BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[SADDLER]

Good man thanks,what was it doing, seemed to be up near the coast.

[jonnyc]

Eastern, do you guys get prior knowledge of these guys coming i.e. do they need to file a plan or is it just a hand-off call from Scots Mil that alerts you to their pending arriving?

[eastern wiseguy]

Jonnyc. A bit of both really. There will sometimes be a prior co ordination that an aircraft would like to do a "practice diversion" and that it will happen at xxxx time. Sometimes it is a freecall by the aircraft. There is nothing set in stone.In terms of fast jets though I have never seen a flight plan.

[BFS BHD]

Anyone no if Aegean Airlines is still doing Rhodes and if so when does it start?

[BFS BHD]

Just showed on the deps page on their website

A3 4485 Rhodes 22:15

[jonnyc]

Thanks for clarification eastern.

[Mlinnie]

EZY A320

EZY A320 arriving from Barcelona ?

Is this the A320 based for the summer ?

[BFS BHD]

Yes it is

[FRatSTN]

OUCH! Wednesdays in January give a pretty shocking departures board!

Only 28 departures
Everything is EasyJet
Everything is UK domestic
And there's virtually no flights in daylight hours!

EZY254 06:15 London-Stansted
EZY832 06:35 London-Gatwick
EZY130 07:00 Manchester
EZY182 07:00 London-Luton
EZY191 07:10 Birmingham
EZY463 08:10 Glasgow-International
EZY481 08:15 Edinburgh
EZY548 08:20 Newcastle
EZY602 08:20 Liverpool
EZY844 08:40 Bristol
EZY834 10:30 London-Gatwick
EZY258 14:05 London-Stansted
EZY836 14:35 London-Gatwick
EZY608 15:40 Liverpool
EZY838 17:05 London-Gatwick
EZY612 17:15 Liverpool
EZY552 17:30 Newcastle
EZY195 17:35 Birmingham
EZY487 17:45 Edinburgh
EZY467 18:10 Glasgow-International
EZY266 18:20 London-Stansted
EZY614 19:50 Liverpool
EZY469 20:15 Glasgow-International
EZY138 20:25 Manchester
EZY720 20:55 London-Southend
EZY842 20:55 London-Gatwick
EZY186 21:00 London-Luton
EZY448 21:00 Bristol

[BFS BHD]

What does the busiest day look like?

[GAZMO]

Probably picked the worst day for flights
During winter period looking at the quietest month of January there are a number of International flights (none on Wednesday) when February kicks in then increase on some routes CDG, AMS etc

EZY to ALC three weekly
EZY to AMS four weekly
EZY to BCN twice weekly
EZY to FAO twice weekly
EZY to GVA five weekly
EZY to KRK three weekly
EZY to AGP three weekly
EZY to MLA twice weekly
EZY to CDG four weekly
LS to ACE twice weekly
LS to TFS twice weekly
UA to EWR four weekly
Plus TCX flights

[BFS BHD]

Also

LS to Lanzarote 2 weekly
LS to Salzburg 1 weekly

And for TCX

Lanzarote 2 weekly
Tenerife 2 or 3 weekly

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Final LBA-BFS tomorrow for Jet2

[BHD2BFS]

with flybe desperate to cut costs and save money, could BFS management not poach flybe with a great offer
I really wonder sometimes what management do at that airport, they cant manage to keep the airlines they already have never mind attract new ones
easyjet really has the upper hand now to control what they pay in the line of fees
bye bye easyjet = bye bye BFS

[GAZMO]

I am surprised that BFS management to not try for the BE routes that do not overlap with EZY, SOU, EXE, ABZ,CWL, INV and since LBA finishes tomorrow that as well
It would certainly help BE finances

[mart901]

Apart from the possibility of lower landing fees I can't see any benefits whatsoever for flybe to chuck itself up against fierce low cost competition and loose all its spent years building up, high frequency and city airport appeal to business pax. They would probably be as well to abandon the Belfast market all together as do that. Even Ryanair is nowhere to be seen despite the rumours, that must say something.

[GAZMO]

Mart901
My comment was that BE should only move a couple on planes to BFS and serve the non competitive routes such as SOU, ABZ, EXE etc.
MAN, BHX, GLA, EDI and NCL should stay at BHD. I would agree it would be crazy to move their total operation, only those routes which there is no competition

[TSR2]

and serve the non competitive routes such as SOU, ABZ, EXE etc.

And there may be a very good reason why there is no competition on these routes.

[mart901]

I can't really see what value it would add to anything really. A split operation means increased costs, two lots of just about everything.... and a confusing message to the buying public. BE's Belfast operation is totally BHD driven, point to point high frequency, and in fairness most of its regional flights to the UK are growing, even MAN up against EZY is holding its own. Moving part of an operation into EZY territory is surely asking for a retaliation.

[GAZMO]

Assume a one off charter to Vagar this afternoon.

TCX is busy this afternoon with three departures.....the start of the school holidays

[eastern wiseguy]

Linfield playing up there?