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Over 30 jobs are being created through the expansion of services out of Northern Ireland by low cost airline easyJet, it was announced today. . . . .It is adding an extra daily flight between Belfast International and Liverpool and on the Belfast - London Luton route.. .. .In addition easyJet is to recruit 33 new cabin crew from Northern Ireland and permanently base two aircraft at Belfast International from June.. .. .The airline said the extra flights would not only provide more choice, but enhance travellers` ability to use the two English airports to fly on to European destinations.. .----. .. . <a href="http://luchtvaart.pagina.nl" target="_blank">Airline Industry News</a> . .. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> Crashed and burned the first time <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad.gif" />
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Patagonia - EDI crews get a mini tour, 2 days away staying in LGW & AMS. Flight are to NCE & BCN <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" /> . .. .Gets my vote <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />
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Northern Ireland seems to have an excellent air service considering it's population. Why is that? When you consider the total population of the province is little more than one million people, and the area is one of the most economically depressed areas of the EU, the air service it receives is phenominal. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" />
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Onan. .. .Not so surprising really. . .. .It is an island. It has to be accessed from the rest of the UKGB and Europe by air or sea (except from ROI). . .. .There are some 1.6m people in Northern Ireland which is served by three airports:. .. .Belfast International 3.5m pax per annum. .Belfast City 1.5m pax. .City of Derry 0.3m pax. .. .So 1.6m plus say another 300,000 people living in the Republic of Ireland which the NI airports serve equals 1.9m generating 5.3m pax whereas in the South with a population of 3.5m there are around 17.5 pax being generated. . .. .Dublin 13.5m. .Shannon 2.5m. .Cork 1m. .Others say (eg Galway, Knock, etc) 0.5m. .. .So the multiples are NI 2.8 and ROI 5.0. Given that tourism represents about 2% GDP in the north and 6% in the south (which has been more economically active recently) then it is likely that this goes some way to explaining the difference. It doesn't totally. Some one else may know the detail.. .. .BA pulled out of the LHR-BFS operation in Oct 2001 with only partial replacement by bmi, there would seem to be an opportunity to generate more pax trips. However, we then move into a question of yield and this could be what eJ see. . .. .Look at the performance of the Belfast-Northwest of Engalnd market, there has been a doubling of traffic on the routes since eJ started. They will be doing 7 a day to BFS ex LPL (c600K pax)whereas 3 years ago there was a service which only generated 50K pax per annum (and 250k ex MAN). .Low fares can create markets.. .. .The low fare boys have encouraged other developments check out BE's pricing and entry fares ex BHD - £25. This would have been unheard of two to three years ago.. .. .However, splitting traffic as thay do in NI that's another issue. Compare with Montreal, Milan etc.. .. .Hope this helps.. .. .P.S. The above numbers are a rough guide.. . . . <small>[ 26 March 2002, 17:19: Message edited by: Avro Arrow ]</small>
Whilst it may be economically depressed, there's plenty of money in NI - it's a well-kept secret how well you can live here. More Mercs and BMWs than I ever saw back home in England. EJ would do well to op to AGP, ALC or PMI - the charter firms have been ripping NI holidaymakers off for far too long.
