BOURNEMOUTH - 2

[Nakata77]

On a more realistic note, Ryanair are recruiting for cabin crew for 2011. It has Bournemouth listed as being one of the UK bases for this recruitment drive. It would make sense for Ryanair to be operating 2 based a/c for S11 but perhaps reducing seasonally to 1 each winter.

Economically to base an a/c at BOH for feb, mar & apr only would be very strange indeed although i wouldn't put it past them. It would enable discussions on more incentives from the airport and/or to prevent competition from making any real commitments to BOH at this fragile economic time.

BOH terminal - think of all the wasted airport shop stock collecting dust, food expiring etc. It really is diabolical to have a 3m cap terminal with only one flight a day. The airport must be doing all they possibly can to get new airlines and/or routes in.

[Helen49]

The quoted terminal capacity and current absence of traffic would suggest that either there has been an outbreak of considerable foresight or a grave error of judgement. Whilst hoping for the former, I wonder which?

[Groundloop]

The quoted terminal capacity and current absence of traffic would suggest that either there has been an outbreak of considerable foresight or a grave error of judgement. Whilst hoping for the former, I wonder which?

Neither, don't you know there is a recession on? (with apologies to WWII!)

[Helen49]

I had heard about the recession but not about any other airport in the UK which has recently spent £45m on a terminal, Cat 3 ILS etc and yet has a day (albeit in winter) with only two flights. That begs a few questions in MY mind!

Helen

[FILZMOOS]

Bournemouth

You may be interested to know that the Airport picked up an Bournemouth tourism award for [tourism marketing initiative of the year] and [customer service of the year winner].Just think how bad for the airport,had they not won.
So their is hope yet?

[shamrock7seal]

Is that some kind of joke?

What airport wins an award for losing all its services?

Perhaps thats why it won a customer service award? Staffed up for 3m pax a year - but only catering to one flight a day. Certainly would make me feel special if i was a passenger on said flight. LOL.

Is this also how Bournemouth will achieve its zero carbon footprint by 2012? No flights = No carbon footprint.

[Groundloop]

I had heard about the recession but not about any other airport in the UK which has recently spent £45m on a terminal, Cat 3 ILS etc and yet has a day (albeit in winter) with only two flights. That begs a few questions in MY mind!

This was all begun before the recession started. It is more a question of bad timing than bad judgement.

[compton3bravo]

Sorry Groundloop not bad timing but bad management. Anyone with a modicom of intelligence knew that the continued expansion of travel, interest only mortgages, banks lending willy nilly, etc could not go on and it had to end. Sorry but I have seen so many boom and busts in my life it was just a matter of time before it happened again. How anybody would think a regional airport like Bournemouth was goin to attract three million pasengers annually is beyond me.
Sorry but I earnestly hope things improve - not for the managers sitting in their comfortable offices but for the employees who keep the airport going whenever there is a movement.

[roxytoo]

Pug could you elaborate on that? am looking for Bmth to Alicante for summer 2011 but no luck

[StevieW]

Does anybody know the timings for the Atlantic and Titan cargo/mail flights? I regularly drive past the airport at around 9pm when an Atlantic aircraft looks like it has just arrived, and then again at 2am when it looks like the Titan 737 has moved or is about to move.

[benm345]

Diversions?

I presume during this bad weather with a few airports closing, does anyone know if Bournemouth has taken any diverted flights? Any info would be great!

[lwaw1uk]

Bournemouth had a Flybe DHC8D BEE8VK(G-JEDR) tonight from Southampton. this was due a Flap Problem on the aircraft...

Other wise no Diversion's (Guess will'nt as there will be no staff etc on. with only one flight aday )

[stevehiggi]

Does that mean that sou are unable to handle certain situations so they have to divert to the longer runway of BOH.

[big d1]

Correct. On the Q400 if you find yourself in a situation where you have to land with a non standard flap setting e.g flaps fail to deploy, on some of our shorter runways like SOU, BHD, JER, IOM, GUR at heavier landing weights you can find yourself getting close to needing all the LDA especially if landing Flap 0. If the runway is wet we have to increase the figure in the checklist by 50% which at places like SOU can result in your LDR > LDA (SOU~1700m) resulting in you needing a longer runway somewhere else. Also if it is ICING conditions, and you need to do a icing system ON landing, that adds even more onto the LDR.

Hope that helps.

[mathers_wales_uk]

It certainly isn't the only airport that this happens at as Cardiff has recieved similar diverts in the past from Easyjet with a flaps problem.

A319 requiring longer landing distance than available at Bristol

[shamrock7seal]

Is this all Bournemouth is good for? the odd emergency landing and diversion?

Surely MAG didnt spend 45 million quid on a state of the art terminal, radar and runway for it to handle a once in a blue moon event.

It is completely unacceptable to me that for a catchment the size of Bournemouth's that the airport has not succeeded in holding on to its operators.

Are MAG pricing airlines out in order to get a return on investment for the terminal? Cos it aint working. May as well say airport charges are FREE for everyone - at least they will get some pax volumes in and can start to claw back some of the investment.

[Bournemouth Air]

Ryanair have just announced 3 new bases in the Canary Islands - Bournemouth is listed
as a destination to be served by overseas based aircraft - in Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. Fuerteventura is to be served by a non-base aircraft

[MARKEYD]

Ryanair have still not released anything from Bournemouth passed mid March with every week passing by now it becomes more of a concern , they are loosing potential bookings for Easter and beyond and really do not seem very serious about Bournemouth any more it would seem

All the talk about Flybe comming back would appear to have come to nothing not really sure where that came from in the first place , as most of expected anyway .
All details of the airport have now been removed from the booking engine

Second Wednesday of no departures or arrivals , very depressing and sad to see this happening !

[pug]

All the talk about Flybe comming back would appear to have come to nothing not really sure where that came from in the first place , as most of expected anyway .

I had been pointed towards the BE booking engine from a post on here, seeing all the routes but not Manchester in the booking engine it looked like there was an impending announcement (sometimes new routes appear on there out of the blue) but with hindsight flights to INV and ION from BOH would make little or no sense.

As far as the airport is concerned, it has the expertise of MAG behind it so im sure something good will come eventually.

[Mexotag]

I've been looking to book flights to Malaga and Ryanair or any other airline don't appear to be serving this destination for the summer. Very disappointing, especially since I can book with Ryanair from London Stansted but not Bournemouth! I wonder if they will come back, or are they just not going to bother. Maybe they will try to expand at London Gatwick and Bristol, which then leaves Bournemouth out?

I am surprised Flybe haven't tried more destinations from Bournemouth, I see they have a good operation from Southampton, but I think this could maybe, just maybe capture some of the passengers who go to the London airports from the South region. Just a thought!

But no departures, what a waste of money to build a new terminal.