So you are happy with the in flight turn backs then? I would have thought you would have denied them lol I never mentioned BFS’s fortunes …which are sound….but pleased to hear from you none the less…now refresh my memory…the passenger cap which you assured me (on pprune) which had been raised……..bollox or what? :rolleyes:

Hi EW, pedantic as always, some things never change! – the in flight turn backs to which you refer are of no consequence to me personally on the subject of which who had a turn back to BFS only a few days ago due to unruly passengers (not the first time!). BTW, if they had decided to name BFS after George Best, what would your reaction have been – lets face it, BFS could do with a name change when you realise its further away from the city it purports to serve than every other similarly sized airport in the UK or Ireland!

On the subject of fortunes, I see the widely heralded link to INV is now down to four times a week – what’s the bets it disappears completely come the winter schedule – the cap at BHD may not have been officially lifted but it has been judged as an inappropriate way to regulate growth there much to the dismay of BFS – mind you, it hasn’t stopped BHD securing AB to STN (bet that stings!!)

Finally, I see security at BFS is as tight as ever – pity it didn’t stop £9000 worth of plasma TVs walking a few weeks back – cheers!!

Although they were and still are noisy, smelly and smokey, nothing beats the view of a TU154 heading straight towards you! – with those anhedral wings, they look like a real mean son of a b***h!

Looks as though PM has been attending the “MOL School of Dimplomacy”!!

Think its going to be “George Best Airport” – would have been better as “Belfast George Best Airport” a la Liverpool – in conversation most people will refer to Liverpool as just that and not include the “John Lennon” – in local circles I would imagine BHD will continue to be referred to as the “City”

Why would people associate George Best with Aldergrove? – he was from East Belfast – Aldergrove is 16 miles from Belfast and even further from East Belfast!

As far as I know, ‘CL is BHD based so it will be used on various routes – in fact, a work colleague of mine travelled on it yesterday morning from GLA – BHD before it was actually offically unveiled!

What’s the pax capacity of an EMB195?

In Flybe spec think it’s 119 – I thought BHD would get a couple of based 195s to replace the 146s

All of the LHR/BHD flights were operated by A320s yesterday instead of the normal 321s – not sure about today – however, when the 321s were withdrawn for mods to alleviate landing probs at BHD, A320s operated the route and an extra am rotation using a F100 was added. Perhaps this will happen again using an A319 once the last of the 321s disappears. Somehow can’t see E145s being appropriate!