Neuer (nord)irischer LCC in der Gründung

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Aus dem Belfast Telegraph:

 

A group of Ulster entrepreneurs is hatching plans to launch a new airline that will be based in Northern Ireland, The Belfast Telegraph has learned.

 

Sources close to the group said it has secured financial backing for the project and its services will take off next summer.

 

It is understood the airline will offer flights from both Belfast and Dublin to destinations throughout Europe.

 

The group is believed to have signed a memorandum of understanding with an aircraft company for the provision of aircraft.

 

Sources said the individual entrepreneurs involved have signed a confidentiality agreement which does not allow any of them to go public on the group's plans until schedules are firmed up.

 

It is understood the airline will pitch its services at the no-frills market which is currently dominated by easyJet in Northern Ireland.

 

EasyJet now has five aircraft based at Belfast International Airport where it currently operates nine scheduled services to Britain and 10 to destinations on the continent.

 

Sources said the airline would be based in Belfast, but the entrepreneurs have not decided which of Belfast's two airports will be its home.

 

It is likely to be based at Belfast International, which has embraced no-frills services, rather than Belfast City, which largely concentrates on full service flights.