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A350 Flypast
Nice flypast this morning by AIB101 "Airbus 101" A350 F-WZGG. The aircraft carried out a low approach at Cardiff before overflying the Airbus factory at Filton and then running through Bristol Airport East to West at around 300ft AAL. It continued its tour of Airbus sites, departing to Chester Hawarden.
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BRS-SNN
Aer Lingus Regional will restore the Bristol-Shannon link from 3 April next year. Flights will operate daily on an ATR 42 leaving SNN at 1010 and arriving BRS at 1140. The return will leave BRS at 1205, arriving back at SNN at 1335.
The airline previously operated this route but it ceased at the end of summer 2012. Between 2005 and 2010 BRS-SNN was operated by Ryanair.
The airline previously operated this route but it ceased at the end of summer 2012. Between 2005 and 2010 BRS-SNN was operated by Ryanair.
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Flybe
One in and two out today.
Flybe will axe BRS-JER from next month and the summer-only Isle of Man route will not now operate next year.
Flybe will axe BRS-JER from next month and the summer-only Isle of Man route will not now operate next year.
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It's still menzies until 20th jan.
Servisair and easyJet to expand their Ground Handling partnership to include Ground Handling at Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport, UK - Servisair and easyJet are pleased to announce the signing of a long-term ground handling contract at Bristol Airport.
Under the agreement, Servisair will provide comprehensive ground handling services to easyJet including passenger and ramp handling.
“We are very pleased to add the Ground Handling at Bristol to our portfolio of stations with easyJet”, says Tommy Watt, COO Servisair UK. “We are delighted that easyJet has chosen Servisair as their handling partner for their busy operations at Bristol. Servisair will continue to work closely with easyJet in the delivery of quality services to their Customers.
The new partnership at Bristol will commence on the 21st January 2014.
Servisair and easyJet to expand their Ground Handling partnership to include Ground Handling at Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport, UK - Servisair and easyJet are pleased to announce the signing of a long-term ground handling contract at Bristol Airport.
Under the agreement, Servisair will provide comprehensive ground handling services to easyJet including passenger and ramp handling.
“We are very pleased to add the Ground Handling at Bristol to our portfolio of stations with easyJet”, says Tommy Watt, COO Servisair UK. “We are delighted that easyJet has chosen Servisair as their handling partner for their busy operations at Bristol. Servisair will continue to work closely with easyJet in the delivery of quality services to their Customers.
The new partnership at Bristol will commence on the 21st January 2014.
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Bristol have gained a rotation to/from Ibiza next Summer from Thomsons - using the aircraft availability from the dropped W service to/from MME.
Thursday
LBA - IBZ - 06:00 - 09:40 TOM3432
IBZ - BRS - 10:40 - 12:00 TOM6433
BRS - IBZ - 14:00 - 17:30 TOM6432
IBZ - LBA - 18:40 - 20:20 TOM3433
Thursday
LBA - IBZ - 06:00 - 09:40 TOM3432
IBZ - BRS - 10:40 - 12:00 TOM6433
BRS - IBZ - 14:00 - 17:30 TOM6432
IBZ - LBA - 18:40 - 20:20 TOM3433
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Blue Islands to JER
Following Flybe's withdrawal from the BRS-JER route from next month, Blue Islands has announced a Saturday rotation commencing 29 March next year.
Currently Blue Islands operates BRS-JER with ATR 42s 2 x daily Mon-Fri and single daily on Sundays.
Blue Islands announce more Bristol flights - Business News | businesslife.co
Currently Blue Islands operates BRS-JER with ATR 42s 2 x daily Mon-Fri and single daily on Sundays.
Blue Islands announce more Bristol flights - Business News | businesslife.co
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Will we see any new routes from Ryanair as a result. A look at the schedule so far still showing a fair few w patterns. Also I thought Ryanair announced recently extra flights to Dublin next summer , they haven't appeared yet
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Ryanair
Is the increase in base size confirmed? That said, this year's reduction was never publicly announced by either airport or airline so far as I can determine.
Summer 2013 saw more FR flights overall each week when there were two based aircraft than summer 2012 did with five.
The fact that so many flights were operated by non-based aircraft also spread out the traffic flow a bit more - on Saturdays for example there were seven FR arrivals between 1940 and 2040 all of which then turned around and took passengers to the aircraft home bases at a time when little traffic from other carriers was in evidence.
At times last summer there were nearly 30 departures (all airlines that is) before 0900. I can't see this reducing next summer so the extra FR departures in the morning rush will add to the often congested departure areas. The central pier currently under construction with its new pre-boarding zones and new gates will certainly be needed.
With more based aircraft back at BRS there will be less need (in theory anyway) to restrict a lot of the route network to operations between other FR bases and BRS.
Thomson summer 2014
Not too much of a surprise if Marrakech has been dropped. Since TOM's original announcement easyJet decided to operate to RAK 2 x weekly.
Kavala, and the likes of Santorini and Volos, seem to feature occasionally with charter operators at the airport but have never really stuck at BRS. I don't know what size of aircraft TOM had in mind for the flight (it was 'to be announced' for a long while if my memory is to be relied on) but whatever it was presumably did not stack up with projected bookings.
Summer 2013 saw more FR flights overall each week when there were two based aircraft than summer 2012 did with five.
The fact that so many flights were operated by non-based aircraft also spread out the traffic flow a bit more - on Saturdays for example there were seven FR arrivals between 1940 and 2040 all of which then turned around and took passengers to the aircraft home bases at a time when little traffic from other carriers was in evidence.
At times last summer there were nearly 30 departures (all airlines that is) before 0900. I can't see this reducing next summer so the extra FR departures in the morning rush will add to the often congested departure areas. The central pier currently under construction with its new pre-boarding zones and new gates will certainly be needed.
With more based aircraft back at BRS there will be less need (in theory anyway) to restrict a lot of the route network to operations between other FR bases and BRS.
Thomson summer 2014
Not too much of a surprise if Marrakech has been dropped. Since TOM's original announcement easyJet decided to operate to RAK 2 x weekly.
Kavala, and the likes of Santorini and Volos, seem to feature occasionally with charter operators at the airport but have never really stuck at BRS. I don't know what size of aircraft TOM had in mind for the flight (it was 'to be announced' for a long while if my memory is to be relied on) but whatever it was presumably did not stack up with projected bookings.
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Air France BRS-CDG
There is currently no booking availability for BRS-CDG on the Air France website for next summer.
The service is being operated this winter by a CityJet ARJ 85 which replaced the Air Hop! E190 of last summer.
No availability for CDG via Amsterdam using KLM/AF aircraft is shown either. Other KLM Cityhopper airports such as LBA and CWL do show availability to CDG via AMS next summer and I'm pretty sure BRS used to too, as well as the direct AF service.
At this stage the conclusion seems to be that the direct AF service is to be withdrawn. It's gradually been downgraded over recent years from 3 x daily Airlinair ATR 72s to ATR 42s, then to a 6 x weekly Air Hop! E190 this summer to a daily CityJet ARJ 85 currently.
The service is being operated this winter by a CityJet ARJ 85 which replaced the Air Hop! E190 of last summer.
No availability for CDG via Amsterdam using KLM/AF aircraft is shown either. Other KLM Cityhopper airports such as LBA and CWL do show availability to CDG via AMS next summer and I'm pretty sure BRS used to too, as well as the direct AF service.
At this stage the conclusion seems to be that the direct AF service is to be withdrawn. It's gradually been downgraded over recent years from 3 x daily Airlinair ATR 72s to ATR 42s, then to a 6 x weekly Air Hop! E190 this summer to a daily CityJet ARJ 85 currently.
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Withdrawal of the AF BRS-CDG route wouldn't surprise me greatly.
* For short-haul (CDG, and Europe), AF's fares ex-BRS are usually ~£100 more expensive than ex-LHR. EZY will be caning them to death on BRS-CDG, and they'll be shooting themselves in the feet on BRS-CDG-Europe Short-haul.
* For long haul, KL-AF are quite happy if you route via AMS instead. CDG is a lousy hub, and AMS keeps the money in the family.
EZY's interest in capturing the business flier is going to hurt all the 'traditional' airlines who provide connecting flights and interlining bags, and all the other things a *network* requires. Too substantial an EZY presence will diminish BRS's *network* connections, and we'll end up having reduced short-haul and long-haul journey options ex-BRS.
* For short-haul (CDG, and Europe), AF's fares ex-BRS are usually ~£100 more expensive than ex-LHR. EZY will be caning them to death on BRS-CDG, and they'll be shooting themselves in the feet on BRS-CDG-Europe Short-haul.
* For long haul, KL-AF are quite happy if you route via AMS instead. CDG is a lousy hub, and AMS keeps the money in the family.
EZY's interest in capturing the business flier is going to hurt all the 'traditional' airlines who provide connecting flights and interlining bags, and all the other things a *network* requires. Too substantial an EZY presence will diminish BRS's *network* connections, and we'll end up having reduced short-haul and long-haul journey options ex-BRS.
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It's quite a contrast between AMS and CDG, B_T.
Whereas easyJet operates daily for the most part to CDG with AF now just operating daily too with either a Hop! E190 or CityJet RJ85, KLM operates AMS at 3 x daily in winter and 4 x daily in summer with easyJet chipping in at 9/10 weekly. Furthermore, KLM will be all E190 from mid February and three out of the four summer rotations will also be on the Embraer with the F70 doing the fourth (summer this year was 2 E190s and 2 F70s).
I'm keeping an eye on the Brussels route. It's been rebuilding quite steadily since 2009 when 31,250 passengers were carried that year to a current position at 45,143 for the first eleven months of this year which is an increase of 16.4% on the same period last year.
However, a check with the summer 2014 timetable shows the aircraft type as Brussels Airlines ARJ 85. I thought they only had the ARJ 100s now which might be too big for the route. I read somewhere that the SN-liveried Flybe Dash 8 Q400s are being returned after the winter although I can't confirm this.
It would be a great shame if the SN route went the same way as the AF appears to be going and BRU is a route that I can't see easyJet being interested in.
easyJet has been the making of BRS in terms of routes and passenger numbers but it will be extremely disappointing if they see off some of the 'traditional' airlines, although business is business of course. There is talk of an easyJet Jersey route. It probably wouldn't be more than daily and not even that in winter but what would it do to Blue Islands with their 2 x daily schedule throughout the year?
BRS passenger figures up again in November (CAA stats), this time by 5.2%. The rolling 12-month total is 6,113,839 (up 3.3% on this time last year) and the summer has bettered the summer of the previous best calendar year in 2008 when the airport handled 6.228 million. The winter months in recent years have been less busy than 2007/2008, although this November's 364,000 was 9,000 more than November 2008 so perhaps subtle changes are afoot.
Whereas easyJet operates daily for the most part to CDG with AF now just operating daily too with either a Hop! E190 or CityJet RJ85, KLM operates AMS at 3 x daily in winter and 4 x daily in summer with easyJet chipping in at 9/10 weekly. Furthermore, KLM will be all E190 from mid February and three out of the four summer rotations will also be on the Embraer with the F70 doing the fourth (summer this year was 2 E190s and 2 F70s).
I'm keeping an eye on the Brussels route. It's been rebuilding quite steadily since 2009 when 31,250 passengers were carried that year to a current position at 45,143 for the first eleven months of this year which is an increase of 16.4% on the same period last year.
However, a check with the summer 2014 timetable shows the aircraft type as Brussels Airlines ARJ 85. I thought they only had the ARJ 100s now which might be too big for the route. I read somewhere that the SN-liveried Flybe Dash 8 Q400s are being returned after the winter although I can't confirm this.
It would be a great shame if the SN route went the same way as the AF appears to be going and BRU is a route that I can't see easyJet being interested in.
easyJet has been the making of BRS in terms of routes and passenger numbers but it will be extremely disappointing if they see off some of the 'traditional' airlines, although business is business of course. There is talk of an easyJet Jersey route. It probably wouldn't be more than daily and not even that in winter but what would it do to Blue Islands with their 2 x daily schedule throughout the year?
BRS passenger figures up again in November (CAA stats), this time by 5.2%. The rolling 12-month total is 6,113,839 (up 3.3% on this time last year) and the summer has bettered the summer of the previous best calendar year in 2008 when the airport handled 6.228 million. The winter months in recent years have been less busy than 2007/2008, although this November's 364,000 was 9,000 more than November 2008 so perhaps subtle changes are afoot.
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Is there significant enough demand for easyJet to increase frequency to Paris in replacement? I notice that the route isn't even daily with easyJet in the winter schedule so maybe not..
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CDG
CDG seems to have been feast or near famine at BRS for a number of years.
Looking first at Air France, back in the early 90s Brit Air operated F 28s in competition with Brymon Dash 8-300s for year or two before leaving the field clear for Brymon by now operating with BA livery and call signs.
In the early 'noughties' Air France Regional returned with small ERJ jets at 3 x daily against BACx ERJs also 3 x daily. That lasted until 2004 when AF pulled out.
BACx later morphing into BACon increased to up to 5 x daily until the news broke that Flybe would be taking over BACon and that the BRS base would close with the loss of most of the routes, including CDG.
For a while it looked as though BRS would have no CDG route at all in summer 2007 until easyJet stepped in for the first time on the route with a daily flight. That winter Air France commenced a 3 x daily service with Airlinair ATR 42s, later upgraded to 72s, against easyJet with summer 2008 seeing easyJet timetabled at twice daily (although I'm not sure all the flights actually operated) and AF continuing at 3 x daily (fewer at weekends with both airlines).
Gradually easyJet reduced its rotations to daily and within a couple of years AF had downsized to ATR 42s again.
In recent mid-winters easyJet has operated less than daily (4 x weekly in January this winter for example) and of course AF reduced to 6 x weekly in the summer just passed and is now daily, albeit with 80-100 seat aircraft.
So the history of the route makes it difficult to even guess what might happen in the near future.
Aer Lingus Regional
CDG might be shrinking at BRS but Ireland is growing.
After the recent announcement of the re-commencement of BRS-SNN from next summer, the airline announced today that BRS-ORK would go from daily to double daily, again from next summer.
Looking first at Air France, back in the early 90s Brit Air operated F 28s in competition with Brymon Dash 8-300s for year or two before leaving the field clear for Brymon by now operating with BA livery and call signs.
In the early 'noughties' Air France Regional returned with small ERJ jets at 3 x daily against BACx ERJs also 3 x daily. That lasted until 2004 when AF pulled out.
BACx later morphing into BACon increased to up to 5 x daily until the news broke that Flybe would be taking over BACon and that the BRS base would close with the loss of most of the routes, including CDG.
For a while it looked as though BRS would have no CDG route at all in summer 2007 until easyJet stepped in for the first time on the route with a daily flight. That winter Air France commenced a 3 x daily service with Airlinair ATR 42s, later upgraded to 72s, against easyJet with summer 2008 seeing easyJet timetabled at twice daily (although I'm not sure all the flights actually operated) and AF continuing at 3 x daily (fewer at weekends with both airlines).
Gradually easyJet reduced its rotations to daily and within a couple of years AF had downsized to ATR 42s again.
In recent mid-winters easyJet has operated less than daily (4 x weekly in January this winter for example) and of course AF reduced to 6 x weekly in the summer just passed and is now daily, albeit with 80-100 seat aircraft.
So the history of the route makes it difficult to even guess what might happen in the near future.
Aer Lingus Regional
CDG might be shrinking at BRS but Ireland is growing.
After the recent announcement of the re-commencement of BRS-SNN from next summer, the airline announced today that BRS-ORK would go from daily to double daily, again from next summer.
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Aer Lingus Regional BRS-ORK
The announcement that BRS-ORK would be double daily next summer isn't quite what it would appear. It's really continuing at single daily but with a second flight on Mondays and on Saturdays.