BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[carlrsymington]

GOOD ONE HUSKY

Made me laugh

[GAZMO]

Have Easyjet extended their summer service to Jersey. Running to 24th October, or has this always been the case

[GAZMO]

Notice Edinburgh BE690 19:30 Diverted to Aldergrove
is there another tech issue with Flybe aircraft?

[BFS BHD]

Nope, Diverted due to fog at Belfast City. Another Flybe on approach now to Belfast International BEE7MZ/BE414 E-175 G-FBJH.

[mart901]

The fog has been horrendous since this afternoon.

[GAZMO]

Maybe a few more?
Seems to be a few cancellations at BHD

[stab3.5up]

I think weather at both to be v bad til midday tomorrow

[GAZMO]

Looks like fog is lifting as three late arrivals coming in from SOU, EMA and GLA

[BFS Dude]

BFS has disappeared off Germanwings drop down list on their website. Looks like they aren't coming to any of Belfast Airports now.

[BHD2BFS]

Maybe they are going to correct it to BHD

[AIRPORT66]

airport66

I see Thomascook has added another couple of dates to there Orlando flights this year,the other one's must be selling well.

[GAZMO]

😀extra flights to MCO Were posted on this thread on 3rd Dec. Probably trying to keep PR on the go😄

[owenc]

Well that is good but I would prefer to see Virgin upgrading their service to include August.

There is similar demand levels in August as July. The 787 would be a better aircraft than a Heathrow based 747 with 400 seats.

[BFS BHD]

As far as i know the Virgin Atlantic flights this summer are 'Trial Flights' so won't be any more flights added this year. Could be more in 2016.

[GAZMO]

BFSBHD
Do you think there may be other destinations?

[BFS BHD]

Possibly, to early to say yet.

[AIRPORT66]

airport66

I would say Virgin will tread carefully with this one,If they do expand it they will do it when they are ready,The idea mentioned above is a good one them putting the B787 doing it would make it more sustainable over whole summer.

[adfly]

The 787's have 35 Upper Class seats though, which would be overkill for a market like BFS, I expect they would be able fill a weekly 747 over the peak summer period from mid July to the start of September if they commit to a longer season next year.

[owenc]

Weekly isn't enough. We would be able to sustain a daily service all summer if it was a 200 seater aircraft.

They could try the A330 maybe. I just think a 747 is way too much.

[adfly]

Daily seems a little ambitious to say the least, even on a 200 seat aircraft, if such a statement were true I would think BFS would be better served already! Only LGW/MAN/possibly GLA can manage that in the summer. Like the 787's the A330's have ~35 upper class seats so that would not work too well. Orlando isn't the sort of route that needs a particularly high frequency, since most packages tend to be 7/14/21 days and the market is dominated by leisure travellers. As a result a 747 with lots of economy/premium economy seats is a good match for the route.