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Monarch ops from Bristol
You will find that it is the tour operator that charter“s a Monarch aircraft to operate the flights and are allowed to sell seats on the aircraft probably via Monarch“s seat only associate Avro. Even though Monarch operates a number of scheduled services it is still really a charter airline and if a charterer wants to operate from an airport they will operate the service as long as the price is right of course.
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Monarch
Where is the information that Monarch will operate its own aircraft to Corfu, Heraklion and Palma next summer?
I did some test bookings to the above airports for the main summer 2010 holiday period on the Monarch Holidays booking engine and all the holidays thrown up showed the carrier as Thomas Cook using existing TCX flights from BRS.
Airport Expansion
The proposed concessions made by the airport have drawn the predictable negative response from the usual SBAE spokesman. With all the excess gasses that are pushed out from his mouth I suspect there is a hole in the ozone layer above his office.
The £100K to be spent increasing the frequency of the 121 bus service from Weston to Bristol via the airport can only be seen as a gesture to the local community. Most people wishing to travel by bus between Weston and Bristol use the direct routes based on the A370 that go nowhere near the airport.
The 121 route meanders around the outlying villages (a tourist's delight if time is not a problem), taking in the airport, but is not well used. It was going to be withdrawn entirely last May until North Somerset Council stepped in with financial support.
Where is the information that Monarch will operate its own aircraft to Corfu, Heraklion and Palma next summer?
I did some test bookings to the above airports for the main summer 2010 holiday period on the Monarch Holidays booking engine and all the holidays thrown up showed the carrier as Thomas Cook using existing TCX flights from BRS.
Airport Expansion
The proposed concessions made by the airport have drawn the predictable negative response from the usual SBAE spokesman. With all the excess gasses that are pushed out from his mouth I suspect there is a hole in the ozone layer above his office.
The £100K to be spent increasing the frequency of the 121 bus service from Weston to Bristol via the airport can only be seen as a gesture to the local community. Most people wishing to travel by bus between Weston and Bristol use the direct routes based on the A370 that go nowhere near the airport.
The 121 route meanders around the outlying villages (a tourist's delight if time is not a problem), taking in the airport, but is not well used. It was going to be withdrawn entirely last May until North Somerset Council stepped in with financial support.
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easyJet
Nothing on the booking engine or timetable section of the easyJet website but a look under the Bristol section of Where We Fly does show those two routes plus Heraklion in Crete from 16/17 July 2010.
Bodrum is 3 x weekly
Tuesdays dep BRS 1445 ret BRS 2355
Thursdays 0800-1710
Saturdays 1555-0105
Dalaman is 3 x weekly
Mondays 0800-1710
Fridays 0745-1655
Sundays 1415-2325
Heraklion is 2 x weekly
Wednesdays 1505-2350
Saturdays 0625-1510
This would require another based aircraft from mid July (making eleven).
Could a 319 do these routes or would we be looking at another 320 to join the one announced recently for the Paphos and Tenerife routes?
Ryanair
A week ago I posted that Ryanair had removed five routes from its web booking engine and timetable for summer 2010.
Since then they have added Tenerife South, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria for summer 2010 - a continuation of the current winter routes to these Canary destinations and remaining at 2 x weekly to each one.
With easyJet's recent announcement of a 3 x weekly A320 service to TFS in summer 2010 there will be a lot of seats heading that way, without putting charter flights into the mix.
Easyjet from Bristol to Dalaman and Bodrum on Easyjets booking page from JUly.
Bodrum is 3 x weekly
Tuesdays dep BRS 1445 ret BRS 2355
Thursdays 0800-1710
Saturdays 1555-0105
Dalaman is 3 x weekly
Mondays 0800-1710
Fridays 0745-1655
Sundays 1415-2325
Heraklion is 2 x weekly
Wednesdays 1505-2350
Saturdays 0625-1510
This would require another based aircraft from mid July (making eleven).
Could a 319 do these routes or would we be looking at another 320 to join the one announced recently for the Paphos and Tenerife routes?
Ryanair
A week ago I posted that Ryanair had removed five routes from its web booking engine and timetable for summer 2010.
Since then they have added Tenerife South, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria for summer 2010 - a continuation of the current winter routes to these Canary destinations and remaining at 2 x weekly to each one.
With easyJet's recent announcement of a 3 x weekly A320 service to TFS in summer 2010 there will be a lot of seats heading that way, without putting charter flights into the mix.
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THOMSON - Summer 2010 - CWL and BRS
Summer 2010 CWL and BRS
Aircraft:
CWL Based Aircraft: 1x 738, 1x 752
CWL have no W-patterns
BRS Based Aircraft: 2x 752, (1x 763 - Sat-Mon for Longhaul)
BRS have 3 W-Pattern flights this summer - from NAP, SZG and CFU
Flights per week: (1 = outbound+indound flights)
Longhaul destinations:
CUN- BRS: x1
SFB- BRS: x1
Shorthaul from both CWL and BRS
PMI- CWL: x3 / BRS: x5
DLM- CWL: x3 / BRS: x3
IBZ- CWL: x3 / BRS: x2
MAH- CWL: x1 / BRS: x2
ACE- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
AGP- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
ALC- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
AYT- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
BJV- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
CFU- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1 (W-Pattern)
EFL- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
HER- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
LCA- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
MIR- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
PFO- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
REU- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
RHO- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
SSH- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
TFS- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
VRN- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
ZTH- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
BOJ- CWL: x1
FAO- CWL: x1
KGS- CWL: x1
LPA- CWL: x1
FUE- BRS: x1
NAP- BRS: x1(W-Pattern)
PUY- BRS: x1
SKG- BRS: x1
SZG- BRS: x1(W-Pattern)
In total
CWL = 31 Flights
BRS = 36 Flights
Comparison of Summer 2009 and 2010 Schedule - CWL
+4 / -4
New:
AYT x1
MIR x1
Increase in frequency:
DLM -from x2 -> x3
TFS -from x1 -> x2
Stopped:
GRO -(was x1)
VRN -(was x1)
Decreased in frequency:
AGP -from x2 -> x1
ALC -from x2 -> x1
Comparison of Summer 2009 and 2010 Schedule - BRS
+2 / -2
New:
PUY x1
Increase in frequency:
PMI -from x4 -> x5
Stopped:
FAO -(was x1)
BOJ -(was x1)
Aircraft:
CWL Based Aircraft: 1x 738, 1x 752
CWL have no W-patterns
BRS Based Aircraft: 2x 752, (1x 763 - Sat-Mon for Longhaul)
BRS have 3 W-Pattern flights this summer - from NAP, SZG and CFU
Flights per week: (1 = outbound+indound flights)
Longhaul destinations:
CUN- BRS: x1
SFB- BRS: x1
Shorthaul from both CWL and BRS
PMI- CWL: x3 / BRS: x5
DLM- CWL: x3 / BRS: x3
IBZ- CWL: x3 / BRS: x2
MAH- CWL: x1 / BRS: x2
ACE- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
AGP- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
ALC- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
AYT- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
BJV- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
CFU- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1 (W-Pattern)
EFL- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
HER- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
LCA- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
MIR- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
PFO- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
REU- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
RHO- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
SSH- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
TFS- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
VRN- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
ZTH- CWL: x1 / BRS: x1
BOJ- CWL: x1
FAO- CWL: x1
KGS- CWL: x1
LPA- CWL: x1
FUE- BRS: x1
NAP- BRS: x1(W-Pattern)
PUY- BRS: x1
SKG- BRS: x1
SZG- BRS: x1(W-Pattern)
In total
CWL = 31 Flights
BRS = 36 Flights
Comparison of Summer 2009 and 2010 Schedule - CWL
+4 / -4
New:
AYT x1
MIR x1
Increase in frequency:
DLM -from x2 -> x3
TFS -from x1 -> x2
Stopped:
GRO -(was x1)
VRN -(was x1)
Decreased in frequency:
AGP -from x2 -> x1
ALC -from x2 -> x1
Comparison of Summer 2009 and 2010 Schedule - BRS
+2 / -2
New:
PUY x1
Increase in frequency:
PMI -from x4 -> x5
Stopped:
FAO -(was x1)
BOJ -(was x1)
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EZY summer destination
As long as EZY reduce the frequency on other routes which operated daily (or more) they don't need an extra a/c for some weekly flights to BJV, DLM, HER... (these routes are only during summer from July to September).
Generally speaking:
During summer people wanted to go to the beach and not to destinations like MAD, FCO, MXP...to hot for sight seeing.
Generally speaking:
During summer people wanted to go to the beach and not to destinations like MAD, FCO, MXP...to hot for sight seeing.
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The routes to Bodrum, Dalaman and Crete are now in the easyJet booking engine.
Seljuk 22,
You are right about easyJet slightly reducing frequencies to one or two destinations in peak summer in order to use the aircraft to operate more sun routes during that period. Usually Ibiza and Mahon only operate in the peak end of July/early September season and that is the case again this year.
My calculations are based on the easyJet August schedules which, as they currently stand, will require eleven based aircraft for much of the week.
For example, Saturday morning departures in August:
0605 Palma
0625 Heraklion
0630 Alicante
0630 Murcia
0645 Split
0705 Faro
0705 Nice
0710 Edinburgh
0710 Malaga
0720 Pisa
0730 Paris Cdg
Currently all days in August (the month I have checked) except Thursday have a requirement for eleven based aircraft either first thing or last thing in the day.
Fifteen weekly rotations in peak summer of between 8.5 and 10 hours duration (Tenerife, Paphos, Bodrum, Dalaman and Heraklion) in peak summer eat up more aircraft time than has been the case in the past with easyJet at Bristol.
Eleven aircraft would still be one less than the twelve that were based in peak summers 2008 and 2009.
Seljuk 22,
You are right about easyJet slightly reducing frequencies to one or two destinations in peak summer in order to use the aircraft to operate more sun routes during that period. Usually Ibiza and Mahon only operate in the peak end of July/early September season and that is the case again this year.
My calculations are based on the easyJet August schedules which, as they currently stand, will require eleven based aircraft for much of the week.
For example, Saturday morning departures in August:
0605 Palma
0625 Heraklion
0630 Alicante
0630 Murcia
0645 Split
0705 Faro
0705 Nice
0710 Edinburgh
0710 Malaga
0720 Pisa
0730 Paris Cdg
Currently all days in August (the month I have checked) except Thursday have a requirement for eleven based aircraft either first thing or last thing in the day.
Fifteen weekly rotations in peak summer of between 8.5 and 10 hours duration (Tenerife, Paphos, Bodrum, Dalaman and Heraklion) in peak summer eat up more aircraft time than has been the case in the past with easyJet at Bristol.
Eleven aircraft would still be one less than the twelve that were based in peak summers 2008 and 2009.
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KLM/Air France
Just been searching some dates to either do a day trip to CDG or AMS within the first 8 months of 2010 w/AF or KLM.. and breaking up the journey to fly back into another airport. Nearly every single ticket I can see is over £300 one way.
I guess they're notoriously this expensive?
I guess they're notoriously this expensive?
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Easyjet have removed one A319 from the fleet in Bristol. As has been said the fleet used to peak at 12 during the peak summer season, it will now peak at 11. In September the management announced that due to the fleet decrease eleven pilots would have to leave the base or be made redundant. Of course they are lucky to have a job............
Why are rural concillors obsessed with busses? Or at least busses of inappropriate size. I refer back to MVs comments, the 121 does indeed meander through the countryside, along some of the cart tracks that pass for roads in N Somerset. Much reversing and congestion results. I've never seen more than a handful of passengers on board, minibusses as seen in other third world locations would be much more appropriate.
Why are rural concillors obsessed with busses? Or at least busses of inappropriate size. I refer back to MVs comments, the 121 does indeed meander through the countryside, along some of the cart tracks that pass for roads in N Somerset. Much reversing and congestion results. I've never seen more than a handful of passengers on board, minibusses as seen in other third world locations would be much more appropriate.
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Just been searching some dates to either do a day trip to CDG or AMS within the first 8 months of 2010 w/AF or KLM.. and breaking up the journey to fly back into another airport. Nearly every single ticket I can see is over £300 one way.
I guess they're notoriously this expensive?
I guess they're notoriously this expensive?
You might find that booking two returns works out cheaper than one return, and then just discard (or rebook) the other legs.
LH usually don't penalise you so heavily for doing short trips, and their E fares (the £49 o/w ones) are very useful for that kind of thing. If only they flew from Bristol.... (Not sure if SN have falled into parent company line on that one, but the SN fares I keep seeing just seem to have adopted LH's high YQs, rather than cheaper base fares).
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@ Merchant Venturer
Few posts ago, you said that you would like to see back again some routes to smaller Greek destinations such as Volos, Thira and Chania, that used to be served from Bristol.
Well, it seems Viking Airlines are to operate a weekly charter flight to Volos, on Fridays (May-Sep). It is listed as VIK955/6 for Sunvil Holidays.
This flight is combined with Skiathos...I think is a new one for BRS, isn't it?
Few posts ago, you said that you would like to see back again some routes to smaller Greek destinations such as Volos, Thira and Chania, that used to be served from Bristol.
Well, it seems Viking Airlines are to operate a weekly charter flight to Volos, on Fridays (May-Sep). It is listed as VIK955/6 for Sunvil Holidays.
This flight is combined with Skiathos...I think is a new one for BRS, isn't it?
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Hello Keyvon,
Thanks for the Volos information.
Skiathos is not new for Bristol.
Looking at old timetables etc I note that Intereuropean (airline of the Welsh Aspro tour company, later absorbed into Airtours) flew there from Bristol in the summer 0f 1993.
There was then a gap until 2002 when an airline called Nordic Air Link (MD 83s I think) operated to Skiathos that summer - not sure who for.
Summers 2003, 2004 and 2005 saw a joint flight to Skiathos and Kavala, operated by Azzurria (seem to remember they had an A320 based at BRS in summer 2003), Islandsflug (2004) and XL (2005).
Summers 2006 and 2007 saw XL still flying to Skiathos but Volos replaced Kavala as the double drop. 2008 and 2009 saw Skiathos, Kavala and Volos axed, so it looks as though Viking are reprising the XL operation of 2006 and 2007.
Thanks for the Volos information.
Skiathos is not new for Bristol.
Looking at old timetables etc I note that Intereuropean (airline of the Welsh Aspro tour company, later absorbed into Airtours) flew there from Bristol in the summer 0f 1993.
There was then a gap until 2002 when an airline called Nordic Air Link (MD 83s I think) operated to Skiathos that summer - not sure who for.
Summers 2003, 2004 and 2005 saw a joint flight to Skiathos and Kavala, operated by Azzurria (seem to remember they had an A320 based at BRS in summer 2003), Islandsflug (2004) and XL (2005).
Summers 2006 and 2007 saw XL still flying to Skiathos but Volos replaced Kavala as the double drop. 2008 and 2009 saw Skiathos, Kavala and Volos axed, so it looks as though Viking are reprising the XL operation of 2006 and 2007.
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Happy new year.
news story on ITV Local this morning about new routes for Easyjet,missed what they were, anyone else heard what they are ?, i don't think it was the previous routes announced before christmas. looking good though !
news story on ITV Local this morning about new routes for Easyjet,missed what they were, anyone else heard what they are ?, i don't think it was the previous routes announced before christmas. looking good though !
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Passenger Figures
Hello Pete,
The figures held up quite well and the doubling of the of size of the Ryanair base compared with the previous winter isn't the reason per se because atms were down overall by 6.1% on December 2008.
Ryanair didn't utilise all their based aircraft fully on most days and easyJet seemed to reduce rotations compared with the previous December.
The recession came to BRS later than it did to many airports and there are suggestions it might be one of the first to recover.
The CEO seems to think 2010 will be a decent year judging from his consultative committee remarks.
Of course, how these figures relate to airline and airport profitability is another matter.
The figures held up quite well and the doubling of the of size of the Ryanair base compared with the previous winter isn't the reason per se because atms were down overall by 6.1% on December 2008.
Ryanair didn't utilise all their based aircraft fully on most days and easyJet seemed to reduce rotations compared with the previous December.
The recession came to BRS later than it did to many airports and there are suggestions it might be one of the first to recover.
The CEO seems to think 2010 will be a decent year judging from his consultative committee remarks.
Of course, how these figures relate to airline and airport profitability is another matter.
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Tui travel have next winter on sale on line and its looking good for BRS....
New destination - Luxor
Also new weekly flights on sale to AYT & LPA (not currently covered by TOM in winter at BRS) for full season.
3 x SSH per week, 2 x TFS per week, weekly FUE, ACE, AGP, MIR again full season by looks of it, DLM is also listed with flights in April.
Add these to the busy ski and Lapland programmes that TOM usually has at BRS and extra BGI cruise flights this marks a significant rise in capacity for the winter season at BRS for TOM.
Hmmmmmmm anybody thinking what i'm thinking?
New destination - Luxor
Also new weekly flights on sale to AYT & LPA (not currently covered by TOM in winter at BRS) for full season.
3 x SSH per week, 2 x TFS per week, weekly FUE, ACE, AGP, MIR again full season by looks of it, DLM is also listed with flights in April.
Add these to the busy ski and Lapland programmes that TOM usually has at BRS and extra BGI cruise flights this marks a significant rise in capacity for the winter season at BRS for TOM.
Hmmmmmmm anybody thinking what i'm thinking?