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Re the previous post, Thessaloniki (Halkidiki) seems to have replaced Marrakech with a flight on Mondays leaving BRS at 0610 and arriving back at 1400. TOM was going to operate Marrakech this summer but easyJet came on to the route last winter and the TOM flight was axed. easyJet continues with Marrakech through this summer and through next winter with its 2 x weekly operation.
Is it certain that there will be three based TOM units at BRS in summer 2015?
This summer TOM/Tui flights are operated to Ibiza on Thursdays with an LBA-based B 738, to Naples on Fridays with an EMA-based B 738 and to Enfidha on Sundays with a LTN-based B 757. In addition the Saturday Verona is operated by a Mistral B 734 (sometimes subbed by a Go2Sky B 734).
I suppose this sort of operation could be extended next summer if a third based unit was deemed unnecessary.
Is it certain that there will be three based TOM units at BRS in summer 2015?
This summer TOM/Tui flights are operated to Ibiza on Thursdays with an LBA-based B 738, to Naples on Fridays with an EMA-based B 738 and to Enfidha on Sundays with a LTN-based B 757. In addition the Saturday Verona is operated by a Mistral B 734 (sometimes subbed by a Go2Sky B 734).
I suppose this sort of operation could be extended next summer if a third based unit was deemed unnecessary.
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Terminal Expansion
It has been reported this week in the local media that work on the extension to the eastern end of the terminal will start in September this year for completion by summer 2015. Costing £8m it will include more shops, seating and a second executive lounge. Other features include improved baggage handling and an outdoor terrace!
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Is 15 minutes after landing (07.45) to airport flyer stop doable. No checked baggage either.
it is doable, if you miss first one no probs as they run every 10 minutes.
it is doable, if you miss first one no probs as they run every 10 minutes.
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Terminal expansion
As posted by jaycee10 above, the work to extend the eastern end of the terminal will begin next month.
Bristol Airport announces next phase of development ? Bristol Airport
The airport had previously indicated that an extension to the west would be the next major work with a locally based engineering consultancy appointed two and a half years ago to work on the west terminal extension.
I'm not sure how the eastern extension will relate to the single storey section already in place - mainly used for Ryanair and charter flight check-ins. The new extension will presumably be a two-storey structure but whether it will incorporate or be built behind the current single-storey section isn't made clear in the press release on the airport website.
On a related topic, there appears to be no further news of the long awaited and much delayed on-site airport hotel. In April this year a Construction Management Plan was submitted to the local authority that suggested that building work would commence in July.
Aer Lingus
There is more positive news concerning Aer Lingus Regional. After a record June on BRS-DUB the airline's BRS services in July were up 55% on last year, although that does include a new Shannon route, and 'there was a 35% increase in connecting traffic from the UK regions to the United States and Canada with Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Birmingham routes all reported strong year-on-year increases' – see below link.
Record month for Aer Lingus Regional
July passenger figures
CAA stats out today show that 696,249 passengers passed through the terminal in July, an increase of 2.7% on July 2013 although atms were down 3.7%. The rolling 12-month figure was 6,252,621, up 4% on a year ago.
This is the best ever July and continues the trend of the past 15 months or so of successive record months built on fewer atms. This summer Thomas Cook has been using two A 321s instead of the two A 320s of last summer and the easyjet fleet of eleven now includes five A 320s against three in summer 2013, so in effect available seats from the airport were actually only slightly down on July last year.
Bristol Airport announces next phase of development ? Bristol Airport
The airport had previously indicated that an extension to the west would be the next major work with a locally based engineering consultancy appointed two and a half years ago to work on the west terminal extension.
I'm not sure how the eastern extension will relate to the single storey section already in place - mainly used for Ryanair and charter flight check-ins. The new extension will presumably be a two-storey structure but whether it will incorporate or be built behind the current single-storey section isn't made clear in the press release on the airport website.
On a related topic, there appears to be no further news of the long awaited and much delayed on-site airport hotel. In April this year a Construction Management Plan was submitted to the local authority that suggested that building work would commence in July.
Aer Lingus
There is more positive news concerning Aer Lingus Regional. After a record June on BRS-DUB the airline's BRS services in July were up 55% on last year, although that does include a new Shannon route, and 'there was a 35% increase in connecting traffic from the UK regions to the United States and Canada with Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Birmingham routes all reported strong year-on-year increases' – see below link.
Record month for Aer Lingus Regional
July passenger figures
CAA stats out today show that 696,249 passengers passed through the terminal in July, an increase of 2.7% on July 2013 although atms were down 3.7%. The rolling 12-month figure was 6,252,621, up 4% on a year ago.
This is the best ever July and continues the trend of the past 15 months or so of successive record months built on fewer atms. This summer Thomas Cook has been using two A 321s instead of the two A 320s of last summer and the easyjet fleet of eleven now includes five A 320s against three in summer 2013, so in effect available seats from the airport were actually only slightly down on July last year.
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Terminal expansion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEJG...r0fWNTKj_bPlqA
This a BRS 'fly through' video of the eastern extension to the terminal that will begin construction next month for completion next summer.
It will be built behind the existing single-story check-in hall, itself built after the main terminal was opened in 2000. The plans for the major expansion of the terminal still on the airport website show a two-storey structure where the single-storey addition currently sits, so maybe the eastern side of the terminal will be be extended again in the future.
The video depicts a lot more public seating - one of the common complaints of the existing terminal is the lack of public seating where retail units have gradually displaced seating in many areas - so it's to be hoped that the new seating is not slowly whittled away in time as yet more retails appear.
The extension also boasts an outside terrace replete with numerous tables and chairs. Perhaps a controversial aspect of this will be the notice on the door that suggests it's a smoking area. The airport currently has a smoking area airside but it's not in a potentially popular area that a first-floor outside terrace is likely to prove, especially as views of the apron from elsewhere in the entire terminal are minimal.
This a BRS 'fly through' video of the eastern extension to the terminal that will begin construction next month for completion next summer.
It will be built behind the existing single-story check-in hall, itself built after the main terminal was opened in 2000. The plans for the major expansion of the terminal still on the airport website show a two-storey structure where the single-storey addition currently sits, so maybe the eastern side of the terminal will be be extended again in the future.
The video depicts a lot more public seating - one of the common complaints of the existing terminal is the lack of public seating where retail units have gradually displaced seating in many areas - so it's to be hoped that the new seating is not slowly whittled away in time as yet more retails appear.
The extension also boasts an outside terrace replete with numerous tables and chairs. Perhaps a controversial aspect of this will be the notice on the door that suggests it's a smoking area. The airport currently has a smoking area airside but it's not in a potentially popular area that a first-floor outside terrace is likely to prove, especially as views of the apron from elsewhere in the entire terminal are minimal.
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Future of KEF service?
Does anyone know what the load factors on KEF during the winter and the summer have been, and if it is likely to become an 'established' year-round service? I see it is currently bookable to March, which will take it beyond a year and seems to indicate that it has been profitable for Easyjet. I can't really see it becoming established in the way that the sunshine routes are. People will go back to Costa del Sol, Canaries, Algarve year after year. Will they go to Iceland more than twice - once for the northern lights and once in the summer for activities/midnight sun? (Yes, I know it's not real midnight sun in Iceland, but it doesn't get properly dark for a couple of months)
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Terminal expansion to the east
I believe you have hit the nail on the head - the intention is additional public seating (a welcome addition in many people's eyes) and the extra retail outlets shown are the inevitable result of the way smaller regional airports have to make their money these days; that and other things such a scar parking.
There have been comments on other aviation message boards about the look of the extension but so long as it's functional I suppose the outside appearance is not that much of a consideration, especially if the cost of construction is reduced. It's always a subjective opinion but I think that most of the recent additions will not win prizes in architectural contests for beauty. In many ways the airport looks like a Lego construction especially the western walkway but so long as the new structures do their job I'm not that much fussed what they look like.
easyJet Keflavik
The service began on 12 December last year with the A319 (156 seats) shown as the aircraft type in the original press releases. In the event both rotations through last winter (Thursdays and Sundays) were operated by A 320 aircraft (180 seats).
The average loads through last winter were:
December 139
January 160
February 163
March 151
From April the service continued as 2 x weekly on Thursdays and Sundays with the Sunday rotation a 319 (the Thursday remained a 320).
The average loads through this summer so far are:
April 141
May 131
June 135
July 145
All stats courtesy of the CAA
From November the service becomes 3 x weekly through the winter with a Tuesday rotation added. The easyJet booking engine suggests all flights will be on the 320.
No easyJet flights (to anywhere from BRS) are bookable beyond March at this time.
Of course, we have no idea of the most important information - the yield.
I believe you have hit the nail on the head - the intention is additional public seating (a welcome addition in many people's eyes) and the extra retail outlets shown are the inevitable result of the way smaller regional airports have to make their money these days; that and other things such a scar parking.
There have been comments on other aviation message boards about the look of the extension but so long as it's functional I suppose the outside appearance is not that much of a consideration, especially if the cost of construction is reduced. It's always a subjective opinion but I think that most of the recent additions will not win prizes in architectural contests for beauty. In many ways the airport looks like a Lego construction especially the western walkway but so long as the new structures do their job I'm not that much fussed what they look like.
easyJet Keflavik
The service began on 12 December last year with the A319 (156 seats) shown as the aircraft type in the original press releases. In the event both rotations through last winter (Thursdays and Sundays) were operated by A 320 aircraft (180 seats).
The average loads through last winter were:
December 139
January 160
February 163
March 151
From April the service continued as 2 x weekly on Thursdays and Sundays with the Sunday rotation a 319 (the Thursday remained a 320).
The average loads through this summer so far are:
April 141
May 131
June 135
July 145
All stats courtesy of the CAA
From November the service becomes 3 x weekly through the winter with a Tuesday rotation added. The easyJet booking engine suggests all flights will be on the 320.
No easyJet flights (to anywhere from BRS) are bookable beyond March at this time.
Of course, we have no idea of the most important information - the yield.
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Easyjet KEF
Thanks MV, those stats sound good - at that load factor it has to be profitable, surely. Just interesting having somewhere other than the sunshine routes, and we can only hope it will encourage them to try other destinations.
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easyJet actually does operate quite a number of routes from BRS that aren't primarily sun routes. In total there are 41 BRS routes this summer. Rather than clutter this thread with too many figures I'll PM you with some details of recent average loads on all these easyJet routes so you can put the Keflavik route in some sort of context.
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I suspect that CWL was 'maxed out' with its own NATO arrivals. Furthermore, many delegates are staying in hotels in Bristol and the surrounding areas because all South Wales hotels were fully booked.
The President of Ukraine and his wife arrived at BRS this morning on a Ukraine Airlines aircraft and there were other aircraft from Poland (a Lot E 175 and Euro Lot Q 400) and others on the eastern apron that I couldn't identify as I went past. There also seemed to be a lot of 'biz jets' on the southern apron. The local tv news spoke of arrivals from Hungary and Bulgaria.
The local news showed Senhor Barroso, President of the European Commission, arriving on the scheduled Brussels Airlines (bmi regional) E145.
The President of Ukraine and his wife arrived at BRS this morning on a Ukraine Airlines aircraft and there were other aircraft from Poland (a Lot E 175 and Euro Lot Q 400) and others on the eastern apron that I couldn't identify as I went past. There also seemed to be a lot of 'biz jets' on the southern apron. The local tv news spoke of arrivals from Hungary and Bulgaria.
The local news showed Senhor Barroso, President of the European Commission, arriving on the scheduled Brussels Airlines (bmi regional) E145.
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Ryanair Summer 2015
Ryanair seems to be back up to 4 based aircraft for 2015. I thought they had a deal where off-peak slots were cheaper hence why they dropped to 2 aircraft in 2013 and operated a big wave of flights around 8pm with a/c based overseas. Was that not the case or has that incentive now ended?
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Ryanair
Ryanair increased to three based aircraft for this summer with fewer mid evening 'en masse' arriving non-based aircraft than was the case in summer 13 when they had dropped from five to two based aircraft.
Maybe BRS is having to come to terms with the implied threat of FR and CWL and has softened its approach to Ryanair in terms of landing and other charges.
Without having had time to look in any detail at summer 15 it does look from local news reports that the programme is broadly similar to this summer re the overall number of weekly rotations.
Maybe BRS is having to come to terms with the implied threat of FR and CWL and has softened its approach to Ryanair in terms of landing and other charges.
Without having had time to look in any detail at summer 15 it does look from local news reports that the programme is broadly similar to this summer re the overall number of weekly rotations.
Anyone 'threatening' to go to CWL is going to get laughed at by BRS management.
Its been the grave of countless airlines.
BRS management have it right - they charge a reasonable rate (unlike say BHX) and they invest a reasonable amount and in the end it all just works. Their business case is compelling so the standard RYR tactics for airport negotiation are of little concern to BRS management. At the end of the day they have something the RYR want and CWL doesn't unless there is public subsidy on the table.
Investment money is currently pouring into BRS airport.
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Its been the grave of countless airlines.
BRS management have it right - they charge a reasonable rate (unlike say BHX) and they invest a reasonable amount and in the end it all just works. Their business case is compelling so the standard RYR tactics for airport negotiation are of little concern to BRS management. At the end of the day they have something the RYR want and CWL doesn't unless there is public subsidy on the table.
Investment money is currently pouring into BRS airport.
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Shareholders
Reported in the local press today that Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund has now sold its 50% holding in the airport for a reported £250 million to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan that already owned 49%.
CAA stats published this week show that August was the airport's best ever month for passenger numbers with 730,345 passing through the terminal. The rolling 12-month total was 6,274,791 with this calendar year expected to beat the previous record year of 2008 when 6.229 million passengers were handled.
CAA stats published this week show that August was the airport's best ever month for passenger numbers with 730,345 passing through the terminal. The rolling 12-month total was 6,274,791 with this calendar year expected to beat the previous record year of 2008 when 6.229 million passengers were handled.
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Those are some impressive numbers, before we even reach year end.
Would it be beyond possibility (am I reading the stats right?!) that we could see over 7,000,000 passengers pass through BRS this year?
Would it be beyond possibility (am I reading the stats right?!) that we could see over 7,000,000 passengers pass through BRS this year?