Belfast City Airport

Emerald Airlines is battling the after-effects of the UK’s exit from the EU (Brexit), which means it has to operate under two air operator’s certificates.

Belfast City Airport plans to raise flight caps, extend hours and invest $273 million in infrastructure to accommodate 7 million passengers by 2040.

Belfast City Airport anticipates its passenger throughput jumping from 2.4 million in 2024 to 7 million in 2040, according to its finalized Airport Masterplan.

Belfast City Airport (BCA) is planning significant upgrades to its facilities as it launches its draft Master Plan 2040.

An Emerald Airlines flight, operating a positioning flight to BHD from Edinburgh, Scotland, suffered a hard landing.

Eight UK airports will receive new easyJet routes during the summer of 2024 season.

The regional airline was the sole carrier on around a quarter of its route network, but the impact of its collapse will be far less severe than when the previous incarnation of Flybe failed almost three years ago.

The UK regional carrier has ceased trading with immediate effect, ending service on 17 routes.

A prior incarnation of the UK regional collapsed in March 2020.

CEO Matthew Hall said a more diverse airline mix is helping to drive the recovery at the Northern Ireland airport.

The LCC is growing its offerings from Northern Ireland.

The Irish carrier is also seeking a UK air operator’s certificate for a second airline.

The revived UK regional carrier will face competition on about two-thirds of the routes being launched.

The airline plans to open a base in Northern Ireland once it relaunches this spring.

The new carrier takes flight this month providing Aer Lingus-branded regional flying.

The operator of Aer Lingus Regional’s network will open a second base later this year and begin several UK domestic routes.

The codeshare agreement follows Aer Lingus’ entry to the oneworld transatlantic joint venture in late 2020.

Emerald Airlines will initially offer 11 routes from Dublin under a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus.

Frequencies are being added on three UK domestic routes from the start of the winter 2021/22 season.

The carrier’s winter schedule will see it return to Birmingham for the first time since 2018.

The airline will pull out of Belfast City and Belfast International ahead of the winter season.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

The additional services include its first-ever route to Belfast City Airport.

Aer Lingus and British Airways step in to plug connectivity gaps in the UK and Ireland after the failure of regional carrier Stobart Air.

A new service is being added between Belfast and Glasgow, while a base at Shannon will be closed.