EAST MIDLANDS - 6

[OltonPete]

Ryanair summer 2011

OliWW

What do you mean 8 based but 7 operating - a spare aircraft?

I have copied all changes to the FR timetable for EMA and eight
aircraft have never been needed. In fact the weekend is still showing
six only unless there has been another recent update but of course
this could mean more new routes or extra frequencies to come?

However the weekday schedule is clearly seven aircraft.

BMI Baby is more interesting as you say 8 aircraft needed but
at present they don't have enough aircraft in the fleet to cover
this unless another bases loses an aircraft or aircraft 15 arrives.

The most likely outcome is squashing the EMA schedule into seven
or get rid of Cologne, which going by November's figures is a waste
of space unless the yields are good.

Unfortunately I do not know all the BMI Baby ATC call-signs so I am
not too sure of the number of rotations but these are some figures: -

Cologne - 2562 - 5 weekly = 58 pax*
Munich - 1593 - 3 Weekly = 61 pax
Venice - 3351 - 4 weekly = 99 pax
Paris CDG - 6267 - 9 weekly = 78 pax
Amsterdam - 8753 13 weekly = 78 pax
Prague - 3356 = 3/4 weekly? = 100+

* This would be the max not taking into account any cancellations
or diversions.

I can only assume that they are taking some good yields, as for their
main base these seem pretty low on the whole.

Munich no doubt would have picked up over the holiday period for
obvious reasons but Paris only operates double daily in January
on Mo/Tu/Fr, which I don't remember that happening last winter.

Belfast picked up somewhat in November - 10516 up from 6385, at
a guess about an average of 80-90 per flight.

Belfast City was 4212 which is about 41 average or 52% load factor
based on every flight operating.

Pete