Derry/Londonderry 2

[BFS BHD]

Ryanair Winter 2018/19 press release

At Derry:
– 2 routes: Glasgow (5 wkly), Liverpool (4 wkly)
– 145,000 customers p.a.
– 110* on-site jobs

https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/r...r-18-schedule/

[buzz_hornet]

Loganair last night and eastern tonight on teatime service. Why can XE do morning run but not evening?

[TartinTon]

Why can XE do morning run but not evening?

Sounds like crewing issues....quite a few cancellations around the network for bmi....short of crew or crew playing silly buggers?

[buzz_hornet]

Crew is based in ldy so perhaps the 2nd option

[Fly757X]

BMR1501/1502 cancelled tomorrow morning

[fjencl]

you would think with this amount of notice then they would be able to get in an aircraft from Eastern Airways, Loganair or any other operator !

[Fly757X]

Yes it is interesting considering they has the Loganair and Eastern SAABs in during the week.

[AirportPlanner1]

Might be a blessing in disguise - if the weather does what they say it’s going to anyone planning to use these services won’t be able to get back again

[Fly757X]

Very true, isn't supposed to hit LDY untill late Tuesday maybe Wednesday. STN is a different story with snow streamers setting up.

[scodaman]

Tonight's inbound Flybmi STN flight has just landed at LDY so the tech must be ok.

Regardless, it's a poor show from BMI and will do nothing for the image and reputation.

[BFS BHD]

Looks like Ryanair is moving its Glasgow service to Edinburgh for W18/19.

[conorc123]

https://news.sky.com/story/ryanair-t...outes-11269451 .. It will be interesting to see if the Derry flight is transferred over or if the route will be scrapped. Apparently 3 routes are being retained and 11 new routes at Edinburgh, there are currently 23 routes of out Glasgow. I can't see Derry being too high on their priority list.

[EI-A330-300]

FR confirm EDI.

[billyg]

We'll see how long that lasts , Glasgow and Derry have an "affinity" , moving this route to EDI is a joke !

[EI-A330-300]

Im sure most would prefer EDI to PIK again!

[conorc123]

Ahh yes so I see, good news. With Edinburgh airports close proximity to Glasgow I would have said this airport was the best choice of the two to serve both cities, as long as there is a direct link bus service.

[A350Saltire]

There is a direct bus route from EDI to Glasgow City Centre so it should be fine.

[mwm991]

Not sure how the move to EDI will do. Interesting to see how the weekend flights do without the convenience of being close to the Old Firm stadiums.

[01475]

It's not just about links to Glasgow itself; it's also about getting people to Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. This doesn't seem like a good move...

... though I expect they'll be back at Glasgow soon enough, if they can screw a better deal out them.

[mwm991]

Loganair will step in I'd imagine if the above fails. I'd be surprised if as much as 5x weekly though.