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