at DUB and diverted to BFS.

BHD has had fire Stobart/EIR in and a flybe from DUB on its way up.

[EGAC is Better]

Norwegian in the hold at Dublin after a missed approach, just stated intention of one more approach then to Belfast. If this keeps up, it may get even busier at BFS and BHD!

[owenc]

3 hours from Oslo!!

[BFS BHD]

Norwegian B737-800 now on finals. Not sure why he came up to BFS! Its as bad as DUB!

Would love Norwegian in more.

[EGAC is Better]

BFS BHD,

I'd imagine its likely to do with runway headings. The extra 30 odd degrees toward the wind probably put him within crosswind limits at BFS when he was marginal at DUB.

[BFS BHD]

Ahh thanks

[EGAC is Better]

BFS BHD Ahh thanks

Your welcome!

[BFS BHD]

Stats December 2015

Passengers This Month: 274778 -3.5
Passengers Rolling Year: 4031700 +0.2

Domestic:
Airport..........2014......2013.....%

Gatwick.........33,609....31,917...+5
Stansted........25,094....25,917...-3
Luton............18945......18158...+3
Birmingham...14,493....15,481...-6
Bristol...........19,996....18,821...+6
Edinburgh......20,543....20,374...+1
Glasgow........20,676....20,734...0
Liverpool.......34,915....34,103...+2
Manchester...18,937....17,897...+6
Newcastle.....16,565....16460....+1

International:
Airport..........2014......2013.....%
Salzburg........426.......396......+8
Rovaniemi.....1256......1230.....+2
Paris.............6021......6158.....-4
Toulouse........252.......0........0
Malta............1228......1742.....-30
Amsterdam....6664......7637.....-13
Faro..............2686......2663.....+1
Alicante.........2569......4802.....-47
Barcelona.......783.......2336.....-66
Malaga...........3887......4317.....-10
Lanzarote.......3347......4474.....-25
Las Palmas.....642.......0........0
Tenerife.........7273......7546.....-4
Keflavik..........660.......0........0
Reykjavik........768.......0........0
Geneva...........3166......3351.....-6
Plovdiv...........126.......152......-17
Krakow...........2825......3947.....-28
New York........5146......5927.....-13

[BFS BHD]

I see easyJet has a flight to Verona tomorrow, who are they doing it for?

[AIRPORT66]

airport66

Its a school skiing charter flight.

[BFS BHD]

Thanks AIRPORT66, is it just the one off flight?

[EI-BUD]

Iceland new route

Interesting to see that the CAA prov stats show that;

Keflavik .... 660
Reykjavik... 768
Total ...1428

All numbers were classified as scheduled, so this is all related to the easyJet route which operates to Keflavik and not Reykjavik, highly unlikely that any of the flights did in fact operate to Reykjavik (mainly domestic airport, but can handle this size of ac). Clearly the classification is a mistake.

Nonetheless, purely referring to passenger numbers, a strong performance for easyJet's first month. 12 flights (6 return) with an average of 119 per flight, or 76% loads.

[El Bunto]

All numbers were classified as scheduled, so this is all related to the easyJet route which operates to Keflavik and not Reykjavik

The ones marked with an asterisk are those which were listed on the departure board as REYKJAVIK, for whatever reason:

EZY6747 / 48

2014-12-12
2014-12-15
2014-12-19
2014-12-22*
2014-12-26*
2014-12-29*


Easyjet can't seem to make up their mind, for January they've used both airport names as well:

2015-01-02*
2015-01-05*
2015-01-09
2015-01-12
2015-01-16

[BFS BHD]

Aer Lingus A320 EI-DEN just landed at BFS with the Ulster Rugby Team who where in France.

Guess they wont be back anytime soon now BFS is taking them to court for £20million for leaving half way though their contract.

[Husky One]

They won't be needed to take Ulster anywhere far next season given their current form. Next year's fixtures can be accommodated by Translink