BOURNEMOUTH - 3

[MARKEYD]

Adflys list very comprehensive as usual

While the Thomson and Ryanair flights remain the same as last summer there is only 1 Newmarket flight this year to Verona using Small Planet , given over the years how many flights they used to have its strange , the only thing I reckon is Thomson operating weekly to Naples has taken the core market away

There is 1 charter this summer only with Hays to Venice to pick up a cruise using a Titan 737 300

Cunard and P&O have nothing this summer ! the loads were really good last year and were very popular on all flights but they have also cut back on all regional UK departures so BOH is not alone in loosing the Titan flights

As regards the Barbados flights there are 4 planned from the winter with Hays and P&O using Thomson and extra flights to Norway are also planned

[adfly]

Thanks for the details MARKEYD, quite a reduction in cruise/escorted holiday flights compared to previous years. Updated post is below:

Originally Posted by adfly

Summary of the summers flights. If anyone has any details of Hays travel charters etc it would be useful to know so I can add them.

Hays Travel

Venice - Titan 733 (one off Cruise Charter)

Newmarket Holidays

Verona - (04/06)

Ryanair

Alicante - 4 weekly 738
Barcelona Girona - 4 weekly 738
Faro - 4-5 weekly 738
Las Palmas - 1-2 weekly 738
Krakow - 2 weekly 738
Malaga - 5-7 weekly 738
Malta - 2 weekly 738
Murcia - 4 weekly 738
Palma - 6-8 weekly 738
Tenerife South - 1 weekly 738

Thomson

Arrecife - 2 weekly 738
Corfu - 1 weekly 738
Dalaman - 1 weekly (Carrier still showing as TBC)
Ibiza - 1 weekly 738
Las Palmas - 1 weekly 738
Mahon - 1 weekly 738
Naples (New!) 1 weekly 738 (From 05/05)
Palma - 4 weekly 738
Paphos - 1 weekly 738
Rhodes - 1 weekly 738
Tenerife South - 1-2 weekly 738

Overall:

49-54 weekly departures
7-8 daily departures

[martinairmd11]

Ad Hoc Charters Bournemouth 2017

Hi

Thanks again adfly and Markeyd for your info it's always very helpful,I have managed to find a few more Charters by looking at various tour operators/brochures etc.I can't confirm whether they will all run but here they are:

11/3 Barbados O/W flight as cruising back to Southampton.
17/3 Barbados
23/3 Northern lights Charter(3/4 Hrs)
4/6 Verona
19/8 Venice
5/11 Barbados O/W flight as cruising back to Southampton
5/11 Bergen
24/11 Barbados
2/12 Ivalo
8/12 Ivalo
16/12 Enontekio
18/12 Pajala

Hope this helps and fingers cross that a few more flights get added.

[RedRadish]

Is VP-BAT still operating out or Bournemouth? I had heard a rumour of its sale can anyone confirm or deny?

[canberra97]

it has been up for sale since 16 April 2016 but I can't see any potential buyers, I can not confirm it's current location though.

[Flitefone]

Originally Posted by canberra97

it has been up for sale since 16 April 2016 but I can't see any potential buyers, I can not confirm it's current location though.

VQ-BSK the B748BBJ has been the active machine at BOH in recent months, arriving from ALC yesterday for instance. Have not seen BAT for at least 6 months, but it was flying from BOH post the sale notice. Not every day that you can see a B74SP in the air!

FF

[benm345]

Originally Posted by RedRadish

Is VP-BAT still operating out or Bournemouth? I had heard a rumour of its sale can anyone confirm or deny?

Theres a photo online of her out of the hangar looking freshly polished on thursday. Anyone know if she's getting prepped for a flight or what the situation is?

[planedrive]

As predicted, EZY begin their reductions from BOH - down to 5 days week for next winter. BOH really need to get their act together if they want to be seen as a proper airport able to sustain non bucket and spade routes.

[rog747]

Originally Posted by planedrive

As predicted, EZY begin their reductions from BOH - down to 5 days week for next winter. BOH really need to get their act together if they want to be seen as a proper airport able to sustain non bucket and spade routes.

BOH have been like this for 30-40 years - am amazed they make any money to exist anymore as an airport

[canberra97]

benm345

Where was the online photo taken that you saw VP-BAT looking 'freshly polished' out of the hangar?

[MARKEYD]

As predicted , begin their reductions ? , not sure about that .....

Easy Jet have put on sale in there 13th year of winter flights to Geneva starting in December again with 6 flights a week on offer including the usual 2 flights on a Saturday at the moment
Sunday became 2 flights from this Feb then daily from this weekend for a month

28, 384 passengers used the service in 2016 up 15%

Remains to be seen if they increase the service again , usually this happens later on in the season

P&O cruises have added 4 flights to Barbados this next winter 2017 / 18 with Hays travel more than likely to add there own charters later on . 2, 226 passengers travelled to BGI this last season compared to just 509 the year before

[MARKEYD]

Thomson Holidays have allocated Freebird to operate there Dalaman flights using an A 320 this summer from May through to Sept

Flights scheduled in on a Thursday arrive 1855 dept 1955

[Captcargo]

Originally Posted by rog747

BOH have been like this for 30-40 years - am amazed they make any money to exist anymore as an airport

Light aircraft and the industrial areas are where the money is made.

[MARKEYD]

Bournemouth handled 33 , 564 passengers in February up 18 % on last year

Ryanair lower end figures were

Las Palmas 2474 average 138 pax. ( service not operating next winter )
Malta. 2370. 148 pax
Faro. 2530. 158 pax

higher end of scale figures

Malaga 2849. 178 pax
Alicante 2824. 177 pax
Krakow. 2822. 176 pax ( new route , has proved very popular )

Thomson as usual had figures in the 95% for nearly all there services and EasyJet had 7909 passengers use the Geneva flight with an extra Sunday flight introduced

[shamrock7seal]

... and according to MAG figures just released BOH handled 41,930 pax in March 2017 up 13% on March 2016.

[MARKEYD]

Nothing new at the moment from Bournemouth regarding the summer Thomson schedule for 2018 , 1 based aircraft still

Exactly the same as this year although Dalaman is axed making no flights to Turkey next summer at this present time , remains to be seen how the loads pan out this summer with only 1 flight

[MARKEYD]

March passenger figures show Bournemouth handled just short of 42 , 000 passengers up nearly 13 % on last winter

Thomson again saw all there flights go out about 95 % load factor

Ryanair saw good loads again with Krakow becoming there top performer with loads in the region of 180 per flight

Easy jet saw 8658 passengers use the route with 2 flights each weekend now being operated for March

Barbados saw the 2 cruise flights operated by Thomson 767 on behalf of P & O and Hays own private charter go full up again

[bob1810]

current pax figures

The numbers supplied by Markeyd must prove that there is a market from Bmth
Why cant some Airline or Tour Operator grasp the nettle and see that a market
does exist. The figures published are very promising.Watch This Space.

[kcockayne]

Originally Posted by bob1810

The numbers supplied by Markeyd must prove that there is a market from Bmth
Why cant some Airline or Tour Operator grasp the nettle and see that a market
does exist. The figures published are very promising.Watch This Space.

I agree. There is a market from Bournemouth, but, so far, it's not huge. Nevertheless, it should be able to increase it somewhat with a bit of pro-active action by a determined operator. However, the figures for March show a very healthy load factor but they only equate to about 1400 pax per day which is (with 140 seat a/c) equivalent to 5 a/c a day ie 5arrivals & 5 departures operating into & out of the airport. Looking back to the "good old days" of the 60s & 70s, Bournemouth has never been busy. Southampton, despite it's short runway, being just up the road is always going to be a problem for Bournemouth & probably take the lion's share of the traffic.

[Flitefone]

April Stats

Pax up 12.6% in April: 63,469

http://www.magworld.co.uk/magweb.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/MAG+-+Traffic+Statistics+-+April+2017.pdf/$FILE/MAG+-+Traffic+Statistics+-+April+2017.pdf