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BFS to BOJ confirmed on Wednesdays starting 29/5/19, departs 14.45. Finishing 25/9/19
They still have a spare AM and PM slots on Wednesday so maybe some more to come
They still have a spare AM and PM slots on Wednesday so maybe some more to come
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Looks to be on the B737-300 aircraft so that leaves one of the B737-800 aircraft still not doing anything all day on a Wednesday. Must be another route or two to be announced?
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kefalonia being reportedly as destination on ni travel website although not yet on EZY website
https://nitravelnews.com/news/easyje...s-now-on-sale/
https://nitravelnews.com/news/easyje...s-now-on-sale/
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kefalonia being reportedly as destination on ni travel website although not yet on EZY website
https://nitravelnews.com/news/easyje...s-now-on-sale/
https://nitravelnews.com/news/easyje...s-now-on-sale/
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If you look at it from a Belfast perspective, then we could maybe base a 787 here, and offer a couple of Toronto rotations and maybe three New York rotations each week. Throw in an Orlando at the weekend, and we may well be able to justify the aircraft. But from the VS perspective, they operate a 'business' type service from LHR, and the holiday routes from LGW/MAN/GLA/BFS.
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MAN has a hybrid operation: "hoilday routes" to MCO (10 weekly or thereabouts) with BGI & LAS both 2 weekly. "Business routes" to JFK and ATL daily (both appear to be 4 weekly in winter) with summer seasonal on MAN-SFO 3 weekly and MAN-BOS 2 weekly (though the primary focus for SFO and BOS may be holiday traffic, the hope is that hi-tech links between SFO and MAN based compnanies can get it to also become year-round as they are attempting to garner corporate traffic).
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I think there are a couple of reasons why Virgin have showed no interest in BFS to JFK/BOS/YYZ flights, and are unlikely to do so anytime soon;
United were unable to make BFS-EWR work, despite having daily B752 flights providing connections to over 100 destinations. Virgin would have to use the much larger B789/A333, and Delta's JFK hub provides a lot fewer connections than United at EWR.
Additional services from BFS would require Virgin to order additional aircraft or axe existing routes, as there's simply no capacity available for the flights.
Demand on transatlantic routes from BFS isn't yet high enough to sustain more than one airline. Norwegian is (albeit seasonally) still operating from BFS, meaning any potential Virgin service would need to rely heavily on transfer passengers, as a large number of point-to-point and budget travellers would choose to fly Norwegian.
I don't think Virgin will add flights to JFK/BOS/YYZ from BFS anytime soon, but if their MCO service continues to be a success then I could see the frequency being increased, and there is always a remote possibility of flights to LAS/BGI.
United were unable to make BFS-EWR work, despite having daily B752 flights providing connections to over 100 destinations. Virgin would have to use the much larger B789/A333, and Delta's JFK hub provides a lot fewer connections than United at EWR.
Additional services from BFS would require Virgin to order additional aircraft or axe existing routes, as there's simply no capacity available for the flights.
Demand on transatlantic routes from BFS isn't yet high enough to sustain more than one airline. Norwegian is (albeit seasonally) still operating from BFS, meaning any potential Virgin service would need to rely heavily on transfer passengers, as a large number of point-to-point and budget travellers would choose to fly Norwegian.
I don't think Virgin will add flights to JFK/BOS/YYZ from BFS anytime soon, but if their MCO service continues to be a success then I could see the frequency being increased, and there is always a remote possibility of flights to LAS/BGI.
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Expensive and the cost of operating the flight with crew on long serving contracts, hotel, transport... all adds up. Numbers started to decrease 2/3 years before they left when flights reduced in winter followed by suspension for 12 weeks.
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Are we back to the United Newark conversation?
It made money, that was stated uncategorically in public evidence before a committee.
They decided the airframes could make more money on other routes. That's how it works when you rely on a non-local airline that has no vested interest in the community.
It made money, that was stated uncategorically in public evidence before a committee.
They decided the airframes could make more money on other routes. That's how it works when you rely on a non-local airline that has no vested interest in the community.
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Oh the crocodile tears from people in this thread complaining that CO ‘dumped us’, when these same people flew long haul from Dublin.
The route was losing money in 2011 - so it’s unfair to say that United didn’t try and maintain the connectivity.
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/tra...-28655745.html
With Norwegian unsurprisingly failing to make it work, I can’t see anyone else taking up the route until perhaps EI get the 321LR, and a subsidy. A big subsidy. Oh and a cherry on top of that subsidy. Their Jet blue connectivity in JFK could help the viability.
The route was losing money in 2011 - so it’s unfair to say that United didn’t try and maintain the connectivity.
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/tra...-28655745.html
With Norwegian unsurprisingly failing to make it work, I can’t see anyone else taking up the route until perhaps EI get the 321LR, and a subsidy. A big subsidy. Oh and a cherry on top of that subsidy. Their Jet blue connectivity in JFK could help the viability.