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Volotea A319
Hello,
Sadly it wasn't a sign of good passenger numbers (at least not on this occasion), as less than 70 were on board. The aircraft swap was due to a fault on the B717 that had been planned to operate the service.
Sadly it wasn't a sign of good passenger numbers (at least not on this occasion), as less than 70 were on board. The aircraft swap was due to a fault on the B717 that had been planned to operate the service.
Last edited by anna_list; 30th Jun 2016 at 20:21. Reason: To make it clear that the fault probably wasn't planned...
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There needs to be far more advertising of Volotea from SOU and the same could be said for the Vueling BCN route a few years ago as the local catchment area are unaware of where they can actually fly too from SOU.
I have just returned from BCN with BA from LHR and I spoke to three couples from Southampton as well as two couples from Bournemouth that were using the flight, surely there is a demand for a flight to BCN again as its a very popular city especially as I visit it for work as well as for leisure at least six times a year.
I would like to see Vueling have another go at SOU and hope that Volotea return for next year as SOU needs some variety regarding airlines and destinations especially considering the wider affluent catchment area of the airport.
I have just returned from BCN with BA from LHR and I spoke to three couples from Southampton as well as two couples from Bournemouth that were using the flight, surely there is a demand for a flight to BCN again as its a very popular city especially as I visit it for work as well as for leisure at least six times a year.
I would like to see Vueling have another go at SOU and hope that Volotea return for next year as SOU needs some variety regarding airlines and destinations especially considering the wider affluent catchment area of the airport.
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70/125 is 56% which is pretty poor by LCC standards. A look at their booking engine reveals that quite a few flights over the holidays have 100+ booked on them which is good to see. Volotea have done a better job of promoting this route than Vueling did for Barcelona a few years ago to be fair.
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I live 30 min away by car from Southampton and I have heard or seen nothing about Volotea apart from reading about it here and on other aviation forums.
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Looks like they are all operated on an E195, Alicante and Faro and 2 weekly each and Malaga is 3 weekly. Judging by the flight times they are doing the same as they are this summer with an aircraft flying MAN-SOU-ALC/AGP/FAO-SOU-MAN. Good to see them return although I can't help but wonder if Flybe would perform better on these routes if they released them earlier.
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CAA April stats
After quite a delay they are finally out.
Total passengers are down 0.5%, hopefully the summer months will be strong enough to prevent another year on year decline in passenger numbers. I suspect the decrease came almost entirely from the significant reduction in the 'sun' routes during this month as everything else seem to be fairly stagnant or growing according to the stats.
BMI Regional carried 771 passengers to Munich, which works out to be an average of 16 passengers per flight, for a 33% load factor based on there being 3 cancelled flights due to ATC strikes (there may have been more). Some flights were also operated by an E135 (37 seats) rather than the E145 (49 seats) my calculation is based off so the actual percentage will be a little higher. It isn't an awful start, but hopefully the route will have grown to more sustainable loads in more recent months, especially with the competition from Flybe they have now.
Dusseldorf has improved, averaging 38 passengers for a load factor of 49.5%. Finally Cork did well for such a 'new' route averaging 40 passengers per flight, meaning a load factor of 55%.
Total passengers are down 0.5%, hopefully the summer months will be strong enough to prevent another year on year decline in passenger numbers. I suspect the decrease came almost entirely from the significant reduction in the 'sun' routes during this month as everything else seem to be fairly stagnant or growing according to the stats.
BMI Regional carried 771 passengers to Munich, which works out to be an average of 16 passengers per flight, for a 33% load factor based on there being 3 cancelled flights due to ATC strikes (there may have been more). Some flights were also operated by an E135 (37 seats) rather than the E145 (49 seats) my calculation is based off so the actual percentage will be a little higher. It isn't an awful start, but hopefully the route will have grown to more sustainable loads in more recent months, especially with the competition from Flybe they have now.
Dusseldorf has improved, averaging 38 passengers for a load factor of 49.5%. Finally Cork did well for such a 'new' route averaging 40 passengers per flight, meaning a load factor of 55%.
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I'll do a full post later as not all flights are currently released. As it stands ALC, AGP and FAO run until 3rd April.
AVN, MXP, BIA, PMI, PGF all appear to be dropped.
AMS and DUB are now ~4 daily, GLA and MAN are back to 5 daily, BOD is now 2 weekly.
DUS continues, as does the double daily GCI.
AVN, MXP, BIA, PMI, PGF all appear to be dropped.
AMS and DUB are now ~4 daily, GLA and MAN are back to 5 daily, BOD is now 2 weekly.
DUS continues, as does the double daily GCI.
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MXP was served a couple of times a week last summer, likely aimed at Lakes & Mountains package type customers. I can only assume it didn't perform well enough and so did not return this year as a result.