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Im in Belfast at the moment- lots of speculation....key clue is perhaps airline already operates into Belfast..so would seem to rule out Qatar for example....What seems definite is 6 new destinations....2 " doubling up" destinations ...the one that's causing most discussion is the new route that is brand new to the entire island..again that would seem to be most likely to Europe if we stick with the " existing carrier" limits.....its hard to see BA being the one doing it unless they do big shift to BFS....
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That doesn't evade the fact DUB is spending millions trying to attract business from BFS/BHD.
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Here are the number of new routes announced from host cities within 12 months of hosting Routes Europe.
Marseille 2014: 7 new routes - 2 new airlines (Eurowings, Etihad Regional)
Aberdeen 2015: 3 new routes - 1 new airline (Icelandair)
Krakow 2016: 23 new routes (18 Ryanair) - no new airlines
I don't know how many of these routes commenced as a result of hosting Routes Europe.
Regarding new routes from Belfast, I'd say these are our best bets;
Belfast Intl;
Ryanair: 2-3 new routes
Norwegian: Copenhagen or Oslo or Stockholm
Wizz Air: Budapest
Belfast City;
Eurowings: Dusseldorf
Iberia Express: Madrid
Of course I'd be shocked if even half of these actually came into fruition, but given the UK expansion plans of various airlines, these seem to be the most likely.
Even if Belfast doesn't get any new routes, hosting the event will be great publicity for the city.
Marseille 2014: 7 new routes - 2 new airlines (Eurowings, Etihad Regional)
Aberdeen 2015: 3 new routes - 1 new airline (Icelandair)
Krakow 2016: 23 new routes (18 Ryanair) - no new airlines
I don't know how many of these routes commenced as a result of hosting Routes Europe.
Regarding new routes from Belfast, I'd say these are our best bets;
Belfast Intl;
Ryanair: 2-3 new routes
Norwegian: Copenhagen or Oslo or Stockholm
Wizz Air: Budapest
Belfast City;
Eurowings: Dusseldorf
Iberia Express: Madrid
Of course I'd be shocked if even half of these actually came into fruition, but given the UK expansion plans of various airlines, these seem to be the most likely.
Even if Belfast doesn't get any new routes, hosting the event will be great publicity for the city.
Looks for sure 6 new routes and perhaps of those most exciting is one that has never operated from any airport in Ireland...all seem to be to Europe on an existing carrier....I think the 'Union Jack on the tail' is a teaser...
Sadly Germany seems to be off the table....Copenhagan....Madrid being talked up....
I think the Qatar speculation probably put to bed with the news its an existing carrier or carriers
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I don't have an issue with competition, but I expect our airports to fight back, and also I see it as a big government funded Tesco competing with the corner shop in terms of scale.
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BACF weekend 'charter-esque' flying to the usuals a-la STN /MAN model, id wager.
Useful for those who like that sort of thing I suppose. Long term viability? im not so sure.
Lets wait and see though what it actually is!
Useful for those who like that sort of thing I suppose. Long term viability? im not so sure.
Lets wait and see though what it actually is!
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Can we stop these insults and just get back to what really matters - 6 new destinations will be announced on Wednesday, so let's do what we do best and speculate.
Kudos to BFS101 for some great research - let's hope Ryanair can make their Rome route work (will be the 4th airline to try)
Kudos to BFS101 for some great research - let's hope Ryanair can make their Rome route work (will be the 4th airline to try)
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BBC now reporting "The deal - with one of the airport's existing low-cost carriers - was finalised as Belfast hosted a major airline conference"
So EZY, RYR or EXS then. Do Norwegian fall into the category of existing low-cost carrier given they haven't started yet?
So EZY, RYR or EXS then. Do Norwegian fall into the category of existing low-cost carrier given they haven't started yet?
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The press conference was called several days before this new deal was finalised yesterday, suggesting a BFS resident is planning to expand (Ryanair/Jet2). My guess is that BFS management asked this airline to hold back on announcing new routes until after Routes Europe in order to maximise publicity for the airport. Plus, it meant that if the deal agreed upon yesterday failed, they'd still have good news to announce following Routes.
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Are the routes coming from just the one airline (EXS) or is where more than one airline announcing the routes? I'm sure we can say Jet2 will be announcing something on Wednesday...
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The press conference was called a few days before the deal was finalised yesterday, so there are at least two airlines.
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Must be Jet2 for the 6 new routes. Surely increasing the based fleet with a 738?
As for destinations, a 738 would bring Eastern Med more into play. Maybe something to Cyprus or Turkey or another of the Greek islands?
If they are announcing 8 routes and jet 2 doing 6, hopefully Norwegian will be utilising the aircraft during their long layovers in BFS to do something fairly nearish on mainland Europe. Or perhaps the FR to Rome that was muted above will be one of two from them?
As for destinations, a 738 would bring Eastern Med more into play. Maybe something to Cyprus or Turkey or another of the Greek islands?
If they are announcing 8 routes and jet 2 doing 6, hopefully Norwegian will be utilising the aircraft during their long layovers in BFS to do something fairly nearish on mainland Europe. Or perhaps the FR to Rome that was muted above will be one of two from them?