Bristol: EasyJet Route News & Base Updates

[Severn]

Summary of EZY Routes from BRS in Summer 2022

I've compared easyJets schedule from BRS during the second week in August 2022 compared to the same week in 2019. Here are the number of departures each week with the changes highlighted.
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Number of destinations operating per week:
2019: 65
2022: 68 (+3)
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Number of flights per week:
2019: 386
2022: 405 (+19 / +5%)
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Number of based aircraft:
2019: 17 (7x A319s, 10x A320s)
2022: 17 (3x A319s, 12x A320s, 2x A321s)
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Out of these 405x departures a week:

• 361x departures are operated by BRS based aircraft (-5 from 2019)
• 44x departures are operated by aircraft from other bases (+24 from 2019) - which are:

7x flights from Faro
7x Malaga (that operate AGP-BRS-AMS-BRS-AGP)
6x Edinburgh,
5x Barcelona
2x Berlin
1x Glasgow
all 6x Toulouse
all 2x Lyon

This is how easyJet have managed to increase the number of weekly flights without increasing the number of based aircraft.

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NEW ROUTES (vs 2019)
7x Paris Orly (ORY)
4x Antalya (AYT)
2x Gran Canaria (LPA)
2x Kos (KGS)
2x Preveza (PVK)
1x Hurghada (HRG)
1x Mykonos (JMK)
1x Santorini (JTR)
1x Sharm El Sheikh (SSH)

Increase in frequency (vs 2019)
26x Edinburgh (EDI) [+1]
24x Glasgow (GLA) [+3]
21x Belfast Intl (BFS) [+1]
20x Amsterdam (AMS) [+8]
17x Faro (FAO) [+1]
17x Malaga (AGP) [+1]
16x Alicante (ALC) [+2]
15x Newcastle (NCL) [+1]
6x Dalaman (DLM) [+3]
4x Rhodes (RHO) [+2]
4x Bodrum (BJV) [+1]
4x Corfu (CFU) [+1]
4x Dubrovnik (DBV) [+1]
4x Tenerife South (TFS) [+1]
3x Isle of Man (IOM) [+1]
3x Lanzarote (ACE) [+1]

No change in frequency (vs 2019)
19x Majorca Palma (PMI)
14x Barcelona (BCN)
10x Geneva (GVA)
7x Bordeaux (BOD)
7x Inverness (INV)
7x Madrid (MAD)
6x Berlin (BER)
6x Prague (PRG)
5x Lisbon (LIS)
5x Split (SPU)
4x Basel (BSL)
4x Ibiza (IBZ)
4x Menorca Mahon (MAH)
3x Bilbao (BIO)
3x Copenhagen (CPH)
3x Cyprus Paphos (PFO)
3x Gibraltar (GIB)
3x Naples (NAP)
3x Nantes (NTE)
3x Porto (OPO)
3x Sardinia Olbia (OLB)
2x Athens (ATH)
2x Biarritz (BIQ)
2x Crete Heraklion (HER)
2x Cyprus Larnaca (LCA)
2x Fuerteventura (FUE)
2x Kefalonia (EFL)
2x Lyon (LYS)
2x La Rochelle (LRH)
2x Madeira Funchal (FNC)
2x Pula (PUY)
2x Sicily Catania (CTA)
2x Zante Zakynthos (ZTH)

Decrease in frequency (vs 2019)
10x Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) [-4]
8x Nice (NCE) [-2]
6x Murcia (RMU) [-1]
6x Rome Fiumicino (FCO) [-1]
6x Toulouse (TLS) [-1]
5x Pisa (Tuscany) (PSA) [-2]
3x Krakow (KRK) [-1]
2x Milan Malpensa (MXP) [-2]
2x Marseille Provence (MRS) [-1]
2x Venice Marco Polo (VCE) [-3]

Cancelled Routes (vs 2019)
Brindisi (BDS) [-2]
Genoa (GOA) [-2]
Montpellier (MPL) [-2]
Seville (SVQ) [-3]
Stockholm (ARN) [-2]
Vienna (VIE) [-2]

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Many thanks for that detailed digest, Severn.

The 44 services operated by the 'away' base is the equivalent of two full time based aircraft. As with Ryanair's substantial use of 'away'-based aircraft it helps even out the peaks and troughs of airline movements.

Although CDG sees a reduction of four services (from 14 to 10) Paris actually gains three flights when taking into account the daily Orly service.

 

[Marko1]

A third weekly kefalonia has been added for the summer from end of June till end of august every monday

 

[Marko1]

Also Nantes increase to 4 weekly

 

[Marko1]

I make it a possible peak summer needing 18 aircraft ? - 18 late arrivals on Mondays

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I make it a possible peak summer needing 18 aircraft ? - 18 late arrivals on Mondays

There could be a revision of routes or timings to fit the 17 currently forecast.

 

[Marko1]

I also make 18 needed on thurs pm too ( could we be having a short period no 18 - we used to have a temporary extra aircraft during peak summer back when there were 737s in the fleet )

 

[TheLocalYokel]

easyJet has been cancelling flights in recent days. Today Bodrum, Split and Athens have been cancelled. There were a couple yesterday and on Friday.

Some were previously in the system with (vide seat selector) decent loads showing. For example, on Friday the final EDI of the day was cancelled with all EDIs that day including the final one showing pretty high loads.

Is it staffing issues with crews suffering during this massive Covid resurgence?

 

[alphagolf]

I saw a news item whereby it was suggesting easyJet cancelling over 100 flights yesterday due to staff shortages. So I think the resurgence of Covid is playing a part across the airline and airport industry.

 

[Red Flyer]

Unfortunately with the media seemingly getting bored of the going’s on in Ukraine they have been able to get the experts to return to Covid. The result is that although the aviation industry at some but not all airports is showing a resurgence in flights and passengers many original staff who were made redundant and managed to find employment elsewhere are still loath to return in case a few months down the road they’re back to where they were almost two years ago. Hopefully if the present situation doesn’t get worse then confidence will come back and staff will return to the industry.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Free testing cannot end soon enough. Crippling the economy and industries when majority of the country are safe and vaccinated.

I would hazard a guess covid doesn't help however as @Red Flyer has alluded to - staff shortages come from the fact the industry was done over the past 2 years by inept world governments and pointless restrictions. This lead to redundancies, furlough etc, which has lead to many, who wouldn't of left, leaving onto pastures new etc. The execs, understandably want money back in the company now they can, but there is a reluctance to join the industry as it's deemed a risk. At a whim it can be shut down for the next thing.

The same is been experienced in the hospitality industry also.

 

[Marko1]

Few changes to the schedule for peak summer - Madrid and Berlin slightly reduce in frequency but split now goes daily

 

[Jerry]

Funchal gets effected badly by winds i believe

easyJet passengers endure 11-hour flight to nowhere

They flew from Bristol Airport and ended up returning after circling Madeira twice - and the chaos didn't end there

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[rollo]

Funchal is indeed an interesting and challenging airport for the pilots and is "captain only " for landing and take off for which additional training is required.

The landing normally requires a U turn towards cliffs and hills which can create unpredictable winds and a curved approach on short finals. To add to the fun there are shear drop offs at each end of the runway but at least he runway is just over 9,000ft. long.
Must be a great airpot for spotting.

 

[Aviador]

The runway was extended some years ago so must have been somewhat more tricky before the extension. For anyone not familiar, the runway extension was effectively built on stilts. Quite a feet of engineering.

 

[Jerry]

So apparently Easyjet will be removing a row of seats in their A319s. This means they'll go from 156 to 150 seats and will only require 3 cabin crew. Staff shortages is a reason cited for this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523229366720761856

 

[Marko1]

Early summer 23 now on sale - some earlier starts - Mykonos for example

 

[Severn]

Summary of EZY Routes from BRS in peak-summer 2022

I've compared easyJets schedule from BRS during the second week in August 2022 compared to the same week in 2019. Here are the number of departures each week with the changes highlighted.
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Number of destinations operating per week:
2019: 65
2022: 68 (+3)
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Number of flights per week:
2019: 386
2022: 400 (+14 / +4%)
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Number of based aircraft:
2019: 17 (7x A319s, 10x A320s)
2022: 17 (3x A319s, 12x A320s, 2x A321s)
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Out of these 400x departures a week:

• 355x departures are operated by BRS based aircraft (-11 from 2019)
• 45x departures are operated by aircraft from other bases (+25 from 2019) - which are:

7x flights from Faro​

7x Malaga (that operate AGP-BRS-AMS-BRS-AGP)​

6x Edinburgh,​

5x Barcelona​

2x Berlin​

1x Glasgow​

1x Amsterdam​

all 6x Toulouse​

all 2x Lyon​

This is how easyJet have managed to increase the number of weekly flights without increasing the number of based aircraft.

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Weekly Departures by Country (vs 2019)

Spain (99) [+1]
19x Majorca Palma (PMI)
17x Malaga (AGP) [+1]
16x Alicante (ALC) [+2]
14x Barcelona (BCN)
6x Murcia (RMU) [-1]
5x Madrid (MAD) [-2]
4x Ibiza (IBZ)
4x Menorca Mahon (MAH)
4x Tenerife South (TFS) [+1]
3x Bilbao (BIO)
3x Lanzarote (ACE) [+1]
2x Fuerteventura (FUE)
2x Gran Canaria (LPA) [+2] NEW
Seville (SVQ) [-3] Cancelled

United Kingdom (93) [+4]
26x Edinburgh (EDI) [+1]
23x Glasgow (GLA) [+2]
21x Belfast Intl (BFS) [+1]
13x Newcastle (NCL) [-1]
7x Inverness (INV)
3x Isle of Man (IOM) [+1]

France (50) [-2]
10x Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) [-4]
8x Nice (NCE) [-2]
7x Bordeaux (BOD)
7x Paris Orly (ORY) [+7] NEW
6x Toulouse (TLS) [-1]
4x Nantes (NTE) [+1]
2x Marseille Provence (MRS) [-1]
2x Biarritz (BIQ)
2x La Rochelle (LRH)
2x Lyon (LYS)
Montpellier (MPL) [-2] Cancelled

Portugal (27) [+1]
17x Faro (FAO) [+1]
5x Lisbon (LIS)
3x Porto (OPO)
2x Madeira Funchal (FNC)

Greece (23) [+10]
4x Corfu (CFU) [+1]
4x Rhodes (RHO) [+2]
3x Kefalonia (EFL) [+1]
2x Athens (ATH)
2x Crete Heraklion (HER)
2x Zante Zakynthos (ZTH)
2x Kos (KGS) [+2] NEW
2x Preveza (PVK) [+2] NEW
1x Mykonos (JMK) [+1] NEW
1x Santorini (JTR) [+1] NEW

Italy (23) [-12]
6x Rome Fiumicino (FCO) [-1]
5x Pisa (Tuscany) (PSA) [-2]
3x Naples (NAP)
3x Sardinia Olbia (OLB)
2x Sicily Catania (CTA)
2x Milan Malpensa (MXP) [-2]
2x Venice Marco Polo (VCE) [-3]
Brindisi (BDS) [-2] Cancelled
Genoa (GOA) [-2] Cancelled

Netherlands (20) [+8]
20x Amsterdam (AMS) [+8]

Switzerland (14)
10x Geneva (GVA)
4x Basel (BSL)

Turkey (14) [+8]
6x Dalaman (DLM) [+3]
4x Antalya (AYT) [+4] NEW
4x Bodrum (BJV) [+1]

Croatia (13) [+3]
7x Split (SPU) [+2]
4x Dubrovnik (DBV) [+1]
2x Pula (PUY)

Germany (5) [-1]
5x Berlin (BER) [-1]

Cyprus (5)
3x Cyprus Paphos (PFO)
2x Cyprus Larnaca (LCA)

Czech Republic (3) [-3]
3x Prague (PRG) [-3]

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

Denmark (3)
3x Copenhagen (CPH)

Gibraltar (3)
3x Gibraltar (GIB)

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

Sweden
Stockholm (ARN) [-2] Cancelled

Austria
Vienna (VIE) [-2] Cancelled

 

[Marko1]

As well as Belfast city , sharm el sheik increases in sept to two weekly

 

[Jerry]

As well as Belfast city , sharm el sheik increases in sept to two weekly

Since when did Easyjet do Belfast City from BRS?