Maybe has to do with the Air Lithuanica contract continuing and the need to release an aircraft for that.

Man Abz.
 

Maybe it's something to do with the price of oil? It's predicted to remain low for most if this year!

If thats true how come the petrol prices have started to rise again?

lplsprog - have a Google on 'Brent forward curve'. Jobs in Aberdeen depend on the price of a barrel of crude; petrol prices have a lot of additional factors which do not correlate well against the health of Aberdeen's job market.

Based on current schedule the following number of aircraft will be based at the following airports


ABZ - 2 aircraft (1 x ER3 & 1 x ER4)
BRS - 5 aircraft (1 x ER3 & 4 x ER4) - 1 x ER4 ops for SN
EMA - 1 aircraft (ER3)
KID - 1 aircraft (ER4)
KSD - 1 aircraft (ER4)
MUC - 2 aircraft (2 x ER4)
NCL - 1 aircraft (ER4)

Leaving 1 x ER3 and 4 x ER4 aircraft spare. Does anyone know where BM base standby aircraft?.

You've also got the Airbus aircraft, CEG/TLS.

Another is out in BRE, and the one on contract in VNO.

The spares are based in ABZ and BRS

You have to assume that BM will be looking at adding a frame(s) to the fleet in the not too distant future.


cs

Well there are plenty ER3's and ER4's parked up around the world looking for new homes. Maybe BM might introduce the 44 seat ERJ140 as a new variant.

They do have a 48 seat variant of the ER4!

There were a load of Dniproavia ones parked at Warsaw last time I was there. With the fall in fuel prices, the small regional jets may be in with a fighting chance on thin routes again.

D and F :8

BM have made further changes to there S15 schedule.

BRE-TLS - Frequency reduced from 5 to 2 x weekly from 1st August to 1st September

BRS-ABZ - Frequency reduced from 14 x weekly to 11 x weekly. Flights will now operate 2 x daily M-F and 1 x daily on Sun. Flights were originally planned to operate 2 x daily Mon & Tue, 3 x Daily Wed-Fri and 1 x daily on Sun

BM1801 BRS 07:00 ABZ 08:25 1
BM1801 BRS 08:25 ABZ 09:50 x167
BM1807 BRS 17:40 ABZ 19:05 x6

BM1802 ABZ 06:40 BRS 08:00 x167
BM1802 ABZ 08:55 BRS 10:15 1
BM1808 ABZ 19:30 BRS 20:50 x6

BRS-HAM - Frequency reduced from 11 to 6 x weekly. BM1831/BM1832 rotation dropped.

EMA-BRU - Frequency reduced from 16 x weekly to 14 x weekly. BM1235/BM1236 will operate Wed-Fri and not Mon-Fri as originally planned.

NCL-BRU - Frequency reduced from 16 x weekly to 14 x weekly. BM1105/BM1106 will operate Wed-Fri and not Mon-Fri as originally planned.

BMI Regional Aircraft bases
 

had a quick nose on Flightrader, if this is accurt then this the following data last few days
G-EMBI EMB145 Airbus Shuttle Bremen-Toulouse
G-EMBJ EMB145 Bristol Based-Mostly Frankfurt, Munich flights
G-EMBM EMB145 Kristanstad Based
G-RJXA EMB145 Bristol /Liverpool-Toulouse runs
G-RJXB EMB145 Jonkoping based
G-RJXC EMB145 Bristol Based Mostly Frankfurt run
G-RJXD EMB145 Aberdeen Based
G-RJXE EMB145 Bristol Based
G-RJXF EMB145 Aberdeen Based
G-RJXG EMB145 Aberdeen Based
G-RJXH EMB145 Vilnius Based
G-RJXI EMB145 Bristol Based
G-RJXJ EMB135 Bristol Based mostly Hamburg/Aberdeen Runs
G-RJXK EMB135 Not flown since the 10th so Maintaince/Standby ?
G-RJXL EMB135 East Midlands Based
G-RJXM EMB145 Newcastle based
G-RJXP EMB135 Gothenburg based
G-RJXR EMB145 Aberdeen Based

hope of intreast to some

Very interesting to see where they are! Thanks for that :ok:

BRS-DUS
 

Good to see BM launching another German route from BRS, this time to DUS.

Today sees the launch of BM's new services from BRS to CDG and DUS. Anyone know what the loads are like on the flights today and does anyone know how well the flights are selling?

Just to cheer you up...my wife, her mother and I are all booked to DUS in June. FLYBE dumped the service from Southampton which we used......we would rather pay a little more and drive to Bristol rather than endure the heaving masses at Gatwick....besides...the Embraer is like a little Exec jet....makes us feel a bit special!!!....and baggage....novelty these days!!
Good luck.

I was on MUC-BRS on 08MAY (the afternoon flight - BM1846) and it was quite well loaded with about 30PAX. Hopefully this is broadly representative of loads. (I was booked on an LH H fare, which is quite a high fare class, so good revenue).

I'm on some more BM flights in the coming months, so I'll keep an eye on the loads.

Until today (22 May), was bmir still operating a wet lease for Air Lituanica ?
If so, anyone want to guess how the, now spare, aircraft will be used ?

I predict 6 daily flights between Cardiff and Bristol.

I think G-RJXF was the last aircraft to operate flights for them. It has been operating BM services out of BRS since last week