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Dident realise Poots decision had been overturned by the courts. As for Heathrow maintaining its numbers from BHD, BA currently down to four flights daily making a total of seven. EZY also operate three MAN flights Mon and Fri.
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SNN used to be covered by an A330. The loads weren’t bad either.
It’s likely that Ryanair are prodding for weak points in the Easyjet network. I don’t personally believe that MAN can sustain 3 operators running a full schedule which would make toe dipping pretty pointless.
It’s likely that Ryanair are prodding for weak points in the Easyjet network. I don’t personally believe that MAN can sustain 3 operators running a full schedule which would make toe dipping pretty pointless.
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RND22, what are you trying to imply? DUB and SNN are different markets altogether. DUB well because its the largest city on the island, lots of US MNCs also have their EU HQ there. SNN is situated in the Atlantic Economic Corridor, home to the largest cluster of investment outside of Dublin and also benefits from the Wild Atlantic Way ect... how does BFS compare to those?
Also, Norweigan probably didn't work because of the service offered i.e into a small airport and no AVOD.
I would rather go to Dublin than set foot on a regionally configured plane for 7 hours.
If it had've been a full service carrier on a 737 Max, maybe it may have done better.
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That shows how little you understand about a lot of things though. Americans don't usually understand and/or care that there is a difference. They travel to Ireland (of which we are a part, both geographically and culturally) The next problem with that is that we are marketed as a whole Island by the annointed tourism body. You could find a lot of people who will have a long discussion about how much focus the Northern part of the island gets in terms of advertising etc. in foreign markets, at least in terms of BFS/LDY/BHD as a potential entry point. This has a knock on effect on Tourism related industry here
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owenc does have a point though. Read any travel forum on the island of Ireland and 50% of them are interested in doing the exact same tour that starts in Dublin, goes to Kilkenny, Killarney, the Cliffs of Moher and Galway before flying out of Shannon (or the opposite way around).
What that actually shows though is that there is great potential for growth on the island as there are loads of areas that work for European tourists that the Americans scarcely see.
What that actually shows though is that there is great potential for growth on the island as there are loads of areas that work for European tourists that the Americans scarcely see.
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That shows how little you understand about a lot of things though. Americans don't usually understand and/or care that there is a difference. They travel to Ireland (of which we are a part, both geographically and culturally) The next problem with that is that we are marketed as a whole Island by the annointed tourism body. You could find a lot of people who will have a long discussion about how much focus the Northern part of the island gets in terms of advertising etc. in foreign markets, at least in terms of BFS/LDY/BHD as a potential entry point. This has a knock on effect on Tourism related industry here
If United weren't so keen on reducing their Transatlantic 757 services, we would still have one.
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I've flown both United to BFS and DUB and the BFS flight, was majority Northern Irish and the Dublin flight, majority American customers.
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Seconddog is spot on. We got a bum steer up here from the Irish Tourist Board who were happy to pretend BFS never had a direct connection. I got that from some of the United staff before it was canned.
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If the airport want to hit BHD with regional connectivity surely they could offer Loganair a great deal to start ABZ and INV.... possibly even DND? A daily flight to each with smaller aircraft and mostly oil rig passengers on the ABZ I don’t think they would mind which airport the fly from but would hit Flybe and open a new market for BFS
With EZY starting IOM I think eastern will suffer and pull it resulting in NCL being pulled. Jetstream aircraft aren’t cheap aircraft to fly, I see no marketing of the route and even if BHD offer them a good deal with fees the loads they are carrying will make no ods.
With EZY starting IOM I think eastern will suffer and pull it resulting in NCL being pulled. Jetstream aircraft aren’t cheap aircraft to fly, I see no marketing of the route and even if BHD offer them a good deal with fees the loads they are carrying will make no ods.
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I don't think FR are terribly interested in domestic from BFS or anywhere UK really. As has been said I think MAN is a gap filler, they can't profitably run 4x daily to STN and the a/c would be sitting idly for an afternoon.
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There is a few gaps for the other aircraft that is based.
Wed, Thur, Sat & Sun have gaps from around 12:20 to 16:35 and a Tuesday it doesn't move to around 16:35.
Monday and Fridays have no gaps.
Would there be any route that could work in them gaps?
Wed, Thur, Sat & Sun have gaps from around 12:20 to 16:35 and a Tuesday it doesn't move to around 16:35.
Monday and Fridays have no gaps.
Would there be any route that could work in them gaps?