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Aer Lingus - Belfast

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  • 14-08-2007 7:38am
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    Victor
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    They actually seem to be opening quite a few routes:

    Belfast Intl to London/Heathrow
    Belfast Intl to Amsterdam
    Belfast Intl to Barcelona
    Belfast Intl to Geneva
    Belfast Intl to Budapest
    Belfast Intl to Rome/DaVinci
    Belfast Intl to Malaga
    Belfast Intl to Faro Algarve

    Unfortunately they seem to think Belfast International is in south county Down. :(


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    Bluetonic
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    Indeed, it's a hub the are opening up.


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    Tom Dunne
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    I wonder if Belfast-> Dublin is on the cards (or vice versa).

    Especially for long-haul to the US. Dublin->Belfast->Boston/NY/Chicago?


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    wwhyte
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    Victor wrote:
    Unfortunately they seem to think Belfast International is in south county Down. :(

    They're a bit vague about Manchester too...


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    county
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    Victor wrote:

    Unfortunately they seem to think Belfast International is in south county Down. :(
    that would be antrim


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    Terrontress
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    tom dunne wrote:
    I wonder if Belfast-> Dublin is on the cards (or vice versa).

    Especially for long-haul to the US. Dublin->Belfast->Boston/NY/Chicago?

    It would take longer to get from the front door of the airport to your seat on the aeroplane that it would to drive from Dublin Airport to Belfast.


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    Victor
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    I think what they really need is to be able to put more of the larger aircraft into two-leg flights, something like Warsaw-Dublin-Los Angeles. Already some of the flights are marketed like this.

    At the same time, having a short-range, high-capacity aircraft on the London-Dublin route would free up a few slots, without eating into service too much.


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    Slice
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    I wonder if Belfast-> Dublin is on the cards (or vice versa).

    Especially for long-haul to the US. Dublin->Belfast->Boston/NY/Chicago?

    Can you imagine the hoopla if people flying from Dublin to the States were expected to stop over in Belfast? They might as well re-instate the Shannon stopover without the pre-flight US Customs clearance


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    Victor
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    The trick is to do: Shannon-Dublin-North America, Belfast-Dublin-North America or Cork-Dublin-North America. Cork might be manageable if carrying only a partial fuel load. It would mean a longer stop-over in Dublin though, but probably less than a connecting flight.


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    dowlingm
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    Victor - putting A330s on internal flights is crazy - it will massively increase the cycles and thus decrease the lifespan of the aircraft. With the stopover gone we shouldn't look backwards IMHO.


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    FlutterinBantam
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    Maybe fly the short legs un pressurised, that would decrease the cycles.

    No..sorry ...that wouldn't work. Forget that.


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