Unless of course, some other routes have their frequency cut to accommodate the new routes which is quite likely if some are switched from a 300 to an 800.
I realise we're on the easyJet thread, but just to answer these questions.... At the moment, the 2027 summer schedule sees some route reductions to allow for the 5x new routes.
Its like easyjet are just trying to take the p*** out of LBA by commencing all our lost routes from other airports, its been a bad year at LBA!
Well they have to fly the aircraft somewhere
Indeed but they also don't have a pax through put of 4.5m - in fact they are not even 25% of that. SOU sounds much more of a risk than LBA to me but I guess we are never going to know the real truth in all this
Well I guess the travel distance from CDG to SOU is less than half that to LBA so much cheaper to operate in terms of fuel and of course we don't know what deal SOU are giving them. Seems likely that following their runway extension they are offering subsidies to encourage airlines.
No, but both are at Bournemouth just down the road, and both airports have basically the same catchment area.
Yes out of LBA where they had a successful opperation ! 🤣
We would like to think that. Unfortunately the data, shared by LBA, shows that all routes except Belfast were underperforming in terms of passenger numbers, and profit. This was due to poor timings but we all know too that Easyjet made little attempt to advertise. Graphs showing LBA performance against that of other airports showed LBA close to the bottom. Of course other airports were mainly bases and there lies the problem. To operate equally with Jet2 and Ryanair, they need a base here and that isn't feasible unless LBA win the S73 application.
I can only report what LBA management said last week. They specifically mentioned poor timings. I am sure there were other factors and I actually highlighted some in my ACC report a week ago.
A few years back i used the ryanair BVA to LBA route, BVA is a decent airport with good ryanair conections, and reliable coach connections to paris as the airport is around 45/50mins away from the city, so ideal for a cheap break to paris but yes the easyjet cdg route may well of killed off the BVA route!
Wouldn't they have expected the airport to the lead in that?
Having flown to Beauvais myself, it is such a dead slops airport to get through. Mind you that was in 1994 and a bloke had to come and open up the duty free shop every time there was a departure due. No doubt it has changed a lot since then but maybe Ryanair could give it a bash again
Publicity did come from LBA at the outset with routes being advertised but it is a joint responsibility, not just the airport. Why should one partner do all the advertising in what is basically a joint venture? Jet2 do plenty of advertising and don't just leave it to their airport partners. It isn't that Easyjet don't do publicity. They do plenty, just not at LBA, which suggests to me there was never much commitment
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