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Waffler
you must have got this wrong, must be Bhd they are looking at doing Toronto from. You see, Bfs is far to far out for anybody to use, Dub is closer and visitors will not come here unless they can fly into Bhd. Remember all those tourists who would come from the continent if they could fly into Bhd, but would not come here as Bfs is too far away. Dub is closer to Belfast City centre than Bfs is.
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you must have got this wrong, must be Bhd they are looking at doing Toronto from. You see, Bfs is far to far out for anybody to use, Dub is closer and visitors will not come here unless they can fly into Bhd. Remember all those tourists who would come from the continent if they could fly into Bhd, but would not come here as Bfs is too far away. Dub is closer to Belfast City centre than Bfs is.
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Of course also remember BHD is a back water airport suitable only for Wright brothers rejects to land at and should any airline decide to fly from there they must be ridiculed, because naturally flybe will make mincemeat of them.and any airline to have the audacity to move from blessed BFS and they are dispicable.
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They could always fly a 330 into BHD, then taxi up the M2 for a departure from BFS...
"Ladies and gentlemen, we will be taxiing to the northern runway for a straight out departure. There may be a short delay at the traffic lights in Templepatrick..."
Seriously though, an EI service to YYZ could work well. I suspect there would be sufficient customer numbers to make it work. Would they chance their arm with a BOS or JFK also?
"Ladies and gentlemen, we will be taxiing to the northern runway for a straight out departure. There may be a short delay at the traffic lights in Templepatrick..."
Seriously though, an EI service to YYZ could work well. I suspect there would be sufficient customer numbers to make it work. Would they chance their arm with a BOS or JFK also?
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just some sarcasm i'm my behalf in response to the usual anti BHD drivel/pity party. I'm not fussed either way hence I look on both threads but I get annoyed with silly posts.
just some sarcasm i'm my behalf in response to the usual anti BHD drivel/pity party. I'm not fussed either way hence I look on both threads but I get annoyed with silly posts.
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I thought this was mentioned before, can EI fly to Canada? I thought there was some sort of issue with this, could be wrong.
Never heard of this before, anyone any more info?
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Aer Lingus and Canada
Aer Lingus can fly to Canada and has done so in the past but that was from Dublin. The possible issue here is an Irish airline picking up passengers from a foreign country (the UK as Northern Ireland is part of the UK) and taking them to another foreign country (in this scenario Canada). The so called Open Skies arrangement between the EU and the USA allows for this (which is why Air France ran a Heathrow - US service) and of course within Europe is has been common for many years - EI running Manchester-Copenhagen many years ago being but one example but I do not think this applies to Canada
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I'm afraid it is the usual political speak. Unless government is going to pay BA, EI to maintain the link, and I cant see that happening BA, EI will only keep LHR if they can make a profit
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Aer Lingus can fly to Canada and has done so in the past but that was from Dublin. The possible issue here is an Irish airline picking up passengers from a foreign country (the UK as Northern Ireland is part of the UK) and taking them to another foreign country (in this scenario Canada). The so called Open Skies arrangement between the EU and the USA allows for this (which is why Air France ran a Heathrow - US service) and of course within Europe is has been common for many years - EI running Manchester-Copenhagen many years ago being but one example but I do not think this applies to Canada
As from now all EU airlines are now able to operate direct flights to Canada from anywhere in Europe.
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I see Jet2 are upping Dubrovnik to two flights per week for next summer. Sunday flight operates 22 April - 29 September, with a new Wednesday flight operating 27 May - 15 September.
Pity they wouldn't have added Pula or Split rather than additional Dubrovnik, but good news all the same. At least its not additional capacity to an already well served Spanish destination!!!
Pisa also confirmed for summer 2013, operating 20 May - 15 September.
Pity they wouldn't have added Pula or Split rather than additional Dubrovnik, but good news all the same. At least its not additional capacity to an already well served Spanish destination!!!
Pisa also confirmed for summer 2013, operating 20 May - 15 September.
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All up for next year apart from Blackpool, is it definitely off the schedule
Agree with Rome as good destination. Jet2 must look at business routes as well as the annual bucket and spades
Agree with Rome as good destination. Jet2 must look at business routes as well as the annual bucket and spades
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@waffler don't tease me bro. A codeshare with PD would be a start, creating a much shorter connection into YYZ via BOS rather than ORD.
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Aer Lingus future arrangements for Belfast Operation
- So Mid July and no winter schedule publish except for LHR ex BFS
- Looks increasingly unlikely Winter flight to Europe will happen given this late stage
As time goes by it seems that EI are less committed to Belfast market than ever, the crew on BFS LHR last Friday said that they had no idea (as expected) and that a lot of passengers were asking them!! In addition to the uncertainty for the Belfast operation, the staff also have their own worries about the winter period and what may happen.
When will EI realise that this cannot wait any longer for a host of reasons.
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We will hear something really soon
Announcement was to be 2 weeks ago, then it was to be last week. Last week it was rescheduled to week commencing 16th July. It is now midweek and of course still nothing!