BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[mart901]

I've heard good things about Madrid. The route was talked about as a possible Iberia Express from BHD as a sort of next step for IAG.

[GAZMO]

anyone know why BA flight diverted to BFS this afternoon?

[cuthere]

GAZMO. A cursory glance at the BHD thread would answer your question.

[GAZMO]

I long way off but still nice to see


"Local travellers can now fly direct to exotic Barbados which has been added to the growing list of long haul destinations available from Belfast International Airport. P&O Cruises have announced a 14 night Fly cruise to Barbados on 3rd February 2018 on board the beautiful new ship Britannia"


http://www.belfastairport.com/blog-n...ul-destination

[BFS BHD]

Jet2 - Summer 2017

From Timetable:

Alicante - 6 weekly
Dubrovnik - 1 weekly
Faro - Up from 4 to 5 weekly
Fuerteventura - 1 weekly
*NEW ROUTE* Girona - 2 Weekly
Gran Canaria - Up from 1 to 2 Weekly
Ibiza - 3 weekly
Lanzarote - 2 weekly
Palma - Daily
Malaga - 3 Weekly
Mahon - Up from 1 to 2 weekly
Reus - Up from 3 to 4 weekly
Tenerife - 2 weekly
Zante - 1 Weekly


Some routes not bookable yet.

Girona looks to be replacing Murcia.

Alicante 6 weekly with Tuesday service being operated by Alicante B738 based aircraft.

[owenc]

Originally Posted by GAZMO

I long way off but still nice to see


"Local travellers can now fly direct to exotic Barbados which has been added to the growing list of long haul destinations available from Belfast International Airport. P&O Cruises have announced a 14 night Fly cruise to Barbados on 3rd February 2018 on board the beautiful new ship Britannia"


Barbados latest long haul destination | Belfast Inte...

Well that's a bit far fetched. One flight a year isn't exactly reliable.

[SecondDog]

Originally Posted by owenc

Well that's a bit far fetched. One flight a year isn't exactly reliable.

Given how hard it would be to sustain a package holiday trade to the Carribbean from N.I. I think the odd cruise deal or the one offs to Varadero is about as good as that avenue will get unless economy really starts to fly. Still good news for the cruisers who currently have to fly via Uk mainland.

[GAZMO]

EZY lights now on sale for winter 16/17


looks like No change No new routes even Lyon survived!!

[GAZMO]

Again double digit growth at BFS for March


Airport sees strong first quarter passenger growth |...

[BFS BHD]

Thomson Airways

Are Thomson planning on operating flights in W16/17? Could be a error but you are able to select dates from 14th December 2016 to 4th January 2017. But no holidays etc are appearing. Most likely a error.

[AIRPORT66]

Maybe Thomson are going back to taking seating allocation on Thomascook flights to the canaries in the winter again.

[El Bunto]

Another Il-76 in today, seems to be a Thursday habit! By some miracle it made it onto the airport Twitter feed, in between the usual guff about duty free and car parking

https://mobile.twitter.com/BelfastAi...79306863374336

No useful info about when it might be leaving, though.

Actually, that's not just a '76TD since it has the big fat PS-90 engines... '76TD-90A?

[mart901]

Yes GAZMO disappointing lack of new routes from EZY but who knows what they may yet pull out of the bag. My gut reaction to FR's route launches was EZY would hold firm, not launch anything and maintain high frequency on LGW, and that's 6 daily this winter including later Sat PM flights to LGW which should please TRUEBLUE.

[GAZMO]

Yes will probably be delightful for all London football fans to be able to do a return trip to support their team

Wonder if Jet2 will add any more? Still two slots available on Tuesdays. Is Pisa not going to return? Congrats to jet2 anyway, 37 weekly flights this summer 41 at moment for next year

[mart901]

Girona does appeal!

[True Blue]

"including later Sat PM flights to LGW which should please TRUEBLUE."

Why would this please me since it is later flights ex London that are needed? Maybe you could explain what I am obviously missing.

[mart901]

Originally Posted by True Blue

"including later Sat PM flights to LGW which should please TRUEBLUE."

Why would this please me since it is later flights ex London that are needed? Maybe you could explain what I am obviously missing.

Sorry TB its later ex LGW I meant!

[True Blue]

The last flights out of London are about 6.00 pm, useless for football. Having used Fr last weekend and next weekend at times Ezy do not provide a flight, Fr was/is full. For me, there is demand that ezy, for whatever reason, has decided not to cater for. Sad, as I am a very frequent user of Ezy and I still think they are a better outfit than Fr. But Fr are catching up quickly, look at announcements this week.

[GAZMO]

Just checked the Saturday night flights from LGW. Initially I thought extra flight late back on Saturdays but this is only on the Saturday before Christmas.
Apology to any football supporter

[mart901]

That's so random, that's the Saturday I checked !