2015

J3775 : G-FBXA, George Best Belfast City Airport (October 2015)

taken 9 years ago, 4 km ENE of Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

G-FBXA, George Best Belfast City Airport (October 2015)
G-FBXA, George Best Belfast City Airport (October 2015)
Twenty minutes after sunset SAS-liveried flybe ATR 72-600 (G-FBXA) arriving on a training flight. A SAS press release issued on 26 November 2014 stated “From the winter timetable 2015/2016 a new SAS partner will operate on part of SAS’ short haul routes. Four brand new ATR 72-600 from Flybe will assist SAS’ own production on routes and frequencies from Arlanda, Stockholm, where there is a need for smaller aircraft to service customer demand.”
Aircraft etc photographs, Belfast City Airport

Originally opened in 1937 when it was built as part of the Short Brothers and Harland Limited aircraft factory. The present airport opened to scheduled passenger flights in 1983 as Belfast Harbour Airport. The terminal buildings were temporary ones – later extended and improved. The present terminal, close to the Sydenham bypass, opened in 2001.

Aer Lingus operates to London Heathrow.
British Airways to London Heathrow.
Flybe to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter and Newquay, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London City, Manchester, Doncaster/Sheffield and Southampton.
KLM to Amsterdam.
Loganair to Carlisle.

The airport is also used by a variety of operators for business and medical flights.

This link is to the official City Airport website LinkExternal link.

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The photographs submitted by me appear as a matter of neutral record only. I appreciate that many find the airport’s presence unacceptable. I have no connection with the airport or any group opposed to it.

I cannot enter into correspondence or supply photographs for any purpose.


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Geographical Context: Air transport Place: Belfast Primary Subject: Aircraft other tags: Airport Belfast City Airport Aircraft Flybe SAS (Airline) Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Belfast City Airport [1478] · George [721] · Arriving [458] · Flybe Dash [383] · Belfast City Airport October [160] ·
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J3775, 1799 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 1 October, 2015   (more nearby)
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Friday, 2 October, 2015
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Irish: geotagged! J 371 759 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.7711N 5:52.6455W
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Irish: geotagged! J 371 755
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