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VS MCO April and May with the exception of Easter weekend has at least 200 seats avail and often nobody in J, very few in W - Yet still it’s cheaper to go through Dublin. Some flights have less than 100 on them. Yes they’ll always fill it in July and August but the rest of the time I very much doubt it 
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VS MCO April and May with the exception of Easter weekend has at least 200 seats avail and often nobody in J, very few in W - Yet still it’s cheaper to go through Dublin. Some flights have less than 100 on them. Yes they’ll always fill it in July and August but the rest of the time I very much doubt it
First of all, there are no April/May statistics for BFS given that this year is the first year VS is operating BFS-MCO throughout the entire summer season.
Secondly, your passenger 'figures' above suggest that the average load factor is 56% (200 free seats), with some flights as low as 22% (100 seats filled). As I've said above, there are no figures for BFS, but VS operate GLA-MCO and MAN-MCO, both flown solely by the B744. Official CAA statistics for 2017 are as follows;
April 2017
GLA-MCO: 72%
MAN-MCO: 74%
May 2017
GLA-MCO: 74%
MAN-MCO: 79%
This means that over the April/May period, VS flights from GLA had on average 133 empty seats, and just 105 empty seats on flights from MAN.
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Just booked Jet2 for Malta from Stansted for July. It is cheaper for a party of 3 to fly from LDY with Flybmi, then STN to Malta with Jet2, week in Malta, back to STN with Jet2, night in Raddison in STN and then Flybmi back to LDY than it is for the SAME holiday direct to Malta from BFS with Jet2. Saving around £400 on BFS price. Done the same last year from LDY - STN to Faro with Jet2, savings then around £300 compared to BFS.
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A320 I was talking about this year. Shoulder season forward bookings are poor. But I'll now bow to your superior knowledge of historical spreadsheets.
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I believe that Jet2 is a 3 aircraft base at BFS this summer. Could be wrong. In the NI Travel News press release it stated that there will be a 7 per cent increase in seats for summer 2019 over summer 2018, and lists routes that will utilise the larger -800 aircraft. So I believe this is where the additional seats will come from. However then goes on to state that 4 aircraft will be based at BFS for summer 19.
With the use of larger aircraft and if an additional aircraft was based, would the increase not be assumed to be larger than 7 per cent?
With the use of larger aircraft and if an additional aircraft was based, would the increase not be assumed to be larger than 7 per cent?
On the back of a bumper Summer 2018 programme, there is even more growth in response to demand for Summer 2019. The addition of 30,000 seats means over 450,000 seats are going on sale, a 7 per cent capacity increase, which will be supported by four aircraft at the base.
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I believe that Jet2 is a 3 aircraft base at BFS this summer. Could be wrong. In the NI Travel News press release it stated that there will be a 7 per cent increase in seats for summer 2019 over summer 2018, and lists routes that will utilise the larger -800 aircraft. So I believe this is where the additional seats will come from. However then goes on to state that 4 aircraft will be based at BFS for summer 19.
With the use of larger aircraft and if an additional aircraft was based, would the increase not be assumed to be larger than 7 per cent?
With the use of larger aircraft and if an additional aircraft was based, would the increase not be assumed to be larger than 7 per cent?
With EZY predicting 7 for next summer, RYR 3, LS 3, TCX 1 and a Sunwing operated Thomson 738 all nightstopping, there could br a lack of room!
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Jet2 announced on 26th April 2017 that they would be basing a fourth aircraft at Bfs this summer. I believe their programme needs 4 aircraft. Has their plans changed so that they will only be operating 3?
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Jet2 Summer 2019
Key headlines from Belfast International for Summer 19 are:
The additional flights and holidays are as follows:
https://www.jet2.com/News/Summer_Sun...__NOW_ON_SALE/
The additional flights and holidays are as follows:
https://www.jet2.com/News/Summer_Sun...__NOW_ON_SALE/
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Were are getting the information about 7 EZY aircraft and 3 FR for next year?
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There's been chatter for a while now on 7 EZY's. There was supposesly plans to introduce the 4th A319 in June 2018, but never came to fruition. As for Ryanair, I've heard that over the summer months of 19, the MAN,STN and alternating international flights (ALC, SXF etc.) will all go early to mid morning
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The schedule for S19 has gaps for 2 additional weekly flights - Wednesday afternoon (B733) and Friday afternoon (B738) - so there may yet be a new route announcement in the coming weeks.
A couple of negative points about the S19 schedule;
Naples and Madeira are being downgraded from the B738 to the B733.
Almería is having its frequency cut from x2 weekly to x1 weekly.
A couple of negative points about the S19 schedule;
Naples and Madeira are being downgraded from the B738 to the B733.
Almería is having its frequency cut from x2 weekly to x1 weekly.
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The schedule for S19 has gaps for 2 additional weekly flights - Wednesday afternoon (B733) and Friday afternoon (B738) - so there may yet be a new route announcement in the coming weeks.
A couple of negative points about the S19 schedule;
Naples and Madeira are being downgraded from the B738 to the B733.
Almería is having its frequency cut from x2 weekly to x1 weekly.
A couple of negative points about the S19 schedule;
Naples and Madeira are being downgraded from the B738 to the B733.
Almería is having its frequency cut from x2 weekly to x1 weekly.
There is another gap on Wednesdays all day on one of the B738s.