Loganair to Belfast City

[GKirk]

13 x weekly from 4th September

Edit: Official announcement
https://www.belfastcityairport.com/News ... elfast-Cit

[Clive]

13 x weekly from 4th September

Good news.

Saab had said they didn’t see an opportunity because of easyJet on BFS but we’ll take it!

[GKirk]

Can't see any information other than a posting by @SeanM1997 on twitter.
https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/12 ... 4929444865

NEW ROUTE

Loganair - Glasgow to Belfast City. Flights start 4 September 2020

GLA-BHD
0715-0800 (Mo-Th & Sa)
1245-1330 (Su)
1315-1400 (Fr)
1600-1645 (Mo-Fr)
1830-1915 (Su)

BHD-GLA
0830-0915 (Mo-Th & Sa)
1404-1450 (Su)
1440-1525 (Fr)
1715-1800 (Mo-Fr)
1950-2035 (Su)

[Gla1]

Called it haha!

Good news to hear, I wonder if Newcastle might also benefit?

Interesting to see if this Stobart suggestion comes to light then.

[GKirk]

Called it haha!

Good news to hear, I wonder if Newcastle might also benefit?

Interesting to see if this Stobart suggestion comes to light then.

Very much doubt it, nobody can compete with easyJet on that route.

[ianegpf]

I hear they are going to be using the jets for this route!

IB

[GKirk]

I hear they are going to be using the jets for this route!

IB

I would think that is the sensible option given that they are up against A319 and A320s

[Saabdriver]

Yes, it's twice a day on the E145, with a planned increase for Summer 2021. Airborne time is about 22 minutes, I think - we flew it for Flybe on a wet-lease for much of last summer.

[hads]

Dont have any idea how to calculate cost base for a jet, but, 22 minutes... Thats a huge cost of fuel and overheads for 22 minutes. hope the numbers stack up.

[Allen McL]

I hear they are going to be using the jets for this route!

IB

Anyone forsee a time when Loganair might acquire a couple of used A319's or such-like for routes like this ? JH was talking about "being appropriately tooled up" for certain routes when asked in that Anna Aero webinar the other day. I know that's not going to be top priority now, but say next year or a couple of years from now ?