BELFAST CITY AIRPORT (BHD)
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Was just looking at flights to New York and interestingly BHD now undercuts BFS by a fair bit and sometimes even DUB. Fares available at £401 for a large part of the year via AMS using the imminent KLM cityhopper to connect.
Now obviously the non-stop flights from BFS and DUB are preferable to most people but it does give another option for those willing to give up time to save a bit. In that sense it can only hurt the UA flights from BFS.
Now obviously the non-stop flights from BFS and DUB are preferable to most people but it does give another option for those willing to give up time to save a bit. In that sense it can only hurt the UA flights from BFS.
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Arrived back home today and spotted a big advertisement for KLM one of the billboards was advertising America
Looks like KLM is going to go up against BA for connecting pax in AMS
Quite honestly I can see KLM going double daily from BHD with most of those passengers not seeing outside of Amsterdam airport
On an other note Willie Walsh said he wanted to increase IAG presence in NI with other routes being looked at for Vueling but with Iberia Express popping up all over Uk this summer to Madrid, could it be on the cards for 2016?
Looks like KLM is going to go up against BA for connecting pax in AMS
Quite honestly I can see KLM going double daily from BHD with most of those passengers not seeing outside of Amsterdam airport
On an other note Willie Walsh said he wanted to increase IAG presence in NI with other routes being looked at for Vueling but with Iberia Express popping up all over Uk this summer to Madrid, could it be on the cards for 2016?
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I thought all are lingus summer routes where going to be a W rotation from Dublin. Meaning just 2 aircraft at BHD this summer and the aircaft must doing the usual LHR/LGW x3 and then the odd Verona at the weekend
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I wonder what they are going to do with the two free slots? Maybe the Tuesday one allows for a season long Verona charter? But what about the Saturday one.. They must have something up their sleeve! But it's getting abit late on to announce a brand new route! Anyone any idea!!
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EI swtich BHD-PMI to DUB aircraft giving BHD two free slots...
It is a Facilitated Airport, so movements may have to be co-ordinated during peaks, but there is no must-have-a-slot-to-fly system.
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I can't see two free slots? Only one at LGW on a Sat afternoon, looking into it I can see the a/c covers the LGW-NOC rotation with 1hr25mins on the ground at NOC, vastly cheaper place to lie idle than LGW I shouldn't doubt.
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Pedantically, Belfast City doesn't have 'slots'.
It is a Facilitated Airport, so movements may have to be co-ordinated during peaks, but there is no must-have-a-slot-to-fly system.
Airport Coordination Limited - Belfast City Airport
It is a Facilitated Airport, so movements may have to be co-ordinated during peaks, but there is no must-have-a-slot-to-fly system.
Airport Coordination Limited - Belfast City Airport
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Looks like they have updated their booking system. Lgw back to 3 daily using bhd aircraft on a Tuesday, and as mentioned above the bhd seems to do bhd lgw bhd lgw noc lgw bhd landing back at 20:20 on a sat.
Bit of shame was hoping for something slightly more exciting. Odd how they have basically just changed the dub crew from doing the lgw to the Pmi. Think they're doing themselves abit of a disfavour. The old Pmi sat and tues times were betting for stags hens etc. must make sense to someone though.
Bit of shame was hoping for something slightly more exciting. Odd how they have basically just changed the dub crew from doing the lgw to the Pmi. Think they're doing themselves abit of a disfavour. The old Pmi sat and tues times were betting for stags hens etc. must make sense to someone though.
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Looks like they have updated their booking system. Lgw back to 3 daily using bhd aircraft on a Tuesday, and as mentioned above the bhd seems to do bhd lgw bhd lgw noc lgw bhd landing back at 20:20 on a sat.
Bit of shame was hoping for something slightly more exciting. Odd how they have basically just changed the dub crew from doing the lgw to the Pmi. Think they're doing themselves abit of a disfavour. The old Pmi sat and tues times were betting for stags hens etc. must make sense to someone though.
Bit of shame was hoping for something slightly more exciting. Odd how they have basically just changed the dub crew from doing the lgw to the Pmi. Think they're doing themselves abit of a disfavour. The old Pmi sat and tues times were betting for stags hens etc. must make sense to someone though.
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Forgive my ignorance here but when you say "PMI was by LGW aircraft last year", what does that mean?
I used the PMI service last year and from FR24 logs it seemed the aircraft operating was based at BHD (albeit almost exclusively on LGW's) and the crew both outbound and inbound were all Northern Irish which I assume points to BHD crew? Not disputing the point just wondering what "LGW aircraft" referred to.
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I used the PMI service last year and from FR24 logs it seemed the aircraft operating was based at BHD (albeit almost exclusively on LGW's) and the crew both outbound and inbound were all Northern Irish which I assume points to BHD crew? Not disputing the point just wondering what "LGW aircraft" referred to.
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Pmi and all services last year were by BHD based aircraft with the exception of Tuesday flight in the evening on LGW which operated by non based ac, routing LGW BHD LGW, resulting in a later departure to LGW and a much earlier last flight back on the route.