Bournemouth Airport

[Jerry]

This what TUI has on offer for Summer 2023 from Bournemouth
Paphos 1 weekly
Corfu 2 weekly
Kefalonia 1 weekly
Heraklion 1 weekly
Rhodes 1 weekly
Zante 1 weekly
Lanzarote 1 weekly
Ibiza 1 weekly
Menorca 1 weekly
Palma de Mallorca 4 weekly (1 on other carrier)
Tenerife 1 weekly
Antalya 2 weekly (both on other carrier)
Dalaman 2 weekly (both on other carrier)
In total there will be 19 weekly departures, 14 on TUI aircraft and 5 on other carriers

 

[Jerry]

2 new routes for Bournemouth from Ryanair today. Carcassone 2 weekly, Edinburgh 4 weekly.
https://twitter.com/SeanM1997

NEW ROUTE
Ryanair - Bournemouth to Carcassone.
Flights start 1 May 2023
FR9355 BOH 0640-0925 CCF (Fri)
FR9355 BOH 1250-1535 CCF (Mon)
FR9356 CCF 0950-1035 BOH (Fri)
FR9356 CCF 1600-1645 BOH (Mon)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1600779218878857222

NEW ROUTE Ryanair - Bournemouth to Edinburgh.
Flights start 26 March 2023
RK1133 BOH 1045-1205 EDI (Sun)
BOH 1110-123O EDI (Sat) BOH 1135-1255 EDI (Tue)
BOH 1920-2040 EDI (Mon)
RK1132 EDI 0900-1020 BOH (Sun)
EDI 0925-1045 BOH (Sat)
EDI 0950-1120 BOH (Tu)
EDI 2105-2225 BOH (Mo)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1600779054797361152

Post automatically merged: Dec 8, 2022

Ryanair Summer 2023 at Bournemouth Airport, 17 destinations, 57 weekly departures, 2 based aircraft.
Palma de Mallorca 9 weekly
Alicante 6 weekly
Malaga 6 weekly
Girona 5 weekly
Faro 5 weekly
Edinburgh 4 weekly
Murcia 3 weekly
Zadar 2 weekly
Bergerac 2 weekly
Carcassonne 2 weekly
Budapest 2 weekly
Dublin 2 weekly
Venice 2 weekly
Malta 2 weekly
Krakow 2 weekly
Wroclaw 2 weekly
Gran Canaria 1 weekly

 

[Jerry]

CAA Stats 2022
Bournemouth Airport saw 754,530 passengers use the airport in 2022 up 266% on 2021 (200,640). Aircraft movements were 29,186.

 

[Jerry]

This what TUI has on offer for Summer 2024 from Bournemouth
Paphos 2 weekly
Corfu 2 weekly
Kefalonia 1 weekly
Heraklion 2 weekly
Rhodes 2 weekly
Zante 1 weekly
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Ibiza 2 weekly
Menorca 2 weekly
Palma de Mallorca 4 weekly
Tenerife 2 weekly
Antalya 2 weekly
Dalaman 2 weekly
Enfidha NEW 1 weekly
In total there will be 27 weekly departures (+8 on 2023) 14 destinations.

 

[Jerry]

NEW ROUTE
EasyJet - Lyon to Bournemouth.
Winter seasonal flights start 13 January 2024
EJU4473 BOH 0720-0800 BOH (Sat)
EJU4474 BOH 0835-1105 LYS (Sat)

https://x.com/SeanM1997/status/1704597055966986679?s=20

 

[Silvercity]

Maersk Air Cargo to trial new UK-China route - Air Cargo News

Maersk Air Cargo will launch a new trial service between the UK and China to help meet peak season demand. The airline will operate the weekly service

www.aircargonews.net

 

[jfy1999]

In addition to Maersk, there’s expansion from European Air Cargo.

https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/additional-a340-converted-freighter-added-to-uk-china-service/

 

[pug]

A cryptic ‘tweet’ by SPD travels suggests an airlines is to announce a base at its ‘spiritual home’ tomorrow. Could it be Jet2’s arrival finally into BOH? They’ve been eyeing up the south coast recently.

 

[Statto]

I’ve been quiet for a while generally lurking but not contributing.

Exciting week ahead with the opening of the Liverpool base - great to see most of the inaugural flights sold out!

From what I hear it’s not the only good news due this week, for obvious reasons I cannot divulge but I’ve been hearing rumblings for a while about a potential exiting announcement due.

Onwards and upwards or should I say southernwards…

LBA787 posted this on the Jet2 forum earlier this morning

 

[pug]

LBA787 posted this on the Jet2 forum earlier this morning

Obviously heard the same as me, although I hadn’t heard specifics on base just put 2 and 2 together after I was told the south coast was the next target.

 

[CM.]

Nice gain for Bournemouth Airport with Jet2 launching a 2 aircraft base for 1 April 2025 with 15 routes. Looks to be 2 B737-800s based.

Alicante- 2 weekly (Tue and Sat) from May 3rd
Antalya- 2 Weekly (We’d and Sat) from May 3rd
Corfu- 1 Weekly Wednesday flight from May 7th
Dalaman- 1 Weekly Thursday flight from April 3rd increases to 2 weekly from May
Faro- 2 Weekly (Mon and Fri) from April 4th
Fuerteventura- 1 Weekly Wednesday flight from 2nd April
Funchal Maderia 1 Weekly Thursday flight from May 1st
Las Palmas- 1 Weekly Thursday flight from April 6th
Heraklion- 1 Weekly Tuesday Flight from May 6th
Ibiza- 2 Weekly (Thurs and Sun) flights from May 1st
Lanzarote- 2 Weekly (Mon and Fri) flights from 4th April
Mahon- 1 Weekly Sunday flight from May 4th
Palma- 2 Weekly (Weds and Sat) flights from April 2nd increases to 4 weekly in May
Rhodes- 1 Weekly Monday flight from May 5th
Tenerife south- 2 Weekly (Tues and Sat) flights from April 1st increases to 3 weekly from May
Zakinthos- 1 Weekly Thursday flight from May 1st

Credit to SeanM1997 on X

 

[Silvercity]

Good news for the SW

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Good news for the SW

Great news for Bournemouth, but possibly a hard pill to swallow for Southampton. I would guess that SOU would also have been in negotiation with Jet2 for the base.

 

[pug]

Great news for Bournemouth, but possibly a hard pill to swallow for Southampton. I would guess that SOU would also have been in negotiation with Jet2 for the base.

I believe SOU had been having discussions in the past too, the issues being performance restrictions which I don’t think the runway extension did much to mitigate from a jet2 perspective. Shame to see SOU having lost so much since Flybe demise, hopefully easyjet will pick up more along the way. This is great news for Bournemouth though and for jet2. The Bournemouth/Southampton/Portsmouth conurbation is large and relatively wealthy so I’m sure it will be well supported, it also raises the profile of the airline in that part of the country and makes an entry into LGW at some point down the line a bit easier too should they decide to go in there.

As things stand there should be a significant uptick in passenger numbers for BOH next year assuming no changes to the incumbents. 2x aircraft could provide up to 400,000 extra seats.

 

[Silvercity]

Great news for Bournemouth, but possibly a hard pill to swallow for Southampton. I would guess that SOU would also have been in negotiation with Jet2 for the base.

Maybe the longer runway at BOH was a decider for them.

 

[pug]

Maybe the longer runway at BOH was a decider for them.

Probably that and the history of having roots down there helped too. I’ve never been to BOH but I understand it’s an efficient little airport and nice to use, plus there’s probably plenty of room in the terminal to turn Jet2!

 

[Silvercity]

Probably that and the history of having roots down there helped too. I’ve never been to BOH but I understand it’s an efficient little airport and nice to use, plus there’s probably plenty of room in the terminal to turn Jet2!

I went over Covid, i went for a day trip to BOURNEMOUTH thanks to Easyjet running a LPL-BOH service at the time. Its not a bad airport, quite a small terminal.

 

[Jerry]

23 extra weekly departures will be a big increase for BOH.

 

[Jerry]

Summer 2025 for TUI at Bournemouth
Palma de Mallorca 5 weekly
Paphos 2 weekly
Corfu 2 weekly
Kefalonia 2 weekly
Heraklion 2 weekly
Rhodes 2 weekly
Lanzarote 2 weekly
Ibiza 2 weekly
Menorca 2 weekly
Tenerife South 2 weekly
Antalya 2 weekly (1 non based Other carrier)
Dalaman 2 weekly
Zante 1 weekly

29 weekly departures (+2 on 2024), 13 destinations (-1 on 2024).
Enfidha has been dropped but both Palma de Mallorca and Kefalonia each have 1 extra weekly departure.

 

[News Guru]

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays launch first ever Winter Sun programme from Bournemouth Airport following hugely successful launch​

• Shortly after launching flights and holidays from Bournemouth Airport for Summer 25, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays put Winter 25/26 Sun programme on sale
• Leading leisure airline and UK’s largest tour operator put choice of nine Winter Sun destinations on sale from 12th UK base airport
• Release of programme follows ‘truly phenomenal’ response to base launch in March, and gives customers and independent travel agents the chance to escape to the sunshine

23rd May 2024: Following the launch of flights and holidays from Bournemouth Airport for Summer 25, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have today announced further good news for customers and independent travel agents in the South Coast by launching their first ever Winter Sun programme from the airport.
The leading leisure airline and UK’s largest tour operator have put their Winter Sun programme on sale for Winter 25/26 from their newest and 12th UK base airport, Bournemouth Airport, after experiencing a ‘truly phenomenal response’ to the launch of the new airport base in March.
Holidaymakers in Bournemouth, Southampton and Portsmouth, as well as the wider region have plenty of choice and flexibility when it comes to booking some winter sunshine and experiencing the companies’ award-winning flights and ATOL protected holidays, as nine Winter Sun destinations have gone on sale today.
The Winter Sun destinations available from Bournemouth Airport for Winter 25/26 are – Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura), Spain (Alicante), Majorca (Palma), Turkey (Antalya) and Portugal (Faro and Maderia). In addition to friendly flight times, the programme represents up to 15 departing weekly flights during peak periods, and Madeira is an exclusive destination from Bournemouth Airport.
Today’s announcement means that Jet2.com and Jet2holidays are the first airline and major tour operator to put Winter 25/26 on sale, and the early release of the programme comes in response to demand from local holidaymakers looking to lock some winter sun holidays into their diaries.
Today’s announcement represents tee-terrific news for golfers too, with Winter Sun golf holidays on sale as well. This includes golf packages which have rounds of golf included at selected hotels across the Canary Islands, Antalya, Algarve and Mainland Spain.
The full Winter 25/26 Winter Sun programme from Bournemouth Airport is as follows:

• Tenerife (up to four weekly services)
• Lanzarote (up to two weekly services)
• Gran Canaria (weekly services)
• Fuerteventura (weekly services)
• Alicante (up to two weekly services)
• Palma (weekly services)
• Antalya (weekly services)
• Faro (up to two weekly services)
• Madeira (weekly services)

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “Since launching our award-winning flights and holidays for Summer 25 from Bournemouth Airport, the response has been truly phenomenal, and we are delighted at how well the announcement has been received. In response to that strong demand, we are delighted to be putting our first ever Winter Sun programme on sale from the new base airport for Winter 25/26 too.”
He added: “By launching our Winter Sun programme for 25/26 nice and early, we are giving holidaymakers the chance to book ahead and lock in their getaway, while spreading the cost. With more people than ever wanting to swap the cold and rain of the UK in winter for some sunshine, we are expecting this new programme to sell quickly and be extremely popular. We are confident that our first Winter Sun programme from Bournemouth Airport will be a fantastic success.”
Bournemouth Airport, Managing Director Steve Gill, said: “This is fantastic news for holidaymakers and a huge vote of confidence in Bournemouth Airport. By launching their first ever winter sun programme from Bournemouth so far in advance Jet2.com and Jet2holidays are providing even more choice and flexibility for passengers, and we’re delighted that they have seen such a fantastic response to the launch of their new airport base in March.”
For further information and to book visit www.jet2.com or www.jet2holidays.com
Independent travel agents can visit: trade.jet2holidays.com

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and also.....

TUI bolsters Bournemouth Airport programme with second aircraft​

Customers flying from Bournemouth will have more choice of holiday destination, duration, and flight times with the addition of a second TUI aircraft based at the airport this Summer.
The Boeing 737-800, which arrived in Bournemouth yesterday, will increase the frequency of flights to Lanzarote, Heraklion, Ibiza, Menorca, Paphos, Palma de Mallorca and Tenerife. Customers will also now have the option of booking 10 or 11 night holidays in addition to 7 and 14 nights.
Thousands of customers are set to fly from Bournemouth Airport with TUI this Summer. There will be 27 flights per week to 14 different destinations with Palma de Mallorca remaining the most popular choice for travellers.
The second aircraft has doubled TUI’s Summer 2024 flying programme from Bournemouth, with over 70,000 seats to Balearics, over 60,000 to Greece, more than 40,000 seats to the Canaries and 25,000 seats to Turkey.

Commercial Director Phill Iveson said: “TUIs been flying out of Bournemouth for 19 years and during that time demand for Mediterranean holidays has soared in the region. With the addition of this new aircraft we’re helping meet that demand and with exclusive routes to Kefalonia and Paphos and more flexible durations we are making sure our customers can travel from their local airport to their ideal holiday destination”.
Crew Relations Manager Nicola Bendall has worked at TUI for 24 years and said this additional capacity couldn’t be more welcome.
“This second aircraft is a massive vote of confidence for the future of Bournemouth. Our passengers have been asking for this additional capacity for a long time, and it’s created a real energy amongst the crew. We are also very excited to be welcoming 30 new cabin crew for the summer season to ensure flawless service for our customers”.
Bournemouth Airport managing director Steve Gill added: “We have a long and proud partnership with TUI and are delighted to be welcoming their second aircraft which provides passengers with even more choice and flexibility from their local airport. We expect to handle more than one million passengers this year and TUI’s commitment to Bournemouth is a big part of that continued growth.”