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Still think FR in the process of finalising winter 19/20
From looking at the proposal for flights
Monday KRK and ALC
Tuesday Nothing
Wednesday BGY and ALC
Thursday SXF and AGP
Friday KRK, ALC, MAN and STN !!!
Saturday BGY and AGP
Sunday SXF, AGP MAN STN !!!.....KRK being covered by KRK based aircraft
If I have got it wrong Im sure a poster will correct me
From looking at the proposal for flights
Monday KRK and ALC
Tuesday Nothing
Wednesday BGY and ALC
Thursday SXF and AGP
Friday KRK, ALC, MAN and STN !!!
Saturday BGY and AGP
Sunday SXF, AGP MAN STN !!!.....KRK being covered by KRK based aircraft
If I have got it wrong Im sure a poster will correct me
Join Date: May 2007
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Is there any likelihood that some flights are still to be loaded? Honestly can't believe the STN cuts, especially as STN is pretty much fortress FR; and was handy for good value self connections across Europe. Now I know FR like to spin, but with EZY doing many domestic flights from BFS with double APD, yet they 'seem' to be coping. Is it because they had an established traveller base in NI?? I'd have hoped FR could have at least kept STN, over MAN, even if it was at EZY's expense. With yields possibly trashed to STN, was it a case that FR blinked first??
I wonder will these cuts be indicative of summer 2020, or possibly healthy demand from BFS during summer schedule, just rubbish through the winter?
I wonder will these cuts be indicative of summer 2020, or possibly healthy demand from BFS during summer schedule, just rubbish through the winter?
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Because of the maverick approach by Ryanair, I would swim before flying with them. Would never trust them to fly me on a holiday. Frankly it's an additional stress that one does not require.
On a seperate note, they keep banging on about abolishing APD, if it ever was they would still find another way of causing chaos, whether with airports or more importantly traveller's plans.
On a seperate note, they keep banging on about abolishing APD, if it ever was they would still find another way of causing chaos, whether with airports or more importantly traveller's plans.
Still think FR in the process of finalising winter 19/20
From looking at the proposal for flights
Monday KRK and ALC
Tuesday Nothing
Wednesday BGY and ALC
Thursday SXF and AGP
Friday KRK, ALC, MAN and STN !!!
Saturday BGY and AGP
Sunday SXF, AGP MAN STN !!!.....KRK being covered by KRK based aircraft
If I have got it wrong Im sure a poster will correct me
From looking at the proposal for flights
Monday KRK and ALC
Tuesday Nothing
Wednesday BGY and ALC
Thursday SXF and AGP
Friday KRK, ALC, MAN and STN !!!
Saturday BGY and AGP
Sunday SXF, AGP MAN STN !!!.....KRK being covered by KRK based aircraft
If I have got it wrong Im sure a poster will correct me
Friends use Wroclaw - BFS on occasions and have never had a full plane even at Christmas and fares are low. They go close to Katowice and say KTW / KRK are the easiest airports but they say 1 extra hour and Wro is usable with fares 25% of the other 2, when 5 of them it makes a huge difference plus with less than full planes they never buy seats and take pot luck in sitting together and say they have never failed.
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Simple, BFS isn’t giving them the rock bottom deal that they want. BFS will run back to them in a few months time and all willl be good and a big massive expansion and then over time it’ll be chopped and churned. Unfortunately we know about it all too well in Shannon
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Or maybe just run now !
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Because they build up a following at BFS then pull out
They work on the basis 45-50% follow them down to DUB and they go on about APD and say how cheap Dublin is,even though it's not. One big base with lower costs and more passengers.....maybe.
They work on the basis 45-50% follow them down to DUB and they go on about APD and say how cheap Dublin is,even though it's not. One big base with lower costs and more passengers.....maybe.
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I'm told, fairly reliablly FR have struggled up against a very popular and well established EZY, same as EI. From what I'm hearing FR could only fill aircraft at a loss, and domestic doesn't really lend well to lots of ancillary revenue Its all a bit reminiscent of BHD some years ago, only not so crazy domestic wise
Looking at what's left its very similar to LS really, heavily driven on sunshine and an odd city route.
Looking at what's left its very similar to LS really, heavily driven on sunshine and an odd city route.
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Well you do wonder why they go up against Ezy on domestics when there are 2 routes out of Bfs with no competition, Ema and Lba. Why did they not try those instead of Man? I know these routes operate out of Bhd before someone tells me.
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the answer to this has probably been written somewhere but how many a/c do FR currently base at BFS and how many after the flight reduction? The BFS crew are lovely people. Use the BGY route a lot and always had on time service with friendly crew.
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Indeed. Maybe they are learning that given the direct choice between FR and another low cost airline, people will pick the nicer airline. In this case EZY.
Last edited by SealinkBF; 9th Mar 2019 at 15:56.