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easyJet and easyJet Holidays Launch First Flight and Package Holidays to Fuerteventura from Belfast International
November Sees 2.9 Million Passengers Pass
Through Dublin Airport 2.9 MILLION passengers went through the terminal doors of Dublin Airport last month, making it the busiest October ever in Dublin Airport’s 84- year history.
EASYJET has launched the first flights and package holidays on a new winter route from Belfast International to Fuerteventura in Spain.
The new twice-weekly service began yesterday (27th Oct) and will operate every Friday and Monday throughout the winter.
The island of Fuerteventura boasts sparkling stretches of powder-soft, white- sand beaches and offers some of the best surfing opportunities in the Canary Islands.
Whether customers are looking to soak up the sun, enjoy water sports, snorkel in pristine turquoise waters or spend quality time with the kids, there’s a perfect beach for everyone.
Package holiday provider easyJet holidays also has a vast range of getaways available, with packages available right up until 31 March 2026 from Belfast to the Canary Islands. With a mix of adult- only escapes and all inclusive family holidays, there’s something for everyone in Fuerteventura.
All easyJet holidays packages include flights, hotel, 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays, all covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee. Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said: “Our new service from Belfast International to Fuerteventura will bring our customers in Northern Ireland more options travel than ever before, to explore the most beautiful beach destinations across our network this winter.
“With thousands of package holidays available via easyJet holidays and with 60+ hotels to choose from, there’s something for everyone.” Dan Owens, CEO, Belfast International Airport, said: “Fuerteventura is another exciting addition to the easyJet network, offering local holidaymakers another great winter sun destination. We look forward to working with easyJet to further develop the range and frequency of destinations direct from Belfast International Airport.”
RYANAIR’S NEW 2024 ROUTE FROM BELFAST INTERNATIONAL TAKES OFF
Savour winter sun with Vietnam Airlines’ daily nonstop flights from London Heathrow
RYANAIR has saw the first flight of its new Winter ’24 route to Kaunas take off from Belfast International Airport (27 Oct). This new Ryanair route will operate 2 flights per week as part of Ryanair’s Winter ’24 schedule. Kaunas is just one of 13 routes that
Ryanair is operating to/from Belfast International Airport this Winter, all of which are available to book now. Ryanair’s Head of Comms, Jade
Kirwan, said: “Ryanair is pleased to officially launch the first flight of our exciting new Belfast International to Kaunas route. This new route will operate 2 times per week, offering our customers in Belfast even more choice at the lowest fares when booking their Winter getaways. This Winter, Ryanair is operating 13 routes to/from Belfast International Airport,
NATIONAL flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has returned to daily flight frequencies from London Heathrow to Vietnam this winter, with daily nonstop services to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City resuming on 28 October 2024. The APEX five star-rated airline will operate four flights per week to Hanoi and three per week to Ho Chi Minh City, all on next-gen Boeing B787-9 Dreamliners.
Vietnam Airlines offers the UK’s only nonstop flights to Vietnam, operating from Heathrow Terminal 4.
The
flights are carefully scheduled to offer convenient overnight journeys in both directions, with onward connections via Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to multiple destinations throughout Vietnam, Asia, and Australasia, including Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Japan, and Australia.
The busiest day of the month was Monday, October 21 when 114,000 passengers went through the airport’s two terminals. However, this included rebooked passengers who had been unable to fly during Storm Ashley. Otherwise, the bank holiday Friday, October 25, would have been the busiest with 110,000 passengers. A total of 28.7 million passengers have passed through the doors of Dublin Airport so far in 2024, an increase of 5% on the same period in 2023. The autumn outlook
is
HAYS TRAVEL LAUNCHES CUSTOMER APP: HAYS Travel has developed a bespoke app to further improve its service to customers. Launched this month via the App Store
and Google Play, the Hays Travel app will allow customers to keep and view their travel documents in one place, settle balances with fast and secure payments, add holiday extras such as airport parking and car rental, as well as view a countdown to travel, access games, and earn badges. Hays Travel appointed travel technology
dampened due to airlines operating at Dublin already reducing the scale of their operations due to uncertainty related to the cap. However, passenger numbers are expected to be higher than in 2023 and daa anticipates exceeding the 32 million during the month of December.
While Dublin slows, UK grows Commenting, daa CEO Kenny Jacobs
said: “Demand to get on and off our island shows no sign of dropping, with Cork and Dublin airports welcoming unprecedented numbers of passengers every month this year. The trend continued in October, with our staff in Cork and Dublin working hard to get millions of passengers on their way with a smile, whether here for the Cork Jazz, the Dublin Marathon or heading overseas.
“Ireland is not alone in seeing a resurgence of air travel. Across the water, UK airports ranging from Heathrow to Gatwick to Manchester are also shattering previous passenger records and planning to grow further. Meanwhile Ireland, a nation so celebrated for aviation and promising a hundred thousand welcomes, is reducing growth at its key gateway to the world. We need to protect Irish jobs, connectivity and economic prosperity, but every day we hear new concerns from impacted people, ranging from tourism businesses worried about falling footfall or sports fans and organisations worried about getting to Ireland for events that put us on the map.
“Even though daa wants to facilitate and support this demand, we are obliged to do our utmost to comply with the cap, despite not controlling the slot process. It’s far from ideal that we are caught in this quagmire while international
airports are surging
ahead with their growth plans and doing their best to attract airlines and routes away from Ireland. We welcome all efforts to promote more joined- up thinking in both the planning system and strategic infrastructure development so our island nation can thrive.”
November/December 2024
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