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Political reflection?
Do any of ye actually know I'm a Geordie living in Clare?
Why should politics have anything to do with this anyway, although I will admit I bring the lovely Arlene into this thread for pure entertainment.
Do any of ye actually know I'm a Geordie living in Clare?
Why should politics have anything to do with this anyway, although I will admit I bring the lovely Arlene into this thread for pure entertainment.
Whilst we bicker about how many thousand tickets Norwegian have sold to second-tier east coast destinations, Qatar announce they are commencing daily service to Dublin in June using the A350.
So that's Emirates, Etihad and Qatar all serving Dublin each and every day with the former two being twice-daily for the summer. That's roughly 1600 seats Each way each day.
How can that be sustained on a population of five million or to invert the question why can't a population of 1.8 million attract a single one of those five flights?
So that's Emirates, Etihad and Qatar all serving Dublin each and every day with the former two being twice-daily for the summer. That's roughly 1600 seats Each way each day.
How can that be sustained on a population of five million or to invert the question why can't a population of 1.8 million attract a single one of those five flights?
Before recent events in Turkey I thought TK was a reasonable prospect for BFS, maybe they still are.
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At last a non-political ppruner, turkish, westjet and delta still negotiating apparently, but the big one is ba are sniffing around again
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I'd say a seasonal 737-700 link to Toronto with Westjet will be the only fruition from these apparent talks. None of the 'big three' US airlines will re-enter the NI market if Norwegian remain. I also can't see what BA could offer BFS; BHD would be a better bet for them if they're planning BA Cityflyer leisure routes, and LHR isn't going to happen any time soon.
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Whilst we bicker about how many thousand tickets Norwegian have sold to second-tier east coast destinations, Qatar announce they are commencing daily service to Dublin in June using the A350.
So that's Emirates, Etihad and Qatar all serving Dublin each and every day with the former two being twice-daily for the summer. That's roughly 1600 seats Each way each day.
How can that be sustained on a population of five million or to invert the question why can't a population of 1.8 million attract a single one of those five flights?
So that's Emirates, Etihad and Qatar all serving Dublin each and every day with the former two being twice-daily for the summer. That's roughly 1600 seats Each way each day.
How can that be sustained on a population of five million or to invert the question why can't a population of 1.8 million attract a single one of those five flights?
Medium term JetBlue could be a good shout to either BOS or JFK on the 321neo LR or whatever it's called. I suspect if their codeshare with EI endures then they'll stay out of DUB and SNN as EI already feed them from there. An EI codeshare ex BFS would keep IAG happy and would avoid any political nonsense. I'd imagine LGW would be top of their wishlist, then MAN and EDI, worth going after for BFS management I would think anyway.
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Dunno about that, same type of a/c coming in and more frequently, inc extra tnt 757 service last xmas etc, the odd extra sun dhl too
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While I'm not expecting it, Delta's arrival at BFS, I do think that the network carriers will go on an extended campaign to make life hard for Norwegian on the North Atlantic ... Willie Walsh has said that BA and others were complacent in thinking that the easyJet's and Ryanair's of this world would be a momentary wonder, and now BA and other network carriers are not about to watch their transatlantic operation go the same way...
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Regarding BA, Manchester maybe, but Belfast? Delta, however unlikely, would be more probable than this.
Legacy carriers can do very little with BFS seemingly, although I'd say West Jet would probably be the best avenue for TA growth in the next few years.
Legacy carriers can do very little with BFS seemingly, although I'd say West Jet would probably be the best avenue for TA growth in the next few years.
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Just read this in the mail.
Fly to US with Ryanair transfer to another budget airline | Daily Mail Online
RYR plans to feed NAS flights. I think the plan is to transfer via LGW.
Although, anybody foresee BFS, EDI etc become transit points to the US?
Fly to US with Ryanair transfer to another budget airline | Daily Mail Online
RYR plans to feed NAS flights. I think the plan is to transfer via LGW.
Although, anybody foresee BFS, EDI etc become transit points to the US?
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Although, anybody foresee BFS, EDI etc become transit points to the US?
If they strike a deal with EZY as discussed in the article then BFS would be well placed as a transfer point. Although timings could be an issue!
If they strike a deal with EZY as discussed in the article then BFS would be well placed as a transfer point. Although timings could be an issue!