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The KLM reduction is standard during the school holidays, they've been doing it since the route started. I believe they do it to other airports too, but don't quote me on that as I don't know for certain.
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Bournemouth handled 74 , 870 passengers in June , down 2 % due solely to the loss of 1 Las Palmas service operated by Ryanair . Other wise it was static basically as has been for several years now
All TUI flights operated out about 98 % full with Naples doing very well and as was the Dalaman service operated by Freebird A320
Ryanair had good loads although several flights were cancelled due to French ATC
All TUI flights operated out about 98 % full with Naples doing very well and as was the Dalaman service operated by Freebird A320
Ryanair had good loads although several flights were cancelled due to French ATC
I know they have already added Crete, Kefallinia and Antalya next year, which has resulted in Tenerife now being operated by Air Europa and Corfu is a W pattern from a Cardiff based aircraft.
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What really gets me is that every travel agent in Bournemouth is advertising departures from London Gatwick in their shop windows; it's very rare to see a flight advertised that departs from Bournemouth even in Bournemouth town centre!
I disagree. Hays Travel have a significant number of packages flying from Bournemouth in their windows. Yesterday I noticed Malta, Mallorca, Lanzarote, Tenerife and others I can't remember at the moment being advertised with Bournemouth departures.
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AMS reductions ex BOH.
The reduction of flights to AMS is due to runway repairs resurface. The flight reductions are at a few UK airports as in Europe as well. I don't know how long repairs are going to be in operation.
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Seeing lots of articles reviewing Bournemouth, one even referring to Bournemouth beach as the UK's Miami Beach. Given the potential of tourism to the region, is there any chance that routes from UK regions to Bournemouth would work? I don't mean daily services. I mean specifically package holiday and LCC-style flights that could be timed for seasonal (summer only) weekend travel. e.g Monday and Friday services to/from Newcastle/Leeds/Glasgow. Thoughts?
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Flybe
Wasn't Flybe based in Bournemouth at one point or was it Air Southwest?.
Perhaps if Flybe were operating routes similar to other regional airports it may help.
After all is it not true that Southampton is constrained by runway length?.
Perhaps if Flybe were operating routes similar to other regional airports it may help.
After all is it not true that Southampton is constrained by runway length?.
Quite a few UK destinations have been tried in the not-too-distant past from BOH - Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Belfast - and all have been withdrawn. Draw your own conclusions.
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Bournemouth and domestic flights don't go together , end of
Regarding Ryanair to PIK yes they were full up , but charging £ 19 one way of course its going to be full
Leave the domestic schedules to Southampton and Flybe which they are good at and leave BOH to concentrate on the holiday , sun and IT packages which its good at
Regarding Ryanair to PIK yes they were full up , but charging £ 19 one way of course its going to be full
Leave the domestic schedules to Southampton and Flybe which they are good at and leave BOH to concentrate on the holiday , sun and IT packages which its good at
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The question was would a Holiday, Package, IT flight (with 737 or A320 sized a/c) from Newcastle, Glasgow or Leeds Bradford work only in the summer months bringing domestic stay-cation tourists from the North down to the South Coast - specifically for a summer beach holiday in Bournemouth?
Newquay seems to support this theory (albeit with Flybe) but Bournemouth has over 7m tourists (12m if you include Poole and surrounding area) a year mostly from domestic UK.
Newquay seems to support this theory (albeit with Flybe) but Bournemouth has over 7m tourists (12m if you include Poole and surrounding area) a year mostly from domestic UK.
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The question was would a Holiday, Package, IT flight (with 737 or A320 sized a/c) from Newcastle, Glasgow or Leeds Bradford work only in the summer months bringing domestic stay-cation tourists from the North down to the South Coast - specifically for a summer beach holiday in Bournemouth?
Newquay seems to support this theory (albeit with Flybe) but Bournemouth has over 7m tourists (12m if you include Poole and surrounding area) a year mostly from domestic UK.
Newquay seems to support this theory (albeit with Flybe) but Bournemouth has over 7m tourists (12m if you include Poole and surrounding area) a year mostly from domestic UK.
I think it's a possibility, but the council and Rigby Group would need to ensure better transportation links between the airport and key destinations like Christchurch, Bournemouth & Poole centres or train stations - that's the real flaw at the moment. But if they sorted out local infrastructure I think seasonal charter flights from Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow would work - we could even see charters coming in from Aberdeen, Belfast, Doncaster, Teesside & Norwich. It would be an amazing opportunity for local tourism, I would say they would need to perhaps implement smaller aircraft to test the market, ie Embraer jets or A319 sized aircraft & when the need arises upgrade to larger aircraft when the demand is there?
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I think it's a possibility, but the council and Rigby Group would need to ensure better transportation links between the airport and key destinations like Christchurch, Bournemouth & Poole centres or train stations - that's the real flaw at the moment. But if they sorted out local infrastructure I think seasonal charter flights from Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow would work - we could even see charters coming in from Aberdeen, Belfast, Doncaster, Teesside & Norwich. It would be an amazing opportunity for local tourism, I would say they would need to perhaps implement smaller aircraft to test the market, ie Embraer jets or A319 sized aircraft & when the need arises upgrade to larger aircraft when the demand is there?
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The runway at SOU does have it's constraints regarding runway length but this isn't a problem for the domestic routes that you have already mentioned.
You suggest seasonal IT flights from the regions to BOH, who do you suppose operated these as their are currently no domestic holiday companies offering internal holidays and flights combined.
The Newquay flights as a comparison are generally seat only and I'm certain that if we have summers like we are experiencing that in the coming years Bournemouth will become more ever more popular especially with the younger generation due to it's active nightlife and attractions but it's definitely no Miami although the beach at Bournemouth is far nicer than Miami Beach which to be honest is nothing to write home about :-)
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I said from Embraer jets OR A319 sized aircraft, I didn't say should & I'm not talking about scheduled domestic flights from Bournemouth, rather inbound seasonal (Summer) charters to BOH. It's not delusional at all, especially with Brexit on the horizon, there may be more Brits taking holidays to domestic destinations, so not delusional at all considering the current climate.
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