BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[LBIA]

Anyone know there the white Jet2 has went to havent seen it at BFS for a few weeks?

Yep sure do, G-GDFE positioned Leeds to Budpaest on March 31st for a C-check.

[BFS BHD]

How long do C-checks last?

[BFS BHD]

Anyone know the loads for SEN from BFS? Are they on the up yet or still not good?

Not many Departures tonight again:

EZY258 London Stansted 16:50 CHECK IN
EZY138 Manchester 20:15
EZY487 Edinburgh 21:20
EZY614 Liverpool 21:20



Is this what its going to be like in July and August

[FRatSTN]

As far as I know, Departures for Saturdays in August from BFS are:

TOM1616 05:40 Palma de Mallorca
TCX8274 06:00 Palma de Mallorca
EZY254 06:15 London-Stansted
EZY6703 06:35 Alicante
EZY6793 06:40 Faro
EZY193 07:00 Birmingham
LS361 07:00 Palma de Mallorca
LS305 07:10 Faro
EZY548 07:15 Newcastle
EZY600 07:25 Liverpool
EZY463 08:05 Glasgow-International
EZY481 08:15 Edinburgh
EZY602 08:15 Liverpool
EZY6755 08:25 Malaga
EZY132 08:40 Manchester
EZY716 08:55 London-Southend
EZY444 09:05 Bristol
EZY6771 09:35 Amsterdam
EZY6711 10:00 Palma de Mallorca
EZY834 10:10 London-Gatwick
LS301 10:40 Alicante
UA076 11:10 New York-Newark
EZY184 13:25 London-Luton
EZY836 13:45 London-Gatwick
TCX8124 13:50 Gran Canaria
EZY258 13:55 London-Stansted
EZY6737 14:00 Nice
TOM1678 14:15 Gran Canaria
EZY465 14:30 Glasgow-International
EZY6731 14:30 Malta
LS339 14:30 Jersey
LS319 15:15 Pisa
LS714 15:35 Blackpool
EZY6757 16:15 Malaga
EZY6797 17:10 Faro
EZY6713 17:20 Palma de Mallorca
EZY614 18:00 Liverpool
EZY6691 20:30 Ibiza
EZY487 21:20 Edinburgh

[BFS BHD]

Sounds a bit better!

[BFS BHD]

Where do you get this info from @FRatSTN?
Cheers
BFS BHD

[KNT544]

Anyone know the loads for SEN from BFS? Are they on the up yet or still not good?

Try booking a few seats on a BFS SEN this weekend and you will see that tomorrow and Monday are full. Sunday only allows 3 seats before showing as sold out.

[BFS BHD]

Wonder why they are going 1 daily then if there getting good loads

[Jack1985]

Wonder why they are going 1 daily then if there getting good loads

Most probably yields.

[Tagron]

I understand that although some flights are full, others, especially some midweek flights, are only lightly loaded. This seems to leave the overall position that BFS has been the weakest of the SEN routes. The new daily schedule has morning rotations on Mon,Tues and Sat, evening rotations on Wed,Thurs, Fri Sun. One can only guess that EZY have decided this is the best way to improve the financial performance of the route based on their experience to date and there are opportunities to use the aircraft more profitably elsewhere from SEN.

[AIRPORT66]

airport66

The Edinburgh flight is being reduced to a daily service as well as Belfast.

[LBIA]

Looks like jet2 seem to be having problems this morning as both Belfast outbound flights are calling into Leeds for extra fuel.

EXS361 = Belfast - Leeds - Palma
EXS309 = Belfast - Leeds - Arrecife

[KNT544]

Probably because they (by their choice) are using the shorter runway in BFS.

[Husky One]

That's an operational master stroke. Travel 30 mins in the wrong direction to pick up fuel. Passengers must love it

[BFS101]

Cheaper to fly from Belfast than Dublin??

Holidaymakers can save ?140 each by flying from North - Independent.ie

Interesting article, but only compares EI like for like, with examples of Majorca and Portugal. Is this actually lower demand across the NI sun routes, OR lower than expected demand from EI at BHD... Not to get into the whole drawn out BFS vs BHD, cos that pretty much bores us all to tears. But a genuine question. Are EI's cheaper fares to the sun a reflection of EZY, LS, and the charters departing NI as a whole, or just EI trying to get bums on seats???

Clickandgo.com said that there had been a surge in holidaymakers from the Republic booking holidays from Belfast because of lower prices.

For example, a week's holiday in Majorca departing on May 21 costs €253 per person flying from Belfast compared with €393 if you fly from Dublin.
Both of those holidays involve scheduled flights with Aer Lingus staying in the exact same apartments in Majorca.
The difference is accounted for by the lower flight price. The Belfast flight was priced at €135 per person yesterday compared with €276 for the flight from Dublin.

[GAZMO]

March stats out from caa.
Not bad on the domestic front, naturally some Spanish routes down and USA

[True Blue]

Yes, Bfs up 2.4% for the month. Bhd down 2.7% even with the arrival of Ei. Another bad set of figures for Bhd - Lgw, only an increase of about 11k pax, loads on this route must be dire for these two. Wonder what the two operators think now, both having a difficult time, EI sold a great story by Bhd. Easy ups numbers to Lgw by 2k, a 7% increase.Easy now only just over 4k pax less than Flybe to Manchester and Flybe had a 15% drop to Bhx. Ever wonder if these stats are correct, considering the majority, we are told, prefer to use Bhd!!

Wonder if EI ever think they should have stayed where they were? What is amazing in large companies, is the number of times they get it wrong, could this be one such decision?

TB

[cuthere]

Jaysus True Blue we get it. We really do. You have a psychotic dislike of BHD, its users and the airlines who've made the decision to fly from there. If they've made a bad decision, then on their heads be it. It'll be good for EZY and your one true love, BFS.

Let it go man. You'll feel better for it. Really, you will.

[True Blue]

Cuthere, sorry I do not have any of the feelings you state. But I do have a dislike of propaganda, someone or somedody trying to convice us black is white. And in our general lives, if the general public took a more critical look at many issues, maybe we wouldn't be in the mess we are in. But that is another story, not for discussion here.

TB

[BFS101]

Have a close friend who is cabin crew for BE, and chatting to them, believe that loads on the BE LGW tend to be generally healthy, though this is based on a reduction in capacity, and obviously does not reflect yield. Friends on the Sunday past EI, afternoon LGW - BHD, stated only about 1/3 full....

Now I have no intent dislike for EI, (before I too get flamed) but this general gossip and hear-say, plus the previously mentioned report in the Irish Independent that EI are selling seats from BHD substantially cheaper than DUB, and possible interpretation of CAA stats would lead to a belief that EI have an issue of filling seats. Stand to be corrected!

Noticed today that EI have an offer on the LGW's that you pay tax and charges only!!! Though more interesting, it states the travel period is up to December, however LGW currently on-sale up to end of Oct. Is this an indication that LGW will continue through the winter from BHD??