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Could this be the continual rumours of a potential Belfast addition.
It’s being reported that the airport will invest £5m in new security search facilities for the Summer 2024. This is much needed if they are to compete effectively with Southampton and Bristol.
It’s being reported that the airport will invest £5m in new security search facilities for the Summer 2024. This is much needed if they are to compete effectively with Southampton and Bristol.
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Up against EI x 3 daily and EZY going x 5 weekly at SOU? doubtful but who knows with RYR
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Ryanair have added extra flights to the following routes
Alicante x 1 now 7 a week
Malaga x 1 now 7 a week
Lanzarote x 1 now 2 a week
Gerona x 1 now 8 a week ( already covered)
As already mentioned £ 5 million is being set aside for a security upgrade which is to become mandatory for ALL UK airports
The rest of the £ is going towards improvements in the arrivals hall , an extra baggage belt and more border force desks are being installed
Alicante x 1 now 7 a week
Malaga x 1 now 7 a week
Lanzarote x 1 now 2 a week
Gerona x 1 now 8 a week ( already covered)
As already mentioned £ 5 million is being set aside for a security upgrade which is to become mandatory for ALL UK airports
The rest of the £ is going towards improvements in the arrivals hall , an extra baggage belt and more border force desks are being installed
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2 gaps left to fill now on a Wednesday & Saturday to complete the schedule
Easyjet struggled with Birmingham - Nantes. Why should Bornemouth - Nantes do better ? Not saying FR can't make it work... but it's a question that I'm struggling to answer to myself in a positive and satisfactory way
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Ryanair have tried this route before. In 2007 they did a short season from mid-June - October and carried just short of 10,000 pax.
The following year the route operated May - October and carried what appears to be a reasonable 18,400 pax.
The 2009 recession saw this and several other routes dropped. Good to see it back, hopefully it will be a success!
The following year the route operated May - October and carried what appears to be a reasonable 18,400 pax.
The 2009 recession saw this and several other routes dropped. Good to see it back, hopefully it will be a success!
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Nantes like Bergerac and Carcassone are summer only destinations
It’s a popular medieval place and a good city break for culture , history and food , also onwards I would guess for many folks with second homes in France
I would imagine like EGC & CCS it will prove popular for the short season it’s running and fits in perfectly with the 2 Bournemouth based aircraft which are running at 3 sectors a day and 2 when it’s a longer range flight
Ryanair have invested heavily into BOH this summer with an extra 10 flights added from last year, might not sound much but that’s pretty good going for an airport of Bournemouths size
Just as point of interest on a Saturday morning there are now 7 departures before 0830 with 4 FR and 2 TUI B738 all on the ramp at one point , let’s hope the infrastructure is in place for this !!
It’s a popular medieval place and a good city break for culture , history and food , also onwards I would guess for many folks with second homes in France
I would imagine like EGC & CCS it will prove popular for the short season it’s running and fits in perfectly with the 2 Bournemouth based aircraft which are running at 3 sectors a day and 2 when it’s a longer range flight
Ryanair have invested heavily into BOH this summer with an extra 10 flights added from last year, might not sound much but that’s pretty good going for an airport of Bournemouths size
Just as point of interest on a Saturday morning there are now 7 departures before 0830 with 4 FR and 2 TUI B738 all on the ramp at one point , let’s hope the infrastructure is in place for this !!
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I agree that Nantes and the surrounding area is nice... I've been a few times. However why can it work from Bournemouth but not Birmingham ? The arguments in favour of Nantes point perhaps to linking it to a big UK city rather than a more rural area.
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I'd hardly call Bournemouth rural - it has an affluent metro of 500-600,000 of its own, besides there is a good catchment to draw from for this route as the next nearest airports flying to Nantes are Bristol and Gatwick.
I think it's more a case of demographics.
I think it would be weirder if an airline picked Bournemouth over Birmingham to fly a route such as Doha...
I think it's more a case of demographics.
I think it would be weirder if an airline picked Bournemouth over Birmingham to fly a route such as Doha...
Bournemouth is not as rural as Carlisle or Inverness... but Birmingham airport has a much larger catchment population. Dorset is rather more rural while the West Midlands is rather more urban.
I'm not saying BOH-NTE cannot work. I am however saying that BHX-NTE failed to work. If a new route is to be opened from the UK to Nantes, there must be something that differentiates it from Birmingham.
The question remains... why can Nantes work from Bournemouth but not Birmingham ?
I'm not saying BOH-NTE cannot work. I am however saying that BHX-NTE failed to work. If a new route is to be opened from the UK to Nantes, there must be something that differentiates it from Birmingham.
The question remains... why can Nantes work from Bournemouth but not Birmingham ?
Bournemouth is not as rural as Carlisle or Inverness... but Birmingham airport has a much larger catchment population. Dorset is rather more rural while the West Midlands is rather more urban.
I'm not saying BOH-NTE cannot work. I am however saying that BHX-NTE failed to work. If a new route is to be opened from the UK to Nantes, there must be something that differentiates it from Birmingham.
The question remains... why can Nantes work from Bournemouth but not Birmingham ?
I'm not saying BOH-NTE cannot work. I am however saying that BHX-NTE failed to work. If a new route is to be opened from the UK to Nantes, there must be something that differentiates it from Birmingham.
The question remains... why can Nantes work from Bournemouth but not Birmingham ?
or may be it is just RYR parking its tanks on SOU's lawn.
Bournemouth is not as rural as Carlisle or Inverness... but Birmingham airport has a much larger catchment population. Dorset is rather more rural while the West Midlands is rather more urban.
I'm not saying BOH-NTE cannot work. I am however saying that BHX-NTE failed to work. If a new route is to be opened from the UK to Nantes, there must be something that differentiates it from Birmingham.
The question remains... why can Nantes work from Bournemouth but not Birmingham ?
I'm not saying BOH-NTE cannot work. I am however saying that BHX-NTE failed to work. If a new route is to be opened from the UK to Nantes, there must be something that differentiates it from Birmingham.
The question remains... why can Nantes work from Bournemouth but not Birmingham ?
It’s not all about size of catchment area. Bit of a strange comparison to draw.
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I agree, I'm inclined to think there are a lot of second homeowners in Dorset, Wilts, Hampshire that are the types that may typically head over to Brittany/W. France from Poole and Portsmouth via ferry for a fortnight and this Ryanair route provides a convenient means to hop across in-between times.
This also isn't a point-to-point business route between tertiary/regional capitals it's fundamentally a twice-a-week seasonal leisure flight.
This also isn't a point-to-point business route between tertiary/regional capitals it's fundamentally a twice-a-week seasonal leisure flight.
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong but was BHX-NTE not most recently served by EasyJet? Ryanair have never served that route to my knowledge so it's comparing apples and pears. It's likely more a case either airline has bigger fish to fry with more lucrative routes, rather than BHX-NTE "not working" as a viable route.
BHX-NTE was indeed Easyjet rather than Ryanair. However, Easyjet and Ryanair are each LCCs with a similiar business model and a sizeable presence in both the UK and France.... they are comparable airlines.
Fares on BHX-NTE were significantly lower, sometimes drastically lower, than (for example) LGW-NTE on a consistent basis for S22 and S23. I live in London but have flown NTE-BHX just because it was drastically cheaper to return to the UK. Any route which has low yields will quickly move into the "small fish to fry" category :-)
I don't intend to slag BOH or anybody off... I'm just after a good-natured old-fashioned debate as to whether the collective wisdom of this website think BOH-NTE can work
Fares on BHX-NTE were significantly lower, sometimes drastically lower, than (for example) LGW-NTE on a consistent basis for S22 and S23. I live in London but have flown NTE-BHX just because it was drastically cheaper to return to the UK. Any route which has low yields will quickly move into the "small fish to fry" category :-)
I don't intend to slag BOH or anybody off... I'm just after a good-natured old-fashioned debate as to whether the collective wisdom of this website think BOH-NTE can work