Belfast International-2

[Refuellerman]

Ok cant really argue with the caa, sorry gazmo

[FourTrails]

easyflyer83 & Fuellerman, re the Malaga crews.. The Belfast crew operate BFS-LTN-AGP-BFS while the Luton crew operate LTN-BFS-AGP-LTN

Watch Mon/Tue for new routes from eJ

[GAZMO]

Any hints Fourtrails?

[FourTrails]

Boats could be useful

[GAZMO]

BA flight from Boston Being diverted to BFS

[SecondDog]

Originally Posted by GAZMO

BA flight from Boston Beijing diverted to BFS

Is it still there? I imagine the snappers will be slipping over themselves to get a nice shot of that one.

[MaverickPrime]

Was just checking out the airports page on Wikipedia. I was looking at the CAA figures, does anyone know why the amount of freight moved through the airport in 2016 was so low compare to the previous years?

[BFS BHD]

Is the EasyJet Press Release still planned for tomorrow with the New A320Neo due in?

[El Bunto]

Originally Posted by SecondDog

Is it still there? I imagine the snappers will be slipping over themselves to get a nice shot of that one.

BA 747 went out just after 01:00 after an hour's delay on the ground, don't know what the problem was. De-icing possibly?

[Refuellerman]

Originally Posted by El Bunto

BA 747 went out just after 01:00 after an hour's delay on the ground, don't know what the problem was. De-icing possibly?

Possible slot restrictions knowing what a nightmare london airspace is

[BFS BHD]

EasyJet New Routes

Isle Of Man - 2 weekly (From 22nd June 2018)
Naples - 2 weekly (From 23rd June 2018)
Valencia - 2 weekly (From 23rd June 2018)

[A320.b744]

Originally Posted by BFS BHD

Isle Of Man is the first new route for S18.

2 weekly.

This is very good news for travellers to the Isle of Man. The current offering from BHD is pathetic, and based on passenger numbers there is a lot more demand on the route than there currently are seats. easyJet will also bring affordable prices to the route, as Eastern/Flybe prices are extortionate. The use of a 'proper' aircraft will also entice leisure travellers. I predict this route will do very well, and will be increased to x3/x4 weekly very soon.

[BFS BHD]

Still gaps in the schedules I think. Possibly more to come or increase in current routes?

[GAZMO]

Isle of Man Mon and Fri
Valencia and Naples Tues and Sat

Still hopeful Pula will appear

[OneBellEnd]

Capacity to increase on virtually all EZY BFS UK regional routes outside London, as well as to Paris and Bordeaux.

[mart901]

Originally Posted by A320.b744

This is very good news for travellers to the Isle of Man. The current offering from BHD is pathetic, and based on passenger numbers there is a lot more demand on the route than there currently are seats. easyJet will also bring affordable prices to the route, as Eastern/Flybe prices are extortionate. The use of a 'proper' aircraft will also entice leisure travellers. I predict this route will do very well, and will be increased to x3/x4 weekly very soon.

I'd struggle to understand how a twice weekly flight is such a massive improvement to a a 'pathetic' daily service, nor how EZY's aircraft are 'proper'..... I'd say has wings, wheels, seats, pilots, cabin crew??? It's a tiny island 35 mins away, it's not like BE are asking the public to fly across the Atlantic in a J41. I do agree it's overpriced though, very much aimed at business and yes it could warrant double daily. If EZY knock BE off the route I can't see them offering anything close to that level of frequency and while it might suit leisure pax it won't really help the IOM in many respects.

All in all good news though, nice to see EZY firming its position, they seemed to hold out for a while with minimal new routes and just careful capacity increases, now FR are at a weak point they've pounced.

[GAZMO]

From BT article this morning looks like extra weekly flights to CDG and BOD although cannot see them on website at moment

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/b...-36398808.html

[Plane.Silly]

So excited, he has to post it twice

[El Bunto]

The use of a 'proper' aircraft will also entice leisure travellers.

Yes it's a nice big comfy A3xx but a 65nm route is really not an efficient use of the type. It will be barely topping-out at FL150 before commencing descent.

Unless they operated IoM as a pass-through onto other destinations, as JEA used to with the F27s, I don't see how this will be much more affordable than Eastern.

To put it in context, the only shorter routes on an A320 that I can think of are Fuertaventura to Arrecife which are really positioning flights with pax permitted.

[owenc]

Very good to see Naples. Something different, finally.