CO flight goes to x5 a week from Nov 2006. Then goes back to daily Mar 07. Same as last year.

All 757 will be converted to winglets by year end 06.

I think it was a phenomenal achievement to get the CO away only around thirty minutes late yesterday, bearing in mind the destination and the airline.

Everyone concerned deserved credit in my view.

Incidentally, the arrival at EWR caused a scare, with part of the airport being evacuated because of a suspicious package brought over from Bristol that was detonated by the authorities and found to be harmless.

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index....680.xml&coll=1

In the interests of fairness, only one person has been banging on about this, and he has seemingly been banished for talking nonsense.... us Cardiff supporters know that there is room for both CWL and BRS to succeed, and we wish our near neighbours every success. (We just hope CWL does better!! :} )

Someone's definition of "official" clearly doesn't co-incide with the generally accepted one. I just checked the timetable on continental's website and it is daily next summer.

There is a piece in today's Bristol Evening Post saying that, Bristol International Airport could face turmoil over the bank holiday weekend as baggage handlers plan to strike over a pay dispute.

The report states that members of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) employed by Servisair voted to reject a three per cent pay rise.

They have now voted to strike throughout Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the August Bank Holiday weekend.

A Servisair spokesman said the company had made its final offer to its staff.

The airport and Servisair said that contingency plans are ready and that they are pretty confident that disruptions will be minimal.

Will this TGWU initiative affect all airports where Servisair employees are based, or is it confined to BRS?

Apologies if this is being discussed elsewhere in PPRuNe but I did a search under 'Servisair Strike' and found no matches. If it is, perhaps someone would kindly point me in the right direction and I will then delete this post.

BBC news were reporting a similar strike threat (or is the same one?) at Stansted on their news bulletins this morning:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/5266354.stm

continental
 

Read in the Evening Post that Bristol Airport is reaping the benefit of the security turmoil with the London Airports. Passenger loads have increased and the much debated EWR route has enjoyed a boost.

As they say,it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

Well, it's obviously blowing us a bit of good.

RA! RA! RA! For the ill wind!

mrloop - there wan't a Servisair strike at Stansted, this was Swissport. As I understand it the strike at BRS has been called off.

Bristol Evening Post's "Flights of Fear"
 

The Bristol Evening Post managed a front page story on the "15 Flights of Fear" that have passed over the city since 2003..................
"The Evening Post obtained the information from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) under the Freedom of Information Act"
(They're that short of NEWS!)
Link here...........
http://www.thisisbristol.com/display...entPK=15240658
:yuk:

Budapest
 

As it appears that Easyjet is dropping the route to Budapest from 29th October, is there any chance of Wizz starting a service as they do seem to be expanding at the moment with flights to Belfast, Liverpool et al. Can any of you in the know ;) enlighten us? I have used the Budapest flight several times and it was always nearly full and with reports in the Evening Post that the Polish community are pushing for a route to Northern Poland maybe there is an opening for Wizz?

kelly

easyJet is also dropping its NCL-BUD for the winter - we shall have to wait and see whether BRS and NCL to BUD return next summer.

A couple of years ago easy's BRS-CPH was dropped as was the airline's NCL-CPH. Neither returned despite apparently decent loads, although in the CPH case there was the question of the Danish government's £7 per pax tax.

One assumes that easy believes there are better opportunties elsewhere from BRS because the nine Airbuses seem fully occupied this winter.

I read the bit about the Bristol Polish community wanting more flights. There are apparently 15,000 Poles living in Bristol with 50,000 in the wider region, many of whom are men trying to make a start in this country.

It is thought that once they have 'bedded in' many will then bring over their families and there will be a big demand in the future for flights from/to Greater Bristol from/to Poland as families come over and extended families and friends visit.

There is a significant number of Poles driving buses (the land-based variety) in Bristol and Bath.

Budapest
 

MerchantVenturer

Yes I used to use the Copenhagen route as well and it was the same with Bilbao which was great for getting to San Sabastian. Why I mentioned Budapest is that it was an excellent alternative to Prague in the run up to Christmas. That is why I would like to see an airline like Wizz or SkyEurope step in.
I would also like to see a bit of competition for Easy, perhaps if the TFS route goes well for BA Connect (GB Airways) they may consider a route to Malaga as I would use them in preference to Easy anyday. :ok:

Kellycsi

The provisional CAA stats for July show 2030 pax used the BRS-Krakow link that month.

As the route did not commence until 21 July and it only operates on Mon, Wed, Fri and Sun I make that an average load of 145 (7 rotations - 14 flights), or around 93% load factor on the 156-seat A319.

Seems to me to be a phenomenal start and evidence that there is scope for further Polish routes out of BRS.

There were strong and persistent rumours about Wizz and BRS a year or so ago but they seem to have fizzled out this year.

Chrikey! Has BRS really been trouble/rumour free since 28th August, there must be something interesting going on?:}

Hello WATABENCH

A new weekly ski destination to Kittila in Lapland has been announced to run from early December to early March 2007 - not sure of the carrier. Last year's ski programme was impressive with 16-17 weeky departures so there must be some enthusiastic winter sports enthusiasts in the south west. I used to toboggan on the Mendips when I were a lad.

easyJet is still cancelling flights - as I know to my cost. My NCL on 25 Sept is the latest Orange journey that I won't make.

I believe the ORK will return to 6 weekly rotations from this winter.

The final Master Plan has still not been published, despite the airport's web site still saying it would be in early 2006. However, the latest consultative committe minutes (July meeting), also on the web site, say publication has been delayed but the Plan should now be published towards the end of August.

Seems strange because at the time of the draft plan last year the airport said time was of the essence because the terminal building and other infrastructure were in urgent need of expansion, but detailed planning applications would only be made after the final Plan was published.

Finally, I used the airport last week to travel to Salzburg and I must compliment the security people at BRS. They were polite, friendly, discreet yet very thorough.

The Lapland flights will be operated by TCX

Thanks bycrewlgw.

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displ...pNodeId=144922

The above Bristol Evening Post link refers to an unusual little episode involving an Onur A321 returning to BRS from Antalya on Wednesday.

According to the report, the captain appeared at the front of the passenger cabin prior to departure, announced the aircraft was unsafe to fly, said he was getting off and advised the pax to do the same.

Not unnaturally some of the pax were a little disturbed by this and the paper, in the usual journalistic way, talks about panic and a mini riot.

Eventually another aircraft, and presumably another captain, took the pax back to BRS, although some apparently refused to fly and are possibly even now hithchiking back from Turkey.

The airline says the captain was serving his notice and decided to make a bit of a performance.

The fault in the original aircraft was described as a minor one.

Probably a story blown up a bit in proportion but nevertheless it must have been an uneasy time for the pax, especially those who are nervous flyers anyway.

Ah, the good old Evening Fascist, how I miss it when I'm away ;)

"The paper all of Bristol asked for..." - well, maybe all of those in Bristol with a two-digit IQ and political instincts somewhat to the right of Ghengis Khan but I'll personally give it a miss, thanks :ugh:

Cheers,

Rich.

Was talking to a FC crew member who's parents were on that Onur air flight, and hate to be a party pooper for all the Evening post bashers but the report is actually pretty much correct, Apparently they were sat on the ground with no air con or lights for quite a bit as well he he poor buggers!

CO's loads on their BRS-EWR route seem to have really picked up! People must not want the hastle of flying ex London! CO's LGW loads remain strong, so maybe some BA, VS, AA etc customers who normally fly ex Heathrow and drive/train from Bristol are flying CO!