BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[Refuellerman]

Originally Posted by BFS BHD

BFS MD has said Malta will be the only new route for Ryanair for Winter 17/18 unless APD is sorted out in the budget, which I don't see happening!

More lies from the foreign airline 0lol😴 5 aircraft my a##e

[EI-BUD]

More lies from the foreign airline 0lol😴 5 aircraft my a##e

Sad to see this thread going into the mud, not being a fan of FR but to refer to them as 'foreign' is in the true spirit of anti - Irish rhetoric only seen in Northern Ireland. The folk on these pages usually refrain from this kind of remark and each person shares their knowledge, perspective and experience.

Disappointing.

On a separate note really great to see LGW BFS gaining the top spot in terms of traffic, quite an achievement.

EI-BUD

[PPRuNeUser0176]

Sad to see this thread going into the mud, not being a fan of FR but to refer to them as 'foreign' is in the true spirit of anti - Irish rhetoric only seen in Northern Ireland. The folk on these pages usually refrain from this kind of remark and each person shares their knowledge, perspective and experience.

Disappointing.

There are plenty of people who wouldn't fly EI/FR because they are "Irish" carriers.

More lies from the foreign airline 0lol�� 5 aircraft my a##e

I bet you can't wait until foreign people will be in charge of Stormont in the next few year.

I hear the DUP might like new members, you would fit right in.

[AerRyan]

Ahhahahha Brilliant!

This thread can get quite funny.

[Refuellerman]

Originally Posted by EI-EIDW

There are plenty of people who wouldn't fly EI/FR because they are "Irish" carriers.



I bet you can't wait until foreign people will be in charge of Stormont in the next few year.

I hear the DUP might like new members, you would fit right in.

Theres nothing political about it, the same way Lufthansa is a foreign airline, its not me politically referring to airlines🖕

[vrb03kt]

Does anyone know if Norwegian are going to have crew bases at BFS/DUB/ORK or will these routes be crewed from elsewhere?

[AerRyan]

Crewed in Stewart and Providence.

[Husky One]

In order to get US approval they had to establish a US operation. The IAA don't seem to care about such practice so it's highly unlikely there'll be new bases until further expansion is announced. Even then I'd be baffled if BFS gets a crew base. The EDI base is getting some long haul with a Max-9 based there.

[vrb03kt]

That's a shame that there aren't flight/cabin crew jobs being created in Ireland. Thanks for the info.

[mart901]

I'm not sure Norwegian ever said they were employing people directly here. The aircraft are based in US??? Isn't it normal for crew to be based as such where the aircraft are.

[Husky One]

Yesterday Norwegian announced a reduction in their LGW short haul operations to instead concentrate on long haul next year. For LGW that means more 78's. not sure where the 73's are heading though.. maybe a different U.K. Base. They'll have to put them somewhere but I just don't see them featuring over here. The US stuff was opportunistic and a bit of a no-brainer for them but we're not on their short haul radar

[GAZMO]

Malta

Malta now on sale, Monday and Friday from £36.99 single

[EI-A330-300]

FR have launched winter schedule:

Ryanair’s Belfast winter 2017 schedule will deliver:

1 new route to: Malta (2 wkly)
12 routes in total
61 weekly flights
1.3m customers p.a. (+600,000)
975* “on-site” jobs p.a.
- See more at: Welcome to Ryanair!

[A320.b744]

Final 2016 passenger figures are out. Here are the figures for some of Ryanair's new routes.

Gatwick: 858,757 (from 470,344) - could just scrape 1 million this year
Berlin SXF: 15,209
Bergamo: 9,645
Warsaw: 5,761
Gdansk: 5,004
Wroclaw: 4,986

Also of note, Alicante is now the busiest international route, having seen a 34% increase to 153,691 (from 114,865), and KLM's Amsterdam flights are having little effect on easyJet, having seen a 20% increase in passenger numbers.

[True Blue]

I see there are some very good fares on Norwegian out of Bfs to N America at the moment.

[EI-BUD]

Yes True Blue,
And Stewart Airport is only 15 miles from Woodbury Common, the shopping outlet ... Good to see another development for the airport. Adding Boston /Providence is a good move, with some luck others will follow. Pity they don't have a BFS base that way Toronto would have a sprorting chance...

EI-BUD

[inOban]

Surely if very good fares are still available out of BFS to N America it suggests that demand hasn't been high?

[SecondDog]

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Originally Posted by inOban

Surely if very good fares are still available out of BFS to N America it suggests that demand hasn't been high?

They sold 10k seats within 24 hours (about one third the capaciy ). I think thats alright....

[inOban]

Glad to hear that.

[mart901]

Also fares to the US from Belfast have fallen massively, looking at the alternatives from BHD, about 6 months ahead I've found £284 return with BA/AA and £310 with EI/VS, sometimes EI/UA combination is similar pricing wise. That's all inclusive of luggage and in flight catering.