Don't know about FR but have a look at ThomsonFly's website. They are expanding out of BOH.

FR want to expand from BOH but are limted by the airport... i reckon the next new services will be to Murcia and Rome.

Inidcations are that this will happen in the near future (autumn 2006) as BOH has had several set-backs with Jet2, Flyglobespan and Rockhopper (now Blue Island) and the airport want to boost pax no's.

If Ryanair had the chance, they would base 2 or 3 aircraft at Bournemouth without hesitation.

it barely fills a two aircraft base, but i doubt at this stage that they will announce further destinations: around 34 departures a week.

Thomsonfly are more charter than low-cost now and pose no threat to Ryanair or easyJet. Maybe this is a model that has more sustainability than other low-costs (Air Berlin is similar).

shamrock7seal,
Why would BOH want to limit the number of FR routes? Surely BOH would make money from the extra 200,000 passengers that 2 x daily routes would bring in annually. Rome and Murcia would be great though. Hope this comes off. :ok:

Airport operators make very little from Ryanair, hundreds of thousand extra passengers may not necessarily mean a pro rata increase in profits. Airports that have Ryanair, have to think imaginatively about making those passengers spend money whilst at the airport. Ryanair are a nice addition, but not at any cost. They are also quite capable of walking away from airports they operate from.

Having flown with ThomsonFly 3 times in the past month I'd say they'd be more inclined to remove an aircraft rather than add another. Ok, so it was midweek, it's winter, but the loads were very poor.

On the other hand, i've also used easyjet to Geneva and i was pleasantly surprised by the numbers.

Outbound on a Wednesday = 90-100 pax
Inbound on a Sunday = 134 pax

Here's hoping for more !!

European is taking delivery of two MD82's later this month, out of a total of 5 - these aircraft are to replace the Boeing 737-200's.
Jimmi

RYANAIR LAUNCHES BOH-PSA
 

Ryanair have launched Bournemouth - Pisa flights for summer 2006.

Flights arrive into Pisa at 23:25, so me thinks the yields might be quite low - however at least fares will be much lower than those offered by Thomsonfly - and FR have a better frequency.

Well if TOM continue with their flights it will be possible to go see the tower for the day, as TOM's flight is early and gets in around 10 am allowing you about 9 hours in Pisa.

Always thought it an odd business decision, when FR bought Buzz, not to continue in BOH. All the advertising had been done for them, the tickets had been sold, they had the a/c and the handling agents were all geared up. The whole operation was ready to roll and they binned it. Now they are trying to catch up with the opposition. Odd! It would make a good base IMHO.

It seems like Thomsonfly have taken Pisa off the Bournemouth database - no surprise there after Ryanair have announced thier plans for the service. At least Ryanair will offer it year-round.

Thomsonfly are still selling the Pisa route at the moment. Just checked at 7pm and you can book tuesday or saturdays throughout the summer.

BOH-PSA doesn't seem to be in the Thomsonfly booking system now :confused:

Any chance of more Ryanair flights from BOH? It seems they have definitely done a deal with the whole Manchester Airport Group, we have seen the following launched recently:

New base at NEMA - 10 new routes
HUY-DUB
MAN-SNN
BOH-PSA

if i had to put money on it, i reckon Ryanair will want to launch:

BOH-Rome CIA (daily)
BOH-Milan BGY (5 weekly)
BOH-Stockholm ARL (5 weekly)
BOH-Shannon SNN (3 wkly)
BOH-Murcia MJV (daily)
BOH-Bergerac EGC (3 wkly)

However, Michael Cawley seemed to mention that 4 routes was all BOH was getting for this year anyway...

RYANAIR ANNOUNCES NEW ROUTE FROM BOURNEMOUTH TO PISA
FARES FROM £3.99*


Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 8th February 2006) announced a new route from Bournemouth to Pisa, the Gateway to Tuscany. The new service starts 8th June and will operate 3 times weekly on Tuesday, Thursdays & Saturdays. This new route comes in addition to 3 existing Ryanair routes to Dublin, Glasgow and Barcelona and will result in 40,000 additional passengers at Bournemouth p.a.

Announcing this new route in Bournemouth today, Ryanair’s Deputy CEO and COO Michael Cawley said:

“Over the next year Ryanair will operate 4 routes at Bournemouth, delivering 325,000 passengers and sustaining 325 jobs in the local economy. Passengers from Bournemouth will now be able to enjoy the lowest fares in Europe to explore Pisa, Florence and the Tuscan countryside.

“To celebrate this new route Ryanair is launching 10,000 seats for £9.99 on all routes from Bournemouth. These seats are available from tomorrow, Thursday 9th February on at

Route Time Weekday
Bournemouth - Pisa 2010 - 2325 - 2 - 4 - 6 -
Pisa - Bournemouth 1830 – 1945 - 2 - 4 - 6 -


*One way ex taxes

Ive just been on there and im able to book Pisa flights still!

phil

Did you change the dates first or just look at the dropdown list for BOH? Thomsonfly appear to be the only lo-co that do not show all their destinations in the drop-down lists from the outset. You need to select the date and then the destination appears...I had the same problem when trying to book CVT-PSA, at first it looks as if they don't fly there. Personally I think they must be losing some bookings because of this.

52N

yeh i changed the dates to the 8th of July and it was still available at £39.99

Sorry, but which aircraft are used for the BOH-PSA route when the 2 aircraft based in Pisa are busy for the London & Dublin routes?

Change London evening flight

-2-4-6- STN-PSA-STN + PSA-BOH-PSA
1-3-5-7 PSA-STN-PSA

This is taken from the Daily Echo. FR plan to open a new route every year and eventually want a base at BOH.:ok:

BUDGET airline Ryanair expects to add at least one new destination every year to its Bournemouth services after revealing that it is to fly to Pisa from the town.

Flights to the Tuscan city will begin on June 8, with fares starting at £3.49 one-way plus taxes and charges, rising to around £20.

Michael Cawley, chief operating officer and deputy chief executive of Ryanair, told the Daily Echo it was "onwards and upwards" for the company - and that Ryanair could establish a permanent base at Hurn.

"We're very pleased about this new route from Bournemouth, which consolidates our excellent and growing relationship with the airport," he said.

"Not only is it going to provide people in the Bournemouth area with the facility to get the cheapest fares to Tuscany but also bring thousands of Italians in. In our experience, Italians love coming to Britain."

He added: "We've chosen Bournemouth because it's been very successful with us on our existing routes."

Ryanair currently flies from Bournemouth to Dublin, Glasgow Prestwick and Barcelona Girona, and expects the Pisa route to bring another 40,000 passengers to the airport in its first year.

The company says it is on course to see 325,000 passengers pass through Bournemouth this year.

Mr Cawley added: "This is a reflection of our ambitions for Bournemouth. I would be surprised if we don't have a new route every year over the next four or five years and hopefully consider it as a base."

Dublin-based Ryanair this week announced a rise in profits to 36.8 million euros - around £25 million - compared with 34.8 million euros the previous year. But it said rising fuel costs were a "drag on profitability".

Mr Cawley said: "Fuel has gone up by something like 40 per cent in the last 12 months and about 100 per cent in the last two years."

Ryanair expects to carry 42 million passengers in the next financial year, compared with just under 35 million this year.

Pisa Airport

Pisa Airport is often used to reach Genoa, Leghorn and Florence.

Pisa itself is best known for its leaning tower, built between 1173 and 1350, which owes its tilt to the fact that the soil under it started collapsing shortly after building began.

The tower is found at the Campo dei Miracoli, or "field of miracles", which is also home to the city's cathedral and baptistery, as well as dozens of souvenir stalls.

Other attractions include the Piazza dei Cavallieri, a charming square which was once the centre of medieval Pisa and may have been the site of the city's Roman forum; and the Chiesa della Spina, a church described as Pisa's best example of Gothic fancy.

First published: February 9, 2006

I see that the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer landed at Bournemouth today

Any Bournemouth ATCOs online? I am looking for a visit or work experience :confused: :)

Also, anyone got any pics of Bournemouth Tower?

Cheers

Feel free to PM

...check out airliners.net or jetphotos.net for pics of Bournemouth and the tower.

great news about Ryanair at Bournemouth, just hope this doesn't scare off airlines considering commencing operations in the future on routes where a possible Ryanair service would be able to undercut. Perhaps this is Michael Cawleys way of pressuring the airport to accept his terms and to prevent BOH being blocked by other carriers?

European Aircharter
 

G-CEAJ of Ozjet is back in Bournemouth after the Airline announced they would be pulling out of the Scheduled market in Australia.
Two ex-Westjet Boeing 737-200's have arrived for spares for European. These are N749AP & N752AP.
A ex- Qantas BaE146 N9070L has arrived for European also.
G-CEAC has come back from Maintence and is now operating for Palmair again.
Hope this Helps,
Jimmi

Thomsonfly have started to release their winter schedule and new for next winter is a twice weekly service to Gran Canaria. Operating on wednesdays and saturdays.

new EZY base from Summer 2007
 

new easyJet base to be phased in at Bournemouth initially with 2 A319 aircraft. Flights will operate (from April 07) to Edinburgh, Paris CDG, Nice, Geneva (and from June 07) Venice, Milan, Murcia, Valencia, Palma, (and pencilled in as potentials for autumn 07 or spring 08) Almeria, Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, Inverness, Newcastle

Routes to EDI and CDG are targeted to reach 12 flights weekly each by summer 2008.

Long-term, the airline hopes Bournemouth can accommodate up to 6 A319 aircraft and want to see the addition of Thomsonfly routes (AGP, FAO, AMS, SZG, PSA etc). EZY believe Tfly will not be sustainable, and see the Ryanair presence at BOH as complimentary to the market awareness of the airport.

This is from a reliable and an internal source

New EZY services at BOH sound great news.

i just hope the news is not damaging to easyjet's plans now it is in the public domain - another airline might step in before! Ryanair have plans for Stockholm (2007), Rome (2008), Shannon (2009), Milan (2010) and a full base by 2011. This should fit with the EZY plans quite well. Apart from Milan! So by 2015 the airport could be seeing 3m pax!

Great news!
Though how long can it be before we get a Manchester flight?
Aren't AB looking to expand as well, now that they've more of a presence in the UK i.e. Belfast.
Is the rumour of Flybe coming to Bournemouth a load of cr*p, or is there some truth?
Looking forward to 2007!
G

AirBerlin could be Launching a Bournemouth>Manchester route at some time, though I don't know how likely this is.

It's rumoured Flybe will move a few flights down to Bournemouth from Southampton when they start recieving there New Embraer Jets, though once again I don't know how likely this will be.

BOHEuropean

I heard that Air Southwest are considering Manchester, Jersey, Paris CDG, Leeds and Newcastle from Bournemouth. But as for a date for launch, it remains to be seen. Largely depends on aircraft availability and stricking an appropriate deal at BOH.

As for Flybe I heard that they are considering some operations from BOH but not in place of SOU - just supplimenting some busy markets like BHD, EDI, JER and GCI.

Air Berlin will not add UK routes from BOH but may add Palma, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. Paderborn is doing better at Bournemouth than it was at Southampton so they are confident more routes by AB will follow.

I could see BOH handling easily 3m by 2010 (maybe 4.5m by 2015)

Hopefully they do laucnh these services!! :)

Surly they will do well!!

I would love to think that Easyjet had such confidence in BOH but BOH-NCL in a 156 seat A319?????

Ryanair can struggle to fill their 737's to DUB and PIK in the lean winter months and they really drop the price.

The Air Southwest plans sound good if they come off. Right size aircraft for those routes.

is there any building work going on at BOH to extend new aprons or anything? i saw a picture which showed some kind of construction work going on. Can someone clarify. thanks.

exciting news about EZY if it comes to pass (and FR, WOW)

Who thought Bournemouth was past it.:ok:

With so much happening one would hope the authorities keep up with all the changers.:ok:

In some places they have been to slow to react and will lose out if not.:ok:

What is all the road works that are happening around the entrance road. Dont suppose this has anything to do with the infamous new terminal:}

The works near the terminal are nothing to do with the Airport what so ever.

thought it was too good to be true:{

What has happened to Bournemouth’s pleasant terminal? I called in last week to find that the landside area around check-in has been reduced in size by half. The friendly outside viewing area at the back of the terminal has gone, as has the pleasant restaurant. Both the mezzanine floors above check-in, which used to provide additional seating have had their staircases removed and the floors have been abandoned so there is now virtually no seating. A grotty snack bar has been provided but looks like it can only seat 20 people.

The arrivals waiting area is even worse. Two portocabins have been glued together and plastic seating provided that must have come out of a works canteen. At the moment I can’t think of a worse UK terminal yet only a few years ago it was one of my favourites.

How does Bournemouth get away with its boundary fences? Most of the airport seems to have only a 4 ft wire mesh fence. One public road has a fence that consists of 2 strands of wire with 2 strands of barbed wire that I doubt is more than a 3ft off the ground, even a one legged midget would have no trouble getting over it