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Thursday 20th February 2020 - Wales v France Six Nations Movements

Charter

• Air France A319 (F-GRHI) - Arr ORY 17:35 / Dep ORY 18:50
• CityJet RJ85 (EI-RJZ) - Arr DUB 15:50 - overnights

Scheduled

• flybe DH8D (G-PRPN) - Operated return flight to CDG

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BRS movements from France
easyJet A319 - LYS
easyJet A320 & A321 CDG

 

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Wales v France Six Nations Movements -Fri 21st Feb 2020
1x charter arrival from France on Thursday (AFR A319) - presumably with the French team onboard

22x charter arrivals from France on Friday (7x aircraft overnight):
5x CDG, 5x LYS, 4x TLS, 3x BOD, 2x NTE, 1x ORY, 1x MRS, 1x GNB

Charter
- Air France A318 (F-GUGA)
A ORY 10:55
D ORY 11:50

- Trade Air A320 (9A-BTG)
A GNB 09:55
D TLS 11:00
A TLS 14:45
Overnights

- Air Malta A320 (9H-AEN)
A LYS 09:40
D TLS 10:45
A TLS 14:40
Overnights

- Brussels Airlines A320 (OO-SNN)
A CDG 12:35
D BRU 13:20

- Air Horizont B737-400 (9H-AMW)
A MRS 12:35
Overnights

- ASL Airlines France B737-700W (F-GZTP)
A CDG 10:40
D CDG 11:40

- AlbaStar B737-800W (EC-MUB)
A LYS 08:45
D BRS 10:05 (departed under a TOM flight number)

- AlbaStar B737-800W (EC-NAB)
A TLS 11:40
D LGW 13:10

- AlbaStar B737-800W (EC-NGC)
A TLS 08:50
D LYS 09:55
A LYS 14:00
D LGW 16:35 (departed under a TOM flight number)

- Enter Air B737-800W (SP-ENG)
A CDG 09:25
D NTE 10:40
A NTE 13:30
D BSL 14:35

- Enter Air B737-800W (SP-ENT)
A LYS 09:00
D BOD 09:45
A BOD 13:25
Overnights

- Enter Air B737-800W (SP-ENZ)
A CDG 08:40
D BOD 09:35
A BOD 14:00
Overnights

- Enter Air B737-800W (SP-ESF)
A CDG 09:10
D NTE 10:20
A NTE 13:15
Overnights

- Enter Air B737-800W (SP-ESG)
A LYS 09:10
D BOD 10:20
A BOD 13:40
Overnights


Scheduled
- flybe DH8D (G-FLBE) - CDG

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BRS movements from France
easyJet A320 - CDG
easyJet A321 - CDG
easyJet A320 - BOD
easyJet A320 - BSL
easyJet A320 - TLS

 

[mathers_wales_uk]

To me it seems it was the quietest French airlift certainly since 2006.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Wales v France: France v Wales Six Nations matches

To me it seems it was the quietest French airlift certainly since 2006.

Is there usually more activity when France visit Wales or vice versa? Was 2006 quieter for a particular reason?

 

[mathers_wales_uk]

2006 was the first year I started at Cardiff Airport so paid more of an interest.

this year not even a single widebodied movement for French rugby fans where even two years ago saw XL Airways A330 and a Corsair A330. The last two home fixtures not even seen the faithful Air France widebodied aircraft.

Back then you used to have a decent Six Nations movements.

Wales v Ireland several Aer Lingus mixed fleet including several widebodied flights. Echo & BAMC used to be used

Ireland V Wales several charter flights including Monarch etc once again mixture of narrow bodied/widebodied. Stobart Air used to also have a lot of their fleet operating charters.

Wales v France Also extremely busy with aircraft filling Echo overnighting and BAMC also being used.

Scotland v Wales

bmibaby shuttles, bmi Mainline shuttles, Monarch shuttles.

 

[Jerry]

Wales v France: France v Wales Six Nations matches



Is there usually more activity when France visit Wales or vice versa? Was 2006 quieter for a particular reason?

Since I've been doing this the last couple of years the inbound French flights have definitely been busier than when the Welsh play away. It does seem quieter this year than last time and of course this year's Irish flights weren't helped by Ryanair operating them from Bristol.
Will be interesting to see if they do the same next year.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Since I've been doing this the last couple of years the inbound French flights have definitely been busier than when the Welsh play away. It does seem quieter this year than last time and of course this year's Irish flights weren't helped by Ryanair operating them from Bristol.
Will be interesting to see if they do the same next year.

Thanks for that. Over the years I'd gained the impression that Wales v France was busier than France v Wales but that's just me looking in from afar so to speak.

 

[Jerry]

Thanks for that. Over the years I'd gained the impression that Wales v France was busier than France v Wales but that's just me looking in from afar so to speak.

The busiest ones from Cardiff with Wales fans is usually the away Italy game and the away Dublin game.

 

[mathers_wales_uk]

The Italy one is a bit hit or miss. It is busier than when I started in 2006 however found the busiest Italy v Wales when it coincided with weekend near to Valentine’s Day.

 

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Interestingly, the 2016 Wales vs France match played in Cardiff saw a small inbound airlift of only around 3,000 seats (17x arrivals) - with a visiting AFR B773 included.

The 2018 Wales vs France match played in Cardiff saw a much larger inbound airlift of around 6,000 seats (34x arrivals) - with a visiting CRL A333.
2018 also saw 3x BEE E195 arrivals on the Friday from CDG and KLM upgraded one of their flights to a B737.

This years inbound airlift saw no widebodies and around 4,000 seats (22x arrivals not including the team flight).
BEE operated 1x CDG flight on the Friday on the DH8D.

 

[mathers_wales_uk]

So maybe it’s the Rugby World Cup effect then if 2016 was also lower compared to 2018

 

[Jerry]

Looks like there'll be a few charters for the rugby and some from France and some football related maybe includes a BA on the 15th.
12/3/20
Arrivals
16.15 EZE9691 Eastern Airways from Edinburgh.
13/3/20
12.45 EZE9692 Eastern Airways from Edinburgh
14.40 C3314 Trade Air from Toulouse
14/3/20
15.05 EZE9731 Eastern Airways from LeedsBradford

Departures
15/3/20
C3315 Trade Air 11.00 to Toulouse
BA7036 British Airways 12.00 to Edinburgh
C3316 Trade Air 16.00 to Grenoble
EZE9732 Eastern Airways 16.30 to LeedsBradford

 

[geoff]

Also a Trade air arrival at 8.55am on 13th C3313 from Grenoble. Nice to see some activity for the weekend, after such a sad week. Perhaps the advert for Eastern cabin crew may lead to something more for the airport. It is such a shame for the airport staff who have worked so hard to bring more routes and passenger numbers to the airport.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Looks like there'll be a few charters for the rugby and some from France and some football related maybe includes a BA on the 15th.
12/3/20
Arrivals
16.15 EZE9691 Eastern Airways from Edinburgh.
13/3/20
12.45 EZE9692 Eastern Airways from Edinburgh
14.40 C3314 Trade Air from Toulouse
14/3/20
15.05 EZE9731 Eastern Airways from LeedsBradford

Departures
15/3/20
C3315 Trade Air 11.00 to Toulouse
BA7036 British Airways 12.00 to Edinburgh
C3316 Trade Air 16.00 to Grenoble
EZE9732 Eastern Airways 16.30 to LeedsBradford

I presume the Eastern from/to LBA is bringing Leeds United for their Sunday lunchtime Championship match against Cardiff City. What are the Toulouse and Grenoble flights for?

 

[Jerry]

I presume the Eastern from/to LBA is bringing Leeds United for their Sunday lunchtime Championship match against Cardiff City. What are the Toulouse and Grenoble flights for?

I don't know about the French flights. I'd say rugby related but it's Wales v Scotland and no European matches either.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I don't know about the French flights. I'd say rugby related but it's Wales v Scotland and no European matches either.

I looked to see if there was anything that might fit. No Pro-14 this weekend and no football that would involve France or French teams.

 

[Jerry]

I looked to see if there was anything that might fit. No Pro-14 this weekend and no football that would involve France or French teams.

Only thing I can think of is that it's for the rugby. Wales v Scotland.

 

[mathers_wales_uk]

If there is no PRO-14 is there maybe a European Rugby tournament?

I imagine Swansea City maybe flying out too for their match.

 

[Jerry]

If there is no PRO-14 is there maybe a European Rugby tournament?

I imagine Swansea City maybe flying out too for their match.

No it's a Six nations weekend

 

[Jerry]

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