Bristol - Shipshape and easy Fashion
Commenting via their official website on the new easyJet route between Bristol and Newcastle, BRS management state that 20,000 people from the Bristol area have already booked for the service.
According to the airport, easyJet currently accounts for over 35,000 of the 105,000 pax passing through BRS each week. Given that easyJet has 141 weekly arrivals and 141 weekly departures at BRS this gives an average loading of 124 on the 148-seat B 733, or 84%.
Whilst the overall pax figures quoted are those for the summer the airport is still on track for significant growth this year (following outperformance after the arrival of Go/easyJet in the previous two years) from over 3.5 million to 4 million annual pax.
In the same article easyJet CEO, Ray Webster is quoted, "easyJet are delighted with the support for all our Bristol services, and we are committed to growth from the region, and intend to announce more new routes in the near future."