Bristol Airport - Route News

[superking]

3 EasyJet routes announced.
Pula 1 per week starts may 27th
Olbia 2 per week starts may 13th
Kefalonia 2 per week starts april22nd
Wonder if anything else to come from EasyJet.

 

[Marko1]

Excellent news although Olbia has been flown every summer for years

 

[Marko1]

Let's hope there's some more to come. Gaps where routes have been reduced haven't been filled plus I quite fancy some of the routes announced from Ltn and man. Rhodes , Stockholm and Granada would all do very well

 

[Jerry]

I'm surprised that EZY don't do Munich and Milan from BRS but with those new routes it could suggest that they are looking towards the holiday market more and that any new routes will be of that type rather than city connections.

 

[superking]

Olbia on easy site is quoted as new route. perhaps someone will realise this. perhaps they ment to announce something else and put Oblia as a mistake.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Let's hope there's some more to come. Gaps where routes have been reduced haven't been filled plus I quite fancy some of the routes announced from Ltn and man. Rhodes , Stockholm and Granada would all do very well

It's a bit underwhelming really as these routes are already flown by charter operators. I can't think that this will be it for next summer because, as you point out, there are still gaps in peak summer.

I'm surprised that EZY don't do Munich and Milan from BRS but with those new routes it could suggest that they are looking towards the holiday market more and that any new routes will be of that type rather than city connections.

I'm always surprised that when easyJet announces new routes that Milan Malpensa is not among them. easyJet operated the route a few years ago daily, albeit Ryanair also operated Bergamo daily at that time. The way is now clear for easyJet given that Ryanair now operates Bergamo just 3 x weekly and Malpensa is flown by bmi regional with sparse coverage.

I can only surmise that easyJet has a reason for ignoring Malpensa from BRS - perhaps it's the cost of operating there.

Continuing the discussion from yesterday re BRS's reliance on easyJet, a well-known aviation analytical website did a study of BRS earlier this year and concluded that in summer 2016 easyJet provided 52% of the airport's seats and Ryanair 23%. So the two main locos at BRS between them account for about three quarters of the airport's traffic.

I also had a look at the routes and in summer 2015 the top ten destinations in terms of passenger numbers (coincidentally, the only ten that carried over 200,000 passengers in the year) accounted for just under 43.8% of the total number of passengers that used the airport last year (6,781,195).

Other airports are even more reliant on a single airline.

Apart from the summer-only Scilly Skybus, the only scheduled operator at Exeter is Flybe. There is a TOM B738 based there and one or two other airlines operate seasonal charters, mainly in summer.

Today, for example EXT sees 13 arrivals, 12 of which are by Flybe (the other is a TOM charter).

Southampton is in the same boat. Of its 56 arrivals today 48 are by Flybe. These airlines are far more at the mercy of a single airline than BRS which isn't necessarily a positive thing for BRS but it does add context.

 

[Jerry]

Other airports are even more reliant on a single airline.

I suppose in the end it's down to the degree an airport is reliant on a single carrier. Yes BRS is reliant on EZY but they are a big airline and do seem committed to BRS and for BRS it may be better to be more reliant on them than Ryanair like Stansted is for example as Ryanair seem more fickle. I suppose the one good thing for CWL is that it doesn't completely rely on Flybe or Vueling though losing either would be a big blow and maybe more so Flybe than Vueling. Irony is i just been reading on the BHX thread about BHX having to many airlines and not having the relationship BRS does with EZY!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Yes, I read that on the BHX forum too.

Historically, GoFly set up at BRS in 2001 having identified a gap in the market and when easyJet bought Go they carried on expanding. I've always been surprised though that easyJet has ignored BHX, except for the odd route operated by aircraft from other easyJet bases.

 

[Jerry]

. I've always been surprised though that easyJet has ignored BHX,

I just wonder if they are concerned they'll dilute traffic from BRS, MAN and LTN if they setup a substantial base there and BHX may not have given them the terms and conditions they want to base aircraft there.

 

[kraktoa]

If in any future downturn for Easyjet they are compelled to reduce their footprint at any of their bases in the Uk do you think there is any doubt that they will retain LTN and MAN and sacrifice BRS.

This possibility must be keeping the bosses at BRS awake at night. All eggs in one basket nightmares.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

If in any future downturn for Easyjet they are compelled to reduce their footprint at any of their bases in the Uk do you think there is any doubt that they will retain LTN and MAN and sacrifice BRS.

This possibility must be keeping the bosses at BRS awake at night. All eggs in one basket nightmares.

I'm not so sure. BRS is a wealthy niche market and is less prone to being adversely affected by national/international economic fluctuations than many airport markets in the country.

It was almost the last regional airport to see the effects of the recession, if not the last, and began its recovery earlier than most of the others.

It only saw a slump in passenger numbers in one year - 2009 - and is the only top 20 airport to see passenger number rises every year from 2010.

None of the main BRS airlines cut back dramatically - they (including easyJet) just didn't expand as they might have done had the recession not occurred.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Santa Flights

I've been glancing through the winter timetable and Santa flights seem to be around the same number as last year at about 20 rotations to Kittila (mainly), as well as to Ivalo and Enontekio. No Rovaniemi this season.

Fashions change because as recently as 2012 Rovaniemi was seeing nearly 3,000 Santa travellers from BRS with Ivalo and Enontekio also-rans then.

Spring Cruise Flights - Malta

The timetable is also showing weekly cruise flights to Malta for P&O Cruises for five weeks from 27 March next year.

 

[Marko1]

I wonder what happened to the new airline that was at one point talked about ..

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I wonder what happened to the new airline that was at one point talked about ..

It was around this time last year and it was expected to be announced in early 2016. The information came from conns757 who will know about such things at BRS if anyone does. Unfortunately, he no longer seems to visit Forums4Airports - he was last here on 22 July this year.

Because of the source of the 'rumour' I am in no doubt that a new airline was planned but I suppose the old saying There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip is particularly relevant when it comes to airports thinking they have secured a new airline or new route.

 

[Elmdon80slad]

Does anyone have any ideas what the T tail twin rear engined bizz jet taht came in on wed 21st at about 15.00, it routed in over south wales and was on a milat radar so didn't show up with its reg on ads-b.

E.

 

[conns757]

MV

Sorry for not being active on this board for a while.

I told u before you can access me directly anytime if you need any information.

The airport went through the 7.5 mill pax today as i predicted over a year ago.

You have not captured all the growth for 2017 in your assumptions as we will push through 8 million easily next year.

The new airline will commence new scheduled services as highlighted before but there has been delays which are not in the public domain.

There are so many exciting developments in the pipeline but you should be patient . Lots of growth is being delivered from the encumber carriers and will take good old LulsgAte Bottom to the next level.

All the best . BRS

 

[superking]

MV

Sorry for not being active on this board for a while.

I told u before you can access me directly anytime if you need any information.

The airport went through the 7.5 mill pax today as i predicted over a year ago.

You have not captured all the growth for 2017 in your assumptions as we will push through 8 million easily next year.

The new airline will commence new scheduled services as highlighted before but there has been delays which are not in the public domain.

There are so many exciting developments in the pipeline but you should be patient . Lots of growth is being delivered from the encumber carriers and will take good old LulsgAte Bottom to the next level.

All the best . BRS

lots of thoughts with what you say and mind is working over time.
merry Christmas.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

MV

Sorry for not being active on this board for a while.

I told u before you can access me directly anytime if you need any information.

The airport went through the 7.5 mill pax today as i predicted over a year ago.

You have not captured all the growth for 2017 in your assumptions as we will push through 8 million easily next year.

The new airline will commence new scheduled services as highlighted before but there has been delays which are not in the public domain.

There are so many exciting developments in the pipeline but you should be patient . Lots of growth is being delivered from the encumber carriers and will take good old LulsgAte Bottom to the next level.

All the best . BRS

Hello conns. Great to 'see' you again on this forum.

Many thanks for your post which I am sure will make the Lulsgate followers on here far more optimistic than perhaps might have been the case with some. In all honesty, if there was no growth at all in 2017 the airport has made tremendous progress over the past two years, equalling the sort of growth seen in the phenomenal years 2000-2008 when it went from 2 mppa to 6 mppa.

Maybe the time will come sooner than many of us thought when serious attempts will have to be made to raise the 10 mppa limit imposed by the planning consents. Maybe informal approaches have already been made to the local authority to test that water.

Your news as always is intriguing but as always we will have to be patient to see what that pipeline delivers.

On behalf of us here on F4A I send you Seasons Greetings and a wish for a Happy and Prosperous New Year for you, your family and all at the former RAF Lulsgate Bottom site (I still think it sounds Shakespearean).

 

[BRSregular]

Hi Conns
Are you able to give any indication of when the new airline announcement might be made? And can you give any hints as to whether it is a loco or a full service airline?
I appreciate you may not be able to enlighten us but your last message was tantalisingly interesting.
Regards
BRSregular

 

[conns757]

Hi .

Not yet and no further guidance due confidentiality .

Also expect to see 3-4 charter carriers not yet announced for S17.

I will update mid Jan as I expect further clarity .

Lastly , another possible scheduled operator showed interest recently and if it comes off it could be a spotters dream !!

I'm happy to give further snippets but please keep views on here and not on pprune as I try to find balance by giving info but not drawing interest from competitors !!

If it gets on pprune i won't be so forthcoming !