Easy at Belfast
 

About 2 years back, Easy had a 7.30am departure from Bfs - Lgw, operated by a Bfs based aircraft and a late night flight back. What is the chances of Easy bring an early morning departure back, say about 7.00am on the Bfs - Lgw route? I used in many times and it was always very well used in my experience.

True Blue



Continuation of: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...193778&page=14

as far as I'm aware that flight was created to position the aircraft to LGW where it covered PRG while our fleet was being converted to airbuses. There are no plans to base further aircraft in BFS meaning that unless another route is dropped there could be no possibility of an early departure to LGW. The only other option would be a split duty for LGW crews. Ezy don't like doing this as it costs money. Any plans for further expansion at BFS will require airbuses from other bases operating W patterns but they will probably be for european routes.

5 new routes confirmed from BFS,just a matter of when to announce them.

Stap yer teasin'! :=

All easyJet? Krakow plus four others?

no actually,Krakow plus 5.

So a couple of Q's
when will we know and
are they new routes or ones already served?
tell me one is Lhr and another is Turkey!!

True Blue

All new routes,and a few surprises in store for the competition ,I can say no more.I have to be very tactile since I left Mr Bishop,s little group and went all orange.....btw how are u ALLMCC..

Jet2's latest routes must be a right kick up the a*se for easy :} . Interesting to see if we get alot of expansion here at BFS. Fingers still crossed :ugh:

Is the expansion going to compete directly with the likes of Jet 2 to finish them off at BFS! Are will Easy open up new european markets?

Heard also BRS and NCL frequencies are to be increased after the demise of Flybe-although these may be operated by BRS/NCL crews?

5 new routes suggests NEW, rather than just increased frequencies. How much room for expansion is there if there are no more free NG's that could be based at BFS?

Place on your bets on new destinations. Copenhagen, Barcelona, Madrid, Turin, Budapest, Toulouse?? Wild guesses, but I'd say at least some of them have to be in competition with Jet2.

The entry above refers to new routes and a few surprises for the competition. So who is the competition, another at Bfs or Bhd and their lot? I go for Ba back to Lhr and a surprise for Bhd and Bd, who are in a state of flux.

So lets have some more suggestions, I think Snn and Boh plus what?

If its new routes, would suggest that it's not Tls or Bcn.

True Blue

Perhaps Malpensa in competition with Jet2 on their Bergamo route...
What about more Eastern european expansion - Riga, Warsaw, Budapest?
Germany?
Valencia?, Lisbon?


Personally I think MAD will be one of the routes announced...(and fingers crossed, cos I'll be on the first flight :):p)


Would BA ever return to the Belfast-Heathrow market? Might help lower the fares on this route, as most of the time bmi's fares are astronomical.
Maybe, as previously suggested, Aer Lingus will go head to head with bmi on this route.

But does anyone know when these 5 new routes will be announced....??

Alright I got the 'Bristol' part of it but is Flybe's Newcastle to go aswell?
I was at BFS a couple of weeks ago I'm tellin you easyjet on that place now, infact sometimes the bright orange blinds me! Soon there'll probably be no room at BFS to expand, so does this mean planes parking on top of each other? (!)

Of the topic a bit, but does anyone know how BA are lasting with no more Belfast night stop/early morning MAN flight? Have seen the odd Embraer in BHD recently and I think if BA changed the route to this aircraft it could save the route. The Embraer is a jet aircraft and is faster than the Dash-8. Back in the day when BA were at BFS the MAN was nearly always Embrarer 145 operated and passengers preffered it to the ATP on BHD-MAN because the ATP was louder and was not as fast as the Embraer. So seeing the situation nowadays, BA Connect could consider this. There is way more Embraers in the fleet, and funnily enough most of them are based in MAN.

BHDflyer

Saw this morning's early arrival from Gla to Bhd was combined with the later flight around 1.00pm. Seems to be happening on a regular basis at Bhd as I've noticed this before. Is it because of low pax loads, lack of crew or lack of aircraft? Perhaps those who only see those things positive at Bhd could tell us!!

True Blue

End of BA in Belfast?
 

Will today's announcement the Bacon is to be sold to Flybe mark the end of all BA services to Belfast??

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True Blue

I think so:{

I don't think its the fact they have low pax numbers, just the fact that the Q400s are going tech, and so combine two flights together while the other is still on the ground.
I don't think either that Flybe will be pulling the NCL flight as they have just made it 2x on weekdays, not sure on weekends.
And as for new routes by EZY i'll hazard a guess at: Copenhagen, Madrid, Cologne, Valencia and Budapest :) .

According to the their web site, there is only 1 flight per day Bhd - Ncl available for booking. It won't be long before they are out of Ncl and Lba just like Brs. More rubbish quotes from flybe in the Belfast Tele tonight, the takeover of bacon gives them the opportunity to consider large increases in frequencies on routes, like Bhd - Man, up to about 10 a day. What they don't say is that 10 a day is about the current frequency between Flybe and Ba. More of the same rubbish that they used to spout about their position on the Ncl - bhd route, major player and all that. A quick check tonight on prices to Galway and doncaster tells me that you will see them go the same way as Nwi and Lpl. Is'nt it great to be so selective with the facts. I think Flybe, more than any other, is always trying to put this great spin on their news to make it seem much better than it really is.

True Blue

Former gk

These new routes, will any of them have more than 1 flight per day or are they all say 3 - 5 times a week?

True Blue

transatlantic routes
 

Is there any more news on new transatlantic routes for bfs? Hope to see delta flying to Atlanta or JFK, Do you think either would harm continental's BFS-EWR service? Hope to see this service increased to 10 times weekly as it seems popular!
It is about time Belfast started to get new transatlantic routes and I think that there is demand for more.

Im also glad to see the huge expansion at BFS with Jet2, wizz air and easyjet (are they ever going to announce these new routes?). The new routes should preform well, especially those to Eastern Europe.