Pisa, Madrid, shannon were terrible - they'd only just been launched. Never a good idea to launch in the winter. Dub and Pik have never been that bad - but look at other routes on the Ryanair network (across Europe) in Jan and you will see a similar picture. There must have been something wrong in the UK during that month. Plus routes like Pisa and Shannon from BOH are not the best. I don't understand why chunkier more obvious routes aren't done. I mean how obvious is it that Paderborn is never going to break records.
"I mean how obvious is it that Paderborn is never going to break records."
Actually Paderborn does very well and has only been axed due to a wider policy change of UK flights by Air Berlin rather than anything specific at BOH. The route is used extensivly by British Forces and their families moving between all the bases in and around Salisbury Plain and BFG bases in and around Paderborn. I know lots of people 'narked' by its closure at the end of next week.
Madrid was doing very well, all the flights I was on were over 80% full and many business pax were using it as a transfer to Iberia for onward flights. As Lovejet said, Shannon, Marseille and Nantes all struggled due to the last minute launch but were picking up over the summer. Would be surprised not to see at least Madrid and Marseille back as a summer destination in 2008.
Running 7 days a week from 7am to 7pm (no real help to those on the two TFly flights going out at 7am or coming back at 23:30 though), it finally provides a direct link from the railway station to the airport. Another nice touch is the list of Bournemouth hotels and the nearest bus stop. Price looks very competitive as well.
Hope it does well
BTW:-Paderborn Air Berlin 77%
Thats an awful lot of virtual squadies
One comment I would make is that if the airport wants to develop, the local road infrastructure must be improved, in particular direct access onto the A338.
It is all very well walking across the road after landing and being in your car in a matters of minutes, but depending upon the time of day, it can take ages exiting the airport, yet alone getting onto the A338.
you get a secession of arrivals, this only compounds the problem.
Are there any plans to make a direct link in/out from the A338?
Fantstic airport though.
What was the old twin that landed today at 16:20 local, looked like an Aero 45, but it wasn't?
Yes there are plans to link the airport directly to the A338, in the latest Master Plan on the Bournemouth website there is a route to the north of the runway that connects directly to the A338 by passing just to the south of the Matchams Ski Centre. However, the route is marked as "Safeguarded corridor for future A338 link" so I'm unsure of actual timescales.
There are also four areas marked as junction improvements, namely Parley Traffic lights, Chappel Gate roundabout, the main airport junction and the small Hurn roundabout at the end of the B3073 .
If your interested, pages 46-50 of the master plan cover transport issues.
Agree with you about getting out of the airport when it's busy though, total nightmare at times espically between 4 and 6pm when if you live locally, occasionally it's quicker to walk
Aidoair
The last Air Berlin I saw come in was D-ABKA, a nice new 737-82R but that was a few weeks ago. Sure someone else will tell you if it's a regular visitor.
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BOU PAX, thanks for that. I am not a regular visitor to Hurn and the 'Master plan' makes sense. I can concur that after the 16:00 Ryanair arrival, the roads surrounding Hurn become choked for no good reason apart from good traffic management.
So what was the ' small old low wing twin' that arrived at 16:20 today? I was North on the A338 as it passed from right to left ahead of me on short final.
So what was the ' small old low wing twin' that arrived at 16:20 today? I was North on the A338 as it passed from right to left ahead of me on short final.
Could well have been the Phillips ST2 'Speedtwin' G-STDL which I understand was in the circuit this afternoon.
I guess the field next to the existing car park cannot be used (Opp ATC College)? I would then simply be an extension to the one across the road from the terminal.
Did my eyes deceive me, or did a 1-11 depart at around 12:45 local today (Thursday)?
Eurostar builder - it might be a nice idea but I'd be amazed if more than 1% of pax were interested in the aviation museum as a time-filler if delayed - which would be borne out by the visitor numbers there.
It seems to me that this is just part of the long-overdue development of Hurn airfield into a proper airport...
Ryanair have now released Marseille for booking from BOH, operating on sundays and wednesdays from 04/05/08 till 14/09/08.
Thomson Holidays are introducing Paphos, Madeira & Fueterventura as weekly flights for winter 2008/9. Currently Paphos is operated as a summer only route.
Great news is that Thomsons have just anounced their first ever long-haul flights from BOH. Two flights are planned for early 2009 to the Dominican Rupublic.
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Thomson actually operated to Orlando and Dom Rep in 1996 and 1997 after the runway was lengthened - and loads were 100%. Never understood why they didn't continue it. Good news they are doing this again although why Do Rep is in the list instead of higher demand Barbados and Orlando I don't know - Bath Travel carry 2-3,000 people a year to Barbados already from BOH.
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