Gazmo- where's the increase on BHX? Not challenging you just wondering as it looks similar to what I'd seen before for winter.

LGW-BHD/BFS - I think in general the BFS route has more frequency than any other Belfast-London route with many 6x daily days in winter. BHD is 3x daily from this summer.
As to why split operation - the simple answer is it keeps the competition out/at bay. For as long as EZY do BHD to say BRS or LPL then EIR won't and neither will any other random operator. The more complex way of looking at it is the FR effect, it gives EZY another card to play, somewhere to move capacity to and a bargaining chip with BFS.
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Mart
I think it was BFSBHD stated that
i agree with you that it appears as previous

LBA up to five weekly with EZY

EasyJet - Winter 2023/24
 

EasyJet has Jersey on sale for Winter 2023/24 operating on Wednesdays and Saturdays using A320.

Looking at based aircraft seat maps it looks like all seven aircraft will be A320s for Winter 2023/24.
So is this Summer possibly the end of the 2x based A319s at BFS?

I have been a very regular user of BFS-LGW for many years now. For a long period, this route would have had 7 flights on busier days, usually 6 say Tuesday/Wednesday. However, look now at 6th March 2024, a Wednesday. From BFS, there are departures at 6.40, 14.30, 18.30 and 20.55. Now 4 departures. From BHD, departures at 7.40, 9.45 and 14.10. So now the mid-morning departures that used to be at BFS, 9.45 and 14.10, now operate from BHD. The range of flight times ex BFS is now not nearly as good, whilst from BHD, the last flight to LGW is at 14.10. Easy was never very clever at operating a good spread of flights, frequently you could see an early departure at say 6.30ish, then the next not until maybe 4.00pm. If these flights were operated from one airport, they could have a great spread of flights throughout the day. But instead we have stupidity. I have been travelling for long enough to know that this is a great way to ruin a route.

Totally agree with what your saying but to be honest i think Easyjet couldn't give a dam because they can do what they want knowing to well there is no competition.

allnamestaken1, you are right. However, when companies start to think like that, it is usually the beginning of a bad road. Might take a while, but it will come and it is usually recognised too late. I have seen it often.

ACL Slot Report W23
 

Slot report shows Ryanair have slots for:

2x weekly Warsaw
2x weekly Porto
2x weekly Grenoble
1x weekly Turin

Great news
just wish they would finalise schedules ASAP

One other airport that seems to have slots for Ryanair is Lanzarote at 2x weekly. TFS slots showing as cancelled.


Also Fedex looks to be starting CDG-MAN-BFS-MAN-CDG at 4-5x weekly for Winter 2023/24.

At least it gives BFS another year to get ready!!!

Fly Atlantic Push Back Launch Date To Spring 2025 | Northern Ireland Travel News (nitravelnews.com)

I really would like this venture to succeed, but it looks like another 'flight of fantasy', though rather more realistic than 'Global Airlines', perhaps Hans Airways (looking to have failed) and Go (sorry Fly) Pop that have been in formation for years and still not got an AOC are better comparisons.

It beggars belief that lenders and entrepreneurs keep chucking money at these projects.

Jet 2
 

It seems odd that the airport has omitted easyJet Holidays from their list of tour operators, despite the image at the top of the page, or have I missed something?

Tour Operators at BFS (belfastairport.com)

Whilst any modern business should have an up to date, accurate website, I think there are other areas they should be focusing on sorting with greater urgency.

Have to agree with the previous comment.

Tui
 

https://nitravelnews.com/news/tui-ce...ional-airport/

more flights for 2024

Ryanair - Winter 2023/24
 

New routes to Lanzarote, Turin, Porto & Warsaw Modlin now in system. No sign of Grenoble.

Finally Porto.

Cannot see on App or Website!!
Can you give source?

Ryanair planning new winter flights to Porto, Turin and Warsaw from Belfast International - The Irish News

Ryanair Expected To Announce Four New Winter Destinations From Belfast International | Northern Ireland Travel News (nitravelnews.com)

I don't think the people responsible for the website would be the same as those working on the airport experience.

What?!? You mean the dude in Burgerking doesn’t do the refuelling and website?

Any on sale date?

TUI - Summer 2024
 

Two new routes to Larnaca and Enfidha to go on sale soon for Summer 2024 both operating once a week.

Beat me!! Enfidha is a 3rd party operator, not sure about Larnaca yet.

From ni news

https://nitravelnews.com/news/tui-an...international/

All On Sale Now!

Cheers

Also U2 have the Spring 24 in sale, KRK back.

Tui
 

Will Tui announcement lead to a second aircraft being based at BFS?
Reus (Costa Dorada) 2 going to 4 next year
Lanzarote 1 going to 2 next year
Larnaca 0 going to 1 next year
Dalaman 1 currently being operated by Freebird airlines

Tunisia looks like non based airline

Tui are cutting Ibiza and Malaga next year.

The Malaga slot seems to be moving to the Lanzarote service.

Jet2
 

https://nitravelnews.com/news/jet2-c...ional-airport/

would be nice to see a few more city break destinations !

HRG appearing on sale on the easyJet app

Checked the Easyjet app flights seem to be operating every Tuesday through the winter to Hurghada.

TUI showing AYT next summer with a third-party airline originating from AYT so assuming Freebird or something like.

With Sunwings gone after this year is Tui heading for 2 based aircraft at BFS.

I am curious about the scheduling currently being operated by Easyjet. Another poster, maybe on the Easyjet thread, was not very complimentary towards Easyjet on this topic a few days ago. This afternoon, they had a departure to Newcastle( from Bfs) at 16.55, to be operated by A319 - G-EZBR. They also had a departure to Malage at 18.00, to also be operated by this same aircraft. This aircraft landed back at Bfs at 19.12 and now the Malaga is delayed to 20.05. The departure times I have quoted are also those shown on the Easyjet site, so not a mistake. So how could they time an aircraft to operate a flight from Bfs to Malaga at 18.00 when said aircraft is on the ground at Newcastle being prepared for it's return flight? Bfs - Newcastle operated on time.

DLM, PMI, HER & RHO may also see extra flights for S24 using non based. Showing when selecting them in 'Flight Only' but not appearing in Timetable.

I wouldn't be surprised also if Tui don't buy seats on the easy flight's to Hurghada,they already do it on some other destinations.

Last Tuesday, the aircraft that operated the 1655 NCL then operated the 2000 LTN so suspect today was a result of disruption rather than a summer long debacle of mis-scheduling. If it was to follow the same aircraft scheduling as last week, it would have been operated by the aircraft returning from FAO at 1710, but today this has been delayed until 1938.