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BM inaugurals to MXP, HAJ, MUC
bmi regional launched its new routes to MXP, HAJ and MUC today.
There was a great German market laid out in the departures hall, with representatives from each destination (I think Milan just joined in the fun). Various foods and drinks to be enjoyed.
BM have a dedicated departure lounge in the Forward Coaching Lounge (which I last used when it was Secondary Screening for the CO flight to EWR), where it looks like they'll be using the three gates there to service their almost simultaneous three departures three times each day.
There were bubbles, coffee and croissants in the lounge for passengers this morning. MXP went out with about 30 passengers, HAJ looked like about 25 (?), and MUC went out with 36 ish. (I was on MUC, so was counting on the bus to the aircraft). BM Chairman Ian Woodley did a brief speech before boarding the MUC flight.
It's a great set of routes to add into the portfolio, along with FRA going double-daily. If rumours of a codeshare with LH come off, it'll be really great to be properly re-connected to the Star network out of FRA (and MUC? and BRU :-| ).
There was a great German market laid out in the departures hall, with representatives from each destination (I think Milan just joined in the fun). Various foods and drinks to be enjoyed.
BM have a dedicated departure lounge in the Forward Coaching Lounge (which I last used when it was Secondary Screening for the CO flight to EWR), where it looks like they'll be using the three gates there to service their almost simultaneous three departures three times each day.
There were bubbles, coffee and croissants in the lounge for passengers this morning. MXP went out with about 30 passengers, HAJ looked like about 25 (?), and MUC went out with 36 ish. (I was on MUC, so was counting on the bus to the aircraft). BM Chairman Ian Woodley did a brief speech before boarding the MUC flight.
It's a great set of routes to add into the portfolio, along with FRA going double-daily. If rumours of a codeshare with LH come off, it'll be really great to be properly re-connected to the Star network out of FRA (and MUC? and BRU :-| ).
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I flew on the first (early) Frankfurt flight on Monday, travelled across Germany and made it for the first MUC-BRS flight. The loads on the FRA flight were probably not even 20 people, and the MUC-BRS was much busier (full of Germans, would you believe..) with a total load probably around the 80-90% mark.
BMI are offering a good product.. they have put a lot of effort into marketing the new services around Bristol with many buses, taxis and the local press carrying advertisements.
I notice that I'm able to book and fly BRS-FRA-NRT-MUC-BRS (for examples sake) on one ticket. Another good idea.. I assume there is some sort of agreement with Lufthansa already in place?
Incidentally the morning ABZ on Monday seemed somewhat full, judging by the bus load that were boarding within eyeshot of the FRA flight.
BMI are offering a good product.. they have put a lot of effort into marketing the new services around Bristol with many buses, taxis and the local press carrying advertisements.
I notice that I'm able to book and fly BRS-FRA-NRT-MUC-BRS (for examples sake) on one ticket. Another good idea.. I assume there is some sort of agreement with Lufthansa already in place?
Incidentally the morning ABZ on Monday seemed somewhat full, judging by the bus load that were boarding within eyeshot of the FRA flight.
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I was on the first HAJ flight. From memory (have slept since then!) there was 19 on the outbound and 27 on the first Inbound from HAJ, which included the Mayor of Hannover. We had a water cannon salute on arrival in HAJ! Returned the following day after a great night (thanks to HAJ airport!) and there was I think 17.
I was very impressed with BMI Regional, the service was fantastic and it had been a while since I have flown on the ERJ and I find them to be very comfortable. Especially with a flying time of 1hr10.
The 'Lounge' they have set up made it feel a little more exclusive and I have to say the new Aspire lounge is light years ahead on the one it replaced.
I was very impressed with BMI Regional, the service was fantastic and it had been a while since I have flown on the ERJ and I find them to be very comfortable. Especially with a flying time of 1hr10.
The 'Lounge' they have set up made it feel a little more exclusive and I have to say the new Aspire lounge is light years ahead on the one it replaced.
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I notice that I'm able to book and fly BRS-FRA-NRT-MUC-BRS (for examples sake) on one ticket. Another good idea.. I assume there is some sort of agreement with Lufthansa already in place?
Certainly a few bmi regional people I've mentioned it to were surprised.
You can't book on lufthansa.com because the BM flights don't have an LH codeshare, and I'm not sure if there's a baggage interlining agreement in place or not? Opodo, Expedia et.al. do seem to pick it up.
Hopefully with some LH codeshare numbers on the FRA/MUC/HAJ/HAM routes, it'll make it very much more discoverable than relying on bmi regional alone.
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Always good to have some complimentary nosh and liquid, B_T.
Let's hope the local business community supports these routes. HAM and MUC should both see some nailed-on business traffic with the EADS links and with the Imperial Tobacco to HAM this will be something to build on.
It seems that the HAM and HAJ will be operated by the 135 with FRA, MUC, MXP and ABZ by the 145.
Still awaiting CAA stats for April which seem to be a couple of days late but the airport has published its own figures that always vary slightly each month from the CAA figures but not by so much as to create a serious conflict.
The airport says overall passenger numbers for April at just over 483,000 were 0.6% down on its figures for April 2012. Charter passengers saw the biggest fall at around 8,000 fewer with scheduled domestic down around 3,000. Scheduled international was up about 8,000. Slightly disappointing perhaps but the split Easter (end of March/beginning of April) probably had a part to play. Passenger numbers for the first four months of this year are nearly one half of a per cent higher than the same period in 2012.
The summer looks promising in terms of flights. The eleventh based easyJet aircraft appears to be arriving on Friday week (24th) according to Mayfly (a couple of weeks later than in 2012) and will be an A 320, giving 3 x 320s and 8 x 319s, a complement that did not appear in 2012 until July - last year the late spring/early summer saw 2 x 320s and 9 x 319s.
Mayfly shows 98 airline departures on Friday 24th May which is a few more than on Fridays in August last year.
There will be a couple of new charter visitors this summer with Mistral Air operating a B 734 for Tui to Verona on Saturdays (last summer it was a non-based TOM B 738) - there will be a second Verona on Saturdays with bmi regional flying on behalf of Inghams - and JetairFly flying a Palma for Tui on Sundays with a B 738.
Finally, Aer Lingus Regional is showing only a single daily rotation (early morning) on its DUB-BRS service for next winter.
Let's hope the local business community supports these routes. HAM and MUC should both see some nailed-on business traffic with the EADS links and with the Imperial Tobacco to HAM this will be something to build on.
It seems that the HAM and HAJ will be operated by the 135 with FRA, MUC, MXP and ABZ by the 145.
Still awaiting CAA stats for April which seem to be a couple of days late but the airport has published its own figures that always vary slightly each month from the CAA figures but not by so much as to create a serious conflict.
The airport says overall passenger numbers for April at just over 483,000 were 0.6% down on its figures for April 2012. Charter passengers saw the biggest fall at around 8,000 fewer with scheduled domestic down around 3,000. Scheduled international was up about 8,000. Slightly disappointing perhaps but the split Easter (end of March/beginning of April) probably had a part to play. Passenger numbers for the first four months of this year are nearly one half of a per cent higher than the same period in 2012.
The summer looks promising in terms of flights. The eleventh based easyJet aircraft appears to be arriving on Friday week (24th) according to Mayfly (a couple of weeks later than in 2012) and will be an A 320, giving 3 x 320s and 8 x 319s, a complement that did not appear in 2012 until July - last year the late spring/early summer saw 2 x 320s and 9 x 319s.
Mayfly shows 98 airline departures on Friday 24th May which is a few more than on Fridays in August last year.
There will be a couple of new charter visitors this summer with Mistral Air operating a B 734 for Tui to Verona on Saturdays (last summer it was a non-based TOM B 738) - there will be a second Verona on Saturdays with bmi regional flying on behalf of Inghams - and JetairFly flying a Palma for Tui on Sundays with a B 738.
Finally, Aer Lingus Regional is showing only a single daily rotation (early morning) on its DUB-BRS service for next winter.
Last edited by MerchantVenturer; 16th May 2013 at 21:04. Reason: Friday week is 24th May not 25th as I originally typed
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The LH booking engine is only showing these due to BRS-BRU SN operated flights.
Code:
/BETWEEN AREAS 2 AND 3 VIA SIBERIA WITH NONSTOP BETWEEN EUROPE
AND JAPAN OR KOREA/
1. BRS-BM/LH-DUS/FRA/HAJ/HAM/MUC/NUE/STR-LH/OS/SN-BRU/DUS/
FRA/MUC/VIE/ZRH-LH/NH/OS/SN-NGO/OSA/TYO-LH/LX/NH/OS-TYO
2. BRS-BM/LH-DUS/FRA/HAJ/HAM/MUC/NUE/STR-LH/OS/SN-BRU/DUS/
FRA/MUC/VIE/ZRH-LH/NH/OS/SN-TYO
3. BRS-BM/LH/SN-BRU/VIE-LH/OS/SN-DUS/FRA/MUC/ZRH-LH/NH/OS/SN-
NGO/OSA/TYO-LH/LX/NH/OS-TYO
4. BRS-BM/LH/SN-BRU/VIE-LH/OS/SN-DUS/FRA/MUC/ZRH-LH/NH/OS/SN-
TYO
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Bmi regional Bristol - Verona
Which aircraft operates today’s BMI regional flight to Verona at 14.05?
Embraer 135 or 145 perhaps?
Is the aircraft based in Bristol or does it fly in from somewhere else? Cannot see any BMI regional arrivals today with the exception of Verona.
Thanks.
Embraer 135 or 145 perhaps?
Is the aircraft based in Bristol or does it fly in from somewhere else? Cannot see any BMI regional arrivals today with the exception of Verona.
Thanks.
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western apron
wowboy its what is parked on which ever apron and also how long aircrafts are on the ground. ryanair mostly depart from the eastern apron cus they not on ground very long. if they use the western apron and aircraft from another base then usualy stand 22 is used. hope that helps you.
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WOWBOY - Your not missing a great deal, however just book a flight wherever you want, check in early then when you get in departure lounge go for a stroll down to gate 16 and back, nothing stopping you walking down there. 
Buster - Any Relation
Bristol Airport is trying to find the owner of an antique teddy bear left in a carrier bag in the departure lounge more than a year ago. BBC News.
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Infrastructure
The minutes for the last airport consultative committee meeeting (1 May this year) have been published with nothing startling mentioned, good or bad.
Robert Sinclair, airport CEO, did talk about the proposed central enclosed walkway saying that plans for it are being developed but that its construction would require board level approval.
The minutes also state that there is no further update on the airport hotel which seems to mean that there is no definite news about its construction despite planning approval and comments by the airport in the past suggesting that we might have expected it to be built and open by now.
Robert Sinclair, airport CEO, did talk about the proposed central enclosed walkway saying that plans for it are being developed but that its construction would require board level approval.
The minutes also state that there is no further update on the airport hotel which seems to mean that there is no definite news about its construction despite planning approval and comments by the airport in the past suggesting that we might have expected it to be built and open by now.
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Doing BRS-FRA as a daytrip next month, driving down overnight from MAN. Odd routing I know, but £120 for the trip from BRS instead of £300+ on LH from MAN made it worthwhile - BE pulling off that route made quite a difference to the LH fares!
Practical question - does the BRS terminal close overnight, or will I be able to get my head down for a couple of hours before bmi regional check in opens (and what time would that be)?
Thanks.
Practical question - does the BRS terminal close overnight, or will I be able to get my head down for a couple of hours before bmi regional check in opens (and what time would that be)?
Thanks.
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BRS Open 24 Hours
The airport is open 24 hours and limited seating is available but Ritazza Cafe is open all night and Subway. Comfortable seating is at Subway and the Soho Coffee shop (closed at night but seating available). Hope this helps you and enjoy your trip!! Check-in is usually an hour and a half before and should be check-in desk 23ish!!
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BMI New Route Stats
Looking at the provisional CAA Stats for May 13, have roughly calculated the following for the new BMI Regional routes out of BRS
MXP 672 pax; 20 pax per sector
MUC 766; 22
HAJ 458 ; 11
For the existing routes (additional frequencies)
FRA 1573; 19
HAM 1407; 17
As before
ABZ 2988; 29
Appreciated that its not necessarily the number of Pax but yield that is the most important factor; also they are all new routes within the last 6 months but is this sustainable? (especially HAJ)
MXP 672 pax; 20 pax per sector
MUC 766; 22
HAJ 458 ; 11
For the existing routes (additional frequencies)
FRA 1573; 19
HAM 1407; 17
As before
ABZ 2988; 29
Appreciated that its not necessarily the number of Pax but yield that is the most important factor; also they are all new routes within the last 6 months but is this sustainable? (especially HAJ)