bmi regional has certainly come up trumps with BRS's previously stated aspirations for German routes. With easyJet to Berlin there will be five from May.
Perhaps Hannover is the surprising one. It is one of Bristol's twin cities and over the years calls have emanated from the Bristolian Great and Good (I don't think it's an oxymoron) for a HAJ route. Well, they now have it and it's up to those who have made the noises in the past to use it.
Taking two dates in May, the bmi regional booking engin shows these timings: times shown are departure and return at BRS.
0650-1030 Frankfurt
0700-1020 Aberdeen
0700-1045 Hamburg
1130-1610 Milan
1200-1540 Hannover
1215-1710 Munich
1640-2000 Aberdeen
1645-2045 Frankfurt
1650-2035 Hamburg
That clearly shows three aircraft though the inbound MUC aircraft obviously won't be able to operate any of the three late afternoon departures (to ABZ, FRA and HAM).
That suggests it will in some way link into the Airbus corporate shuttle network and the said network will provide one of the three late afternoon departures.
The snag is the shuttle timetable as currently constituted doesn't suggest a solution and, anyway, it varies slightly from day to day.
There are between eight and nine shuttle flights on most weekdays (to/from Toulouse and Hawarden) with a 0630 departure to Toulouse a constant and no inbound is shown before it departs.
This strongly suggests a base of at least four aircraft and possibly five.
Interesting commentary and analysis on BRS on the anna.aero website this week with Shaun Browne, the airport's aviation director, saying their forecasts suggest passenger numbers could return to the 2008 level which at 6.2 mppa is the only calendar year so far to exceed 6 mppa.