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I believe easyjet are using these Met Office: Icelandic volcano - Zoom air ash concentration charts to decide where to operate. At the time of the cancellations the charts were predicting ash clouds exceeding the safe levels in areas that would impede operations to the cancelled destinations.
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Some news on new flights out of BRS next year on the website for 2011:
"Tui, which trades under the Thomson and First Choice brands, has added a new destination in Tunisia for the region’s holiday-makers, with flights to Enfidha now available from Bristol. This new state-of-the-art airport is closer to the holiday resorts of Hammamet and Port El Kantaoui, meaning passengers can be poolside sooner.
Long-haul options include Cancun in Mexico and Orlando, Florida - with the latter flight now operating direct. "
What has changed to allow Orlando to always be direct? Have the airport team been encroaching on Felton common by stealth?
"Tui, which trades under the Thomson and First Choice brands, has added a new destination in Tunisia for the region’s holiday-makers, with flights to Enfidha now available from Bristol. This new state-of-the-art airport is closer to the holiday resorts of Hammamet and Port El Kantaoui, meaning passengers can be poolside sooner.
Long-haul options include Cancun in Mexico and Orlando, Florida - with the latter flight now operating direct. "
What has changed to allow Orlando to always be direct? Have the airport team been encroaching on Felton common by stealth?
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Bit of spin I suspect.
Not being competent to argue technical matters I can only repeat what an airline pilot wrote when the matter of flying non-stop to Florida was discussed on PPRuNe last year.
He said that for the most part the former First Choice 767-300s with fewer seats than the tradtional TOM models would be able to make it non-stop but there might be occasions when weather or other conditions dictated an en route fuel stop.
I believe that the service did operate non-stop in summer 2009 most if not all of the time but, unless the airport has sneakily laid your runway extension overnight onto Felton Common hoping the locals wouldn't notice, I presume the caveat re weather etc will still hold good in 2011.
I guess the new Enfidha Airport is merely a switch away from Monastir just up the road by some carriers/tour companies.
Not being competent to argue technical matters I can only repeat what an airline pilot wrote when the matter of flying non-stop to Florida was discussed on PPRuNe last year.
He said that for the most part the former First Choice 767-300s with fewer seats than the tradtional TOM models would be able to make it non-stop but there might be occasions when weather or other conditions dictated an en route fuel stop.
I believe that the service did operate non-stop in summer 2009 most if not all of the time but, unless the airport has sneakily laid your runway extension overnight onto Felton Common hoping the locals wouldn't notice, I presume the caveat re weather etc will still hold good in 2011.
I guess the new Enfidha Airport is merely a switch away from Monastir just up the road by some carriers/tour companies.
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Oh, forgot to mention this a few days ago- the walkway is open now. I didn't really have time to take any photos or anything, but its very long and seems to be quite well built.
The Air France, KLM and BMI flights were all using the very end of the pier- looked quite sophisticated. The addition of seating would have been nice if it wasn't for the planning limitation clause.
The Air France, KLM and BMI flights were all using the very end of the pier- looked quite sophisticated. The addition of seating would have been nice if it wasn't for the planning limitation clause.
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April Passenger Figures
Source: CAA
April 2010 364868 -12.5% rolling year 564835 -3.9%
I thought the BHX/EDI/LTN pax figures was interesting but how
about this: -
Glasgow April 2010 403076 -29.2%
Bristol April 2010 364868 -12.5%
Liverpool April 2010 363296 -12.4%
Okay Glasgow will speed away with Thomas Cook taking residence
from May onwards but I just can't believe how close all three were
in April.
Pete
April 2010 364868 -12.5% rolling year 564835 -3.9%
I thought the BHX/EDI/LTN pax figures was interesting but how
about this: -
Glasgow April 2010 403076 -29.2%
Bristol April 2010 364868 -12.5%
Liverpool April 2010 363296 -12.4%
Okay Glasgow will speed away with Thomas Cook taking residence
from May onwards but I just can't believe how close all three were
in April.
Pete
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When LH pulled the FRA route at the end of April 2009 their UK chief said she couldn't see any circumstances where it would be reinstated in 2010. 2011 therefore looks the earliest it might return, if it does at all. Probably depends significantly on the world economic situation becoming much healthier.
April's passenger figures
As Pete has pointed out BRS was down 12.5% in April which was third best of the top twenty airports so far reporting. Belfast City was best down 10.5% followed by Liverpool down 12.4%. Next in line was Southampton down 19.3%.
BRS and LPL were neck and neck in April 2009 too with BRS handling 417,000 and LPL 415,000. GLA was way ahead then with 569,000.
Looking at BRS's April 2010 figures, a rough calculation would suggest that had the airport not been shut for the extended volcano dust period (as of course were all UK airports) it would have seen an increase in passenger numbers of around 6% at a conservative estimate. This would have continued the recovery seen in February (+13.6%) and March (+9.5%).
Car parking charges survey
A bit of a surprise in the WhichCar survey of the UK's 15 busiest airports to find BRS came out third cheapest after Belfast International and Liverpool airports for on-site seven-day car parking (£29). The usual cry from locals is that the airport is one of the most expensive in the country for car parking.
Major expansion planning application
It seems the day has finally been named for the long-awaited decision.
The full Planning and Regulatory Committee of North Somerset Unitary Authority will hear the application at 1400 hours on Monday 24 May 2010 according to its website.
An area planning committee has already recommended approval but in the current climate that means little, especially now that we have a change of government that has set its face against new runways at major London airports, and North Somerset is a Conservative dominated council.
Fingers and everything crossed but I wouldn't bet my house on the outcome of the councillors' deliberations.
When LH pulled the FRA route at the end of April 2009 their UK chief said she couldn't see any circumstances where it would be reinstated in 2010. 2011 therefore looks the earliest it might return, if it does at all. Probably depends significantly on the world economic situation becoming much healthier.
April's passenger figures
As Pete has pointed out BRS was down 12.5% in April which was third best of the top twenty airports so far reporting. Belfast City was best down 10.5% followed by Liverpool down 12.4%. Next in line was Southampton down 19.3%.
BRS and LPL were neck and neck in April 2009 too with BRS handling 417,000 and LPL 415,000. GLA was way ahead then with 569,000.
Looking at BRS's April 2010 figures, a rough calculation would suggest that had the airport not been shut for the extended volcano dust period (as of course were all UK airports) it would have seen an increase in passenger numbers of around 6% at a conservative estimate. This would have continued the recovery seen in February (+13.6%) and March (+9.5%).
Car parking charges survey
A bit of a surprise in the WhichCar survey of the UK's 15 busiest airports to find BRS came out third cheapest after Belfast International and Liverpool airports for on-site seven-day car parking (£29). The usual cry from locals is that the airport is one of the most expensive in the country for car parking.
Major expansion planning application
It seems the day has finally been named for the long-awaited decision.
The full Planning and Regulatory Committee of North Somerset Unitary Authority will hear the application at 1400 hours on Monday 24 May 2010 according to its website.
An area planning committee has already recommended approval but in the current climate that means little, especially now that we have a change of government that has set its face against new runways at major London airports, and North Somerset is a Conservative dominated council.
Fingers and everything crossed but I wouldn't bet my house on the outcome of the councillors' deliberations.
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I meet John Penrose during the election campaign and when I questioned him he was firmly in favour of BRS expansion plans - particularly now that the airport had made concessions; by that I read contributed £4.3 to an A38-A370 link road, amongst other things. He suggested that with a pure conservative govt, he could not foresee any additional hurdles (apart from the environmental statistics supplied by BRS stacking up ) being put in place by Westminster to scupper the plans. However it's not him that is voting next week, but he may certainly be with the allies when the shouting starts.
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New tourism minister welcomed
The Tourism Society has welcomed the appointment of John Penrose as tourism minister in the new coalition government.
The Conservative MP is seen to have an "inherent undestanding" of the importance of tourism given that his constituency is the resort of Weston-super-Mare.
Penrose was previously shadow minister for business entereprise and regulatory reform.
This means he should "view tourism from a business/economic perspective and be understanding of regulatory reform," according to the Tourism Society.
The appointment also fulfills the Conservative pledge to appoint a dedicated tourism minister.
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New tourism minister welcomed
The Tourism Society has welcomed the appointment of John Penrose as tourism minister in the new coalition government.
The Conservative MP is seen to have an "inherent undestanding" of the importance of tourism given that his constituency is the resort of Weston-super-Mare.
Penrose was previously shadow minister for business entereprise and regulatory reform.
This means he should "view tourism from a business/economic perspective and be understanding of regulatory reform," according to the Tourism Society.
The appointment also fulfills the Conservative pledge to appoint a dedicated tourism minister.
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Major expansion planning application
Nice of the airport to pledge £4.30. I'll send a fiver myself if it'll help
North Somerset Unitary Authority planning officers have recommended that the planning apllication be approved when the councillors meet to consider it next Monday.
However, the officers have included 69 conditions, many involving financial commitments, they feel should be met with the main ones listed here.
£4.108m towards the cost of a new link road between the A370 and the A38
£1.25m towards phase one of the Bristol rapid transit route from Long Ashton Park and Ride into the city centre
£200,000 towards traffic calming measures in Barrow Gurney
£100,000 on an Environmental Improvement Fund to reduce the effect of noise on local properties
A restriction on the number of night flights between 11.30pm and 6am
Passenger numbers to be capped at 10 mppa
Numerous specific local highway improvements
The airport has already pledged the financial outlay so that should not be a problem. I don't know the full details of the night flight proposal but the airport is restricted at the present time.
Not sure about the 10 mppa. The airport master plan talks of in excess of 12 mppa but the timescale for that is of necessity vague. They might accept the 10 mppa which the current thinking says will probably not be reached until 2018-2020, but no-one can know with any certainty how the aviation industry will develop in the years ahead.
The airport has always said any expansion will be done incrementally as the need arises.
The councillors are not bound to accept their officers' recommendations and this council has a history of going against them in recent years.
If the councillors do approve the planning application it will still remain for the secretary of state to give the final go-ahead.
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easyJet 2010/11 winter schedules
Not for the first time in recent years, easyJet has dropped Pisa from this coming winters flying schedule; what is suprising though is the decision to turn Murcia into a seasonal (I am making an assumption here) with the service finishing 1st Nov.
Last years EZY dismissal of Venice & Valencia turned into a Ryanair gains, and given FR strength in Pisa and dominance in Murcia, I wonder if the same is likely to happen?
Finally, is the A320 going to be resident during the winter and what other new routes would you see it being utilised on particularily when Sophie Dekkers, UK commercial manager of easyJet recently said " We plan to expand further from this key base to provide even more choice to travellers"
SSH anyone?
Last years EZY dismissal of Venice & Valencia turned into a Ryanair gains, and given FR strength in Pisa and dominance in Murcia, I wonder if the same is likely to happen?
Finally, is the A320 going to be resident during the winter and what other new routes would you see it being utilised on particularily when Sophie Dekkers, UK commercial manager of easyJet recently said " We plan to expand further from this key base to provide even more choice to travellers"
SSH anyone?
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I have a healthy disregard for the spin of airline and airport spokespeople so I don't really know what to think of Sophie Dekkers's comment.
Sharm is very popular and last winter BRS had five weekly charter flights to SSH so that might be on the easyJet radar.
Murcia seems a surprise and the Harpists may well step in there and to Pisa as they did with the two Vs.
I was at BRS this week and in the terminal saw an easyJet advertisement 'Biarritz from £18 something or other, New Route'. Knowing that the airline had discontinued the route this summer after running it in summers 08 and 09 I thought perhaps they had had second thoughts for 2010 and maybe it was to return later this summer.
The woman from Menzies at the easyJet enquiry desk told me that the easyJet people were supposed to remove the advert but haven't yet got round to doing so. I hadn't noticed it before but presumably it's been there since 2008 when Biarritz was a new route. So if anyone else sees the advert be assured the route is not returning this summer.
Expansion plans
Local Conservative MP Liam Fox, the new defence minister, has written to the transport minister opposing the expansion, according to the BEP. The paper has been trying to contact neighbouring Tory MP, John Penrose, for his comments on the North Somerset planning officers' recommendations but it seems he is keeping his head down and the Post failed to reach him.
I have a healthy disregard for the spin of airline and airport spokespeople so I don't really know what to think of Sophie Dekkers's comment.
Sharm is very popular and last winter BRS had five weekly charter flights to SSH so that might be on the easyJet radar.
Murcia seems a surprise and the Harpists may well step in there and to Pisa as they did with the two Vs.
I was at BRS this week and in the terminal saw an easyJet advertisement 'Biarritz from £18 something or other, New Route'. Knowing that the airline had discontinued the route this summer after running it in summers 08 and 09 I thought perhaps they had had second thoughts for 2010 and maybe it was to return later this summer.
The woman from Menzies at the easyJet enquiry desk told me that the easyJet people were supposed to remove the advert but haven't yet got round to doing so. I hadn't noticed it before but presumably it's been there since 2008 when Biarritz was a new route. So if anyone else sees the advert be assured the route is not returning this summer.
Expansion plans
Local Conservative MP Liam Fox, the new defence minister, has written to the transport minister opposing the expansion, according to the BEP. The paper has been trying to contact neighbouring Tory MP, John Penrose, for his comments on the North Somerset planning officers' recommendations but it seems he is keeping his head down and the Post failed to reach him.