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but did anyone not see this coming as soon as the IAG deal was struck?
Frankly I'd have a lot more respect for Aer Lingus if they'd just pulled-out straight away instead of this slow, lingering disengagement cloaked in half-truths.
And yes, I did fly with them between City and Gatwick in the A319 knee-crushers.
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Perhaps the parent company IAG have a plan that hasn't appeared in the public domain yet. Anything that I have heard about the summer sun routes all points to the fact that they are doing very well and have been profitable, will Aer Lingus simply throw all that away?
Its time the management at Harbour came up with a plan to try and get growth going again, it appears that the airport is stagnant at present while all the new business is going to Aldergrove. Perhaps Harbour are just waiting until Easy get the hump with Aldergrove and trying to talk them into a split base again, who knows....
Its time the management at Harbour came up with a plan to try and get growth going again, it appears that the airport is stagnant at present while all the new business is going to Aldergrove. Perhaps Harbour are just waiting until Easy get the hump with Aldergrove and trying to talk them into a split base again, who knows....
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Perhaps the parent company IAG have a plan that hasn't appeared in the public domain yet. Anything that I have heard about the summer sun routes all points to the fact that they are doing very well and have been profitable, will Aer Lingus simply throw all that away?
Its time the management at Harbour came up with a plan to try and get growth going again, it appears that the airport is stagnant at present while all the new business is going to Aldergrove. Perhaps Harbour are just waiting until Easy get the hump with Aldergrove and trying to talk them into a split base again, who knows....
Its time the management at Harbour came up with a plan to try and get growth going again, it appears that the airport is stagnant at present while all the new business is going to Aldergrove. Perhaps Harbour are just waiting until Easy get the hump with Aldergrove and trying to talk them into a split base again, who knows....
panpanpanpan re sun flights I have heard the complete opposite this summer, yields and loads very poor and having to offer 25% discount to try and stimulate traffic. If you cannot sell Spain and its islands this summer and make a profit you never will be able to!
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Where did you hear this from?
Where did you hear this from?
Normally any day now. Here's the link: https://www.caa.co.uk/Data-and-analy...-airport-data/
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Okay found out totally biased in favour of BFS. However look at the harbour Facebook page and their Twitter accounts re the 25% discount on the Sun routes by Aer Dublin. The CAA stats for April will show just the problems being faced by BHD, Aer Dublin struggling even on LHR as the NI public desert them in droves before they finally leave BHD. If they had any gumption they would just announce they were leaving come October the 30th. Anyway good luck to the guys and gals being let down by them.
"Air Dublin"? Your parochial, narrow-minded stupidity rears its pathetic head. Aer Lingus are now part of IAG. Aer Barajas? Aer Heathrow? Grow up clown.
Mart. Spot on. I don't think I need to say anything else.
Mart. Spot on. I don't think I need to say anything else.
I received an email from Emirates earlier. Unfortunately, no mention of the 10 daily flights between BFS and everywhere else in the world, but happily a significant discount on bookings before the end of June. I don't think I'll bother though. Collapse MUST be imminent.
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Interesting to look back on social media where apparently EI are desperately advertising on BHD's FB and Twitter pages. I can find one, yes one such advert for a sale which ends in 5 days. EI email me on a near weekly basis details of sales or prices for UK and in particular US airfares. The fact of the matter is they are down to one aircraft at BHD over winter and cannot justify all the based staff. It's sad and I feel for the employees involved, but ultimately they are able to remain in employment and this is a reflection of the fact they are continuing at BHD. As has been stated SNN and some ORK flights are DUB crewed, and without going all political this is a small island and DUB is not far away, it's only the same as say llbanks consolidating branch networks or the centralisation of departments in the NHS or DVLA moving work from Coleraine to Swansea, it's sad but true and often necessary. As was suggested on UTV yesterday EI are facing direct and indirect competition from FR, they have to cut costs to compete. And as for social media, just take a look at BFS's pages and all the adverts and posts including of all things one about the toilets, does this mean they are struggling for punters??? or maybe they are blocked with the drivel which flows from the pprune BFS fanclub.
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I see a couple of people lambasting the Watcher for bias by then displaying your distain for BFS. Seems a bit nonsensical to me but then this is one of the Belfast threads.
You can hardly be surprised by the negativity shown by some toward Aer Lingus given how they have arsed about with the Northern market from both airports since 07. They hardly did anything interesting from BFS, then took the big discount deal from the City when it was offered and simply rested on their laurels milking the LHR/LGW cash cow plus a couple of bucket and spade routes.
I feel sorry for the crews, some of whom are being offered demotion to transfer to DUB. Scandalous treatment. Good riddance to them when they skulk back down to DUB
You can hardly be surprised by the negativity shown by some toward Aer Lingus given how they have arsed about with the Northern market from both airports since 07. They hardly did anything interesting from BFS, then took the big discount deal from the City when it was offered and simply rested on their laurels milking the LHR/LGW cash cow plus a couple of bucket and spade routes.
I feel sorry for the crews, some of whom are being offered demotion to transfer to DUB. Scandalous treatment. Good riddance to them when they skulk back down to DUB
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Some people can't get it into their heads that Aer Lingus are not the same company before and after being bought by IAG. I mean you would think that would be common sense but apparently not.