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As someone who is from Belfast, the idea that not enough is being done is laughable. Game of Thrones for goodness sake. Titanic! The travel apps for NI are amazing.
Blame APD but the tourist board is going above and beyond their duty!
Maybe just maybe theres not enough business for a five to seven day daily flight.
Blame APD but the tourist board is going above and beyond their duty!
Maybe just maybe theres not enough business for a five to seven day daily flight.
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sure most of the republic have no internet coverage and the roads are horrendous, and before anyone takes offense i would ask them to go for a drive down the west coast and prove me wrong.
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Thomas Cook - Summer 2020
Some changes for Summer 2020
Palma - NEW 1 Weekly (Wednesday)
Reus - Up from 3 Weekly to 4 Weekly (Monday, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday)
Enfidha - Down from 2 Weekly to 1 Weekly (Sunday)
Antalya - 2 Weekly (Wednesday & Sunday)
Dalaman - 3 Weekly (Monday, Thursday & Saturday)
Lanzarote - 1 Weekly (Thursday)
Tenerife - 2 Weekly (Tuesday & Friday)
Larnaca - Dropped
Palma - NEW 1 Weekly (Wednesday)
Reus - Up from 3 Weekly to 4 Weekly (Monday, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday)
Enfidha - Down from 2 Weekly to 1 Weekly (Sunday)
Antalya - 2 Weekly (Wednesday & Sunday)
Dalaman - 3 Weekly (Monday, Thursday & Saturday)
Lanzarote - 1 Weekly (Thursday)
Tenerife - 2 Weekly (Tuesday & Friday)
Larnaca - Dropped
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S/he's just another bitter person, spouting complete nonsense. Practically the same percentage of people living in Rural Ireland have access to 30mbp or above broadband as they do in Rural UK, and this isn't based on bluster (see page 20 here).
In terms of roads in the west coast, have you been there 2Para? Regardless of the fact that you can get to every city in the republic from Dublin on motorway quality roads, and the northern border, you can also drive from Tuam, to South of Limerick City on continuous 137km worth of motorway or HQDC quality roads (106km of which is actually designated motorway (M17/M18/M20)) which is 7 kms short of overtaking the length of Northern Ireland's entire motorway network which stands at just 113.1km per the source here.
Yet when I drive North of the Border when I want to go home, I go from the M1 to the horrific winding A1 "Dual Carriageway", get stuck at York Gate Interchange, and don't even get me started on the A5 and A6. There isn't even a dual carriageway connection to the "International" Airport for crying out loud!!!
In terms of roads in the west coast, have you been there 2Para? Regardless of the fact that you can get to every city in the republic from Dublin on motorway quality roads, and the northern border, you can also drive from Tuam, to South of Limerick City on continuous 137km worth of motorway or HQDC quality roads (106km of which is actually designated motorway (M17/M18/M20)) which is 7 kms short of overtaking the length of Northern Ireland's entire motorway network which stands at just 113.1km per the source here.
Yet when I drive North of the Border when I want to go home, I go from the M1 to the horrific winding A1 "Dual Carriageway", get stuck at York Gate Interchange, and don't even get me started on the A5 and A6. There isn't even a dual carriageway connection to the "International" Airport for crying out loud!!!
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No one mentioned life quality. He was just asking why people choose to start their journey in Dublin instead of Northern Ireland.
And he is right. I have noticed this with English people who visit Northern Ireland, despite NI being miles from DUB and BFS being a lot easier to get to.
if I am honest, I think it is because foreigners just have a lot more positive feelings and thoughts towards ROI than NI.
NI people are seen as being very direct and blunt. A lot of nationalities don’t like that, unfortunately. Particularly the Southern English.
And he is right. I have noticed this with English people who visit Northern Ireland, despite NI being miles from DUB and BFS being a lot easier to get to.
if I am honest, I think it is because foreigners just have a lot more positive feelings and thoughts towards ROI than NI.
NI people are seen as being very direct and blunt. A lot of nationalities don’t like that, unfortunately. Particularly the Southern English.
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Does anyone notice the massive hike in prices for Easyjet to STN since Ryanair has pulled off? I regularly seen £40-£80 return, now it is in and around £150-£200.
Can't see people from NI consistency paying that.
Can't see people from NI consistency paying that.
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It's not obscure economics, it's the entire basis of Ryanair's strategy! And indeed how Easyjet started ( fly to London for the price of a pair of jeans ).
On the Stansted, Easyjet seem to have calculated that they can maintain the route solely by milking the must-fly base load of passengers and discarding the opportunistic, discretionary demand that Ryanair had cultivated.
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If your organised then no, £50-£60 return. If you want to travel last minute you will pay dear. The very reason for FR pulling out is they couldn't drive demand to a point where they were charging over the odds to last minute customers - they only did well numbers wise on both LON routes when they were loosing money. Simple. Blaming APD is nonsense it was there when they arrived.
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I didn't mention APD? I just noticed the substantial hike in prices once Ryanair pulled out.
Usually, i'd book my flights a week or so in advance and i'd always get a decent fare. It seems now that one has to book his flight about a month before to get a decent fare.
Usually, i'd book my flights a week or so in advance and i'd always get a decent fare. It seems now that one has to book his flight about a month before to get a decent fare.
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Ok then..Americans and so on are flocking to Northern Ireland. Where are our Transatlantic flights?
And why does Dublin airport have over 31 million passengers per annum compared with BFS's measly 6.5 million? Explain that.
The reality is that foreigners want the authentic Irish experience, so they go south. They don't want to see Belfast or look at 'Peace Wall's'.
And why does Dublin airport have over 31 million passengers per annum compared with BFS's measly 6.5 million? Explain that.
The reality is that foreigners want the authentic Irish experience, so they go south. They don't want to see Belfast or look at 'Peace Wall's'.
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Try booking LHR a week I advance and see how that works out.
Airlines exist to make money. It is not our fundamental right to jet around the place for £20 and If the climate alarmists get their way you’ll be in for an even bigger shock. As for Ryanair, the last time I went to Manchester at 2 weeks notice, Easyjet were over £100 cheaper.
30 years ago it was around £270 rtn to London. That’s £550 in today’s money so we’re doing ok.
Airlines exist to make money. It is not our fundamental right to jet around the place for £20 and If the climate alarmists get their way you’ll be in for an even bigger shock. As for Ryanair, the last time I went to Manchester at 2 weeks notice, Easyjet were over £100 cheaper.
30 years ago it was around £270 rtn to London. That’s £550 in today’s money so we’re doing ok.
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Ok then..Americans and so on are flocking to Northern Ireland. Where are our Transatlantic flights?
And why does Dublin airport have over 31 million passengers per annum compared with BFS's measly 6.5 million? Explain that.
The reality is that foreigners want the authentic Irish experience, so they go south. They don't want to see Belfast or look at 'Peace Wall's'.
And why does Dublin airport have over 31 million passengers per annum compared with BFS's measly 6.5 million? Explain that.
The reality is that foreigners want the authentic Irish experience, so they go south. They don't want to see Belfast or look at 'Peace Wall's'.
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I would never leave flights to a week ahead to book, its normally months and even up to a year or more. We booked Lanzarote in April and we're travelling in July 2020 par example. Low cost airlines work on the basis they get more expensive the closer you get, the opposite to how airlines (charter in particular) used to work. They budget things like fuel on funds from early bookings.This is the whole reason Ryanair have reduced services, the fact you could get cheap fares at the last minute means they've sold below cost all the way through from when the flight went on sale.
I REALLY SHOULDN'T BE HERE
It was Ryanair that stated they pulled flights because of APD, sorry if I wasn't clear.
I would never leave flights to a week ahead to book, its normally months and even up to a year or more. We booked Lanzarote in April and we're travelling in July 2020 par example. Low cost airlines work on the basis they get more expensive the closer you get, the opposite to how airlines (charter in particular) used to work. They budget things like fuel on funds from early bookings.This is the whole reason Ryanair have reduced services, the fact you could get cheap fares at the last minute means they've sold below cost all the way through from when the flight went on sale.
I would never leave flights to a week ahead to book, its normally months and even up to a year or more. We booked Lanzarote in April and we're travelling in July 2020 par example. Low cost airlines work on the basis they get more expensive the closer you get, the opposite to how airlines (charter in particular) used to work. They budget things like fuel on funds from early bookings.This is the whole reason Ryanair have reduced services, the fact you could get cheap fares at the last minute means they've sold below cost all the way through from when the flight went on sale.
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Its a bit more complicated than that - airlines are running systems 24/7/365 constantly analysing booking rates, inventory, competitor pricing etc and then adjusting their fares to optimise yield - this can lead to prices rising or falling as the day of flight approaches. There are tens of variables which will affect the quoted prices at any particular time.