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The failure of WIZZ and to certain extent the EZY Berlin(lots of folks from Eastern Europe used this) was more down to the collapse of the pound against the Euro. The itinerant eastern europeans were not earning as much in the sterling zone as they were in the eurozone.
They moved on...ergo no need for the flights.
It may be old age but I seem to recall EZY flying to Gdansk from BFS and WIZZ flying to Budapest.
This was only a few years ago when we also had Zoom operating Toronto/Halifax/Vancouver and more Florida flights than you could shake a stick at.
I feel that this was the "high water mark"......Thank goodness I am retiring
They moved on...ergo no need for the flights.
It may be old age but I seem to recall EZY flying to Gdansk from BFS and WIZZ flying to Budapest.
This was only a few years ago when we also had Zoom operating Toronto/Halifax/Vancouver and more Florida flights than you could shake a stick at.
I feel that this was the "high water mark"......Thank goodness I am retiring
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I really do find it strange that BFS can't get an airline to fly to Canada there I definitely a demand for it. Is it just bad marketing from BFS staff or do airlines just see it as a risk?
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clareview; yes Wizzair were at BFS and the fares even up to day before departure were very good value. They pulled the routes about 2008? I think. Which was a hard year and the winters of 2007/8 and 2008/9 were as bad as the airline scene got locally. What's more there was the huge capacity in the market that came with Ryanair arriving at BHD and AerLingus starting up at BFS also.
Given the Berlin, Gdansk, Prague are all axed from easyJet, it is surprising that some form of flight to Eastern Europe is not offered and the thought crossed my mind last week, would it be wizz that are coming to BHD? Perhaps resurrecting one of the Belfast routes that they did, maybe the one that performed best last time.
To be fair to Brian Ambrose, when they do secure airlines they will create some good publicity and if he adds a few airlines at low frequency he will have something good to shout about (meants in a positive way) that tells the public we certainly are progressing etc.
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Given the Berlin, Gdansk, Prague are all axed from easyJet, it is surprising that some form of flight to Eastern Europe is not offered and the thought crossed my mind last week, would it be wizz that are coming to BHD? Perhaps resurrecting one of the Belfast routes that they did, maybe the one that performed best last time.
To be fair to Brian Ambrose, when they do secure airlines they will create some good publicity and if he adds a few airlines at low frequency he will have something good to shout about (meants in a positive way) that tells the public we certainly are progressing etc.
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The direct links to Canada, I believe, became a lot less lucrative as Dublin became more accessible. European integration, the improving security situation & improved infrastructure making the NI market less 'captive' than it once was.
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Irishlad06, Olympic Holidays charter the Aegean Airlines flight to Larnaca. Operates on a Friday evening, with a Rhodes flight, again A3 through Olympic operating on a Saturday evening.
Can recall Wizz operating to Warsaw and Katowice from BFS, but not Budapest. Was EI not the only airline to try schedule services to Budapest??
Travelled on the Gdansk flight myself when it operated for a weekend away. Think the flights were something like £40 rtn, and the hotel was very good value. Back in the day before APD.... Weekend was next to nothing, and Gdansk was beautiful.
Can recall Wizz operating to Warsaw and Katowice from BFS, but not Budapest. Was EI not the only airline to try schedule services to Budapest??
Travelled on the Gdansk flight myself when it operated for a weekend away. Think the flights were something like £40 rtn, and the hotel was very good value. Back in the day before APD.... Weekend was next to nothing, and Gdansk was beautiful.
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After all last year and 5months of this year of continual growth at BFS it's sad to see EI go causing numbers to drop, I just hope BFS is working hard to get a replacement, I'm pretty sure ezy will take over the canary routes, any more news on ezys other 2 new routes?
A friends at EI said that when EI move to BHD, Stn lgw and obviously lhr will be launched
A friends at EI said that when EI move to BHD, Stn lgw and obviously lhr will be launched
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I hope the BFS-LHR link stays if it's possible.
But look at BFS whenever BMI baby moved, they managed to get easyjet taking over Manchester & Birmingham and instead of a decline in passenger numbers that year the airport actually saw an increase ! And already Easyjet are increasing the frequency on UK routes now that EI are planning to move !
So I'd say BFS will be fine, Easyjet will more than likely takeover the routes to the canaries, Jet2/Easyjet will increase capacity on the bucket and spade routes & hopefully we will retain the LHR route & get a long haul route to Toronto/Orlando/Abu Dhabi.
But look at BFS whenever BMI baby moved, they managed to get easyjet taking over Manchester & Birmingham and instead of a decline in passenger numbers that year the airport actually saw an increase ! And already Easyjet are increasing the frequency on UK routes now that EI are planning to move !
So I'd say BFS will be fine, Easyjet will more than likely takeover the routes to the canaries, Jet2/Easyjet will increase capacity on the bucket and spade routes & hopefully we will retain the LHR route & get a long haul route to Toronto/Orlando/Abu Dhabi.
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For anyone who is interested, EZY's A320 base aircraft has arrived a few days ago, due to stay for the peak summer and to cover the Olympics, would not surprise me if it stays longer with EI's future in BFS in the balance
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Anyone know where the arriving monarch from Manchester tomorrow is heading off to?
Also for today (Wednesday) TCX A320 and B757:
A320 - G-KKAZ
TCX798 from Bristol arriving at 1505
TCX7984 to Dalaman departing at 1555
B752 - Should be G-FCLF
TCX157 from London Gatwick arriving at 1900
TCX1572 to Bodrum departing at 1950
Thursday another TCX B752
B752
TCX176 from London Gatwick arriving at 1850
TCX1764 to Dalaman departing at 1940
Friday extra TCX A321 Flight
A321 - Should be G-OMYJ
TCX540 from East Midlands arriving at 2045
TCX5402 to Heraklion departing at 2135
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So the announcement that EI is moving to Bhd, was to have been made about a month ago, still no news. What does that mean? I assume that Bfs are just not sitting back and letting it all happen without some sort of counter offer?
The extra flights by Easy to London still not loaded, as far as I can see. Are they holding back on their times to see what EI do, where they need to hit?
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The extra flights by Easy to London still not loaded, as far as I can see. Are they holding back on their times to see what EI do, where they need to hit?
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They need to announce whatever they are going to do and get their winter schedule up.. if they do have any major changes coming then they are losing out on early bookings..
Its no secret that EI is trying to squeeze the best possible deal from both airports, hence why they confirmed they were in talks, adds pressure to both airports to come out the "winner" for the final decision announcement.. BHD is more desperate to attract passengers, so they would no doubt offer a very marginal profit (if any) offer, were as BFS knows EZY will fill the gaps.. and they have already shown they are expanding their domestic network
Its no secret that EI is trying to squeeze the best possible deal from both airports, hence why they confirmed they were in talks, adds pressure to both airports to come out the "winner" for the final decision announcement.. BHD is more desperate to attract passengers, so they would no doubt offer a very marginal profit (if any) offer, were as BFS knows EZY will fill the gaps.. and they have already shown they are expanding their domestic network
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I see on many of the EI flights after the end on the summer timetable, the last flight ex Bfs at 5.30pm has really high prices, well over £100.00. The other 2 are normal prices. Airlines sometimes really up the price when they intend making some change and want to deter bookings. What does this tell us, if anything?
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