FRA/BRU/AMS/CDG
FRatSTN
As ATNotts has indicated it is most likely due to the disappearing pax.
CAA provisonal stats for November - I have estimated the rotations and these could be wrong.
Brussels 1677 (96 rotations) = 17 per flight or 36% load factor
Frankfurt 1820 (140 rotations) = 13 per flight or 27% load factor - does not take into account any cancellations etc so it could be higher.
Flybe - again estimates used for rotations but not too bad: -
Amsterdam 3063 pax average per flight 51 (60 rotations) or 65%
Paris CDG 3718 pax 36 per flight (104 rotations) or 46%
Belfast City 10587 pax 51 per flight (208 rotations) or 65%
Edinburgh 7317 pax 47 per flight (156 rotations) or 60% load factor
Glasgow 7533 pax 51 pax per flight (148 rotations) or 65%.
I have used the Q400 although realise the 195 ops on the BHD sometimes. For GLA I have used one Sunday flight compared to two EDI's but not sure if that was right for November.
Paris is low but will build and overall the future looks brighter for flybe than BMIR at EMA. One thing BMIR have going for them is that most the aicraft are owned I believe and leaving them on the ground (ala Jet2) is not sure a hardship.
Can anybody think of one route BMIR could operate in the day on a 49 seat jet and make money without an alliance feed? I certainly can't but on Q400 there must be some options.
If Amsterdam goes double daily flybe could operate GLA, EDI and BHD using the EMA based aircraft in the day but hopefully at least one new route could be in the offing.
Pete