BACX chop BRS-DUB increases BRS-CDG
This piece appears in today's Bristol Evening Post.
British Airways has announced four extra daily flights between Bristol International Airport and Paris - at the expense of its Dublin service. From the start of next month, the airline will have the capacity to carry an extra 1,176 passengers a week to the French capital.
The extra flights, two in each direction, will be operated by BA's subsidiary, British Airways CitiExpress, leaving Bristol at 8.40 am and 4pm and departing Paris at 11.30 am and 6.50pm.
The airline has also announced that its twice-daily services between Bristol and Dublin will cease from May 31, although partner airline Aer Lingus will still serve the route.
Steve Cassidy, British Airways CitiExpress commercial general manager, said: "Paris is a key market for us, both for our business and leisure customers, and our new schedule provides a superb level of flexibility."
Fares from Bristol to Paris start at £99 return.
I thought the arrival of a daily Aer Lingus B 735, together with the 3 daily Ryanair rotations (two at weekends), was a bit of an overkill on BRS-DUB and am not surprised to see BACX pull out their two daily ERJ 145 rotations to the Irish capital.
This news means that BRS will have eight weekday rotations to CDG: five BACX ERJ 145s and three Air France ERJ 135s.
Perhaps slightly surprising that Air France appears to have downsized from 145s to 135s whilst BACX is increasing frequency.