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Old 7th Dec 2015, 10:35
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Athens would be good but more than likely Corfu, Rhodes or Heraklion.

Could they not of give Lanzarote a go for Summer? People have been waiting for them to put it on sale.
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So all these rumours are going to manifest in what EZY are going to do with a plane sitting around for a couple of hours per week. Is that where we are here in Belfast!!!
I think EZY could and should deploy an extra aircraft to tidy up their summer program- their current domestic schedule would work well all year.
Have Rome / Prague gone for next summer with relation to LS? (city breaks don't need to be put on early I suppose!!)
It is getting windy out there, if I was flying from Dublin in the near future I would be getting nervous, will this catch on and put people off using Dublin?
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Old 7th Dec 2015, 11:28
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cannot see that many people being put off by a little gale from time to time!!


Anyone know why KEF cancelled today? Maybe the wind is blowing in the wrong direction in KEF
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Old 7th Dec 2015, 11:50
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Keflavik has two perpendicular, and rather long runways. Wind would rarely close the place.

However, their TAF suggests gusts of 60-70KT and heavy snow from later this afternoon. Maybe EasyJet didn't fancy trying to get in in those conditions. Full on blizzard.
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Old 7th Dec 2015, 13:52
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Shame to see Easyjet not doing Lanzarote for the summer, it was always a good route for Aer Lingus before they moved to BHD.
I meet plenty of people not only who have used the new EZY service but also
routed via MAN/LGW to/from ACE as no flights possible (or crazy fares) so certain there is unfilled demand.
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Old 7th Dec 2015, 14:29
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Notice EZY putting flight on tomorrow to KEF hopefully blizzards will have subsided by then
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Old 7th Dec 2015, 21:49
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I would prefer to see an operator with several flights a day, rather than some route with 1 or 2 departures a week.
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Old 8th Dec 2015, 06:33
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From IOM source possible BFS to IOM route with EZY?

EasyJet: We want to improve punctuality - Isle of Man Today
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Old 8th Dec 2015, 07:19
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Belfast IOM has historically been a busy and popular route. It's also a very short sector that could be fitted into with minimal time demand on an ac, and if IOM BRS worked for easyJet, no reason Belfast wouldn't, though best case scenario if at all is summer seasonal, just like Jersey...
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Old 8th Dec 2015, 07:30
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.. has two perpendicular, and rather long runways. Wind would rarely close the place.

However, their TAF suggests gusts of 60-70KT and heavy snow from later this afternoon.
The problems arise as soon as runways become contaminated - the crosswind limit for most aircraft reduces dramatically. It obviously depends on the aircraft type and contaminant involved but crosswind limit reductions of 50%+ are by no means unusual so with a forecast of 60-70kts it only takes a difference of 20 degrees between runway heading and wind direction to get a crosswind in excess of 20kts.
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Old 9th Dec 2015, 11:30
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If Easyjet are announcing new routes should they not hurry and put them on sale before it gets to close to Christmas? Leaving it very late.
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Old 9th Dec 2015, 12:46
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I believe EZY will have the full summer 16 schedule finalised this week, possibly by tomorrow
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Old 9th Dec 2015, 15:57
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Cheers GAZMO.

Passenger stats increased by 17.64% for November.
Passenger growth to continue | Belfast International...

Our growth momentum should see us hit 4.6 million passengers next year.
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Old 9th Dec 2015, 16:03
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Very good increase in pax and should continue into 2016
Wonder what can be read into "if projects come to fruition"....... Interesting!!
Maybe more rumours to come on this thread? Maybe new WIZZ route?

Thought it might be more than 4.6 million next year. By time end of December comes I thought the figure would be about 4.4 million (currently 4.3 million for last 12 rolling months)
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Old 10th Dec 2015, 14:19
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From Irish Independent Business section:

#Ryanair aiming to open a base in Belfast next year, boss Michael O'Leary tells Dublin Chamber of Commerce lunch


Doesn't clear up which one.
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Old 10th Dec 2015, 15:00
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Is there room at BHD to base any more aircraft? Are there not two Flybe Dash 8s already have to be parked on the old apron at night during the summer?
Surely if its a base it will be BFS?
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Old 10th Dec 2015, 16:52
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EasyJet Autumn 2016

Some changes (From a week in October 2016.):

Amsterdam: 2 flights now on Thursdays.
Lanzarote: On sale, 1 weekly on a Saturday, though the summer too. On the A319!
Malaga: 2 daily on Saturday from Saturday 10th September?

Could be other changes there but thats all I see.
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Old 10th Dec 2015, 17:11
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Jamie DeLargy mentioned FR coming back on the UTV news, he said it will more than likely be BFS

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Old 10th Dec 2015, 17:27
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Can understand upping the frequency on AMS, as numbers are doing well on this route and keeping ACE but second Saturday flight to AGP when the summer season is easing off?
Anyone know what is replacing the midweek ACE slot?
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Old 10th Dec 2015, 18:38
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@ILS25: Jamie DeLargy mentioned FR coming back on the UTV news, he said it will more than likely be BFS
Julian O'Neill (BBC NI Business Correspondent) is also talking about Ryanair today on Twitter:
Prior to whatever O'Leary has said at lunch to Dublin chamber, speculation has been of 5-6 Ryanair routes from Belfast next year.
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