Originally Posted by
Severn
It's worth noting that Brussels Airlines operates 3x daily flights from BHX. The timings on the morning and evening flights are nearly identical to Bristols, however there is an additional flight Mo-Fr at 10am out of BRU, and a 11am departure out of BHX. Of course, these additional weekday flights would be another positive step, but at least BRS is getting the important morning and evening flights and not stuck with useless timings for business, leisure and of course connecting passengers.
The late-morning rotations from hubs (BRU, FRA, MUC) are really valuable for intercontinental passengers. Many intercontinental arrivals are into hubs pre-0900, so without that 10:00 flight to the spokes, you're left waiting potentially 10 hours at the hub. Similarly the 11:00 back into the hub is helpful if you want to fly to a destination the evening beforehand and not arrive at 23:00.
I'm very pleased to see SN edging back, but without that late morning rotation, it's not as useful as it could be.
It'll be interesting to see how LH's about-turn on the intended merger of SN and EW impacts the BRS schedule in the future.