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Re recent posts about congestion at BRS, both with aircraft parking and passenger volume within the terminal, I've looked at tomorrow which is fairly typical of most days this summer especially since mid June. The departure pattern illustrates clearly the disproportionality of the clutch of early departures which seems to give rise to most complaints of terminal overcrowding.
Mn-0529 nil
0530-0759 27 first departure 0530
0800-0959 7
1000-1159 8
1200-1359 17
1400-1559 11
1600-1759 17
1800-1959 12
2000-2159 4 last departure 2120
Total 103
75 of these departures feature aircraft with between 156 and 223 passenger seats. There are also half a dozen Airbus and BAE corporate shuttle departures (and arrivals) but they operate from the South Side apron and passengers use the Bristol Flying Centre lounge. I've not included them in these lists.
By contrast, tomorrow's arrivals seem more evenly spread throughout the 24-hour period, although there is not always an even spread within each two-hour segment which is probably why complaints do arise at times about delays in baggage retrieval and immigration formalities.
Mn-0559 6
0600-0759 3
0800-0959 7
1000-1159 13
1200-1359 12
1400-1559 13
1600-1759 13
1800-1959 11
2000-2159 10
2200-2359 12
Total 100
I suppose that BRS is not that different from many smaller regional airports in having these peaks and troughs, although the fact that it's one of the bigger smaller airports (in terms of passenger numbers) probably throws the situation into sharper focus.
Mn-0529 nil
0530-0759 27 first departure 0530
0800-0959 7
1000-1159 8
1200-1359 17
1400-1559 11
1600-1759 17
1800-1959 12
2000-2159 4 last departure 2120
Total 103
75 of these departures feature aircraft with between 156 and 223 passenger seats. There are also half a dozen Airbus and BAE corporate shuttle departures (and arrivals) but they operate from the South Side apron and passengers use the Bristol Flying Centre lounge. I've not included them in these lists.
By contrast, tomorrow's arrivals seem more evenly spread throughout the 24-hour period, although there is not always an even spread within each two-hour segment which is probably why complaints do arise at times about delays in baggage retrieval and immigration formalities.
Mn-0559 6
0600-0759 3
0800-0959 7
1000-1159 13
1200-1359 12
1400-1559 13
1600-1759 13
1800-1959 11
2000-2159 10
2200-2359 12
Total 100
I suppose that BRS is not that different from many smaller regional airports in having these peaks and troughs, although the fact that it's one of the bigger smaller airports (in terms of passenger numbers) probably throws the situation into sharper focus.
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Airport car parking
Bristol Airport is applying to the local authority today for a variation in its planning consents re car parking. It is already allowed to build an extended car park for 5,500 vehicles on green belt land on the south side (ie next to the current Silver Zone car park) but only after a multi-storey car park has been built (on the north side).
Because of rapidly increasing passenger numbers the airport wants to be allowed to develop the green belt car park before it builds the multi-storey car park which the airport CEO, Robert Sinclair, told local radio this morning would be in 2018.
There was a lively debate this morning on the local radio between the CEO and a long term opponent of unrestricted BRS development who made the not unreasonable point that the airport should have already built the multi-storey car park by now as they had long been aware of the need for more parking space. The CEO replied that they would have been “providing a facility our passengers would not want”. It was not made clear why this situation would change post 2018 - presumably because the numbers of car users would be such that there would be nowhere else.
The local authority is being recommended to approve the airport’s application today but elected councillors on planning committees don’t always follow the advice of their professional planning officers.
My wife and I used the airport on Monday last week for the first time in several months. We arrived at noon having pre-booked the long stay car park on the north side which has spaces for several thousand vehicles. We drove to the far (western) end looking for a space and, after driving around for a couple of minutes, eventually found one. Usually, even at this time of the year, there are a fair number of spaces available especially at the western end. Some drivers had simply abandoned their vehicles on the side of the car park roads.
Apart from that the airport experience was good. We used the new greatly expanded security area in the partially open western extension of the terminal; there were no queues and the two members of staff who dealt with us were polite and professional.
The airport was busy with the lunch time peak in full swing and more passengers arriving for flights in the afternoon. There were probably at least 2,000 passengers in the terminal with some leaving for their gates and others arriving for later flights. I walked around the entire airside area and there appeared to be plenty of space for people to sit or visit ‘eateries’ with no queues at the counters so far as I could see. There was certainly no feeling of over-crowding and the building itself is modern.
It does suggest strongly that for most of the time the terminal building with its recent extensions is large enough. The problem is in the early mornings when there are up to 30 departures in the first two hours of the day. That’s when airport facilities can often creak and lead to justifiable complaints.
We returned the following Thursday evening and as we were on a domestic flight (from Glasgow) and had no hold luggage our exit through the airport was swift, despite being taken by bus (first time in a while for us at BRS) to the terminal from an aircraft stand near the old terminal. We were home (just under ten miles from the airport) within 50 minutes of our aircraft wheels touching the runway.
Because of rapidly increasing passenger numbers the airport wants to be allowed to develop the green belt car park before it builds the multi-storey car park which the airport CEO, Robert Sinclair, told local radio this morning would be in 2018.
There was a lively debate this morning on the local radio between the CEO and a long term opponent of unrestricted BRS development who made the not unreasonable point that the airport should have already built the multi-storey car park by now as they had long been aware of the need for more parking space. The CEO replied that they would have been “providing a facility our passengers would not want”. It was not made clear why this situation would change post 2018 - presumably because the numbers of car users would be such that there would be nowhere else.
The local authority is being recommended to approve the airport’s application today but elected councillors on planning committees don’t always follow the advice of their professional planning officers.
My wife and I used the airport on Monday last week for the first time in several months. We arrived at noon having pre-booked the long stay car park on the north side which has spaces for several thousand vehicles. We drove to the far (western) end looking for a space and, after driving around for a couple of minutes, eventually found one. Usually, even at this time of the year, there are a fair number of spaces available especially at the western end. Some drivers had simply abandoned their vehicles on the side of the car park roads.
Apart from that the airport experience was good. We used the new greatly expanded security area in the partially open western extension of the terminal; there were no queues and the two members of staff who dealt with us were polite and professional.
The airport was busy with the lunch time peak in full swing and more passengers arriving for flights in the afternoon. There were probably at least 2,000 passengers in the terminal with some leaving for their gates and others arriving for later flights. I walked around the entire airside area and there appeared to be plenty of space for people to sit or visit ‘eateries’ with no queues at the counters so far as I could see. There was certainly no feeling of over-crowding and the building itself is modern.
It does suggest strongly that for most of the time the terminal building with its recent extensions is large enough. The problem is in the early mornings when there are up to 30 departures in the first two hours of the day. That’s when airport facilities can often creak and lead to justifiable complaints.
We returned the following Thursday evening and as we were on a domestic flight (from Glasgow) and had no hold luggage our exit through the airport was swift, despite being taken by bus (first time in a while for us at BRS) to the terminal from an aircraft stand near the old terminal. We were home (just under ten miles from the airport) within 50 minutes of our aircraft wheels touching the runway.
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Cagliari
A new charter service to Cagliari is available for booking next summer. It will operate on Saturdays departing 0700 as BM9358, arriving back at BRS at 2040 as BM9359. In the interim the aircraft will fly Cagliari-Manchester-Cagliari.
It's a charter service although it's possible to book seat-only via at least one specialist charter website, as it is with the MAN-CAG route.
Ryanair tried Cagliari for a short summer season in 2009 but didn't continue it the following year. BRS's only other Sardinia route is easyJet's 2 x weekly summer service to Olbia.
New aircraft stands
It appears that work commenced last week on building these stands. Quite a lot of levelling of the ground seems to be necessary.
A new charter service to Cagliari is available for booking next summer. It will operate on Saturdays departing 0700 as BM9358, arriving back at BRS at 2040 as BM9359. In the interim the aircraft will fly Cagliari-Manchester-Cagliari.
It's a charter service although it's possible to book seat-only via at least one specialist charter website, as it is with the MAN-CAG route.
Ryanair tried Cagliari for a short summer season in 2009 but didn't continue it the following year. BRS's only other Sardinia route is easyJet's 2 x weekly summer service to Olbia.
New aircraft stands
I believe 3 new stands (737-800 size), coming this winter. to the west in the area up to Cooks Bridal Path
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BMI Regional - Cagliari
"It's a charter service although it's possible to book seat-only via at least one specialist charter website".
Does anyone know the name of the specialist charter website to book a flight only?
I know Just Sardinia is offering package holidays with this flight.
Thanks.
Does anyone know the name of the specialist charter website to book a flight only?
I know Just Sardinia is offering package holidays with this flight.
Thanks.
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Teleticket, the agent friendly flight consolidator, has announced departures from Bristol Airport to Cagliari in Sardinia for Summer 2017. Operating from 8th July to 9th September 2017, there are 7 and 14 night durations available.
David Crawforth, Aviation Manager at Teleticket said, "Our Sardinian programme from Heathrow and Manchester has been hugely popular and we are delighted to be able to add the Bristol to Cagliari route for next summer. As the second largest island in the Mediterranean, Sardinia has a range of accommodation to suit all budgets, from private villas to all-inclusive hotels."
The direct flights depart on Saturday mornings at 7am and arrive in Sardinia in less than three hours. Prices start from £425 per person for 7 nights return including baggage and soft drinks onboard. Visit Teleticket Travel; low cost holidays and charter & scheduled flights for more information.
David Crawforth, Aviation Manager at Teleticket said, "Our Sardinian programme from Heathrow and Manchester has been hugely popular and we are delighted to be able to add the Bristol to Cagliari route for next summer. As the second largest island in the Mediterranean, Sardinia has a range of accommodation to suit all budgets, from private villas to all-inclusive hotels."
The direct flights depart on Saturday mornings at 7am and arrive in Sardinia in less than three hours. Prices start from £425 per person for 7 nights return including baggage and soft drinks onboard. Visit Teleticket Travel; low cost holidays and charter & scheduled flights for more information.
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Figari
A second Corsica route is in the booking engine of a well-known tour company that features Corsica.
It will be operated by bmi regional that has operated the Bastia route for this company for the past few summers. As with Bastia the service will be on Sundays with the Figari route departing BRS at 1010 and arriving FSC at 1350. The return departs at 1435 and arrives at BRS at 1600.
It seems there will be no additional flights. Figari will replace Bastia for part of next summer.
It will be operated by bmi regional that has operated the Bastia route for this company for the past few summers. As with Bastia the service will be on Sundays with the Figari route departing BRS at 1010 and arriving FSC at 1350. The return departs at 1435 and arrives at BRS at 1600.
It seems there will be no additional flights. Figari will replace Bastia for part of next summer.
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8 mppa in 2017?
The BRS CEO, Robert Sinclair, said this week that the airport is expected to handle more than 8 million passengers in 2017. 2016 is on track to finish in the region of 7.5 million, which is an increase of nearly 1.2 million in the past two years.
Currently the only signification addition for summer 2017 over the summer just ended appears to be another based easyJet aircraft (no 14), although Ryanair’s 25% winter increase and new winter routes from easyJet mean that January-March 2017 ought to be busier than the same period in 2016.
Nevertheless, another half a million passengers for 2017 means that something more will be needed.
It's to be hoped that the greatly expanded security search zone recently opened and the new much larger immigration area due to be in place in the next few months will ease the queuing problems that were evident at peak times this summer.
Currently the only signification addition for summer 2017 over the summer just ended appears to be another based easyJet aircraft (no 14), although Ryanair’s 25% winter increase and new winter routes from easyJet mean that January-March 2017 ought to be busier than the same period in 2016.
Nevertheless, another half a million passengers for 2017 means that something more will be needed.
It's to be hoped that the greatly expanded security search zone recently opened and the new much larger immigration area due to be in place in the next few months will ease the queuing problems that were evident at peak times this summer.
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Ryanair 2017
Just looked at the last week of July 2017 for FR.
118 flights, looks like 4 based aircraft next year instead of 5 in 2016.
In total 41 flights are operated by non-based aircraft. Not sure how that compares to 2016.
118 flights, looks like 4 based aircraft next year instead of 5 in 2016.
In total 41 flights are operated by non-based aircraft. Not sure how that compares to 2016.
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Ryanair Summer 2017
This seems to be the current total for weekly rotations, month by month, through the main part of the summer season.
May 2017 113 weekly rotations, the same as May 2016
June 2017 112 weekly rotations, 7 fewer than June 2016
July 2017 118 weekly rotations, 2 fewer than July 2016
August 2017 129 weekly rotations, 3 fewer than August 2016
September 2017 119 weekly rotations, 1 more than September 2016
There are 30 routes which is one more than last summer with Bucharest the new one (it starts this winter), although the Treviso route has been moved to Marco Polo (it was actually switched several weeks ago and operates there now), no doubt to compete directly with easyJet.
Ryanair has been adding frequencies since the first draft appeared in its booking engine a few weeks ago. July for example only showed 108 weekly rotations originally - Reus and Bergerac had been left out, as they were last year initially, and extra frequencies have been added on one or two sun routes.
Sun routes actually make up most of the shortfall from last summer. I would not be surprised to see Ryanair add further frequencies on some before the season begins. They did this through last winter prior to summer 2016 and in past years. They will have to do something if they are to justify their claim of a 5% increase for 2017.
A poster in another forum also suggested that more flights will be operated by non-based aircraft meaning a reduction to 4-based aircraft, which so far is BRS is concerned ought to help with the morning rush a bit. In 2013 the base was reduced to two aircraft after a reported disagreement with the airport over charges but no flights or destinations were lost and it led to about half a dozen Ryanair aircraft arriving and departing in the relatively quiet period of early/mid evening.
May 2017 113 weekly rotations, the same as May 2016
June 2017 112 weekly rotations, 7 fewer than June 2016
July 2017 118 weekly rotations, 2 fewer than July 2016
August 2017 129 weekly rotations, 3 fewer than August 2016
September 2017 119 weekly rotations, 1 more than September 2016
There are 30 routes which is one more than last summer with Bucharest the new one (it starts this winter), although the Treviso route has been moved to Marco Polo (it was actually switched several weeks ago and operates there now), no doubt to compete directly with easyJet.
Ryanair has been adding frequencies since the first draft appeared in its booking engine a few weeks ago. July for example only showed 108 weekly rotations originally - Reus and Bergerac had been left out, as they were last year initially, and extra frequencies have been added on one or two sun routes.
Sun routes actually make up most of the shortfall from last summer. I would not be surprised to see Ryanair add further frequencies on some before the season begins. They did this through last winter prior to summer 2016 and in past years. They will have to do something if they are to justify their claim of a 5% increase for 2017.
A poster in another forum also suggested that more flights will be operated by non-based aircraft meaning a reduction to 4-based aircraft, which so far is BRS is concerned ought to help with the morning rush a bit. In 2013 the base was reduced to two aircraft after a reported disagreement with the airport over charges but no flights or destinations were lost and it led to about half a dozen Ryanair aircraft arriving and departing in the relatively quiet period of early/mid evening.
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Bristol - Zurich is "underserved"
Skyscanner's Underserved Route of the Week is Bristol - Zurich
And I agree with their analysis of the best solution:
"In the humble opinion of our data elves, a double-daily Zurich connection with a SWISS code on the service would be the perfect addition to [bmi regional's] current network portfolio."
I suspect the challenge for BM, given recent information, would be finding an aircraft and crews to run another double-daily route from BRS.
And I agree with their analysis of the best solution:
"In the humble opinion of our data elves, a double-daily Zurich connection with a SWISS code on the service would be the perfect addition to [bmi regional's] current network portfolio."
I suspect the challenge for BM, given recent information, would be finding an aircraft and crews to run another double-daily route from BRS.
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It appears as if WOW air are to withdraw their BRS>KEF service at the end of the winter season - nothing on sale beyond 24 March 2017.
Guess they were expecting a great number Transatlantic connections...and that didn't transpire?
Guess they were expecting a great number Transatlantic connections...and that didn't transpire?
Last edited by fanrailuk; 10th Nov 2016 at 20:31.
Interesting - people have been looking at the WOW model as a possibility way of getting transatlantic flights out of regional airports, but if it ain't working at BRS...
Have to wait for Norwegian and the MAX
Have to wait for Norwegian and the MAX
