Less room at Belfast City than there is at Belfast International.

I hear City of Derry Airport is looking for new airlines! Im sure a good deal is on the cards especially if your not too worried about bird control and sinking into taxiways! :diablo:

Additionally, I’m sure any airline could look forward to copious amounts of taxpayers’ money being thrown at them by the British and Irish Government and would benefit from the close proximity of an alternative landing strip at Ballykelly :rolleyes:

Regards

John

I would have thought that if Continental can make a go of Belfast with a New York service, then Leeds Bradford should certainly be ‘doable’.

Okay, so admittedly the nearest competition to Belfast in terms of transatlantic competition is 2 hours down the road in Dublin. But the Continental service is certainly far from cheap and it is generally significantly cheaper to fly across to the UK Mainland and make a connection to the US from there. In fact when I looked recently at travelling to New York from Belfast, it was cheaper to fly to London, overnight at a 4 star hotel and fly out the following day to New York than it was to do it direct from Belfast :confused:

So I guess there are people who are prepared to pay extra for the convenience of travelling to a local airport and the right aircraft in the right configuration can certainly make servicing such people a viable proposition.

Regards

John

Hi all, not been around for a while but a quick question.As BA no longer fly LGW-NCL I have decided to go with Jet2 any feedback on these guys most welcome as I have never used them before many thanks Dave:confused:

It is a while since I’ve flown with Jet2 as recently on the Belfast – Leeds run, flyBE has been cheaper. However, if you like flying on 20 year old 737s that are past other airlines’ ‘use by’ dates, you’re in for a treat 😀

Otherwise their service and standards to me have always appeared pretty unremarkable in my personal experience – probably not as good as easyJet, but better than Ryanair.

Regards

John

I must admit I do find the Jet2.com caption funny and admire them for having the proverbial spherical objects to do it.

But I can’t help but wonder just how wise taking a pop at Ryanair really is. I would have thought Jet2 – an airline which I genuinely do admire – would be better spending their time and money on other things.

Regards

John

Interesting… I guess Sir Richard Branson will be instructing his technicians to hastily remove the 4 engines for 4 long haul graphics from his A340s and B747s 😉

Regards

John

I doubt bmi R would take on Flybe on ABZ-Belfast, they have been concentrating on Euro biz routes out of Dyce, eg. AMS, KRS & the soon to start BRU, as well as increasing MAN & LHR.

Also I think fleet-wise they are running their JJs to the max at the moment on their network.

Maybe more jets on the horizon?

(Don’t get me wrong, I think bmi R would be a good airline for Belfast).

Yup, I would welcome the return of BMI Regional to Belfast with open arms. At the time that flyBE announced the acquisition of BA Connect, the local BMI representative made a strongly worded statement that flyBE would not have everything its own way and we could expect new route developments from Belfast.

But to date… erm, well nothing.

Regards

John