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Sharm El Sheikh flight is being replaced by a extra Tenerife flight on a Wednesday.
Departure - 13:55-18:25
Arrival - 19:25-23:45
Tenerife now operates Wednesday and Sunday.
Merry Christmas!
Departure - 13:55-18:25
Arrival - 19:25-23:45
Tenerife now operates Wednesday and Sunday.
Merry Christmas!
Hope you are all off work and full as a poe!
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Not sure that BFS have fallen out with Arlene or Peter its just that so many of our so called 'leaders' take such a parochial out look on life and take what they can to reinforce their own power base and secure their vote for the next election. Any sensible person knows the air ambulance should be based at BFS, but as politicians rarely fall into that category and as they will make the decision, I believe Fermanagh will get an air ambulance next year. Unless of course, post the election, Martin is First Minister and the Health portfolio is held by someone else.
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easyJet November performance ex BFS
EasyJet had a very successful month in November ex BFS in terms of passenger numbers in line with increases in capacity. Some standout performances.
- EasyJet’s overall share of the overall Belfast London market reached 54% giving them a majority. This compares to 48% for the same month last year.
Gatwick, Luton and Stansted grew by 22%, 36% and 14% respectively. - For the first time they carried the majority of passengers on the Belfast to Birmingham and Manchester routes, with 50.23% and 53.47% market shares respectively. These compare with 41.14% and 42.94% same month last year.
- Newcastle saw very significant growth (22% or an extra almost 4k pax in the month v LY). The Flybe service ex BHD carried 1504 pax in the month at a 40% decline, this compares to 20.5K pax per month for easyJet. The easyJet growth would appear to be presenting a challenge to Flybe service.
- All other domestic routes performed well with growth over same month last year.
- Total easyJet numbers on non domestics did well up on last year, though hard to put a number on it as the new Lanzarote route is shared with Jet2. Despite the new KLM BHD route to Amsterdam, easyJet saw excellent growth on their Amsterdam route....
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Good on easyJet, as a regular user I notice quite a lot of what I'd call predatory pricing, I've done BHX for £41-£43 return quite a few times on packed out aircraft. What I've also noticed over the years is BE tend to claw it back further along, currently they seem to be putting a lot of their BHD eggs into the Scottish basket, increasing all routes at the expense of others such as BHX frequency. BE have remained static pricing wise, to their detriment I feel.
All I can say is if FR come onto the domestic scene in any major way we will see more growth in pax and decline in fares.
All I can say is if FR come onto the domestic scene in any major way we will see more growth in pax and decline in fares.
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Any sensible person knows the air ambulance should be based at BFS
Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry currently have the lowest patient survival rates because of distance and less-accessible routes ( as a result of lower population density and more rural distribution ). Therefore, basing an air ambulance at St Angelo would make sense since it reduces the outbound empty-leg time to the point of patient stabilisation and transfer.
For the eastern counties, conventional road-bound triage and stabilisation is much faster on-scene and the air ambulance would primarily be for the transfer process.
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It's not quite as 'obvious' as that. Basing in Belfast seems geographically logical but because of the skewed population distribution in NI it would actually amplify current disparities.
Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry currently have the lowest patient survival rates because of distance and less-accessible routes ( as a result of lower population density and more rural distribution ). Therefore, basing an air ambulance at St Angelo would make sense since it reduces the outbound empty-leg time to the point of patient stabilisation and transfer.
For the eastern counties, conventional road-bound triage and stabilisation is much faster on-scene and the air ambulance would primarily be for the transfer process.
Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry currently have the lowest patient survival rates because of distance and less-accessible routes ( as a result of lower population density and more rural distribution ). Therefore, basing an air ambulance at St Angelo would make sense since it reduces the outbound empty-leg time to the point of patient stabilisation and transfer.
For the eastern counties, conventional road-bound triage and stabilisation is much faster on-scene and the air ambulance would primarily be for the transfer process.
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I have heard the same as a few here from some who work there, so take with a pinch of salt... Until the first A/C lands it might never happen.. as we found out before with Iceland a few years back if I remember.
Coming to BFS, End of March 2016, Plan of 4/5 based A/C however not known if this will start off with 1 A/C or even using a W pattern with another stations A/C.. Announcement due shortly after New Year
I am just wondering (not trying to start a mega debate, so don't jump) will they continue operating from LDY if the above happens?
Coming to BFS, End of March 2016, Plan of 4/5 based A/C however not known if this will start off with 1 A/C or even using a W pattern with another stations A/C.. Announcement due shortly after New Year
I am just wondering (not trying to start a mega debate, so don't jump) will they continue operating from LDY if the above happens?
Who knows? They operated successfully out of BHD back in the day, and at the same time LDY's numbers increased.
I've always said that FR hold LDY to ransom (runway extension etc), whilst delivering little. I'd prefer EI-Regional or BE to serve the likes of LPL, BHX, GLA etc and FR to do the bucket and spade routes.
That would leave FR to run merry riot at BFS. I flew BFS to BRS on Sunday evening (the 16.30 departure - arriving to the airport at 15.10 to see a BRS departure at 15.30 gave me a fright!), and was pleased to see how busy it was. However, security was shocking. I got through at about 15.45. No laptop. No toiletries (I buy those airside), and there were quite a few elderly people visibly panicking about missing their STN flight.
Now, I appreciate the place was busy because of Christmas, but surely this wasn't a surprise for the airport. Furthermore, only three of the available x-ray machines were operational. Pathetic.
Once airside, all was well......until the panicked "last call" announcements for a plane that had not even landed.
All-in-all any sudden expansion by FR at either airport would utterly bugger them at peak times. I know. LDY is not busy. Put two FR flights through it within 30 mins to an hour, and it is carnage.
FR, whether they end up at BHD or BFS, will be a double-edged sword.
I've always said that FR hold LDY to ransom (runway extension etc), whilst delivering little. I'd prefer EI-Regional or BE to serve the likes of LPL, BHX, GLA etc and FR to do the bucket and spade routes.
That would leave FR to run merry riot at BFS. I flew BFS to BRS on Sunday evening (the 16.30 departure - arriving to the airport at 15.10 to see a BRS departure at 15.30 gave me a fright!), and was pleased to see how busy it was. However, security was shocking. I got through at about 15.45. No laptop. No toiletries (I buy those airside), and there were quite a few elderly people visibly panicking about missing their STN flight.
Now, I appreciate the place was busy because of Christmas, but surely this wasn't a surprise for the airport. Furthermore, only three of the available x-ray machines were operational. Pathetic.
Once airside, all was well......until the panicked "last call" announcements for a plane that had not even landed.
All-in-all any sudden expansion by FR at either airport would utterly bugger them at peak times. I know. LDY is not busy. Put two FR flights through it within 30 mins to an hour, and it is carnage.
FR, whether they end up at BHD or BFS, will be a double-edged sword.