The Bournemouth routes looked extremely promising to many living in the south with friends living in France.
A lot of people were very disappointed by Mikey-the-Pikey's decision to not to go ahead with Bournemouth - and it's probably true to say that buzz attracted a 'different class of client' compared with that of....other low cost airlines.
As posted in Nov 2002:
buzz LAUNCH AT BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORT IS A HIGH FLYING SUCCESS
buzz, the UK’s third largest low cost airline, has had a phenomenal reaction to the launch of its second base in Bournemouth. As well as five European routes, buzz will be flying to two domestic destinations, seeing the South Coast benefit for the first time from low cost fares to Scotland and Northern Ireland at a fraction of the price of British Airways.
Since they went on sale a week ago, over four thousand seats have already been sold on routes from the airport to Amsterdam, Belfast, Bergerac, Glasgow-Prestwick, Malaga, Murcia and Paris. Murcia, Malaga and Bergerac are currently the most popular destinations.
Says buzz Chief Commercial Officer, Tony Camacho, ‘The reaction and support we have had from people living in Bournemouth and surrounding areas has been fantastic. People on the South Coast are obviously making the most of buzz’s competitive fares which give them easy access to Scotland, Northern Ireland and a network of European destinations. This is just the start of our plans for Bournemouth. In the next year we will continue to expand and develop our destination portfolio which will position Bournemouth as one of the UK’s leading low cost bases.’
What a sad day it was when buzz was sold off by the idiots at KLM....
