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Qatar did say on their tweet announcing the start of the new Lgw route, that they intended adding Belfast this year. Whether it happens is a different matter.
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Aren't technicalities fun?
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If you want to get pedantic then no-one actually flies to 'LDY', that's just an internal IATA code for ticketing and bag routing. You can't write that on a flight plan and you can't ask ATC for vectors to it. The approach plates say LONDONDERRY EGLINTON EGAE
Aren't technicalities fun?
Aren't technicalities fun?
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Like BFS, LDY isn’t in the actual city it serves. If Flybe were in Derry, then they missed the airport by seven miles. I think if you remind yourself of my incredulity at the time you will see that I agreed with you re: likeihood of BE starting at LDY. Should Emirates start up at an airport ninety miles from an airport they already serve, in a part of the world which has no coherent government, an uncertain socioeconomic and geopolitical future, from an airport that can’t support a New York route, then I will happily meet you at your beloved Aldergrove and buy you a pint (even paying the £5.50 they charge).
Now. The 1970s called. They miss you.
Now. The 1970s called. They miss you.
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I have to say that the silence from BFS is deafening particularly in the last 6 months. Are they crippled financially? Are they working on a secret soon to be announced infrastructure project? I honestly thought that they would have announced an extension of the facility by now. Any new route announcement whatsoever will be overshadowed by questions like 'what are you going to do about the overcrowded facility? The often queue at security?......etc etc.They simply need to expand the facility.
Surely now is the time to construct a fully extendable east terminal at BFS.
I take it the A380 is sarcasm? At the very max I would have thought 777. A380 too big, 777 more elegant to have about the place.
Surely now is the time to construct a fully extendable east terminal at BFS.
I take it the A380 is sarcasm? At the very max I would have thought 777. A380 too big, 777 more elegant to have about the place.
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It wasnt GB and NI that had to beg to be bailed out some years ago sunshine, our government in westminister had to help bail the mighty celtic tiger out don't you remember, emirates had originally wanted BFS to happen before DUB, only that the state run airport came up with the begging money to buy them over, money that came from the begging pot i suppose🙄
, I am embarrassed that we share a tourism agency and welcome people to Ireland there. I'm sorry "mate" but DUB (and Ireland in general) is leagues ahead of that tin-shack outside Belfast and the non-entity of NI.
It wasnt GB and NI that had to beg to be bailed out some years ago sunshine, our government in westminister had to help bail the mighty celtic tiger out don't you remember, emirates had originally wanted BFS to happen before DUB, only that the state run airport came up with the begging money to buy them over, money that came from the begging pot i suppose��
total tosh . They have been to bfs and pulled the plug when they saw the state of the place , fact
total tosh . They have been to bfs and pulled the plug when they saw the state of the place , fact
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It wasnt GB and NI that had to beg to be bailed out some years ago sunshine, our government in westminister had to help bail the mighty celtic tiger out don't you remember, emirates had originally wanted BFS to happen before DUB, only that the state run airport came up with the begging money to buy them over, money that came from the begging pot i suppose��
total tosh . They have been to bfs and pulled the plug when they saw the state of the place , fact
total tosh . They have been to bfs and pulled the plug when they saw the state of the place , fact
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Actually, the UK received a bailout in 1976 from the IMF. So maybe brush up on your own history before using that kind of crap in support your bitterness towards the Republic and its success and might I add, the money received from the UK was used to bailout Ulster Bank and the Bank of Scotland so I fail to see your point. Besides, for DUB and BFS to actually be considered competitors, DUB would have to lose 20-something million passengers, a few dozen airlines, various links to the USA, Canada, China and the Middle East. Also, have your seen the facilities at BFS , I am embarrassed that we share a tourism agency and welcome people to Ireland there. I'm sorry "mate" but DUB (and Ireland in general) is leagues ahead of that tin-shack outside Belfast and the non-entity of NI.
, I am embarrassed that we share a tourism agency and welcome people to Ireland there. I'm sorry "mate" but DUB (and Ireland in general) is leagues ahead of that tin-shack outside Belfast and the non-entity of NI.People wouldn’t be bitter about your country if Leo Varadkar would have respect for the United Kingdom by calming down his rhetoric and stop trying to tell the UK what to do.
Not to mention, using Northern Ireland Peace process to blackmail the UK into shackling itself to the EU.
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So....to bring it back onto the topic of aviation. What are the major improvements on the way that would entice a full service airline to use BFS for
other Mickey Mouse shuttles?
Security is unacceptable. The lounge is tiny. The terminal is too small and bursting at the seams. The International pier is like something out of the dark ages and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
I presume Qatar, Emirates et al would expect major improvements before subjecting their customers (some may be status holders with certain expectations, currently using Dublin) to endure the low cost experience of Aldergrove? Perhaps a separate security channel for international departures with a small airline lounge constructed on the roof of the international pier might be a short stop gap if a Gulf based carrier was to arrive.
other Mickey Mouse shuttles?
Security is unacceptable. The lounge is tiny. The terminal is too small and bursting at the seams. The International pier is like something out of the dark ages and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
I presume Qatar, Emirates et al would expect major improvements before subjecting their customers (some may be status holders with certain expectations, currently using Dublin) to endure the low cost experience of Aldergrove? Perhaps a separate security channel for international departures with a small airline lounge constructed on the roof of the international pier might be a short stop gap if a Gulf based carrier was to arrive.
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