Belfast City Airport-2
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NI
Posts: 1,012
Since EI and BFS had their huge fall-out, EI never divert there.
EI never divert to BFS
No emergency, just very late.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...ei-edp#fcb8a41
Not an FR24 glitch, plenty of witnesses.

Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Norn Iron
Posts: 271
I've taken the opportunity of changing never to 'seldom' to satisfy the pedantic.
Whatever way you dress it up, Aer Lingus make a point of avoiding BFS. It is not their commercial alternate and I'm pretty sure BFS couldn't care less either. The only losers are the passengers who face a 100 trek instead of 20.
Whatever way you dress it up, Aer Lingus make a point of avoiding BFS. It is not their commercial alternate and I'm pretty sure BFS couldn't care less either. The only losers are the passengers who face a 100 trek instead of 20.

Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: co antrim
Age: 63
Posts: 74
Dont know where you get the 10 aircraft.There were 5 in the Magee hold and BFS had plenty of room for them all

Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 464
I can tell you 100% that BFS do not turn away EI just for being EI. Like you say, it has been 5 years and their money is as good as anyone else's.
I also doubt BFS would have declared full but you are just getting into he said/she said at this point.
I also doubt BFS would have declared full but you are just getting into he said/she said at this point.

Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Londonderry
Posts: 451
Since EI and BFS had their huge fall-out, EI seldom divert there. You'll often see Cityjet and the Ryan's but not EI. Passenger convenience is trumped by politics.
As for LDY.. it's not a realistic option and doesn't feature in the diversion plans of any of our serving airlines. If LDY wishes to feature in anybody's future plans it needs to start again with a blank page. There's nobody up there with a clue about realistically running a regional airport. local councils and airports just don't mix. The money that was awarded to BMIR for their STN service could've started a national airline, employed a hundred staff and had a European network. Instead they got a double daily pencil jet that is regularly sub leased to a variety of turboprop operators.
As for LDY.. it's not a realistic option and doesn't feature in the diversion plans of any of our serving airlines. If LDY wishes to feature in anybody's future plans it needs to start again with a blank page. There's nobody up there with a clue about realistically running a regional airport. local councils and airports just don't mix. The money that was awarded to BMIR for their STN service could've started a national airline, employed a hundred staff and had a European network. Instead they got a double daily pencil jet that is regularly sub leased to a variety of turboprop operators.


Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 349
CAA November Stats
November was a very good month for BHD, with the airport recording 2% growth. However the rolling passenger figure is 2,558,113 which is down 4.4%.
Domestic routes generally performed very well, with double digit growth on most routes;
Cardiff (+58%), East Midlands (+29%), Exeter (+25%), Leeds (+11%), Liverpool (+24%), London City (+25%), Southampton (+10%).
There were decreases on 3 Scottish routes however - Edinburgh (-9%), Glasgow (-20%), Inverness (-6%).
Only two international routes operated during November;
AMS is continuing to perform well (+27%). It should be noted that BHD-AMS is now performing better than INV-AMS when KLM announced the introduction of a second daily flight on that route.
KEF continues to perform poorly, with an average load factor of just 36%. However I did hear that a) several flights were cancelled and b) the route was operated a few times by the Q200, so this may have affected the figures.
Domestic routes generally performed very well, with double digit growth on most routes;
Cardiff (+58%), East Midlands (+29%), Exeter (+25%), Leeds (+11%), Liverpool (+24%), London City (+25%), Southampton (+10%).
There were decreases on 3 Scottish routes however - Edinburgh (-9%), Glasgow (-20%), Inverness (-6%).
Only two international routes operated during November;
AMS is continuing to perform well (+27%). It should be noted that BHD-AMS is now performing better than INV-AMS when KLM announced the introduction of a second daily flight on that route.
KEF continues to perform poorly, with an average load factor of just 36%. However I did hear that a) several flights were cancelled and b) the route was operated a few times by the Q200, so this may have affected the figures.

Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NI
Posts: 1,012


Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Dublin
Posts: 2
No EI are to operate some LHR-HAM and LHR-DUB beginning next month and expected to continue throughout summer because they have to move aircraft to LGW and fill MON slots.
So ASL are reported to operate BHD-FAO/AGP while EI need to source a second aircraft peak season to also cover their own and BA ops.
So ASL are reported to operate BHD-FAO/AGP while EI need to source a second aircraft peak season to also cover their own and BA ops.
