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This will kill off the EZY IBZ route then. More flexibility of times and ates to travel and last year EZY flew I think only about 5 time to IBZ. The rest of the services got canx. Was not a good summer for the IBZ last summer.
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EI DUB route
There is no way that Aer Lingus will still have 3 daily (2 on SAT) by the end of next summer. I could see it being down to daily or 2 daily on some days
If anything my gut feeling is that you will see from next summer onwards the flight changing from an Aer Arann ATR72 to an Aer Lingus A320. EI will start off i feel with an ATR but then will see how it goes and change it accross to an A320. Its the only way I feel because of the allowences that certain pax get i.e business class pax can have 2 bags each weighing 23kg from what i have been told. So surely using the RE ATR will have and I have seen it myself significant space and weight issues?
I can see bags being left behind now before the service has begun.
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This will kill off the EZY IBZ route then. More flexibility of times and ates to travel and last year EZY flew I think only about 5 time to IBZ. The rest of the services got canx. Was not a good summer for the IBZ last summer.
easyJet will operate on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday evenings with Ryanair flying on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays out in the morning and returning early afternoon.
The flexibility mentioned could extend to using both carriers (one out and the other back) to maximise time in resort.
Last July and August was certainly a torrid time for easyJet operations across the board, blamed variously on overseas atc industrial action and lack of crew - Stelios became publicly animated about the situation and gave the airline management an ultimatum to sort it out.
BRS saw lots of easyJet cancellations with the Ibiza being mentioned more than once in the local press because angry passengers were less than amused at arriving at the airport to find their flight cancelled.
Despite all that CAA stats suggest that last August still saw a load factor of 90% on the A319 scheduled BRS-IBZ route - 2262 passengers from 8 rotations (16 sectors).
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This link should take you to the relevant CAA table for last August - scroll down to page 26 for UK routes to Spain.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport...e_Analysis.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport...e_Analysis.pdf
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speedbird, air france manage with their often full ATR to get all the connecting passengers baggage on so I can't see EI/RE having a problem, and its not as if the flight is going to be full of US bound passengers anyway.
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Ryanair Summer 2011
Bratislava is no longer shown as bookable for summer 2011. Rimini and Porto have also gone since I did my count up last week, vide #1676.
I said at the time that it was a work in progress and to expect more alterations. I remember doing a similar exercise last winter for summer 2010 and the differing versions of the timetable came thick and fast then.
Funnily enough last year Rimini kept appearing and disappearing in the timetable but it has now gone from the drop-down list as well so it's probably gone for real this year.
What is new though, and if it remains it is a typical Ryanair joust, is the return to DUB of 3 x daily every day including Saturdays and Sundays; it was only 2 x daily with 3 x daily on Mondays and Fridays only on the timetable last week. No doubt a marker set down for Aer Lingus/Aer Arann - I doubt that many will believe all these seats on BRS-DUB will be sustainable - 6 x daily between the two airlines!
Bratislava is a surprise as last year's summer monthly load factors from May to September were respectively 88%, 88%, 92%, 94% and 88%.
Just shows again that high loads don't always mean sustainable routes.
Porto's best month was August with 89%, otherwise it was around the 80% range so not quite so surprising whilst Rimini was a bit of a dog with its best month being August at 85%.
This may be something like the final version now because a Ryanair spokewoman told the local press a couple of weeks ago that there would be 26 destinations in summer 2011 and that's what the current timetable is showing. Will have to wait and see.
I said at the time that it was a work in progress and to expect more alterations. I remember doing a similar exercise last winter for summer 2010 and the differing versions of the timetable came thick and fast then.
Funnily enough last year Rimini kept appearing and disappearing in the timetable but it has now gone from the drop-down list as well so it's probably gone for real this year.
What is new though, and if it remains it is a typical Ryanair joust, is the return to DUB of 3 x daily every day including Saturdays and Sundays; it was only 2 x daily with 3 x daily on Mondays and Fridays only on the timetable last week. No doubt a marker set down for Aer Lingus/Aer Arann - I doubt that many will believe all these seats on BRS-DUB will be sustainable - 6 x daily between the two airlines!
Bratislava is a surprise as last year's summer monthly load factors from May to September were respectively 88%, 88%, 92%, 94% and 88%.
Just shows again that high loads don't always mean sustainable routes.
Porto's best month was August with 89%, otherwise it was around the 80% range so not quite so surprising whilst Rimini was a bit of a dog with its best month being August at 85%.
This may be something like the final version now because a Ryanair spokewoman told the local press a couple of weeks ago that there would be 26 destinations in summer 2011 and that's what the current timetable is showing. Will have to wait and see.
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Last I herd there has/will be a travel tax introduced in Austria and that may be behind the route being dropped. BHX has also lost Porto for summer 2011.
In regard to EI route. There was about a 50% increase in passengers transferring onto US flights from Europe and the UK through Dublin last summer. So they may be some hope if passengers do fly to the US. I would expect the route to be reduced to 2 daily next winter if it's still around. It was only a matter of time before Ryanair went back to 3 daily.
In regard to EI route. There was about a 50% increase in passengers transferring onto US flights from Europe and the UK through Dublin last summer. So they may be some hope if passengers do fly to the US. I would expect the route to be reduced to 2 daily next winter if it's still around. It was only a matter of time before Ryanair went back to 3 daily.
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I don't think the introduction of APD to Austria would affect flights to Bratislava, which is in Slovakia.
Germany started levying APD on 01-JAN-11. Austria starts levying APD on 31-MAR-11.
Germany started levying APD on 01-JAN-11. Austria starts levying APD on 31-MAR-11.
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In regard to EI route. There was about a 50% increase in passengers transferring onto US flights from Europe and the UK through Dublin last summer. So they may be some hope if passengers do fly to the US. I would expect the route to be reduced to 2 daily next winter if it's still around. It was only a matter of time before Ryanair went back to 3 daily.
Does anyone know if Aer Lingus do connections (ie. European destinations) other than on USA routes via Dublin? The website doesn't seem to prohibit through tickets, for example if I wanted to fly Bristol-Dublin-Madrid-Dublin-Bristol.
*Based on 3x 189 seat 737s and 3x 74 seat ATR 72s on this summer's weekday schedule.
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There was about a 50% increase in passengers transferring onto US flights from Europe and the UK through Dublin last summer.
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Bristol to Porto
I was due to fly from Bristol to Porto the first week of May. I had a big shock when I read on Prune that the flights have been cancelled. I checked the Ryanair website (pretended I wanted to book a flight) and the flights were unavailable. After going into my booking on the Ryanair website the flights appeared as normal, very confused.
I rang Ryanair direct to ask for clarification. Ryanair told me that it looks like the flights have been cancelled but my booking is still valid. They said that I may receive a e-mail informing me of the cancelled flights in the coming weeks. Reservation agent was no help at all and I am none the wiser.
I just want to find out if the flights are cancelled or not. If they are cancelled (which looks like a strong possibility), when will I receive the confirmation e-mail? How long does it take to receive a refund?
Grateful for any help or advice. Many thanks.
I rang Ryanair direct to ask for clarification. Ryanair told me that it looks like the flights have been cancelled but my booking is still valid. They said that I may receive a e-mail informing me of the cancelled flights in the coming weeks. Reservation agent was no help at all and I am none the wiser.
I just want to find out if the flights are cancelled or not. If they are cancelled (which looks like a strong possibility), when will I receive the confirmation e-mail? How long does it take to receive a refund?
Grateful for any help or advice. Many thanks.