New routes for Bristols new extension
 

Has anybody on the inside working for currently serving airlines or maybe new airlines heard any roumours about new services from Brs next summer (or sooner)?

Britannia to Pula, Croatia

I heard that Gozo in Malta and LA Gomera in the canaries as well but I wasnt sure if these were available as flights or just destinations ie; transfers by coach or boat!?

Well to Gozo, I understand you have to get a Mil-8 Helicopter from Luqa Airport to the Island, La Gomera I think you need to get a ferry from Los Cristianos on Tenerife, as the runway there is too short for large a.c

There is always the rumour that Flybe may consider LPL-BRS sometime next year but that is a rumour

MLA-GZM no longer served by Mil-8 helicopters as of 31/10/04. - IIRC they did not meet latest saftey regs.

terrier

It was announced in the local press recently that the work for the fifth BACx ERJ145 to be based from next March will be revealed by the end of the year.

The airport MD has been giving some obvious 'clues' in recent public statements that new routes are on the cards, without saying or even hinting what they may be.

Domestically, Norwich and Liverpool must be strong possibilities and in another thread (and indeed earlier in this one) it is being suggested that Flybe might be the carrier, at least for Liverpool. Who knows, they might do EXT-BRS-LPL in the same way that Southwest does PLH-BRS-MAN.

Internationally, from a personal point of view I would like to think that someone would take on the CPH route, soon to be dropped by easyJet. Milan has long been talked of as a possible BACx route and perhaps this is something the new based aircraft might take on.

There have also been rumours about increased frequencies on one or two of the existing routes out of BRS.

Bristol to Liverpool and Norwich? Is this the first recorded case of either BA or easy playing catch up with Air Wales??

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Freedom Flights Launch Flight Programme from Bristol International

Freedom Flights has unveiled its Summer 2005 flight only range from Bristol International.

Responding to demand for flight only products across the Mediterranean, Freedom Flights will introduce flights to 17 destinations and provide in excess of 80,000 seats for people in the South West and Wales.

Destinations include Dalaman in Turkey, Paphos and Larnaca in Cyprus and the Canary Islands with most services operated by in-house carrier; Excel Airways.

The majority of services commence in May 2005, and there will be additional flights to Tenerife and Lanzarote over the Easter period in March/April 2005.

For more details please visit freedomflights.co.uk or contact your local travel agent.

These are seats on existing flights, no new movements.

Regards


Mike

Aeulad

Suggest you look at the Freedomflights website. You will be able to see all the new flights for BRS next summer.

The fllight numbers will show 2 based units , you will quickly be able to see 2 units - 1 from Excel and one other - so in fact lots of new movements

All the best from booming Bristol.!!

are excel having one or two a/c in brs summer 2005???we've heard they are having all islandsflug routes back hope there not getting their awful a/c in the prossess!!!:ugh:

The Freedom web timetable shows the flights being operated by Excel and Air Malta and, as a bristolian says, there appears to be enough of them to provide work for two aircraft for most, if not all, of each week next summer.

They all commence from BRS, albeit two or three do a 'W' rotation to EXT in between BRS outbound and inbound, a further clue that the a/c will be based at Lulsgate.

My only doubt about all this is the prices being charged for seats. On the routes that easyJet also fly, such as PMI, ALC and AGP, my test bookings for identical dates next summer showed easyJet to be much cheaper for the dates I tried.

The full list of routes is: ALC, ACE, CFU. DLM, HER, KGS, LCA, MAH, AGP, MLA, PMI, PFO, RHO, SKG, JSI, TFS and ZTH.

None of the destinations to be served are new to BRS and I am not sure whether tour operators will also purchase blocks of seats as well as individuals booking seat-only.

Looks like two aircraft - one Excel 737-800 and one Air Malta A320 based on current plans.

Excel 737-800
Mon BRS-DLM-BRS, BRS-MAH-BRS
Tue BRS-MLA-BRS
Wed BRS-RHO- ? -RHO-BRS (poss Exeter)
Thu BRS-ACE-BRS
Fri BRS-JSI-VOL-BRS, BRS-CFU-BRS
Sat BRS-VRN-DUB-VRN-BRS, BRS-ALC-BRS
Sun BRS-ZTH-BRS, BRS-EFL-BRS

Air Malta A320
Mon BRS-CFU- ? -CFU-BRS (poss EMA)
Tue BRS-HER- ? - HER-BRS (poss Exeter)
Wed BRS-SZG-BRS, BRS-LCA-BRS
Thu BRS-SKG- ? - SKG-BRS (poss EMA)
Fri BRS-TFS-BRS, BRS-HER-BRS
Sat BRS-PMI-BRS, BRS-AGP-BRS, BRS-KGS-BRS
Sun BRS-PFO-BRS

Hope this helps.

looking good for excel in brs next year then just hope it's excel running the show with the 737(800) and their own pilots not the air atlanta side of the business or servisair will be coping with delay after delay next year!!:O

Hello People,
I heard that BAL are due to operate a B763 to LEPA on a weekly basis, along with TCX operating a 757 there weekly.
Wilderoe are on about basing some Dash 8 Deltas at Bristol also, so I hear, how far tis true I dont know!
Dan.

Wilderoe?! :confused:

Charter Dest at the moment for Brs Summer 05

fao - thur,sat,sun
salzburg - wed,sat
bourgas - mon,sat
varna - thur
Bastia - sat
Alicante - sat
reus - mon,tue
malaga - fri,sat,sun
Pula - tue
split - sat
larnaca - wed,sun
paphos - wed,sun
fuerteventura - wed,sat
Las Palmas - sat
corfu - mon,fri
crete (chania) - tue
crete (her) - tue,fri,sun
halkidiki - mon,thur
kavala - wed
kefalonia - sun
kos - wed,thu,sat
volos - fri
rhodes - wed,sat
santorini - tue
skiathos - fri
zante - tue,thur,sun
ibiza - mon,fri,sun
brescia - tue
naples - fri
pisa - sat
verona - sat
arrecife - tue,sat
funchal - mon
palma - mon,tue,thu,fri,sat
malta - tue,thu
mahon - mon,fri,sat
bergen - sat
olbia - sat
monastir - wed,sat,sun
antalya - sun
bodrum - mon,thu
dalaman - mon,thu,fri

Who is operating the Bergen charter?

What about Tenerife???

Regards

Mike