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Post by Thames Gateway on Feb 28, 2018 17:54:30 GMT
January 2018 figures (% on last year's figure)
Alicante - 4,380, down 25%., lowest January figure on route. Amsterdam - 14,150, down 4%, Arrecife - 2,922, up 18%. Barcelona - 2,015, up 14%. Faro - 2,690, up 6%. Geneva -7,100, up 7%. Lyon - see 'Passenger numbers', January post. Malaga - 3,201, down 3%, lowest January figure on route. Malta - 2,110 - Paris CDG - 3,370, down 6%. Tenerife -3,011, up 5%., best figure on route since start.
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Post by tagron on Mar 11, 2018 21:40:25 GMT
I note that the ACE and TFS services are terminating a month earlier this year - March 23 instead of late April. It looks like the capacity is being used to thicken up the shorter Spain/Portugal routes earlier, for example Murcia which last year did not start until the end of April. One other change is that AMS is only 2 per day and 1 on Saturdays as opposed to the 3/day on some days up to now.
There appear to be no A320s scheduled in the summer schedules. In an earlier post I suggested that an A320 would be required for SEN-MLA. My understanding was that SEN-FAO could be limiting for the A319 and that therefore the extra 165nms would be viable on the A319 only with a load reduction,hence the need for the A320 with its better runway performance. This assumption has proved incorrect. It may well be that the incidence and strength of headwinds are less on the MLA route. Perhaps too the FAO flights are heavier due to a greater checked baggage load such as golf clubs. Consideration of both these factors could influence route planning. And of course there could be other factors.
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Post by tagron on Mar 18, 2018 18:33:40 GMT
A change to the GVA schedule for the last few weeks before it terminates for the summer: -
The two Sunday rotations have been removed, and instead there are three SEN-GVA rotations on Saturdays (i.e. one extra). Two of these are by GVA originating aircraft, 1 x A320 and 1 x A319. I don't know if this means EZY Switzerland or an aircraft on a W-pattern.
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Post by Thames Gateway on Mar 26, 2018 21:35:32 GMT
February 2018 figures (% on last year's figure)
Alicante - 6,710, down 8%, 2nd lowest February on route. Amsterdam - 16,884, up 2%, Arrecife - 2,624, down 1%. Barcelona - 2,103, up 7%. Faro - 2,767, down 5%. Geneva -6,957, up 5%. Highest February on route. Lyon - see 'Passenger numbers', February post. Malaga - 4,588, up 5%. Malta - 2,438 - Paris CDG - 2,875, down 29%. Tenerife -2,665, down 1%.
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Post by tagron on Mar 31, 2018 20:26:49 GMT
As a follow up to my note about the revised GVA schedule, today's operation was by (1) GVA-based A320, ( EZY Switzerland )(2) BFS-based A319 on W-pattern (3) SEN-based A319.
This appears to be the pattern for the next 3 weeks until GV A services end for the summer.
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Post by tagron on Apr 12, 2018 11:10:02 GMT
A quick scan of the EZY W18/19 programme as released today. The principal change compared with W17/18 is that PRG (4 p.w) and MJV (2 p.w)are retained into the winter period. LYS appears to have been dropped. There appear to be more flights to AGP. ALC/BCN/FAO/CDG look about the same, but its hard to be precise because the frequencies change through the period, e.g. there is the usual reduction in January.
AMS back to 3/day on Sun/Mon/Thurs/Fri, but 1/day the rest of the week, GVA is back with the usual schedule, i.e not the modified one in use for the end of the W17/18 ski season
Overall it represents an increase in flights, possibly about 7/week compared with last year, but I haven't tried fitting it all together. The schedules run only to Feb 2
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Post by Thames Gateway on May 9, 2018 8:33:52 GMT
March 2018 figures (% on last year's figure)
Alicante: 9,287, up 1%. Amsterdam: 15,438, down 9%, lowest March figure since 2014. Arrecife: 1,883, down 41%., lowest March figure and 2nd lowest monthly figure ever on route. Barcelona: 2,664, up 10%. Faro: 4,628, down 4%. Geneva: 8,197, up 10%., highest ever monthly figure on route. Jersey: 249 Lyon - see 'Passenger numbers', March post. Malaga: 6,840, down 3%. Malta: 2,557. Murcia: 467. Palma: 633, up11%. Paris CDG: 3,548, down 7%. Tenerife: 2,246, down 17%, lowest ever figure on route since starting.
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Post by expressflight on May 9, 2018 15:35:45 GMT
The low Arrecife and Tenerife pax numbers are due to the flights finishing much earlier in 2018 than they did in 2017. They both ran well into April in 2017.
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Post by tagron on May 10, 2018 21:24:31 GMT
It looks like the MLA service will be flown by an A320 after all and there will be a based A320 for the summer. The change takes effect from May 31. From this date in addition to the MLA the A320 is programmed for most of the AGP flights plus some FAO AMS and BCN. From late July when the fourth aircraft arrives the third MLA and the two weekly DBV are scheduled for the A320.
That's a brief synopsis from a quick scan of the schedule - there may be other changes which I have missed.
I am not sure where this development leaves my comments on SEN-MLA in my post of March 11. Midsummer aircraft performance or competition from Air Malta, or both ?
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Easyjet
Jun 6, 2018 11:56:35 GMT
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Post by EGMCfollower on Jun 6, 2018 11:56:35 GMT
New EZY route to Sofia announced, 2x weekly from 16 December 2018.
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Post by Thames Gateway on Jun 18, 2018 12:48:25 GMT
April 2018 figures (% on last year's figure)
Alicante: 8,908, down 10%. Amsterdam: 15,119, down 26%, lowest April figure since 2013. Barcelona: 4,587, up 30%. Faro: 8,933, down 16%. Geneva: 4,339, down 25%. Jersey: 2,025, up 79%., highest April since 2013. Lyon - see 'Passenger numbers', April post. Malaga: 8,423, down 6%. Malta: 2,539. Murcia: 2,172, up 311% Palma: 7,486, up 2%, highest April. Paris CDG: 5,047, up 11%, highest April.
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Easyjet
Jun 19, 2018 16:26:07 GMT
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Post by jjc212 on Jun 19, 2018 16:26:07 GMT
Is there anything to be read from the drop in some of the easyjet routes?
Obviously Amsterdam is one of the higher concerns given its prominence in the SEN portfolio. I know the route has had a few capacity cuts this summer timetable (starting march) compared to last year however there has been a steady decline in PAX flying the route throughout 2017. Do people think its a case the local demand could be exhausted or is the competion of other AMS routes such a those at LCY where BACF, flybe and KLM are all now competing for bums on seats? Or could in be there is also some leakage to the CDG route? The growth there has been quite a standout and I would wonder if Easyjet would look at a daily flight next year as even the low season loads were healthy.
Otherwise the sun routes seem to be a bit hit and miss which again is interesting as a trend given historically loads have been quite consistent.
Given the knowledge of his forum is quite strong I would welcome views!
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Post by Thames Gateway on Jun 20, 2018 6:45:48 GMT
Hi jjc212
My take on the AMS decline is that he AMS figures, almost to the day, started to decline coincidental to KLM commencing their LCY services, which have since been upped in frequency too, without any response from EZY. I surmise that what has happened is that a lot of the Dutch clientele that may have been using EZY at SEN for convenience, once KLM came on the route they (some would say quite naturally) would prefer to fly/support their national carrier. There is probably a frequent flier program with AF/KLM, and it makes onward connections through AMS easier too. Possibly the GRQ route has also taken away some local passengers at both ends that would have used AMS-SEN before then.
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Post by expressflight on Jun 20, 2018 12:09:42 GMT
I think Thames Gateway is spot on with his analysis. The KLM AMS-LCY will have taken its toll since it started and the impact of the greatly increased GRQ-SEN frequencies is now also being felt. Incidentally, something similar can be seen on SEN-ANR whereby VLM's LCY-ANR route is losing business to Flybe and to SEN's advantage in that case. The number of pax flying SEN-ANR equals the reduction in numbers on LCY-ANR for April 2018 which must be more than coincidence.
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Post by Thames Gateway on Jul 30, 2018 22:20:04 GMT
I note that when EZY announced in December the 4 new routes starting this summer, that PRG was down as twice a week. They must feel that it has been doing quite well prior to start, as it is now 4 flights a week from the start, M/W/F/Su. It will be interesting to see the STK figures for PRG for the rest of the year.
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