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"STN saturated"...well that is now after 2035 as STN gained approval last week with a cap removal to go to 43m pax per year & one of the airport partner supporters was Jet2 looking toward facility growth to support their own planning & future with confidence at STN...so someways to go yet perhaps.
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Rumour on the SOU thread that their KLM service is going after 26th March. This must be quite a blow to SOU particularly when they have just released their master plan.
Its no secret that Rigby wanted an Amsterdam service from BOH in competition with SOU so this will be a major blow to those plans. If SOU can’t sustain the route it will be more difficult to attract any service from BOH to AMS surely.
Its no secret that Rigby wanted an Amsterdam service from BOH in competition with SOU so this will be a major blow to those plans. If SOU can’t sustain the route it will be more difficult to attract any service from BOH to AMS surely.
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With due respect Eurodirect demise was over 23 years ago , so much has changed since then , fast forward the Internet and the way people book flights ,
5 pax was quite possible then but Bournemouth was hardly even talked about or even heard about
Flybe were the last to try Amsterdam and loads were reasonably ok but we all no they were never serious about BOH
I very much doubt KLM would appear at Bournemouth given what’s just happened
Rigby group seems to be doing a pretty impressive turn around of the airport and are concentrating quite rightly on key areas of growth , let’s wait and see
5 pax was quite possible then but Bournemouth was hardly even talked about or even heard about
Flybe were the last to try Amsterdam and loads were reasonably ok but we all no they were never serious about BOH
I very much doubt KLM would appear at Bournemouth given what’s just happened
Rigby group seems to be doing a pretty impressive turn around of the airport and are concentrating quite rightly on key areas of growth , let’s wait and see
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Eurodirect! Theres a blast from the past... Their fares were something extortionate though even at todays prices. Something like GBP140 one-way, and that was the cheapest possible. No wonder only a handful of customers on each flight.
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Well I recall travelling to Amsterdam from BOH and back in a pretty full ThomsonFly B737-300 in 2005. If the memory serves me right they were operating about 3 rotations per week(?).
KLM, through their subsidiary Buzz, were due to fly Amsterdam (amongst several other routes) from Bournemouth in 2003.... before being taken over Ryanair who promptly dropped the plans.
KLM, through their subsidiary Buzz, were due to fly Amsterdam (amongst several other routes) from Bournemouth in 2003.... before being taken over Ryanair who promptly dropped the plans.
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Could it be posiible that SOU's operating hours, with it's restrictions is not working out ideal for KLM?? AMS would require an early morning departure and late evening return would it not??
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If that is the reason for the poor schedule then if I was BOH airport I would be bending over backwards to entice them to switch. Surely the catchment area of BOH and SOU needs KLM.
They withdrew from LPL after two years also due to lack of onward connections and competition from easyJet after a little google research.
They withdrew from LPL after two years also due to lack of onward connections and competition from easyJet after a little google research.
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Surely Rigby can do a deal with KLM at Norwich (they have a large engineering facility there) to get KLM to consider fly from Exeter and Bournemouth?
If they can make Inverness work they can damn sure make BOH work it has a million overseas tourists every year.
If they can make Inverness work they can damn sure make BOH work it has a million overseas tourists every year.
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October 2018 Passenger Performance:
67,637 down 2% versus previous year
Rolling 12-months 671,000 versus 696,000 (Just 0.2% of total UK air passengers)
Biggest gainers:
Paphos up 32%
Alicante up 15%
Ibiza up 21%
Mahon up 5%
Tenerife up 6%
Biggest losers:
Malta down 14%
Faro down 10% (SOU down 20%)
Naples down 2%
Malaga down 7% (SOU down 10%)
Murcia down 3%
Palma down 3% (SOU down 24%)
Lanzarote down 15%
Las Palmas down 6%
67,637 down 2% versus previous year
Rolling 12-months 671,000 versus 696,000 (Just 0.2% of total UK air passengers)
Biggest gainers:
Paphos up 32%
Alicante up 15%
Ibiza up 21%
Mahon up 5%
Tenerife up 6%
Biggest losers:
Malta down 14%
Faro down 10% (SOU down 20%)
Naples down 2%
Malaga down 7% (SOU down 10%)
Murcia down 3%
Palma down 3% (SOU down 24%)
Lanzarote down 15%
Las Palmas down 6%
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November / December passenger figures should see an increase finally with the addition of
Ryanair
Paphos x 2 flights a week new
Alicante x 1 extra a week
Extra 3 Lapland flights
TUI have changed the carrirer to Tenerife next summer from Air Europa to Norwegian using B 738 aircraft
Ryanair
Paphos x 2 flights a week new
Alicante x 1 extra a week
Extra 3 Lapland flights
TUI have changed the carrirer to Tenerife next summer from Air Europa to Norwegian using B 738 aircraft
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TUI have always had a certain amount of there work subbed out to 3 rd party carriers at all UK airports
Look at LGW for example, 2 Norwegian aircraft are permanently doing a lot of there work this summer and indeed next year as well , they just don’t have enough aircraft in the summer months , hence Sunwings of Canada being used at some of there bases in the summer months
Looking at the BOH base , the based aircraft is fully committed next summer as usual , with a CWL aircraft also operating on a W pattern on one day
TUI only have 3 flights subbed out next year to Turkey and Tenerife and this was down to an expansion of the operation out of BOH
Hardly a sign of pulling out , in fact I would say the opposite
Look at LGW for example, 2 Norwegian aircraft are permanently doing a lot of there work this summer and indeed next year as well , they just don’t have enough aircraft in the summer months , hence Sunwings of Canada being used at some of there bases in the summer months
Looking at the BOH base , the based aircraft is fully committed next summer as usual , with a CWL aircraft also operating on a W pattern on one day
TUI only have 3 flights subbed out next year to Turkey and Tenerife and this was down to an expansion of the operation out of BOH
Hardly a sign of pulling out , in fact I would say the opposite
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It's actually a good thing as it means they are using those aircraft to expand and eventually if the business case is there they'll look to expand the base and add an aircraft. That's what they did at CWL used 3rd party carriers to expand and then added a 3rd based aircraft from next summer. Also for spotters it provides a bit of variety.
BOU seems to be getting very poplar diverts from LGW
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