anyone know weither rihanna landed here or at the city in her private jet. i know she flew from Rio De Janerio straight to here to record her video today and for her concerts this week and next. Apparently she flew in by BMI Diamond Class according to one of our local politicians. Apparently she was fully clothed:O |
BBC News - George Osborne confirms NI air passenger duty cut
Chancellor George Osborne has announced air passenger duty (APD) will be cut for direct long-haul routes from Northern Ireland airports. The direct long-haul rate of APD will fall to the lower short-haul rate - £12 per passenger in economy and £24 for business and first class passengers. |
a very positive message. Could have a very significant impact on the number of passengers interlining over other airports at a time when the airlines operating these routes can ill afford a further reduction in passenger numbers.
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We shall await the CO/UA verdict on this one then, as for other longhaul routes well lets no run before we can walk. Lets see if the BFS-EWR lasts but im guessing that this reduction would apply to sesional services too maybe eg BFS-YYZ and what constitues LONG HAUL. Would just for example, BFS-AUY be long haul or even BFS-SSH?
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just wondering if ADP affects european routes? and if so have they reduced this from belfast, could this mean some expansion into europe for maybe next summer?
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Infact what is the governments definition of long haul for APD?
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CO is the one who pushed through for this cut, they've got that cut so i doubt we will see them exit. If for some reason CO does pull out, BFS is now more attractive for other carriers to consider long haul. Time will tell i guess
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This is very positive devlopemnt for NI aviation. :)
I believe the reduction in APD relates to Band B which covers destinations between 2001 - 4000 miles (calculated from London) |
The treasury statement says that the discount is for "direct long-haul", so I would guess routings via other UK airports will not attract discounted APD -interesting what other airlines will say about that, would seem to give CO a big advantage.
I'm not sure what happens for CO connecting pax though? Does a pax travelling for example BFS-EWR-ORD get the APD discount, after all, that's not a direct flight to BOS. |
All traffic on the CO flight will only pay the new lower rate tax, regardless of the final destination. The second leg of any journey was never subject to taxation anyway. The potential advantage over flying to another UK airport, £12 APD and then to the States, £60 APD is obvious. Well done all involved, I'm sure it wasn't easy but for CO, Passengers and NIPLC it is a great result.
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APD Only part of the equation
The APD question is only one of many considerations in the contemplation of CO (United) about this route, but has certainly been a headline grabber for some of NI politicians. The question which has not been answered by Jeff Smisek is simply this "Was APD the only factor influencing the retention of this route?" I suspect the strategic rationlisation that is currently being undertaken includes a number of other factors which will result in this route having a very short lifespan.
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The potential advantage over flying to another UK airport, £12 APD and then to the States, £60 APD is obvious. Well done all involved, I'm sure it wasn't easy but for CO, Passengers and NIPLC it is a great result. |
It will be interest to see whether BFS sees an increase in "connecting" passengers from GB: first flight in on a cheapie U2, LS, EI flight and then onwards with CO. An 11:15 int'l departure shouldn't be too tight for many domestic arrivals. CO/UA recently stated they were paying the APD to prevent price increases from Belfast, making it cheaper to go from Dublin as a result. All this reduced APD will do is help CO/UA reduce the loses and hopefully encourage them to keep the BFS-EWR route open. |
After a quick look on the continental website, would appear that the flights are daily, rather than 4/5 per week as last year. Now I only checked November and January, but did show flights operating daily. A change in frequency due to the tax reduction????
As EGAC is Better stated, I think the average passenger will not notice any difference to price on the route. This will just allow CO to get an extra £48 per passenger, that CO had been absorbing, and so hopefully making the route sustainable in the longer term. |
I see there is a swift air plane sitting down in cargo, could this be the Fedex aircraft?
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Tampa
Any idea why the route map on BIA website shows that there is a direct flight to Tampa??
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Cruise charter maybe??
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Atlantic Holidays have Madeira on sale for summer 2012. Not sure of the dates, season long, peak season or just sporadic departures.
Magnificent Madeira on sale for 2012 - Belfast International Airport |
tlantic Holidays have Madeira on sale for summer 2012. Not sure of the dates, season long, peak season or just sporadic departures. Magnificent Madeira on sale for 2012 - Belfast International Airport Monarch Airlines again: MON5844/5845 |
just wondering if all the development with the dept area is now complete? has o'briens and boots been renovated? and has anything happened to the intl dept pier? last time i was down thetr it looked very tired.
i only ask because i have not used the airport in almost a year as i travel more from the city now as a find it an easier airport to use and i have had to follow bmi baby down to fly on their routes which makes me wonder why all of the routes lots by them hasnt been taken over by a different airline (i know easyjet has took on manchester) |
just wondering if all the development with the dept area is now complete? has o'briens and boots been renovated? and has anything happened to the intl dept pier? last time i was down thetr it looked very tired. i only ask because i have not used the airport in almost a year as i travel more from the city now as a find it an easier airport to use and i have had to follow bmi baby down to fly on their routes which makes me wonder why all of the routes lots by them hasnt been taken over by a different airline (i know easyjet has took on manchester) Only thing thats changed in the intl pier is the old soft fabric seats are now metal.. but that probably happened more than a year ago. Quite a few repairs happening to 17/35 and the taxiways. Apron + runways repainted. Work on the apron drainage is supposed to continue soon. Most of the money being spent is now in areas passengers wont see or even think about edit - quite difficult to attract new airlines on domestic routes from here. EZY picked what i believe is the most popular route lost when WW moved. BHX, EMA and CWL, i believe the demand is covered enough by whats already available. |
if obriens is gone aswell as boots, what is now in their place?
does anybody have photos of how it all now looks? i know there is some on facebook, but i cant actually work out where they are taken from apart from the food court with burger king in it |
if obriens is gone aswell as boots, what is now in their place? does anybody have photos of how it all now looks? i know there is some on FacePPRuNe, but i cant actually work out where they are taken from apart from the food court with burger king in it Don't have any pictures myself, but on the album on FB called "New catering outlets Summer 2011" Pictures 1-4 used to be Rankin's Pictures 5 and 6 is the Bar towards where clockwork orange used to be Picture 7 - Burger King Picture 8 - Is the Cafe in the check in hall (i think?) Pictures 9-11 Is the food village All are located in the same area as before, just renovated. Hope this helps |
Reports on another site that Estonian Air to open a connection between Belfast - Tallinn. Anyone got any info on it?
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Estonian Air arrival into BFS at 1915 as OV8077. So either someone has known about this arrival and started a rumour or this is a spokesperson flying in to make the announcement? Would Estonian Air really choose Belfast as there next UK destination, I ask because they currently only serve LGW? I hope it is true!
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This is just the Estonian Football team flying in for the match Friday night. Someone is just trying to get the rumour mill going in my opinion.
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After a quick look on the continental website, would appear that the flights are daily, rather than 4/5 per week as last year. Now I only checked November and January, but did show flights operating daily. A change in frequency due to the tax reduction???? |
i see fedex are advertising alot at the minute, announcing they have opened a new centre in northern ireland, just wondering if they have facilities at BFS now and if they have aircraft based here? and if so what type,
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supposidly they do, they were advertising for staff a few months back, i applied but never heard anything back.
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