Cool, everyone get booking from Thursday then :ok: Here's hoping for a few more routes:p

The news is live, but not for booking or on the maps yet - presumably that will be activated by Thursday?

Also GVA to STN and LTN to BRE confirmed.

hai so desu, jabird

EasySwiss 319s

EZS 901 GVA-BOH 10:25-11:00
EZS 902 BOH-GVA 11:30-14:05


Shame they never started this 4 years ago they would have stolen the show ages ago.

right now 3 BA Airbus, 3 easyJet Airbus and 1 First Choice A320 diverted in from LGW due to a ground incident on the main runway. more expected.

You can book BOH-GVA now on easyJet.com. :ok: The maps have yet to be updated though.

Noted the new car park is well underway and sections have already been opened and filling up already.

Mail flights

I believe thet the mail planes are changing to different types to Atr42s.

Any ideas whos planes and when.

There was a Aurigny Atr 72 and Short 360 there this morning early.

Transaero B747-200 parked at BASCO today (10th Aug) don't know why exactly. Did they purchase the aircraft from EAC? Or is it in for light maintenance?

The Transaero B742 is an ex-Virgin Atlantic aircraft.

Taken from local Echo website.

HITTING NEW HEIGHTS AS 90,000-PLUS USE AIRPORT
by Roan Fair




BOURNEMOUTH Airport is celebrating after clocking up record numbers of passengers last month.

In total, 90,246 passengers used the airport in July - the first time the airport has ever handled that many in a month.

"Load factors were healthy and above expectations - passenger throughput increased by 86 per cent over July 2004 with the existing terminal coping well," said an airport spokesman.

The increase came despite falls in the number of passengers using charter and private planes.

The figures break down as:

scheduled flights, 74,954 passengers - up 157.2 per cent on 2004;

charter flights- 15,127 passengers, down 21 per cent;

private - 165 passengers, down 11 per cent.

Last week Easyjet became the latest low cost carrier to announce that it would be flying from Bournemouth Airport. Its flights to and from Geneva will operate from December 15 to April 14, providing access to ski resorts including Chamonix, Courmayeur and Morzine.

The airline expects to carry more than 35,000 passengers over the ski season on a 156-seat Airbus A319.

Ryanair, Thomsonfly and Jet2 already fly from the airport. Jet2 and Thomsonfly both recorded their busiest months so far in July.

"Thomsonfly is seeing a large number of inbound passengers, particularly from Amsterdam," said the airport spokesman. "In-bound from Paris is also surpassing expectations and really shows that Bournemouth is a truly international airport."

Bournemouth Airport's business development manager, Luke Lovegrove, is leaving.

"Now that Bournemouth is starting to achieve consistent growth and is set to hit 1.25 million passengers next year, I want to move on to the next challenge," he said.

Any truth here.....Hope so come and join the party...

Sources have hinted that Flybe will move some flights to Hurn in 2007 when Southampton congestion is apparent.

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Heard that European was helping with maintenence for the 747

So if all goes well with the easyJet Geneva flights where do you reckon their next destination would be to?I reckon somewhere in Germany!Hopefully this will cause some competition between Ryanair, easyJet and Thomsonfly now for expansion!

Hey,

The 747 has now departed (15th August) after maintence with European.

Can somebody tell me why Nobody will do a Flight between
Bournemouth and Manchester.

This route really has to be a must ,so many people
I have spoke to would fly on it. It would save me hours every week on a Monday and Friday.

When Eurodirect Did this flight it was full every time, many passenger arrived early morning then did ther business and flew back later. At present we have to drive or pay BA prices from southampton (still cheaper by car even with rising fuel costs.)

So many rumours in the past _Southwest and Jet2 - Surley somebody would take it on.

If any airlines are reading this, take note and thanks for reading.

Use Flybe from Southampton to Manchester if you don't like BA prices!!!???

Eurostar,

I must say I haven't heard any rumours about flybe at EGHH in the company. Have you seen EGHI's expansion plans for the next 20 years? new stands, runway starter extension and improved facilities by 2010 with a 2nd terminal by 2020.

The only advantage EGHH has over EGHI is a longer runway and with many connecting pax at the 'SOU-hub', shifting a few flights onto EGHH seems a bit pointless. Especially as the 195's will be arriving in a year's time which with it's greater performance capabilities will make better use of EGHI's shorter runway.

:ok:

Re Flybe at Bournemouth

Heard it was the New embrear 170s from Bournemouth the rest stayed the same.

Flybe will not come to Bournemouth except on diversion basis. Besides Bournemouth can only attract the volumes of people with bigger operators like easyJet, Ryanair and other low cost airlines.

flybe at BOH
 

Eurostar,

Flybe have no E-170 aircraft or any on order.

They do have E-195's on order however! Besides, why move 195 ops to EGHH when they can operate out of EGHI?

T