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Thomas cook A320 in 2018
6 more new routes for summer2018 from bristol out today. With 4 on A320 not A321. So is one 321 being replaced from 2 A321 based this summer or are we getting a A320 making 3 based in summer 2018
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Slots for the Champions League Final on 3rd June were allocated on 18th May
Bristol has 125 movements booked during the main period - all day Sat 3rd June and Sun 4th June morning. Some of these are positioning flights and some may be cancelled nearer the time
Bristol has 125 movements booked during the main period - all day Sat 3rd June and Sun 4th June morning. Some of these are positioning flights and some may be cancelled nearer the time
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Nothing in the recent airport consultative committee meeting for which the minutes were published today. There was a section in the minutes that discussed capital projects recently completed and others that will begin soon, but nothing about the stands. It seems that a small hill was removed to make room for them.
The huge extension to the southside car park (Cogloop) will be completed soon and work will start later this year on the first multi-storey car park, on the northside, according to the minutes.
On a different topic, bmi regional is using a Maleth-Aero Boeing 737-300 for its afternoon Paris Cdg rotation. The morning rotation was cancelled so it's likely that some passengers from it were accommodated on the afternoon rotation which is actually running about five hours late, per the BRS website.
The huge extension to the southside car park (Cogloop) will be completed soon and work will start later this year on the first multi-storey car park, on the northside, according to the minutes.
On a different topic, bmi regional is using a Maleth-Aero Boeing 737-300 for its afternoon Paris Cdg rotation. The morning rotation was cancelled so it's likely that some passengers from it were accommodated on the afternoon rotation which is actually running about five hours late, per the BRS website.
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New CEO for BRS
Robert Sinclair to become CEO of LCY
https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/abo...ceo-steps-down
I wonder if they'll consider any of the armchair CEOs here :-D
https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/abo...ceo-steps-down
I wonder if they'll consider any of the armchair CEOs here :-D
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Robert Sinclair to become CEO of LCY
https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/abo...ceo-steps-down
I wonder if they'll consider any of the armchair CEOs here :-D
https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/abo...ceo-steps-down
I wonder if they'll consider any of the armchair CEOs here :-D
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What should be top of a new CEO's "To Do" list?
Delivering the new immigration hall would be great. I've been queuing the steps a few too many times now. But what else? More routes? Fewer shops in the terminal? Airbridges?
Delivering the new immigration hall would be great. I've been queuing the steps a few too many times now. But what else? More routes? Fewer shops in the terminal? Airbridges?
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BRS CEO moving on
Hello B_T.
Nine years in post is a decent innings and with the root and branch look at the way ahead due to take place in the next year it's an opportune time for a new pair of eyes to take a fresh look at things, assuming that there is not a promotion from within which has happened at least once in the past with BRS's top job.
I suspect that things like air bridges, the runway, coping with ever increasing passenger numbers on a small site will all come under the microscope.
I doubt there will be shops taken out of the terminal as it's one of the revenue streams that airports like BRS look to these days and the airbridge for which planning permission is in place is not likely to eventuate until there is a long-haul scheduled route or two which might mean a long wait.
New easyJet routes were strongly hinted at by a senior member of the airline when visiting BRS a few weeks ago but they might well be more sun routes already operated by other airlines.
There are still lots of complaints about the queues for security outbound and the queues for immigration inbound as you will know from first-hand experience far better than me. Most undoubtedly occur at the peak times outside of which transiting BRS can still be a pleasant experience in so far as travelling through any airport these days is pleasant, but the huge sums expended on trying to improve the passenger experience (£160 million since 2010 and not much less - at today's values - in the decade before that) have not addressed matters completely successfully.
Moving from 6.3 mppa to around 8.3 mppa in three years - the anticipated figure at the end of this year - is a big ask with even all the new infrastructure being sorely tested at times.
Nine years in post is a decent innings and with the root and branch look at the way ahead due to take place in the next year it's an opportune time for a new pair of eyes to take a fresh look at things, assuming that there is not a promotion from within which has happened at least once in the past with BRS's top job.
I suspect that things like air bridges, the runway, coping with ever increasing passenger numbers on a small site will all come under the microscope.
I doubt there will be shops taken out of the terminal as it's one of the revenue streams that airports like BRS look to these days and the airbridge for which planning permission is in place is not likely to eventuate until there is a long-haul scheduled route or two which might mean a long wait.
New easyJet routes were strongly hinted at by a senior member of the airline when visiting BRS a few weeks ago but they might well be more sun routes already operated by other airlines.
There are still lots of complaints about the queues for security outbound and the queues for immigration inbound as you will know from first-hand experience far better than me. Most undoubtedly occur at the peak times outside of which transiting BRS can still be a pleasant experience in so far as travelling through any airport these days is pleasant, but the huge sums expended on trying to improve the passenger experience (£160 million since 2010 and not much less - at today's values - in the decade before that) have not addressed matters completely successfully.
Moving from 6.3 mppa to around 8.3 mppa in three years - the anticipated figure at the end of this year - is a big ask with even all the new infrastructure being sorely tested at times.
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easyJet
As mentioned in the easyJet thread, there will be two new routes commencing this winter:
Athens (Mon and Fri)
Stockholm (Mon and Thurs)
Stockholm is particularly welcome as currently no airline serves Sweden from BRS.
Athens (Mon and Fri)
Stockholm (Mon and Thurs)
Stockholm is particularly welcome as currently no airline serves Sweden from BRS.
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BA loads
Reading with interest the BHX thread about low BA loads on their flights, possibly due to the poor timings from BHX and how late they released seats, I am due out on BA to IBZ in few weeks and wondered if anyone had any info on the BRS loads, given that BRS has better timings are they busier?
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Passenger figures
CAA stats out today show that BRS has handled over 8 million passengers for the first time in a 12-month period: 8,004,995 is the rolling 12-month total at the end of June with a 10.2% (852,405) increase on the monthly figure.
The 8 million milestone comes just 14 months after the airport breached 7 million for the first time in April 2016.
At the rate it has grown in the first six months of this year BRS is on course to handle in the region of 8.4 million passengers in 2017 as a whole, which would be an increase of over 2 million in three years.
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I don't know how IBZ (or PMI or AGP) are doing but it's possible to work out the Florence loads from today's CAA stats.
In June the route carried 422 passengers, average load 52.75, load factor 69.4%. easyJet's BRS-PSA (Pisa) which is a sort of competitor saw its numbers increase by 43% to 7,839 following enhanced frequencies this summer.
The BACF Florence route from BHX handled 339 passengers which, as you mentioned, might reflect the different flight timings there.
The 8 million milestone comes just 14 months after the airport breached 7 million for the first time in April 2016.
At the rate it has grown in the first six months of this year BRS is on course to handle in the region of 8.4 million passengers in 2017 as a whole, which would be an increase of over 2 million in three years.
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HarrytheDog
I don't know how IBZ (or PMI or AGP) are doing but it's possible to work out the Florence loads from today's CAA stats.
In June the route carried 422 passengers, average load 52.75, load factor 69.4%. easyJet's BRS-PSA (Pisa) which is a sort of competitor saw its numbers increase by 43% to 7,839 following enhanced frequencies this summer.
The BACF Florence route from BHX handled 339 passengers which, as you mentioned, might reflect the different flight timings there.
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Thanks MV, managed to find someone in the know and the IBZ is over 3/4 full on day I go so hopefully that bodes well for the route, also heard that BA have already expressed intrest in returning next summer with poss additional routes, only a rumour though but I guess this is a rumour forum...usually no smoke without fire so fingers crossed.
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Just astonished that BA or BRS have not announced it officially, surely they would sell more seats with a bit of marketing, there has been a lot of speculation whether they would return for 18 and when I flew last week with them the crew said they didn't know. Anyway positive news