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Ah, so they are sticking with the 757 for S14... I had heard from a good source at TOM that the base was going to be 737-800 for S14.
Nice to see the 757 stay for a while longer at BRS
Nice to see the 757 stay for a while longer at BRS
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Summer 2014 - Saturday - Bristol / Innsbruck.
Flight was initially operated by Austrian Airlines, changed to Estonian Airlines and now returned to Austrian Airlines with new flight times:-
BRS INN OS 2574 14:20 17:20
INN BRS OS 2573 12:40 13:40
BRS INN OS 2574 14:20 17:20
INN BRS OS 2573 12:40 13:40
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BM cancellations this morning (03MAR)
BM seemed to have a lousy start to the this week this week, with the morning flights to FRA and HAM cancelled, and the lunchtime flight to MXP cancelled too.
I went out on the MUC flight, which was delayed 30 minutes or so. There were three BM RJs on the West Apron when we boarded.
Anyone know what happened?
I went out on the MUC flight, which was delayed 30 minutes or so. There were three BM RJs on the West Apron when we boarded.
Anyone know what happened?
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Technical issues caused the cancellation of the morning FRA & HAM yesterday. The MXP flight aborted due to an engine issue too!
Brunel to Concorde
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easyJet
The timetable/seat selector is showing five A320s and six A319s based this year in peak summer. Last year it was three 320s and eight 319s.
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NYC Direct Flights
I've just received an email from the airport, asking me to complete a questionnaire to support their case for re-instating direct flights to the USA.
I was quite surprised by that, and I wonder what's driven it?
We've got some quite good US options at the moment, with the EI via DUB (with US Preclearance), KL via AMS, SN via BRU and (theoretically...) BM via FRA and MUC.
Obviously, being a *A flier, I'd love to see UA back again. And prefer it not to be DL. Or DY or FR!
I was quite surprised by that, and I wonder what's driven it?
We've got some quite good US options at the moment, with the EI via DUB (with US Preclearance), KL via AMS, SN via BRU and (theoretically...) BM via FRA and MUC.
Obviously, being a *A flier, I'd love to see UA back again. And prefer it not to be DL. Or DY or FR!
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I would guess it would be one of the American Carriers but have no evidence or data to support my guess. I just can't see any European or Middle eastern carriers choosing a BRS to NYC route. I've just completed the survey in the hope that my extra voice will help with the effort to reinstate the route.
Actually, despite what I've just said, might Norwegian be a possibility?
Actually, despite what I've just said, might Norwegian be a possibility?
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TOM BRS-PMI next Tuesday
Mayfly confirms it will be a Boeing 757 - one of the BRS-based ones. It is the first flight of the season of this series.
BRS-NYC
BRS talk about a strong business case now that 'the economic conditions are recovering'. They concede there are good and frequent services via European hub airports but believe that a direct service 'would bring many benefits to the region in terms of international profile, inbound tourism and cost and time savings to businesses'.
They say they are meeting airlines over the next couple of months.
easyJet BRS-CDG
Now that Air France is about to give up its BRS-CDG route the daily easyJet rotation will be all that remains.
Looking at next week the easyJet BRS-CDG legs are already shown as sold out on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the CDG-BRS on Tuesday also sold out. Remaining fares next week are all very high (£163 in one case) and all of April is showing one-way fares well over £100 in many cases with £200 on one day.
There seems no sign of easyJet adding to its frequency, presumably judging that if it can fill flights at such fares why spoil it? There must be a danger though that some passengers will look elsewhere permanently if flights continue to filled regularly several days before they operate. CityJet at CWL might be looking at the situation with keen interest.
BRS-NYC
BRS talk about a strong business case now that 'the economic conditions are recovering'. They concede there are good and frequent services via European hub airports but believe that a direct service 'would bring many benefits to the region in terms of international profile, inbound tourism and cost and time savings to businesses'.
They say they are meeting airlines over the next couple of months.
easyJet BRS-CDG
Now that Air France is about to give up its BRS-CDG route the daily easyJet rotation will be all that remains.
Looking at next week the easyJet BRS-CDG legs are already shown as sold out on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the CDG-BRS on Tuesday also sold out. Remaining fares next week are all very high (£163 in one case) and all of April is showing one-way fares well over £100 in many cases with £200 on one day.
There seems no sign of easyJet adding to its frequency, presumably judging that if it can fill flights at such fares why spoil it? There must be a danger though that some passengers will look elsewhere permanently if flights continue to filled regularly several days before they operate. CityJet at CWL might be looking at the situation with keen interest.
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I'm convinced that AF's failure to get BRS-CDG to be sustainable is because of their unrealistic fare rules ex-regional airports. If you want to do less than two nights (or a Saturday) away, the fares can be eye-popping.
EZY are able to demand good fares because they're also offering flexibility. It's easier to pay EZY £320 for a one day return than it is to pay AF £550.
Another miscreant on that front is SN to BRU. Talking to a colleague who had to take a one-way BRU-BRS (followed by BRS-DUB on EI, and DUB-BRU on EI), he paid €350 one-way. (He should have bought a return spanning a weekend for €250 and binned the return leg).
EZY are able to demand good fares because they're also offering flexibility. It's easier to pay EZY £320 for a one day return than it is to pay AF £550.
Another miscreant on that front is SN to BRU. Talking to a colleague who had to take a one-way BRU-BRS (followed by BRS-DUB on EI, and DUB-BRU on EI), he paid €350 one-way. (He should have bought a return spanning a weekend for €250 and binned the return leg).
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easyJet BRS-CDG
Point taken. B_T, about 'It's easier to pay EZY £320 for a one day return than it is to pay AF £550' but the easyJet BRS-CDG flights next week are now shown as sold out on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with Monday and Tuesday's CDG-BRS also shown as sold out.
This means that currently you can't even get a seat on six out of the ten weekday sectors next week no matter how much you were willing to pay. I wonder how many people have found themselves in this position in recent days and how many will over the weekend and into next week and, the way things seem to be moving, into the forseeable future.
easyJet will have four A320s at BRS from next week (five later in the summer) yet all but Sunday's rotation next week are on A 319s.
This means that currently you can't even get a seat on six out of the ten weekday sectors next week no matter how much you were willing to pay. I wonder how many people have found themselves in this position in recent days and how many will over the weekend and into next week and, the way things seem to be moving, into the forseeable future.
easyJet will have four A320s at BRS from next week (five later in the summer) yet all but Sunday's rotation next week are on A 319s.
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Air France did or do offer "one way" fares from BRS since they introduced their new fare categories. On a few occasions I've purchased tickets for circa £40-50 as single one way fares.