BELFAST AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL

[NWSRG]

5,000 jobs for Belfast International if Heathrow expansion approved - The Irish News

I love a good laugh now and again.

Very poor journalism, as seems to be the way today...the headline doesn't reflect the true content of the article. It actually suggests 5000 jobs for the province, not for Aldergrove. I'd still take that claim with a pinch of salt, but it's a lot more realistic than suggesting BFS would benefit to that tune!

[BFS BHD]

Jet2 winter 16/17 expansion confirmed

•Alicante – 12 additional flights with the Saturday flight now available throughout the year.

•Faro: 16 more flights, including February half term services.

•Gran Canaria: 6 additional flights with the weekly service now operating for the full season.

•Lanzarote: 9 additional flights with the Wednesday and Saturday flights now operating for the full season.

•Palma: 6 additional flights.

•Tenerife: 9 additional flights with the Tuesday and Friday flights now operating for the full season.

Even more winter sun for local holidaymakers | Belfa...

[BFS BHD]

MD of BFS has said this was the good news email that he got last week.

[AerRyan]

Palma operating somewhat into the winter now?

[BFS BHD]

Palma starts beginning of March instead of the end of March.

[peba]

Aer ryan,

What is the winter schedule for ryanair? Like what flights what days etc?
I presume it will be 3 ac by October and perhaps 4 for next summer.

[AerRyan]

Aircraft 1:
London-Gatwick, 4x daily

Aircraft 2:
Berlin 3x weekly- Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday 07:05-12:10

Milan 2x weekly -Wednesday, Saturday 6:20-11:55 (mostly off sale)

Wroclaw- 2x weekly. Monday, Friday 6:20-11:55

London Gatwick- Daily 12:35-15:50.

Alicante- 3x weekly. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 16:40-23:10

Malaga- 4x weekly. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday 16:35-23;30

Unbased Aircraft
Lanzarote- 2 weekly. Monday, Friday

Warsaw- 2 weekly. Wednesday, Saturday

Gdansk- 2 weekly. Wednesday, Saturday

Krakow- 3 weekly. Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday

Tenerife- 2 weekly. Thursday, Monday

As seen from above, only 2 based aircraft this winter, several routes operating from other bases. Both aircraft are almost fully utilised (pending Milan)

[BFS BHD]

No break for the 2nd aircraft it will be doing the 5th LGW flight.

[AerRyan]

Originally Posted by BFS BHD

No break for the 2nd aircraft it will be doing the 5th LGW flight.

Oops, just noticed that. 2nd aircraft does the 12:35-15:50 rotation.

[GAZMO]

FR might hold the third aircraft until summer17. Difficult to see what winter routes will be profitable if they bring in in for October.
Are there still issues with the Milan route on the booking website?

[AerRyan]

The issue being you can't book it? Yes. I'd say it's reduced.

[BFS watcher]

Word on the street is that there is one more announcement from FR on the 3rd aircraft and this will be made by the end of June. Milan being off sale is a strange one FR still to give a proper reason although airport MD has said it is only temporary

[BFS Dude]

Could be nothing but BFS MD started following British Airways on Twitter. Done the same with Ryanair before they announced their routes from BFS.

[ESCNI]

Exhibit A, M'lud... https://twitter.com/grahamck63/following?lang=en

Mind you, he does supposedly follow ~1,800 twitter accounts ... which must be somewhat time consuming!

[El Bunto]

What a mess of a Twitter account that is. "This is my personal twitter account" he states, and then humble-brags about being MD of BIA and loads the feed with work-related posts.

Perhaps he wouldn't need to follow so many other accounts if he actually kept it as his personal account and used his work account for.. work stuff. 'Work-life balance' it used to be called, probably has an edgier name now.

[mart901]

Some positive rumblings-
Air Passenger Duty: Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir to seek review - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

[ESCNI]

I notice that he's now following https://twitter.com/OldBelfast?lang=en

...wonder if he even realises it's a spoof account?

[cessnarocket]

These posts are getting worse!! Seems to me the MD is doing a good job and providing growth, and some folk on here are rather sore that egaa is fighting back.

This is not the place for personal attacks

[ESCNI]

Good grief ... does commenting on the number and composition of the people he follows on his Twitter account really constitute a personal attack?

[West Brit]

...wonder if he even realises it's a spoof account?

If that is not a personal attack, I don't know what is!!