BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL
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The odd thing is that when BA were at International they didn't take advantage of the longer operating hours.
If I remember correctly in the late 1990s the first flight out of Belfast was around 07:00 and the last arrived from Heathrow at 21:30: the same bracket that they currently use at City.
If I remember correctly in the late 1990s the first flight out of Belfast was around 07:00 and the last arrived from Heathrow at 21:30: the same bracket that they currently use at City.
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I think things have changed since the 1990s flights going out earlier, 6.10am EZY to STN and arriving later FR from LGW will be arriving at 11.15pm.
If EI had aircraft at BFS then with early departure and late arrival the plane could do four rotations in the day rather than the current three from BHD. Greater aircraft utilisation.?? However just my view
If EI had aircraft at BFS then with early departure and late arrival the plane could do four rotations in the day rather than the current three from BHD. Greater aircraft utilisation.?? However just my view
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Yes, that's why they are not hankering to get back. It doesn't benefit them. From my ex Bmi colleague I'm told the late flights were a waste of time and ran for the purposes of keeping out the competition
Besides the argument about what went on then is largely irrelevant. Cost base is immensely different now, competition is different. Fares are different etc.
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To a degree, but BA inherited the travel contract for the NICS ( and carry much of the parliamentary traffic ) in addition to the bread-and-butter integration with the long-haul departures. I don't see that they compete much for the point-to-point casual traffic covered by Easyjet / FlyBE, so their fares are fairly irrelevant.
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Just looking at flights to AGP with EZY for next two weeks from BFS
7th Mar Fully Booked
9th Mar Fully Booked
11th Mar Fully Booked
13th Mar Fully Booked
14th Mar Fully Booked
16th Mar £282
18th Mar £242
20th Mar £357
Certainly room for FR to gain pax and yields this autumn
7th Mar Fully Booked
9th Mar Fully Booked
11th Mar Fully Booked
13th Mar Fully Booked
14th Mar Fully Booked
16th Mar £282
18th Mar £242
20th Mar £357
Certainly room for FR to gain pax and yields this autumn
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That's just the run up to Easter. The loads are always low immediate prior to silly season so no surprise there. You can get a return for £75 over many dates in April as the service goes back to daily. RYR main well gain winter pax but I very much doubt there's much yield.
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A little while back, someone posted a link on here, I think to a twitter comment from Graham Keddie. In it, he said they were working on 2 projects, which if they both came off, would really boost pax numbers at Bfs. One was obviously Fr. The other, if you think of his comments, does not sound like a 2-3 times a week service. What could it be if we are not reading too much into his comments?
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I wouldn't role out Norwegian to Boston on 738, as per what was proposed for Cork. Certainly could get it off the ground faster than the Cork proposal. But I wouldn't connect London visits to this.
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