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RA85684
Nantes is probably a really decent, astute shout from Ryanair out of Bournemouth. The wealthy catchment has already been established in a comment above, not to mention that it will tap into SOU's now almost non-existent French market since the demise of Flybe. It's exactly the same distance as NCL-LHR, to the mile, which means that the aircraft is rarely ever going to be in the air for more than 45 minutes and even based on block times, it's due back at BOH 3 hours after it leaves. It shouldn't be an issue at all for Ryanair to simultaneously lure people in with low fares and turn a profit on this route. Nice shout, good for Bournemouth. Its nice to see things going well.
way back Ryanair suddenly stuck an afternoon flight on from Stansted to Esbjerg - they could round trip it in less than 4hours. It wasn't subject to any real ATC issues, there was so little happening at Esbjerg they could guarantee super efficient turnrounds and it tapped a market for Danes who wanted to see the bright lights - faster to London than driving or taking the train to Copenhagen. . And it kept a 737 airborne and earning instead of waiting for the 17:00 rush hour somewhere else