KLM

[Jerry]

Interestingly today's extra flight was operated by an E190 PH-EZL. Tomorrow is still down for a 737 PH-BGF.

 

[Cardiffbay]

Amsterdam suffered with fog this morning I believe, so the flights are probably all over the place today.

 

[TOM100]

KLM must be doing ok - some of their fares are very high indeed

 

[Jerry]

Generally I've mostly found them to be my cheapest option to the US.
European wise they can be expensive and cheap. For my trip at the end of the month they were about £50 cheaper than Easyjet on a one way flight from Berlin back to Cardiff but when I looked at them as my return from Frankfurt in April it would've been double the cost of my flight with Lufthansa to Heathrow.

 

[Jerry]

Today the extra flight from KLM KL1061/KL1062 saw a 737 800 operate it, PH-BXM.
So far it's seen both Embraer types and the 700 and 800 types for Boeing. All we need now is the 737 900 to complete the set!

 

[Cardiffbay]

Today the extra flight from KLM KL1061/KL1062 saw a 737 800 operate it, PH-BXM.
So far it's seen both Embraer types and the 700 and 800 types for Boeing. All we need now is the 737 900 to complete the set!

It’s good to see but another chaotic day with strong winds in Amsterdam upsetting the schedule. Good to see KLM can move aircraft around to ease the problems.

 

[Jerry]

Yep it is nice to see that they didn't cancel the flight as well!

 

[Cardiffbay]

I think the mid morning was cancelled so maybe they need the extra seats or it’s all they had available at the time. I will be on the new early afternoon in a few weeks so interested to see how it’s doing.

 

[Jerry]

Interestingly today the afternoon and the evening flights are both down to be operated by E190s.

 

[Cardiffbay]

Interestingly today the afternoon and the evening flights are both down to be operated by E190s.

Sat on klm now. Delays in Amsterdam today due to wind and only one landing runway available. We have a 15 min delay so could be down to aircraft availability again

 

[Cardiffbay]

Flew on the new klm flight on Friday. Had 35 min delay and Amsterdam was in chaos from the morning fog. Only about 40 on the flight which made it very comfortable and the crew were great speaking with everybody individually. Nice to board the flight on an airbridge in Amsterdam instead of the bus to the Cityhopper aircraft. On Cardiff we got off on the new airbridge which gave a more professional feel and the new e gates were quick and easy. On a side note there were a lot of people waiting to board the flight back. Look close to 100

 

[Jerry]

It's good that the flight seems to be getting decent use. Interesting that mainline used the airbridge but that Cityhopper don't seem to be. I'm flying back with them on Thursday, been a while since I've flown with them. Looking forward to it!

 

[Jerry]

Will BRS getting their evening flight upgraded to a 737, it would be nice if the E190 went to upgrade Cardiffs evening flight but I don't think I'll be holding my breath! It also looks like that may be Cardiffs hopes of being upgraded to 737 dashed.

 

[Pontyboy]

To be fair, the CWL operation should get E-190's before a 737 upgrade. As long as passengers keep increasing the E-190 will come sooner than later.

 

[Jerry]

To be fair, the CWL operation should get E-190's before a 737 upgrade. As long as passengers keep increasing the E-190 will come sooner than later.

Assuming KLM aren't just happy to fill the E175s and have the rest go to BRS? Guess only time will tell but it would be nice if CWL was all E190 at least.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

If CWL was upgraded to an E190 at 4 x daily, 28 x weekly, that would mean a big boost for the airport's passenger numbers if it could replicate the BRS route figures - another 120,000 or so on the 2018 route figure of 146,000.

 

[Jerry]

If CWL was upgraded to an E190 at 4 x daily, 28 x weekly, that would mean a big boost for the airport's passenger numbers if it could replicate the BRS route figures - another 120,000 or so on the 2018 route figure of 146,000.

A 4th daily flight would fantastic, i guess it depends on how many of the passengers that will be lost by Flybe that they think they can pick up and if they have the slots at AMS. The airport could really do with good news like that.
3 E190s a day would be a good boost as well!

 

[mathers_wales_uk]

The times that the short lived additional B737 operated at Cardiff was actually useless and too close to the KL1063/1064 service.

It should have in fact been operated at the time of previous KL1065/KL1066 which was around 1pm similar to Bristol’s.

 

[Jerry]

It was a slightly odd service. Looking back I'm wondering if it might have been some sort of Brexit slot filler? So in the future they could operate 4 daily flights if need be.

 

[Jerry]

It looks like from Monday 28th October through until the 30th March the overnight aircraft has been upgraded to an E190.