Going by the Ryanair app the BUD outbound flight this morning was full. Was showing sold out yesterday.

Eastern Airways
 

Looks like Eastern Airways have pulled the BFS-SOU route before even starting. No longer bookable on website.

x 4/5 weekly with EZY would do the job. Sure it would sell very well what with leisure, business and cruise!

Just copying BHD??

Belfast International Airport to introduce £3 drop-off charge | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Has the 8th Ezy started operating at Bfs yet?

I think the 8th aircraft doesn't start to June but may be sooner than that.

I see ezy have up to 7 flights a day to Liverpool from bfs and 2 from BHD. Is there that much of a demand for this route or is it to keep Ryanair at bay?

Always been a busy route for EZY, Ryanair are doing up to 7 a day DUB-LPL, plus Emerald are appearing on that route in a few days time too.

Flew out of Bfs last Tuesday morning. For a Tuesday in April, the airport was very busy. Security was quick. We went to the lounge and it was full @ 7.45am, hardly any seats. We were lucky that another couple got up to leave and we got their table. The airport expects a very busy summer, so how will the lounge cope with demand when we get to the really busy months?

Returned last night, what a farce. Our flight was late about 1.5 hours, but they had known for 2.75 hours that we were on our way. Parked at gate 18 I think, but they needed to get us to international arrivals. We waited for about 20 minutes and one bus turned up. It filled up and went off to drop the pax at international arrivals. It then returned for a second load, was filled up and about 11 of us were left standing on the tarmac for the second bus. It appeared driving down from where it parks at the same time as bus 1 returned for the third time. Bus 2 was never used. Eventually we were left at international arrivals to join the queue which stretched the full length of the international arrivals walkway.

We landed at 1.00am and left the airport at 2.30 approx, with no luggage to collect. If the airport expects and hopes for a very busy summer, they will have to plan better than this or they will be in the news every week. And how will it cope when the new international airline starts next year? There are only 4 desks for passport control, are any plans being made to increase those? Ezy are to add another aircraft soon, Jet2 add another next year. Will FR expand? Bfs will soon need to show that they have planned well for these developments.

Dublin - Liverpool traditionally has been nothing as busy as LPL BFS. Ryanair at most used to do 4 a day or less. It seems some weekends they now have 7 but it's the exception rather than the rule. I've always been very impressed at the level of schedule that easyJet have on BFS LPL. Given the cultural and family links Ireland has with the city surprised it wasn't a busier route...

Ryanair loading some flights into system for Winter 2023/24. All showing as 'Sold Out' at the minute. And all appear to be non based flights. No UK routes showing yet so i'm sure theres more to be added using the based aircraft.

ALC - 1 Weekly
GRO - 2 Weekly
BUD - 1 Weekly
FAO - 3 Weekly
GDN - 2 Weekly
KRK - 2 Weekly
AGP - 2 Weekly
BGY - 3 Weekly

Hopefully BUD will go to twice weekly

Is the cost of Aldergrove Long Term car park now up to £25 for a single day?! :yuk:

Not just BIA. Think all car parks expensive for one day
BIA long stay £25
McCausland £23
Cosmo £22
Naturally weekly much cheaper but does not help you if you are flying in and back on same day

BIA £60pw
Park and fly £45pw
McCausland £50pw
Cosmo £54pw

Gosh, they really have hiked their prices from three years ago ... payback time for their COVID losses?

All the carparks whether on site at the airport or off site very busy maybe that's why the prices have gone up.

And the pittance they get from the low cost airlines.

I used to joke that the train fare to Stansted was more expensive than the flight... so I suppose something has to give.

Browsing for 2024 holidays I notice TUI have one of the DLM and one of the PMI flights operated by 'other carrier' which will be interesting. The PMI looks to originate there although it could be a W. Everything else appears to be TUI operated although of course this could all change. It does also appear to mean a couple of extra flights per week into their program.
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Try parking in Bristol Airport. £38 for a day 0500 - 2359.

I think TUI have additional flight to Dalaman this year as well (starting tomorrow I believe)

Looks like easyJet adding Southampton Airport from 29th October 2023. Operating three weekly.

Thought this likely along with EDI/GLA maybe

Can't see this online. Do you have a source ?

Jet2 - Winter 24/25
 

Few increases showing to Canary Islands for W24/25.

TFS - showing daily all winter.
ACE - showing 5 Weekly all winter.
LPA - showing 2-3 weekly. Christmas and Feb & March showing 3 weekly.

Ezy
 

BFS to SOU on easyJet app
three weekly Monday Friday Sunday

I wonder will anything else be announced later on this morning.

Best wait for @seanm1997 to wake up!

Cheers mate haha.

All joking apart his feed is by far the most reliable out there. He does the hard work so we don't have to!

Thanks Sean.

Jet2 Winter 24/25

Funchal back weekly as on November 24

Jet 2
 

From NI Travel News

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays Launch New Destination from Belfast! | Northern Ireland Travel News (nitravelnews.com)

Interesting comment in article
"In yet more good news, the companies will be making further Winter 24/25 announcements over the coming months" - Will just have to wait and see

Ryanair - Winter 2023/24
 

More Ryanair flights being added into system for Winter 2023/24.

Schedule now looks like:

Alicante - 4 Weekly
Barcelona Girona - 2 Weekly
Budapest - 2 Weekly
Cardiff - 3 Weekly
East Midlands - 4 Weekly
Edinburgh - Daily
Faro - 3 Weekly
Gdansk - 2 Weekly
Krakow - 2 Weekly
Stansted - 2 Daily
Malaga - 3 Weekly
Manchester - 2 Daily
Milan - 3 Weekly
Paris Beauvais - 2 Weekly

Plenty of gaps showing for possible new routes or increase on some routes.

New Route - TUI Summer 2024
 

Enfidha (NBE) appearing on the TUI website for Summer 2024 from 24th May.

Arrives 10:40 and Departs 11:40.

This may be operated by Tunisair as earlier in the year it was rumoured Tunisair was starting the route in 2024.

Jet 2
 

https://nitravelnews.com/news/jet2-c...-winter-24-25/

one only ski destination from BFS - Salzburg

Like the good old days. TunisAir and RAM used to operate all sorts of weekly charters to UK in the mid 80’s.

EasyJet - Winter 2023/24
 

EasyJet added extra flights into system.

One interesting route is Paris which some days is showing 3 daily.

Other routes with increases include AGP & GVA

Paris three daily on Friday and Sunday??
BRS appears less from BFS although BHD going daily
BHD to LGW up to three daily

So as they build up Bhd - Lgw they badly weaken Bfs - Lgw. Instead of having a great service from 1 airport, they have a mess from both.

True Blue, Not a dig as I appreciated your posts but wouldnt it be easier to type the entire airport code in capitals, it does make for easier reading..........
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easyJet, why do they have an established base at BFS and fly into BHD ?!.......... Surely be easier to have all your eggs in one basket..........