2015 Ostend-Bruges airport (OST/EBOS) latest news

[Inquirer]

Glad you've noticed the same thing as I did.

I agree: the socio-demographic composition of the catchment area around ostend makes that the airport is a goldmine for jetair and as a consequence for its airline, although I doubt its appeal is reproducible beyond the Spanish Costa's or its isles in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Africa, so it will always remain just a niche, one that is hard to take benefit from is you lack the correct and direct market penetration.

A similar phenomenon can be detected at Antwerp too to a certain extend if you look at which destinations jetair is having most success on (and which they drop).

[Homo Aeroportus]

Ah thanks, I was really at a loss. Reading is an art...

Donno if it’s an art Jan but like for tango, need two for R/T.

Even with the best of intentions, the message may end up being misunderstood.
Reminds me of a Belgian, pale face, guru on then new Bar Coding technology and participating in a seminar in Dakar.
Comes the moment he describes the principle of the IR beam “reading” the label :
“Comme tout le monde sait, le blanc réfléchit et le noir ne réfléchit pas” .

Looong silence.

Sometimes, you may even need to adapt your message according to the audience :
ATCO : “AFL123, cleared direct to Victor Tango Uniform.”
AFL123 : “Cleared to Whisky Tango Uniform, AFL123.”
ATCO : “AFL123 Negative. Cleared to err Vodka Tango Uniform”


No Vladimir I was just joking, after all I think it was a LOT flight.
:angel:

H.A.

[jan_olieslagers]

Broad grins here - at the one story AND at the other.
The second one surely merits a place on avweb's "short final"!

[Stij]

Donno if it’s an art Jan but like for tango, need two for R/T.

Even with the best of intentions, the message may end up being misunderstood.
Reminds me of a Belgian, pale face, guru on then new Bar Coding technology and participating in a seminar in Dakar.
Comes the moment he describes the principle of the IR beam “reading” the label :
“Comme tout le monde sait, le blanc réfléchit et le noir ne réfléchit pas” .

Looong silence.

Sometimes, you may even need to adapt your message according to the audience :
ATCO : “AFL123, cleared direct to Victor Tango Uniform.”
AFL123 : “Cleared to Whisky Tango Uniform, AFL123.”
ATCO : “AFL123 Negative. Cleared to err Vodka Tango Uniform”


No Vladimir I was just joking, after all I think it was a LOT flight.
:angel:

H.A.

2 jokes in 1 post! You made my day... Really!!!

Cheers,

Stij

[Homo Aeroportus]

Thank you guys.

If I was for something in that smile on your face then I did something good that day.

There is no specific Av Jokes topic on Luchtzak but as this exchange started with communication issue, and as a picture is worth 1000 words, I can close with this one ....

Communicate CLEARLY.jpg (66.66 KiB) Viewed 5628 times

Over and out.

H.A.

[sn26567]

There is no specific Av Jokes topic on Luchtzak

Are you sure? Go through this forum, and you'll find many if you look well: https://www.aviation24.be/forums/viewforum.php?f=12

[ostair]

Heard today that some people from Flybe were at the airport.
Doubt if this is true.

[3toons]

Ostair I know that Ostend Airport management and the Flemish tourism minister (Minister Bourgeois I think) have been trying hard for sometime to attract an airline to operate flights to the UK so we can live in hope!
Anyway judging by September's figures it looks like things are slowly improving at the airport.

http://www.ost.aero/en/passengers/news/ ... ember-2015
Traffic figures September 2015
Friday, 2 October, 2015 - 14:27
Comparison between SEPTEMBER 2015 and SEPTEMBER 2014

Movements
2,508 in SEPTEMBER 2015 compared to 2,190 in SEPTEMBER 2014 (+14.5 %)

Passengers
29,257 in SEPTEMBER 2015 compared to 26,050 in SEPTEMBER 2014 (+12.3 %)

Freight/tons
881 tons in SEPTEMBER 2015 compared to 749 tons in SEPTEMBER 2014 (+17.5 %)




Comparison between the year 2015 and the year 2014 (JAN - SEPT)

Movements
21,115 in 2015 compared to 23,381 in 2014 (-9.7 %)

Passengers
218,055 in 2015 compared to 209,246 in 2014 (+4.2 %)

Freight/tons
12,414 in 2015 compared to 20,427 in 2014 (-39.2 %)

[Ozzie1969]

I'm glad that the inaugural flight to Barcelona was full and I hope it continues to be very successful for both Ostend Airport and Flanders. I hope that in the near future there will be a route from Scotland or the UK to Ostend.

Carlisle airport (local giant Stobart again) would be good for me to get to Annan, but I guess that'll never happen.

[3toons]

Carlisle may not be a likely destination for Ostend but never say never! From my home in Dreghorn I'd be willing to drive to Carlisle if there was a direct flight to Ostend but from what I hear, Manchester is a more likely destination along with one of the three Central Scotland airports. The Flemish Government and Ostend Airport have been trying for several years to get regular flights to the UK. Flybe were in talks with airport management last week apparently.

[jan_olieslagers]

Are there (more or less continuous) immigration services at Carlisle? If not, forget about it!

[FLYAIR10]

Egis invests 2 million Euro in OST airport.

Investments include :

- Tax free zone of 800 sq meters.
- facelift for the income hall
- extra 550 new parking places
- creation of a VIP-room
- Setting up a 'fastlane'
- removing of an old watchtower

Also Rental car firms will be sollicited to set up an office at the airport.

improved infrastructure and new destinations.It seems something is moving at OST

Source:

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20151028_01942920

[3toons]

Thanks for that Flyair10. Things are starting to look up for Ostend Airport. Hopefully this will lead to more routes, airlines and passengers and hopefully some routes to the UK / Scotland.

[Passenger]

Thanks for that Flyair10. Things are starting to look up for Ostend Airport. Hopefully this will lead to more routes, airlines and passengers and hopefully some routes to the UK / Scotland.

Egis has done / is doing the same investments in Antwerp, with new routings as a direct result.

[FLYAIR10]

Today saw the first flights OST-Rome. and ANR-Rome.




Another great day for Belgium's regional airports.

[Ozzie1969]

Too bad the Ostend to Rome flights weren't there in July. Maybe next year.

[FLYAIR10]

Summer 2016 : JAF again expands activities at OST airport

-capacity increase of 32% ,offering flights to 16 destinations.
-OST-Rome will be flown by 737-700 (2X/week).(in winter: 3X/week with E-195)
-addition of new destination Nice (2/week) with 737-700
-addition of new destinations Burgas and Varna in Bulgaria (2X/week)(737-700)
-increased number of seats for flights to Malaga,Alicante and Heraklion.

JAF will base 1 B737-800 (189 seats) and 1 B737-700(148 seats) permanently at the airport.
Grtz

Source:
http://www.ost.aero/nieuw-uit-oostende- ... -bulgarije

[ostair]

Great news.
Hope all routes will be a success in 2016.
It may attract others to give EBOS a try.

Nice-Ostend from one fashionable resort to another one...-)

A UK destination should be next on the list.

[Acid-drop]

Haha

[ostair]

Haha

Why the "Haha" please explain.