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I think that it could be ORK > AGP > SNN > AGP > ORK.
The presence of Aer Lingus in Alicante is almost symbolic. Just seven flights per week in peak season (5x to DUB and 2x to ORK). What a difference with Malaga...
The presence of Aer Lingus in Alicante is almost symbolic. Just seven flights per week in peak season (5x to DUB and 2x to ORK). What a difference with Malaga...
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End of the European routes for 2013:
The last flight by EI of BHD EU routes for 2013 is enroute AGP - BHD. Very strong loads across the summer for the airlines, clearly showing the potential for BHD and for AerLingus. When compared to boarding by EZY ex BFS, they are indeed very respectable.
Interesting to note that the last flight out today on BHD AGP had 19 passengers on board. As you would expect low loads on the last services down as passengers had no options to come back with AerLingus. Unless of course they want to stay until end of March 14!
Lets hope we see EI bringing on more routes ex BHD next year.
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Interesting to note that the last flight out today on BHD AGP had 19 passengers on board. As you would expect low loads on the last services down as passengers had no options to come back with AerLingus. Unless of course they want to stay until end of March 14!
Lets hope we see EI bringing on more routes ex BHD next year.
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I see that AerLingus on many days operating only 2 rotations on BHD LGW...
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There are rumours that Harbour will become a jet free FlyBe base, dramatically downsized from previous times. If true I would imagine Harbour will be a lot quieter with movements?
Hard times for crew, I have a lot of friends that chased the flying dream and rely on FlyBe to pay the bills - hope it all works out for FlyBe, it would be a great pity for an airline with such a long history with Norn Iron to bow out.
Hard times for crew, I have a lot of friends that chased the flying dream and rely on FlyBe to pay the bills - hope it all works out for FlyBe, it would be a great pity for an airline with such a long history with Norn Iron to bow out.
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BHD is doing well for Flybe
If any route likely to be dropped I would suggest NCL, numbers are quite low
EDI GLA MAN BHX doing well
EMA has been scaled back by one and whether LBA needs four daily I don't know
If any route likely to be dropped I would suggest NCL, numbers are quite low
EDI GLA MAN BHX doing well
EMA has been scaled back by one and whether LBA needs four daily I don't know
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From a yield point of view is makes sense that BE scale back routes like EMA and LBA, where they have no direct competition on these specific markets route pairs. Fewer seats will result in better yield, higher fares.
easyJet are filling gaps in their schedule on NCL and GLA over the summer and some winter frequencies, combined with longer routes with 320s, which results in larger volumes of seats and lower prices, this may be impacting BE's corresponding BHD routes.
175's are not hugely advantageous in terms of numbers over Q400s and with rumours of some new European routes ex GB, I'd expect jets to be directed to these, hence the rumour makes sense posted by panpan...
With no LGW route and continued pressure on BHX and MAN from EZY... quite possible EMBs to disappear on these routes, perhaps an end will come to based jets, but peak flights ex MAN and BHX may see EMBs coming from thoses bases..?
easyJet are filling gaps in their schedule on NCL and GLA over the summer and some winter frequencies, combined with longer routes with 320s, which results in larger volumes of seats and lower prices, this may be impacting BE's corresponding BHD routes.
175's are not hugely advantageous in terms of numbers over Q400s and with rumours of some new European routes ex GB, I'd expect jets to be directed to these, hence the rumour makes sense posted by panpan...
With no LGW route and continued pressure on BHX and MAN from EZY... quite possible EMBs to disappear on these routes, perhaps an end will come to based jets, but peak flights ex MAN and BHX may see EMBs coming from thoses bases..?
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According to the CAA September 2013 passenger stats flybe carried 12,780 passengers on the Leeds - Belfast City route, which was up 40% on the same month last year.
So the current 4x daily Dash 8 service must be about right size as they were doing 3x daily before Jet2 dropped it's 9x weekly B737-300, Leeds - Belfast int'l route earlier in the summer.
So the current 4x daily Dash 8 service must be about right size as they were doing 3x daily before Jet2 dropped it's 9x weekly B737-300, Leeds - Belfast int'l route earlier in the summer.
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Flybe to cut 52 jobs at George Best Belfast City Airport
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However on June 11 you were happy for other staff( not BHD or your chums natch)to be kicked to the kerb for financial reasons
More security of flights remaining at BHD....better yields for the company...all good business sense ....sure you'd do it yourself 
Good luck to those professionals who will suffer from this.
However on June 11 you were happy for other staff( not BHD or your chums natch)to be kicked to the kerb for financial reasons
If this proves to be true then it can only be good news for us as consumers.
Good luck to those professionals who will suffer from this.
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With LGW going, being at significant frequency this will mean a reduction on that front anyway, but they could certainly operate the MAN and BHX routes with MAX and BHX metal and crew, except for the early morning departures.
Those 3 mentioned routes make up a significant proportion of the BHD operation.....
EI-BUD
With LGW going, being at significant frequency this will mean a reduction on that front anyway, but they could certainly operate the MAN and BHX routes with MAX and BHX metal and crew, except for the early morning departures.
Those 3 mentioned routes make up a significant proportion of the BHD operation.....
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From what I can tell though, BHD base isn't closing. A fair few jobs will surely go as a result of LGW route going. Awful for anyone loosing their jobs. Ultimately what flybe need to do is lower their cost base to be more competitive, and payroll is nearly always the number one cost and first victim in a profit protection exercise. Also, let's not forget, any frequency cuts can be restored in the course of time. Switching over to DH8 for most flights will help yield and potentially mean high frequency can be maintained.
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FWIW, I've been a frequent traveller to NI for around 12 years. I don't have any strong preferences for airports (even flew into CODA once!) or airlines (going back to BA, BMI Baby etc), it's almost always a combination of price vs schedule that wins the day for me.
I like EZY because it's often (but not always) cheaper and it's always a jet.
I like FlyBe because of the high frequency and sometimes it's a jet, I think if they reduced frequency on MAN-BHD, they would be quite unlikely to see any of my business again. Frequency is the key difference between the two options which is why sometimes I do pay more to go with FlyBe.
I like EZY because it's often (but not always) cheaper and it's always a jet.
I like FlyBe because of the high frequency and sometimes it's a jet, I think if they reduced frequency on MAN-BHD, they would be quite unlikely to see any of my business again. Frequency is the key difference between the two options which is why sometimes I do pay more to go with FlyBe.
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Originally Posted by GnRdL
I think that it could be ORK > AGP > SNN > AGP > ORK.
The presence of Aer Lingus in Alicante is almost symbolic. Just seven flights per week in peak season (5x to DUB and 2x to ORK). What a difference with Malaga...
The presence of Aer Lingus in Alicante is almost symbolic. Just seven flights per week in peak season (5x to DUB and 2x to ORK). What a difference with Malaga...
2x/weeky SNN - AGP
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