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Over the next 12 months I think in my opinion:
BE reduce frequency on LGW or cut it altogether
EIR will arrive and launch new routes to Bristol, Edinburgh Cork and Liverpool?
BA maybe reduce frequency in LHR
Maybe get a new european carrier (Germanwings for e.g.) and possibly an AMS route ?
EI will launch new sun routes to ALC, IBZ and BCN ?
It would be great if BE relaunched the Doncaster route... Why did they drop it in the first place ? I always thought it done well...
BE reduce frequency on LGW or cut it altogether
EIR will arrive and launch new routes to Bristol, Edinburgh Cork and Liverpool?
BA maybe reduce frequency in LHR
Maybe get a new european carrier (Germanwings for e.g.) and possibly an AMS route ?
EI will launch new sun routes to ALC, IBZ and BCN ?
It would be great if BE relaunched the Doncaster route... Why did they drop it in the first place ? I always thought it done well...
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RYR at BFS or BHD
Is BHD not at the point of where they can't allow anymore airlines in as they already have BE planes parked at the old parking bays. I don't think O'Leary would like he's planes sitting at the old parking bays. My bet would be BFS if they will come to NI tomorrow. We will just have to wait and see what happens! 
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I cant see it being City, maybe mol has kissed and made up with aldergrove?
Has the seats for sale issue been dealt with yet or is Aldergrove still poking their nose in?
Having said that, one of the local taxi drivers told me City are making new stands where the old terminal was that are capable of taking A321s and B738s, why would they invest in something like that if they weren't going to use it to its full potential?
Has the seats for sale issue been dealt with yet or is Aldergrove still poking their nose in?
Having said that, one of the local taxi drivers told me City are making new stands where the old terminal was that are capable of taking A321s and B738s, why would they invest in something like that if they weren't going to use it to its full potential?
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Having said that, one of the local taxi drivers told me City are making new
stands
In fairness the taxi drivers at both the airports have in my experience a bizarre angle on what's actually going on. My most recent conversation with one at BHD was that Flybe is about to go out of business and will just disappear like bmibaby, and 'that's why BHD paid AerLingus to come in' and another had it that BA was bringing back its LHR BHD route, and was adamant that BA did operate LHR in the past ex BHD. Another told me BA is back and it had pulled out of BHD overnight when one of its planes crashed at EMA (ref to Kegworth)... all of the above clearly wide of the mark!!
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To be fair if FR came back, they don't necessarily have to base at BHD. An ac can position in early in morning, I think a Preswick could come in and be ready to dept to somewhere like STN at 7 like most flights from BHD
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BHD2BFS;
I can't see FR coming back to BHD for same reasons as they left; yield widely reported as awful, restriction on pax no. per ac, runway etc.
PIK was a diabolical route in terms of loads, yield and fares.
If it is either it will be BFS, they need it more at this time... So likely to lay out the family jewels to get the business....
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I can't see FR coming back to BHD for same reasons as they left; yield widely reported as awful, restriction on pax no. per ac, runway etc.
PIK was a diabolical route in terms of loads, yield and fares.
If it is either it will be BFS, they need it more at this time... So likely to lay out the family jewels to get the business....
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Coming into BHD.
Arriving 1200 and departing again 1320.
Arrive and Departing to Stansted.
REG - M-ABEU
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Arriving 1200 and departing again 1320.
Arrive and Departing to Stansted.
REG - M-ABEU
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I'll be amazed if this is a deal being done in such a public way, I would have thought any negotiations would have been done in private.
If in the unlikely event of another Ryanair stint in Norn Iron I would again ask is it because City management is so good or simply that Aldergrove management couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery?
Incidentally the taxi driver I was talking to was spot on in his information about extra stands. I was speaking to my source at City and they said surveying is almost complete at the old terminal area and work is imminent and should be complete before the summer schedule.
If in the unlikely event of another Ryanair stint in Norn Iron I would again ask is it because City management is so good or simply that Aldergrove management couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery?
Incidentally the taxi driver I was talking to was spot on in his information about extra stands. I was speaking to my source at City and they said surveying is almost complete at the old terminal area and work is imminent and should be complete before the summer schedule.
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Maybe they'll put up a marquee on the old terminal site and call it the ryanair terminal
Also looking at the BA time table, by looks of things they have 2 night stopping aircraft, is this right? And if so where is the 2nd being parked? Is there space currently?
Also looking at the BA time table, by looks of things they have 2 night stopping aircraft, is this right? And if so where is the 2nd being parked? Is there space currently?
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On some days this second overnighter was the 8th flight of the day. Flight number of it was out of sequence, I would take it that this was an extra sortie for Christmas demand ??
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The 2nd night stopper is planned until the 10th jan then a week with 1 ns then back to 2 night stoppers from the 17th until 3rd feb where there will continue to be 2 based ns every Saturday night after that.
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Some good news from last months CAA figures, growth on LHR,LGW,MAN(despite new competition),LBA, CWL,INV. Some drops here and there but excellent in a time of austerity and civil unreast in Belfast. Lets hope the figures continue to grow in 2013 and peace prevails.