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So it is Aldegrove?
So the battle will commence for dominance in NI. Flybe must be very nervous as must BHD management. The 2 largest low cost carriers at BFS with capacity pouring in and fares tumbling. Going to be an interesting New Year! Hopefully we will see some interesting destinations.....
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There has been comment on here about some of the very good pax numbers increases on some Ezy routes out of Bfs, especially to London. For a number of years now, I have believed that Ezy has been holding Bfs back, by restricting capacity. This winter, they add about 200k seats out of Bfs, and suddenly we see some really good pax number increases. Is it coincidence that they add all these seats months before Fr arrive, or did they know something was brewing?
Ezy have every right to manage their aircraft to maximise profit. However, by doing so, they can leave themselves open to attack. Their timings to Lgw during the week from Bfs are not that good, the timings on a Saturday ex London are really poor. So maybe they don't have too much to complain about.
Ezy have every right to manage their aircraft to maximise profit. However, by doing so, they can leave themselves open to attack. Their timings to Lgw during the week from Bfs are not that good, the timings on a Saturday ex London are really poor. So maybe they don't have too much to complain about.
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Press conference in Belfast tomorrow morning.Word on the ground it will be BFS starting with 4 flights a day to LGW and then 3 based aircraft from end of October 2016.
Press conference in Belfast tomorrow morning.Word on the ground it will be BFS starting with 4 flights a day to LGW and then 3 based aircraft from end of October 2016.
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Further article in the Irish News;
Berlin among seven new routes planned from Belfast by Ryanair - The Irish News
Berlin among seven new routes planned from Belfast by Ryanair - The Irish News
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The UK domestic routes to EMA, LBA and NCL would be obvious choices as far as I'm concerned as the 3 UK airports FR do the least flights to from DUB.
Clearly they won't want to introduce high frequencies to BFS from the likes of BHX or MAN and dilute their 6 daily flights to DUB.
Clearly they won't want to introduce high frequencies to BFS from the likes of BHX or MAN and dilute their 6 daily flights to DUB.
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As has been noted, FR grow markets.
So BE and Jet2 will definitely be looking over their shoulders but may pioneer new routes while FR and U2 slug it out.
And there's a growing minority of people who just won't fly FR.
Interesting times!
So BE and Jet2 will definitely be looking over their shoulders but may pioneer new routes while FR and U2 slug it out.
And there's a growing minority of people who just won't fly FR.
Interesting times!
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I would say Swissport... Which will no doubt lower the quality of service again to their current airlines as there isn't really any other handler for passenger flights at BFS at the minute unless there's another split handling contract with HAE + ICTS similar to what's done with United.
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I would say Swissport... Which will no doubt lower the quality of service again to their current airlines as there isn't really any other handler for passenger flights at BFS at the minute unless there's another split handling contract with HAE + ICTS similar to what's done with United.
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Ryanair Announcement - BFS 2016
- THREE Based Aircraft (Starting with One in March with the other two following in October)
- One New Route to London Gatwick (4x Daily)
- Five more routes to follow in October
- 28 Weekly Flights
- Over One Million Passengers p.a
- 750 to be created
- One New Route to London Gatwick (4x Daily)
- Five more routes to follow in October
- 28 Weekly Flights
- Over One Million Passengers p.a
- 750 to be created
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Given that EI have 3 x daily on BHD LGW, and Ryanair going to x4, that will mean an increase of seats daily of 324 each way, in context amounting to a move from 9 daily flights between Belfast Airports and London Gatwick to 10. However, given slightly higher frequency and bigger ac, this amounts to an increase of 75% on the number of seats that EI had available on the LGW route ex BHD. Gatwick will overtake Heathrow as the busiest Belfast London route for the first time. The scale of this change may not be monumental to easyJet as the level of capacity is not growing massively.
It is starting to feel like BFS has struck a deal with Ryanair, that means new routes will be developed, and easyJet can continue to work its own patch, and the LGW as an example is a massive change in terms of overall market capacity. Though I do note Ryanair flights at 9.99 out...
It is starting to feel like BFS has struck a deal with Ryanair, that means new routes will be developed, and easyJet can continue to work its own patch, and the LGW as an example is a massive change in terms of overall market capacity. Though I do note Ryanair flights at 9.99 out...
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No mention what so ever by Ryanair to name the destinations to be introduced in October then! eg Berlin, Barcelona, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford and Newcastle.
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And the statement by the airport MD very carefully worded in that it doesn't upset easyJet too much. Clearly this has been sold as FR coming in to take over the Aer Lingus slots. That will be just over 550K seats per year by FR (LGW), and currently AerLingus running rate of passengers carried on BHD LGW is approx. 20K (some months less), i.e. 240K per annum.