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Turkish has had plenty of time to launch from bristol - already have two operators ( if they last) and tbh it’s not setting the world on fire with demand - easyJet not on sale post March and Pegasus had planned 4 weekly this winter then quickly dropped back to three. Focus should be on getting Frankfurt back then Dubai.

On a more positive front - definite need for 20 now - an example on a sat pm aim August - chq, pap, dlm, Fao, fue, Lpa ,
Ibz , pmi, agp, mla, rak, nap, Ncl, nce, cdg, opo, rho, ssh, skg and zth. Plenty of time for changes ( many routes could be operated by easyjet Europe for example )

Looks like Easyjet has dropped Istanbul

If true it be a shame - strange tho they are increasing to 3 weekly from December. I always take x posts with a pinch of salt tho. If they do drop maybe Pegasus will increase or maybe Turkish may come. Either way we are not seeing loads like the likes of Bhx , man or edi anyway

I do not think this is about not being able to compete. The EZY IST from MAN, from hearsay, had good load factors. These routes were primarily run for EasyJet Holidays. But I suppose maintaining a package operation for two destinations is not very efficient. With such large cuts to routes by EZY (and RYR) IST would have been low hanging fruit.

Jerry said:

Looks like Easyjet has dropped Istanbul

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983941602214044061

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At least it isn't Pegasus dropping the route. It would be a big shame to loose another airline. Hopefully they can grow the route over time

t.ash.27 said:

At least it isn't Pegasus dropping the route. It would be a big shame to loose another airline. Hopefully they can grow the route over time

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It would be interesting to know how many of the passengers using Pegasus have Istanbul as they're destination or are connecting onwards.

I wonder whether Easyjet Holidays will continue offering IST using other airlines.

gulftraveller said:

I wonder whether Easyjet Holidays will continue offering IST using other airlines.

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Do they use other airlines?

Jerry said:

It would be interesting to know how many of the passengers using Pegasus have Istanbul as they're destination or are connecting onwards.

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Since the route was announced, most of the marketing seems to have focused on connections. Lots of ads for the route have appeared recently which must have been fairly costly for Pegasus. Whether this is because they want more people connecting or because it's the primary market, I'm not sure.

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Do they use other airlines?

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I checked that and I believe they (rarely) do but I am happy to be corrected. For operators offering city breaks, Istanbul is surely a major gap.

Istanbul doesn’t feel like much of a package destination. We used the flight earlier in the year and a few that we spoke to were doing a weekend break like we did as it was new destination on the BRS EZY network and offered a fairly unique destination and the return was well priced. Someone sat next to me was flying for reasonably priced dental work!

Willo3D said:

Istanbul doesn’t feel like much of a package destination. We used the flight earlier in the year and a few that we spoke to were doing a weekend break like we did as it was new destination on the BRS EZY network and offered a fairly unique destination and the return was well priced. Someone sat next to me was flying for reasonably priced dental work!

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It's a city break destination but I do think it appeals to a certain audience someone looking for something different.
It's also not a short flight and for an airline like Easyjet it might be more profitable using their aircraft to a package destination like Antalya rather than a city like Istanbul but I do also wonder if there maybe some sort of subsidy involved from the Turkish authorities and maybe that's ended.

Looks like MUC and ZRH have been made year-round destinations with S26 flights now showing on the easyJet website. MUC will be 4x weekly (Mo, We, Fr, Su) and ZRH 2x weekly (Mo, Fr).
I haven't checked for any other changes yet, but this looks like aircraft number 20 is required for S26:
18x A320s (+1 on S25)
2x A321s

Verona also continues twice weekly - excellent news

I suspect we getting a third 321 next summer - 3 based departures on a sat pm
- Zante , Malta and Dalaman

Lots of increases in frequencies being added ….

Marko1 said:

Lots of increases in frequencies being added ….

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Only a quick search but Milan, Malta and Preveza have definitely increased.

Sharm , hurghada go twice weekly all summer , Berlin increases to six weekly and there’s lots of seasonal ( month or two ) extra frequencies to the likes of Marrakech , Madrid , Naples for example. Many services such as Chania, Santorini , Tivat also start much earlier - April or May

New routes - Bari , Sal and Seville

Summary of easyJet routes from BRS in peak-summer 2026

I've compared the easyJet schedule from BRS for the first week of August 2026 with the same week in 2025.
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Number of destinations operating per week:
2025: 73
2026: 80 (+7)
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Number of flights per week:
2025: 424
2026: 441 (+17 / +4%)
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Number of based aircraft:
2025: 19 (17x A320s, 2x A321s)
2026: 20 (17x A320s, 3x A321s) (+1)
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Flights operated by non-BRS based aircraft:
Out of these 441x departures a week:
- 379x departures are operated by BRS based aircraft (+13 from 2025)
- 62x departures are operated by aircraft from other bases (+4 from 2025)
comprised of:

AGP based aircraft operate AGP-BRS-AMS-BRS-AGP x5 weekly
AGP based aircraft operate AGP-BRS-CDG-BRS-AGP x2 weekly
ALC based aircraft operate ALC-BRS-AMS-BRS-ALC x5 weekly
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Weekly Departures by Country (vs 2025)

Spain (110) [+4]
21x Majorca Palma (PMI)
18x Malaga (AGP)
17x Alicante (ALC)
14x Barcelona (BCN)
6x Tenerife South (TFS)
5x Madrid (MAD) [+1]
4x Murcia (RMU) [-1]
4x Ibiza (IBZ)
4x Lanzarote (ACE)
3x Bilbao (BIO)
3x Gran Canaria (LPA)
3x Menorca Mahon (MAH)
2x Almeria (LEI)
2x Fuerteventura (FUE)
2x Seville (SVQ) [+2] NEW
2x Reus (REU) [+2] NEW

United Kingdom (83) [-2]
23x Edinburgh (EDI) [-1]
20x Glasgow (GLA)
18x Belfast Intl (BFS)
11x Newcastle (NCL) [-1]
7x Inverness (INV)
2x Belfast City (BHD)
2x Isle of Man (IOM)

France (38) [-1]
16x Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) [-1]
9x Nice (NCE)
5x Bordeaux (BOD)
3x Toulouse (TLS)
3x Marseille Provence (MRS)
2x La Rochelle (LRH)

Italy (37) [+5]
7x Rome Fiumicino (FCO)
6x Milan Malpensa (MXP) [+2]
5x Pisa (Tuscany) (PSA)
4x Naples (NAP)
4x Sardinia Olbia (OLB)
3x Venice Marco Polo (VCE)
2x Sicily Catania (CTA) [-1]
2x Sicily Palermo (PMO)
2x Bari (BRI) [+2] NEW
2x Verona (VRN) [+2] NEW

Portugal (33)
17x Faro (FAO)
9x Lisbon (LIS)
4x Porto (OPO)
3x Madeira Funchal (FNC)

Greece (30) [+3]
7x Rhodes (RHO)
4x Corfu (CFU)
3x Athens (ATH)
3x Kos (KGS)
2x Crete Chania (CHQ)
2x Crete Heraklion (HER)
2x Skiathos (JSI)
2x Zante Zakynthos (ZTH)
2x Preveza (PVK) [+1]
2x Thessaloniki (SKG) [+2] NEW
1x Santorini (JTR)

Netherlands (17) [-1]
17x Amsterdam (AMS) [-1]

Croatia (15)
7x Split (SPU)
5x Dubrovnik (DBV)
3x Pula (PUY)

Switzerland (14) [+2]
10x Geneva (GVA)
2x Basel (BSL)
2x Zurich (ZRH) [+2] NEW

Turkey (13) [-2]
7x Dalaman (DLM)
4x Antalya (AYT)
2x Bodrum (BJV)
Istanbul (IST) [-2] Cancelled

Germany (10) [+5]
6x Berlin (BER) [+1]
4x Munich (MUC) [+4] NEW

Cyprus (6)
3x Cyprus Larnaca (LCA)
3x Cyprus Paphos (PFO)

Denmark (5)
5x Copenhagen (CPH)

Tunisia (5)
5x Enfidha - Hammamet (NBE)

Morocco (4)
2x Agadir
2x Marrakech

Egypt (4) [+1]
2x Hurghada (HRG) [+1]
2x Sharm El Sheikh (SSH) [+1]

Czechia (4)
4x Prague (PRG)

Poland (3) [-1]
3x Krakow (KRK) [-1]

Malta (3) [+1]
3x Malta (MLA) [+1]

Cape Verde (3) [+3] NEW
3x Sal (SID) [+3] NEW

Gibraltar (2) [-1]
2x Gibraltar (GIB) [-1]

Montenegro (2)
2x Tivat (TIV)

Although a long way off next winter, there are several changes on some of the newer routes or routes that were continued through this winter according to the EZY app.

Almeria not on sale after 19th Sep
Antalya not on sale for next winter (was 2 weekly this winter)
Bilbao 1 weekly Nov & Dec
Lyon reduced to 1 weekly
Zurich not on sale after 18th Sep
Murcia RMU reduced to 1 weekly (from 2)
Athens remains at 2pw
Malta remains at 2pw (3pw in Dec)
Munich seems to finish on 23rd Oct with 3 flights on sale around Christmas

Also, some of the summer routes seem to be returning a week ahead of the clock change with Catania and Dalaman showing for tomorrow.