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Departed from Bfs a few days ago, it was raining. The water coming down through the canopy as you approach the entrance was serious, you would have got more water on you under the roof than if you had just stayed out in the rain. It has been like that for years.
Why has it never been fixed, it is a disgrace?
TB
Why has it never been fixed, it is a disgrace?
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Thomson Airways - Reus 2016
AlbaStar will be doing flights to Reus for Thomson Airways from 28th June 2016 to 16th August 2016.
JQ4253 REU-BFS - 12:35-14:10
JQ4254 BFS-REU - 18:50-22:30
Don't think these are the right times don't see the aircraft sitting at BFS that long!
JQ4253 REU-BFS - 12:35-14:10
JQ4254 BFS-REU - 18:50-22:30
Don't think these are the right times don't see the aircraft sitting at BFS that long!
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Just another industry group looking for public money to further their own interests. It is perfectly possibly for private industry to fund road upgrades...
Perhaps they should ask the airport management why Cargolux recently chose Prestwick, or Turkish Cargo chose Shannon, as intermediate points instead of Belfast. Address those causes and you might have dedicated freighters which lift more in one go than the entire early-morning courier fleet.
Belfast will never compete with Dublin in terms of long-haul belly freight but haven't shown much gumption in attracting dedicated freighters.
Perhaps they should ask the airport management why Cargolux recently chose Prestwick, or Turkish Cargo chose Shannon, as intermediate points instead of Belfast. Address those causes and you might have dedicated freighters which lift more in one go than the entire early-morning courier fleet.
Belfast will never compete with Dublin in terms of long-haul belly freight but haven't shown much gumption in attracting dedicated freighters.
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Jet2.com - Winter 2016/17
Tenerife and Gran Canaria both on sale for Winter 2016/17
Tenerife 1-2 weekly throughout the winter, no third flight on the last week of December/start of January like this winter.
Gran Canaria runs though November unlike this year where is stopped from October to December, no flights on Christmas week, break from 1st January to 19th February and a break from 9th April to 17th April.
No Lanzarote or Geneva yet.
Tenerife 1-2 weekly throughout the winter, no third flight on the last week of December/start of January like this winter.
Gran Canaria runs though November unlike this year where is stopped from October to December, no flights on Christmas week, break from 1st January to 19th February and a break from 9th April to 17th April.
No Lanzarote or Geneva yet.
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ACE now on sale for winter 16/17
Twice weekly although drops to weekly mid January to mid February 2017 and mid November
Twice weekly although drops to weekly mid January to mid February 2017 and mid November
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Wonder where this is all going - there was talk of EI increasing LHR, is this just a swap, or just hot air?? Hopefully the summer sun increase isn't coming on the back of LGW being cut, wonder have they even announced the cancelation of the route. Also interesting to see what EZY do, next year sitting on a capacity cut on LGW, this could be restored.
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I do not see any benefit in Easyjet splitting Lgw over 2 airports here. They hold the largest slice of slots at Lgw so can move them around to increase capacity at Bfs, I would have thought. Much harder for a new entrant to get good slots at Lgw, unless the EI times have to be handed over?Fr to place one plane at Bhd to fly three times a day to Lgw, I think they will want higher usage than that.
Hard to see who might take this up. BA could take it over, but why do that if EI is cheaper to run?
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Hard to see who might take this up. BA could take it over, but why do that if EI is cheaper to run?
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True Blue,
At the face of it easyJet would not want to split the operation. However, there is an opportunity for a new entrant to enter the Belfast London market. Ryanair have publicly expressed an interest. Hence, easyJet will tactically want to secure the new slots to keep Ryanair out.
It was clear that Aer Lingus were for adding the very successful Gatwick link when the new euro routes were announced. They are unlikely to want to get into a fruitless war like they did v Flybe previously.
I think we'll hear within weeks the future plans... From whoever is taking it. I don't see any operator interested in getting onto Dublin London Gatwick. DY FR and EZY are the only real contenders.
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At the face of it easyJet would not want to split the operation. However, there is an opportunity for a new entrant to enter the Belfast London market. Ryanair have publicly expressed an interest. Hence, easyJet will tactically want to secure the new slots to keep Ryanair out.
It was clear that Aer Lingus were for adding the very successful Gatwick link when the new euro routes were announced. They are unlikely to want to get into a fruitless war like they did v Flybe previously.
I think we'll hear within weeks the future plans... From whoever is taking it. I don't see any operator interested in getting onto Dublin London Gatwick. DY FR and EZY are the only real contenders.
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They say this move will let them concentrate on the Lhr route using larger aircraft,could this be the end of Ba on the Lhr service from Belfast.what larger aircraft are they talking about the A321.
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Ultimately BA will want to reduce rotations to as few as possible to squeeze capacity and drive yields. They are now a monopoly to Lhr for those who cannot see past that airport. I would say there will be no more that 5/6 flights a day eventually.
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So RYR left the City because the runway wasn't big enough and their 737's often couldn't carry a full load on domestic routes. What has changed to suddenly make LGW rotations viable? If they launch it from BFS you can be assured of Armageddon. It's one the few routes I can see EZY defending to the death.
I hope common sense prevails and a real airline has a go at it. I'd even prefer Flybe took it back on a q400.
I hope common sense prevails and a real airline has a go at it. I'd even prefer Flybe took it back on a q400.
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