Eastern Airways
Test bookings for October and November on the Eastern website show the route between Bristol and Aberdeen will continue, with two of the daily rotations operated by a Dash 8-300, and the third on selected days each week by a Jetstream.
The Dash 8-300 rotations in each direction are shown with one en-route stop, presumably LBA, whilst the Jetstream remains a non-stop service.
Now all this is the same as at present with the Air Southwest Dash 8s operating the BRS-LBA-ABZ sectors but starting and finishing at PLH/NQY.
From October it looks from the timings that a Dash 8-300 will be based at BRS.
The first northbound journey leaves BRS at 0730 and the first southbound journey arrives at 1005 with the aircraft passing each other en route (as now).
There then appears to be no work for the Dash 8 from BRS until it departs at 1700 with the last northbound journey, passing the last southbound that arrives at 1945, stays overnight, before working the 0730 north the following morning.
I stress all this is based on the timetable but does confirm rumours of a BRS Dash 8 base (or at least overnighting) I've heard from a couple of separate sources.
As things stands though a Dash 8 would be parked each day at BRS from 1005 until 1700.