pax numbers
 

March will look sick with pax numbers,like every airports across the world.I can see lots of changes in the airline industry when airlines start to roll again.1 thing for sure is things will alter in many ways,i dont know in which way ,but it will alter and not only in the aviation industry.

easyJet will be moving the 6 aircraft to Liverpool next week for continued maintenance until the flying program resumes. There will be no engineering cover available to the airline in BFS till further notice from April 1st.

Drumming up business for next https://nitravelnews.com/news/grab-a...t-on-sale-now/

didn't realise there were 7 Easyjet aircraft at BFS, thought there were 6.

From BBC NI news that "Belfast International 'burning £60,000 per day"

I wonder how much in total NI airports are "burning per day" if we include BHD and LDY

BHD and LDY have significantly
reduced opening hours. BFS is still 24/7. Costs will obviously be different.

My understanding is that BHD is closed Tuesday and Saturday so burning money is a little extreme and as for BFS yes no passengers but by good they are helping to keep this place running with the DHL and other cargo flights.

Caa stats are out for March. Very depressing for all NI airports

It seems Ezy have put a lot more flights on sale for W20 to Bhx, Man, Gla, Edi. They have thrown down a challenge to whoever might start these routes from Bhd, if that ever happens. Also Lpl, seems to be increases on most domestic routes.

No real surprise as no effective competition as yet from BHD. W20 might aswell be w30 they way things are all up the left at the minute.

EZY Winter
 

I looked at a random week (16/11/20) in Nov 2020. Naturally some days are more than others, but below maximum number of daily flights
Up to :-
BHX - 6 per day
BRS - 5 per day
GLA - 6 per day
EDI - 4 per day
LPL - 8 per day
STN - 6 per day
LTN - 4 per day
LGW - 7 per day
MAN - 7 per day
NCL - 5 per day
IOM - 1 per day

PS has EZY dropped FUE for winter 20/21?

I hadn't realised this until now - that's not great news.

I hope it's incredibly slim - but what are the chances of them pulling out of BFS entirely?

The EZY aircraft farmed our all over the place to rationalise maintenance and also where they can be parked up cheapest.
They can be back in BFS within days.
That winter schedule really is good news. Whether it all actually flies is another matter but it signals a good intent.

Considering the size of the Bfs base, taking into account away based aircraft, why would they give up on Bfs?

I certainly hope they wouldn't! Just not taking any routes for granted right now, 'too big to fail' hasn't always worked out in the past.

Will BFS get any of the 5.7million support package as they are still open for cargo flights?

No mention of them, so I suspect not. Anyway, Bfs is not essential in the way that Ldy is. Think on how many essential pax need to travel on essential business between Ldy and London. Big business at the moment, that. And Bhd is far more important to those that consider having to travel out to Templepatrick an insult.

Annnnnnnd there’s the vitriol. Took a bit longer than expected, but knew I could rely on True Blue.

Perhaps lodge your complaint with the NI Gov and DFT? Maybe if there were any actual pax flights from Elizium, sorry, I mean Aldergrove, then that too would be supported.

It also has to be considered that a good chunk of the money went to the airlines and not just the airports. If just happen to be that LM and EI are the only two groups serving routes from NI at present. I’m sure if BFS had a “key-route” running then I’m sure it’s operator would’ve been in line for a chunk too.

However, I completely agree, BFS shouldn’t have been left out by any means. If anything it would’ve been the first to get. Hope you’re well and stay safe.