adfly - And then you woke up and realised this is 2009....one of the worst years in aviation history!
If established l/h operators are struggling from major hub airports which have a much larger catchment area than BOH as well as regional connecting flights, what basis would they have for even contemplating operating routes from BOH?
SouBe makes a good point, but as usual the devil is in the detail.
CAA (and IATA) stats show that while there is certainly mayhem and overcapacity in many areas - the Atlantic is a good example where L/H from the regions is likely to be in for some deep cuts - when you take a look elsewhere, and in particular at at the Gulf routes which feed destinations further afield, you actually see double digit growth still, even from most of the regional airports. Check out Newcastle's stats on the Dubai route for example.
I still think that you will see Emirates in particular strengthen the UK regional presence, in part because their boss Tim Clarke (under Sheikh Ahmed) is a Brit who perhaps understands the UK market a little better than his counterparts in the Gulf .
The down turn will see I'm quite sure a further entrenchment by Emirates, Qatar and Etihad, and I expect shrinkage at BA, SQ, CX and QF amongst others.
EK from Bristol to DXB is not so hard to imagine, BOH not for a while yet, but never say never. The London airports are still highly runway capacity constrained.
As for transatlantic, to quote a certain MOL, a bloodbath is on the cards this winter.
Thomson Holidays and First Choice have today announced that they will be increasing capacity from Bournemouth Airport next year. From May 2010 they will be basing a 189-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the airport which has 25% more seats than their existing aircraft.
To coincide with the arrival of this new aircraft, they will be adding five new destinations to their route map: Antalya and Bodrum in Turkey, Corfu, Tunisia and the increasingly popular Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh. The flights to Turkey will also provide holiday makers with the opportunity to link up with one of the Thomson ships cruising around the Eastern Mediterranean.
Commenting on this news, Rob Goldsmith, Managing Director of Bournemouth Airport said: “To announce increased capacity and an exciting range of new routes in the current economic climate clearly shows the confidence that Thomson and First Choice have in Bournemouth Airport. Both operators offer holiday makers realistic prices and high standards, and I am confident these new routes will be a great success.”
In addition to the new routes, Thomson and First Choice will also be operating to Malaga, Ibiza, Majorca, Paphos, Rhodes, Dalaman and Tenerife next summer.
Just noticed in the New Routes section on the BOH website that Balkan Holidays are also listed as new for 2010 operating to Bourgas, operating 30th August to the end of September
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That's excellent news for the airport! By the time the routes begin operating, a nice new terminal will be ready to greet passengers.
No new routes for ages then they all get announced in one day.
and Faro have stopped these routes should still be carried on with Ryanair , Palmair
Very surprised about dropping Faro. Used it a few times lately and was full. Also Thom is the only one that operates Faro on a Saturday, probably why it seems so popular.
This really is great news, well done everyone at BOH working hard to get these new services.
This is particularly reassuring as this expansion is coming from the charter side rather than the LCC side (i know Thomson Airways is essentially a LCC but they have reverted to pretty much charter operation at BOH)
Perhaps the next round of good news will be related to FR or U2 increasing their services. I would hope the cancellation of PIK would be temporary and if not that U2 will replace the gap.
This is the current thinking re BOH (but could change dependent on economic recovery)
2nd a/c summer 2010...
BER (3 wkly), BHD (4 wkly), PIK (returns 4 wkly), DUB (back to daily +3 wkly), CIA (4 wkly), AGP (increases + 3 wkly),
Routes under consideration post 2010: Naples, Stockholm, Prague, Salzburg, Malta, Venice, Bergerac, Nantes (returning), Madrid (returning), Cork, Inverness
BER? You mean Berlin? That would be awesome if that was confirmed as happening. Loads of foreign students in Bournemouth from Berlin. Lots of in-bound from that region to Bournemouth and the West Country... should be a success. When will Ryanair confirm this???
To answer a question posed earlier - Thomson Airways currently operate long-haul from BOH to Dominican Republic. Two departures this Jan 2010 10th and 24th.
i think regional airports have HUGE potential for long-haul and so does Boeing, hence their belief in the B787 to offer direct flights from regions to regions long-haul rather than the hub approach taken by Airbus. ALTHOUGH JUST HEARD BOEING HAS DELAYED FIRST FLIGHT OF B787 AGAIN, AND QANTAS HAS CANCELLED/DEFERRED SOME DELIVERIES! so maybe not!?
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its great to seee some expansion at boh, finally the airport should also have its new terminal and it won tbe long before its carrying 2 million pax per year!
Thanks Sparkynufc, this is great to get some sense of latest happenings.
Im a little surprised to see no extra check-in desks (still 12 i think i'm counting from your link to the internal plans). Is that because Ryanair won't be needing many given they are moving to other alternatives.
Great set of pic's again, good to see the structure coming on, just hope the final finish is on time for the new destinations.
A possible answer to the lack of landside refreshments is that when people check in they are required to go through security & use the airside services.
A problem that occured in the past was that pax checked in then sat down & had coffee etc with their friends/families lanside & all waited until last call to go to departures, causing a huge problem at the security check point, with rising flights & pax numbers this would only get to be more of a pinch point. Nobody likes standing in a line for any length of time so the only answer was move all facilities airside, thus pax check-in & go to departures. Friends & family go home!!
I was wondering if someone can help, my partner is flying to Edi tomorrow night and was going to leave the car at the airport instead of at our daughter's as she is away. However I have only used the normal car park there - is there a different long stay car park (she is away for 4 days)? If so could somone give me directions from the main road?
Sorry this is non aviation related. My partner gets agitated about these things and I won't be there.
Many Thanks
Kemac
There's only the one car park now at BOH airport. It's used for long and short stay parking. You just take the ticket as you drive through the gate and pay upon you return to the airport before picking up your car. The entrance to the car park is on the right hand side of the airport road as you drive towards the terminal. Very easy to use and the airport website has all the details you'll need about pricing and includes maps etc.
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