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That is a bit of a trek! The E195 appears to be going to GVA in the morning then AGP later on, I assume the former has a lot of people booked on it and there has been a swap of aircraft. Either that or Flybe are short on Embraers at the moment as 2 have been based in SOU for pretty much the whole winter season (Usually 1 E195 and 1 E175).
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Regional Air Connection Fund
Flybe have applied to serve SOU-LYS and SOU-MUC from next April via the regional connectivity fund. Both are planned to be operated double daily on weekdays and once on weekends, so 12 weekly for each in total. Lets hope it all works out for them!
Information comes from SWBKCB's post on the Flybe thread.
Information comes from SWBKCB's post on the Flybe thread.
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VG162 HAM 09:05 ANRa 10:35/ANRd 11:05 SOU 11:30 x67
VG163 SOU 12:00 ANRa 14:25/ANRd 18:30 HAM 20:00 x67
VG163 SOU 12:00 ANRa 14:25/ANRd 18:30 HAM 20:00 x67
Schedule now showing:
VG162 HAM 09:05 ANRa 10:35 ANRd 11:05 SOU 11:30 F50 x67
VG163 SOU 15:05 ANRa 17:30 ANRd 18:30 HAM 20:00 F50 x67
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A much more attractive schedule indeed. I'm pretty sure they'll just leave the plane at SOU because there isn't much they can do inbetween. Even with 30 minute turnaround times everywhere, the best they can do is a 1 hour flight each way. That doesn't get you very far in the lovely but slow F50.
That being said, SOU to LEH is only 117 miles. So if they really want to connect the major European ports, they might as well add that one to the list.
That being said, SOU to LEH is only 117 miles. So if they really want to connect the major European ports, they might as well add that one to the list.
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Thomson S16
The early release of S16 by Thomson shows that PMI will return next year with Volotea and a Tuesday flight will be added, bringing the frequency to twice weekly. It is worth pointing out that the Tuesday flight does not yet have a confirmed flight number, although it does have times and appear to be bookable.
In addition, VLM start today, does anyone have any indication of how bookings are looking for the route?
In addition, VLM start today, does anyone have any indication of how bookings are looking for the route?
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Total Ski are operating to Chambery next winter and are using a new carrier to Southampton , Germania will be operating the route from Dec 15 to March 16 on a Sunday 1210 - 1330 more than likely using an A319 or Boeing 737 700
Austrian Airlines also rteturn on a Saturday to Innsbruck with Inghams Ski not sure what aircraft type at the moment
Flybe should start to release there winter flights from the second week in June so remains to be seen how many ski flights they will be offering , also to be seen if Bournemouth will share some of there ski routes as well
Austrian Airlines also rteturn on a Saturday to Innsbruck with Inghams Ski not sure what aircraft type at the moment
Flybe should start to release there winter flights from the second week in June so remains to be seen how many ski flights they will be offering , also to be seen if Bournemouth will share some of there ski routes as well
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Good to see an extra Ski charter next winter, hopefully this will help fill any drops in capacity at the weekends if the E195's go this winter. Indeed it seems very slowly SOU's charter schedule is increasing, firstly TOM using their own (i.e. a whole plane rather than selling seats on Flybe) flight to PMI and Austrian to INN and now Germania to CMF and Thomson increasing to twice weekly next year.
Although it is not representative of the route overall if you search 'southampton airport' on Flickr you can find some pictures apparently taken on 28th April showning just 3 people on a flight from Antwerp to Southampton. I do hope this is a one off!
Although it is not representative of the route overall if you search 'southampton airport' on Flickr you can find some pictures apparently taken on 28th April showning just 3 people on a flight from Antwerp to Southampton. I do hope this is a one off!
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April Stats
Passengers down 1.4% in April but up 7.5% for the rolling year so far, looking as if the airport will pass the 1.9 million mark this calender year assuming this sort of growth continues. I expect the decrease last month was down to the different timing of Easter compared to last year.
Only 22 people flew between Southampton and Antwerp in the 6 days the route operated in April which is pretty terrible, although a further 52 flew between Southampton and Hamburg. I do hope the forward bookings are better or this route is not going to last long. There doesn't seem to be all that much in the way of advertising for the route either I have to say.
There was also some good growth across the sun routes, it is a shame that their future seems uncertain.
Only 22 people flew between Southampton and Antwerp in the 6 days the route operated in April which is pretty terrible, although a further 52 flew between Southampton and Hamburg. I do hope the forward bookings are better or this route is not going to last long. There doesn't seem to be all that much in the way of advertising for the route either I have to say.
There was also some good growth across the sun routes, it is a shame that their future seems uncertain.
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Flybe are using a Q400 on tomorrows Palma flight, and indeed the rest of the summer according to their timetable. 2 Hour 55 Minute flight duration, wonder if they are testing the water to see if the sun routes are viable on Q400's once the E195's leave the fleet? Having said that I can't imagine FAO/AGP would ever work on them. The E195 seems to do two runs to Amsterdam instead if FR24 is correct (at least for now anyway)
I think I'm correct in saying that BEE used a DH8 on a series of flights between Jersey & Palma. I don't think that they had any complaints or operational problems.
Perhaps it's all down to what you are used to !
Perhaps it's all down to what you are used to !
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They certainly used the Q400 from IOM to the Balearics for several seasons and it seemed to work well enough. Capacity was well matched to the market, and an extra hour or so in the air was an attractive option to transiting a UK airport, with added costs.
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Of course the main difference if the JER/GCI/IOM flights had no close competition. With SOU if people decide they want a shorter flight to Spain/Portugal then they can head to BOH or LGW/LHR instead. Will be interesting to see how this goes as it is down to be a Q400 even over the summer holidays, which I have to say does not make a lot of sense to me...
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Absolutely, I'd much rather see the sun routes continued on a Q400 than dropped entirely when the E195's go. There is obviously money to be made from them as they have been operated for over 12 years! According to FR24 the actual flight duration is looking to be around 2 hrs 15 mins, so allowing for some padding if Flybe set the block times to be say 2 hrs 30-40 mins then the perceivable difference between that and the block times for a jet (usually 2 hrs 10-20 mins) would be fairly negligible.
I'd go for the Q400 SOU/PMI. Reminds me of when my (then) girlfriend used to fly out from SOU to see me on a BMA Viscount, 3+ hours en-route. Longish flight but trust me it was always well worth the wait!
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Flybe seem to be using an E175 in place of one of the E195's on the sun routes at the moment, as I believe the latter went tech in FAO recently. The E175 seems to be having no issues doing SOU-ALC/AGP/FAO non stop.