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Old 20th Nov 2009, 21:40
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MerchantVenturer

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I've had a look at the Ryanair web timetable and web booking engine for next summer now that the new destinations are available.

Of the new routes Venice (Treviso) will be 3 x weekly; Valencia 3 x weekly; Gdansk 2 x weekly; Palma 5 x weekly; Faro 4 x weekly.

Malta will be 3 x weekly (up from twice weekly last summer and this winter) and Malaga daily (up from 4 x weekly this winter).

Of last summer's routes Eindhoven and Porto seem to have been dropped, as has Shannon. Marrakesh is retained for summer having been only a winter route previously.

A detailed study of the web timetable and web booking engine throws up numerous anomalies.

On several evenings the timetable shows a need for six or seven based aircraft - based because of the timings, unless one or two from elsewhere will fly away from Bristol empty late each evening which is not likely. The timetable as currently published is confirmed in the booking engine for some test days I tried. I used the period 17-24 May.

For example the following timetable schedule is confirmed on a couple of the days I tried the booking engine (time from BRS and time back into BRS).

Tuesday
1330-2110 Marrakesh
1705-2030 Limoges
1715-2300 Palma
1740-2355 Riga
1740-2300 Wroclaw
1750-2345 Malaga
1855-2340 Toulon

Wednesday
1645-2220 Faro
1715-2300 Palma
1725-2310 Cagliari
1750-2345 Malaga
1805-2345 Budapest
1845-2350 Trieste
1845-2345 Venice Treviso

There is also a daily morning service to Belfast City out at 1010 and back at 1255 but on most days five departures will have occurred to other destinations in early morning, none of which gets back in time to operate the BHD. There are other anomalies including Thursday evening with work for only four aircraft.

I can't imagine that two more aircraft will be based at BRS next summer in addition to the extra one already announced.

As it appears, people will be booking flights today for next summer some of which will have their timings or even days altered from what is in the timetable and booking engine - unless there is another explanation that eludes me.
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