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Great news on new routes, had heard on the grapevine that new routes were coming, my money was on EZY SSH, CPH and WAW are great routes to return to BRS though.
I would guess that TOM are putting the 787 in the named bases due to runway lengths, running the aircraft in and seeing what info the performance reports come back with before popping them on the shorter strips at BRS/BHX.
I would guess that TOM are putting the 787 in the named bases due to runway lengths, running the aircraft in and seeing what info the performance reports come back with before popping them on the shorter strips at BRS/BHX.
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The return of easyJet on the Copenhagen route after an eight-year absence is excellent news, and a Scandinavian route again after SAS pulled out of the Stockholm and Oslo routes following their major downsizing around 2008.
In fact, the return of two 'old friends' has been welcomed within a day with Ryanair's announcement of Warsaw Modlin. easyJet used to operate to Warsaw Chopin.
Although the CAA provisional March stats for BRS have not yet been released the airport's own stats show a 3.77% increase in passenger numbers on March 2011, and the total passenger count for the first three months of 2012 is 1.64% up on the first three months of 2011.
Thus far then the steady though unspectacular progress of both 2010 and 2011 is being followed in 2012.
In fact, the return of two 'old friends' has been welcomed within a day with Ryanair's announcement of Warsaw Modlin. easyJet used to operate to Warsaw Chopin.
Although the CAA provisional March stats for BRS have not yet been released the airport's own stats show a 3.77% increase in passenger numbers on March 2011, and the total passenger count for the first three months of 2012 is 1.64% up on the first three months of 2011.
Thus far then the steady though unspectacular progress of both 2010 and 2011 is being followed in 2012.
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Brussels Airlines - Winter 2012
The schedules are showing that from Sunday 28th October 2012, Brussels Airlines will no longer be using a based BMI Regional E145 to operate their flights as they are switching to using their own RJ85's 3x Daily.
The weekday schedule in October using BMR E145's is:
BRS -06:25 - BRU -08:40
-BRU -09:35 - BRS -09:50
BRS -12:10 - BRU -14:20
-BRU -15:50 - BRS -16:00
BRS -16:30 - BRU -18:45
-BRU -20:05 - BRS -20:15
The weekday schedule in November using BEL RJ85's is:
BRS -06:20 - BRU -08:40
-BRU -09:35 - BRS -10:00
BRS -10:30 - BRU -12:50
-BRU -15:20 - BRS -15:45
BRS -16:15 - BRU -18:35
-BRU -20:50 - BRS -21:15
It looks like the current midday flight departing BRS will be moved to a mid-morning flight, and the evening flight from BRU to BRS has now moved 45min later, making it better to connect to from other cities or a more useful working day in Brussels for businessmen.
The weekday schedule in October using BMR E145's is:
BRS -06:25 - BRU -08:40
-BRU -09:35 - BRS -09:50
BRS -12:10 - BRU -14:20
-BRU -15:50 - BRS -16:00
BRS -16:30 - BRU -18:45
-BRU -20:05 - BRS -20:15
The weekday schedule in November using BEL RJ85's is:
BRS -06:20 - BRU -08:40
-BRU -09:35 - BRS -10:00
BRS -10:30 - BRU -12:50
-BRU -15:20 - BRS -15:45
BRS -16:15 - BRU -18:35
-BRU -20:50 - BRS -21:15
It looks like the current midday flight departing BRS will be moved to a mid-morning flight, and the evening flight from BRU to BRS has now moved 45min later, making it better to connect to from other cities or a more useful working day in Brussels for businessmen.
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I wonder if the ARJ will be too large for 3 x daily. This pattern was tried before (some years ago it was 4 x daily with ARJs on weekdays) but gradually reduced to 2 x daily before being replaced by bmiRegional 145s at 3 x daily which has shown significantly increased passenger numbers over the past two years with approximately the same number of seats on offer as the 2 x daily ARJs.
easyJet
An article in the local paper today reported that easyJet is looking at adding more routes from BRS following the announcement a few days ago of Copenhagen from the autumn.
Ali Gayward, easyJet UK commercial manager said the airline has been 'looking at increasing our footprint within the business market' and cited Copenhagen as part of that strategy. She described Bristol as one of her airline's most important centres and said they are looking at 'building on that'.
The BRS management has been working hard lately to try to build its business market.
Now I'm not so naïve as to believe every word uttered by airline spokespeople as sometimes an element of puffery can enter the equation, especially when local airports are being discussed with the local press. Nevertheless, the tenor of the remarks is encouraging and is in line with previous easyJet statements re BRS, and the CPH announcement has given mere words some meaning. Copenhagen of course is also an attractive tourism destination as is the West Country for travellers from Denmark.
BRS currently has scheduled routes to eleven European capital cities with two more to come in the autumn:
Amsterdam (KLM and easyJet)
Berlin (easyJet)
Bratislava (Ryanair)
Brussels (Brussels Airlines, currently operated by bmiRegional)
Budapest (Ryanair)
Copenhagen (easyJet) - from October
Dublin (Aer Lingus Regional and Ryanair)
Lisbon (easyJet) - seasonal
Madrid (easyJet)
Paris (Air France and easyJet)
Prague (easyJet)
Rome (easyJet)
Warsaw (Ryanair) - from October
I wonder if the ARJ will be too large for 3 x daily. This pattern was tried before (some years ago it was 4 x daily with ARJs on weekdays) but gradually reduced to 2 x daily before being replaced by bmiRegional 145s at 3 x daily which has shown significantly increased passenger numbers over the past two years with approximately the same number of seats on offer as the 2 x daily ARJs.
easyJet
An article in the local paper today reported that easyJet is looking at adding more routes from BRS following the announcement a few days ago of Copenhagen from the autumn.
Ali Gayward, easyJet UK commercial manager said the airline has been 'looking at increasing our footprint within the business market' and cited Copenhagen as part of that strategy. She described Bristol as one of her airline's most important centres and said they are looking at 'building on that'.
The BRS management has been working hard lately to try to build its business market.
Now I'm not so naïve as to believe every word uttered by airline spokespeople as sometimes an element of puffery can enter the equation, especially when local airports are being discussed with the local press. Nevertheless, the tenor of the remarks is encouraging and is in line with previous easyJet statements re BRS, and the CPH announcement has given mere words some meaning. Copenhagen of course is also an attractive tourism destination as is the West Country for travellers from Denmark.
BRS currently has scheduled routes to eleven European capital cities with two more to come in the autumn:
Amsterdam (KLM and easyJet)
Berlin (easyJet)
Bratislava (Ryanair)
Brussels (Brussels Airlines, currently operated by bmiRegional)
Budapest (Ryanair)
Copenhagen (easyJet) - from October
Dublin (Aer Lingus Regional and Ryanair)
Lisbon (easyJet) - seasonal
Madrid (easyJet)
Paris (Air France and easyJet)
Prague (easyJet)
Rome (easyJet)
Warsaw (Ryanair) - from October
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Although you've missed belfast and edinburgh off that list, and I can't remember if Riga and Kaunas were there either, I can't think of many other important European capital cities that are missing from bristol's route network.
Whilst from a personal point of view I would love to see Tallinn added as well as Reykjavyk (seeing as the route from Luton is doing so well I am sure Easyjet will add other routes to KEF), it is great to see that both Ryanair and even moreso Easyjet regard BRS as such an important base. I hope it continues for a long time.
I wonder if any other LCCs will ever set up shop at Bristol? Wizz nearly did and flybe have dipped a toe but I look forward to other Easyjet routes in the near future
Whilst from a personal point of view I would love to see Tallinn added as well as Reykjavyk (seeing as the route from Luton is doing so well I am sure Easyjet will add other routes to KEF), it is great to see that both Ryanair and even moreso Easyjet regard BRS as such an important base. I hope it continues for a long time.
I wonder if any other LCCs will ever set up shop at Bristol? Wizz nearly did and flybe have dipped a toe but I look forward to other Easyjet routes in the near future
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Capital cities etc
I hadn't forgotten Edinburgh and Belfast but I was thinking of European capitals rather than UK national capitals.
Ryanair no longer operates Riga from BRS which is why it didn't appear on my list and Kaunas, though an important economic and cultural centre, is Lithuania's second city after the capital, Vilnius.
Despite Copenhagen being announced Scandinavia is still not well represented and Germany, except for Berlin, doesn't feature at all.
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I imagine it will be one of the two based B 757s.
I hadn't forgotten Edinburgh and Belfast but I was thinking of European capitals rather than UK national capitals.
Ryanair no longer operates Riga from BRS which is why it didn't appear on my list and Kaunas, though an important economic and cultural centre, is Lithuania's second city after the capital, Vilnius.
Despite Copenhagen being announced Scandinavia is still not well represented and Germany, except for Berlin, doesn't feature at all.
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I imagine it will be one of the two based B 757s.
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Of course! I need to brush up on my Lithuanian geography! Apologies!
And you're right MV. It would be nice to see Munich, Frankfurt or Hamburg on the departures board again!
And you're right MV. It would be nice to see Munich, Frankfurt or Hamburg on the departures board again!
There are a lot of pleas on PPRuNe for services to Germany, but few airports can sustain them. There are good reasons for this:
1. Germany is not a massive tourist destination
2. There is little VFR traffic
3. Whereas UK is very London-centric, Germany has a number of mid-sized cities (Munich, Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, etc), and Germany's economy is more geographically spread.
4. Internal transport in Germany is good, with free widespread autobahns and good fast rail.
1. Germany is not a massive tourist destination
2. There is little VFR traffic
3. Whereas UK is very London-centric, Germany has a number of mid-sized cities (Munich, Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, etc), and Germany's economy is more geographically spread.
4. Internal transport in Germany is good, with free widespread autobahns and good fast rail.
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That's a good summary of the German situation, LGS6753.
There are English regional airports with more scheduled German connections than BRS's sole Berlin that overall handle fewer passengers - in one or two cases considerably fewer - though I realise there may be specific reasons why this is so.
It can be fairly argued that the German routes BRS has had in the past never stuck though some did for the best part of a decade - BA franchise to Frankfurt and Munich for example until BACon was bought by Flybe in 2007 - and the LH route to FRA in 2008 was building well (nearly 100,000 passengers in the 13 months of its existence at fares that were often expensive - there were complaints about the cost on PPRuNe and elswhere) until the recession brought it to an end.
Taking into account your entirely realistic description of Germany there are still grounds for optimism that the very able BRS management team will be able to achieve another German link in the near future unless of course the economy goes into reverse gear at high speed. They were very close to getting something for 2012.
There are English regional airports with more scheduled German connections than BRS's sole Berlin that overall handle fewer passengers - in one or two cases considerably fewer - though I realise there may be specific reasons why this is so.
It can be fairly argued that the German routes BRS has had in the past never stuck though some did for the best part of a decade - BA franchise to Frankfurt and Munich for example until BACon was bought by Flybe in 2007 - and the LH route to FRA in 2008 was building well (nearly 100,000 passengers in the 13 months of its existence at fares that were often expensive - there were complaints about the cost on PPRuNe and elswhere) until the recession brought it to an end.
Taking into account your entirely realistic description of Germany there are still grounds for optimism that the very able BRS management team will be able to achieve another German link in the near future unless of course the economy goes into reverse gear at high speed. They were very close to getting something for 2012.
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This info isn't even on OLT Express' or BRS website yet!
2:20am departure from Bristol. Isnt this strange for anything other than a package holiday flight to the Costas?? The locals will love that!
2:20am departure from Bristol. Isnt this strange for anything other than a package holiday flight to the Costas?? The locals will love that!
OLT starting two LGW-Poland routes too.
This looks like a new departure for them, but will it last up against FR & WZZ. What economical equipment will they be using?
This looks like a new departure for them, but will it last up against FR & WZZ. What economical equipment will they be using?
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They're also releasing BZG-NCL & LPL, testing the water for more uk expansion perhaps? very random times, maybe looking to fully utilise the aircraft they have as no point in them being sat about doing nothing at night i guess.
Will be intresting to see what happens with the routes, BRS has a huge polish community that utilise the FR and EZY routes, so as long as they arent put off by times then no reason it shouldnt do ok.
Flights are on sale on the OLT Express website. Great to see a new airline at BRS again.
I believe OLT express also operate alongside mainline OLT in germany, wandering if BRS will be trying to get some new german routes from them to complement the polish route.
I believe they operate 319s & 320s (extra orders for 6 & 5 respectfully to be delivered sept 2012)
Will be intresting to see what happens with the routes, BRS has a huge polish community that utilise the FR and EZY routes, so as long as they arent put off by times then no reason it shouldnt do ok.
Flights are on sale on the OLT Express website. Great to see a new airline at BRS again.
I believe OLT express also operate alongside mainline OLT in germany, wandering if BRS will be trying to get some new german routes from them to complement the polish route.
I believe they operate 319s & 320s (extra orders for 6 & 5 respectfully to be delivered sept 2012)
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OLT Express
OLT Express launched operations on 02 April 12, initially with 10 domestic routes within Poland. The airline is expanding its operation starting May 2012, and has announced the expansion to continental Europe starting 29 October 12 from 5 Polish bases (on-top of 23 domestic routes it will be serving by then);
Warsaw - 17 new European routes with 75 weekly flights all starting from 29 October 12
Gdansk - 13 new European routes with 57 weekly flights all starting from 29 October 12
Bydgoszcz - 12 new European routes with 25 weekly flights all starting from 29 October 12
Rzeszow - 7 new European routes with 18 weekly flights all starting from 29 October 12
Lodz - 5 new European routes with 8 weekly flights starting all starting from 29 October 12
The new routes to the UK & IRE will be:
BRS-BZG - 2x Weekly
LPL-BZG - 2x Weekly
NCL-BZG - 2x Weekly
LGW-BZG - 2x Weekly
LGW-GDN - 1x Daily
LGW-WAW - 1x Daily
ORK-BZG - 2x Weekly
EDI-LCJ - 1x Weekly
EDI-BZG - 2x Weekly
They seem to be pretty sorted, especially as it doesn't look like that they will be going head to head on many WZZ or RYR routes at all, and with cheap flights starting at 29.99 one way inclusive of 16kg baggage allowance and 8kg cabin baggage allowance. (also 50% discount applies for pax aged 2 to 18), then hopefully they will do very well.
Warsaw - 17 new European routes with 75 weekly flights all starting from 29 October 12
Gdansk - 13 new European routes with 57 weekly flights all starting from 29 October 12
Bydgoszcz - 12 new European routes with 25 weekly flights all starting from 29 October 12
Rzeszow - 7 new European routes with 18 weekly flights all starting from 29 October 12
Lodz - 5 new European routes with 8 weekly flights starting all starting from 29 October 12
The new routes to the UK & IRE will be:
BRS-BZG - 2x Weekly
LPL-BZG - 2x Weekly
NCL-BZG - 2x Weekly
LGW-BZG - 2x Weekly
LGW-GDN - 1x Daily
LGW-WAW - 1x Daily
ORK-BZG - 2x Weekly
EDI-LCJ - 1x Weekly
EDI-BZG - 2x Weekly
They seem to be pretty sorted, especially as it doesn't look like that they will be going head to head on many WZZ or RYR routes at all, and with cheap flights starting at 29.99 one way inclusive of 16kg baggage allowance and 8kg cabin baggage allowance. (also 50% discount applies for pax aged 2 to 18), then hopefully they will do very well.
This outfit looks well-equipped (who's paying???), and is being very adventurous in opening so many 'thin' routes at once. However, they will benefit from the massive number of Poles in the UK, and what looks like full utilization of aircraft (from some of the flight times).
I found the website a bit clunky, but I expect that will improve. Will they make money at £30 inc baggage?
I found the website a bit clunky, but I expect that will improve. Will they make money at £30 inc baggage?
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This outfit looks well-equipped (who's paying???), and is being very adventurous in opening so many 'thin' routes at once. However, they will benefit from the massive number of Poles in the UK, and what looks like full utilization of aircraft (from some of the flight times).
I found the website a bit clunky, but I expect that will improve. Will they make money at £30 inc baggage?
I found the website a bit clunky, but I expect that will improve. Will they make money at £30 inc baggage?
This outfit looks well-equipped (who's paying???),
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Airline boss hints at long-haul destinations from Bristol | This is Bristol
Piece in the local paper this week where easyJet's UK Director is suggesting that they are looking at more longer haul destinations from Bristol - currently the longest routes the airline flies from the airport are Bodrum, Dalaman, Paphos, Corfu, Heraklion, Fuerteventura and Tenerife, some of which are seasonal.
He also said they've been speaking to major employers in the area with a view to improving their share of the business market from BRS.
From next week easyJet will require eleven based aircraft to operate their schedule with Mayfly showing 9 319s and 2 320s. Last summer the eleventh aircraft (the second 320) only operated from the end of July to mid September.
easyJet's new (for BRS) Naples route commences today at 3 x weekly. Thomson has retained its summer charter service to Naples at 2 x weekly.
Piece in the local paper this week where easyJet's UK Director is suggesting that they are looking at more longer haul destinations from Bristol - currently the longest routes the airline flies from the airport are Bodrum, Dalaman, Paphos, Corfu, Heraklion, Fuerteventura and Tenerife, some of which are seasonal.
He also said they've been speaking to major employers in the area with a view to improving their share of the business market from BRS.
From next week easyJet will require eleven based aircraft to operate their schedule with Mayfly showing 9 319s and 2 320s. Last summer the eleventh aircraft (the second 320) only operated from the end of July to mid September.
easyJet's new (for BRS) Naples route commences today at 3 x weekly. Thomson has retained its summer charter service to Naples at 2 x weekly.