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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2017, 11:41
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

My estimate (based on the numbers who head for...

My estimate (based on the numbers who head for connections rather than passport control at FRA) is that at least 75% of passengers on BHX/FRA are connecting. Therefore there are slim pickings for FR.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2017, 08:21
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Perhaps LH are erring on the wrong side in their...

Perhaps LH are erring on the wrong side in their capacity control. Over the past few weeks I have had several rotations to FRA, out on the 953 and back on the 954, mainly 319s but the occasional...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Aug 2017, 07:39
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Thanks for the info. I suspected it had to be...

Thanks for the info. I suspected it had to be weather. However, if Swissport had bothered to send a tug in time for the LH953 then the 955 could have got out of BHX at its scheduled time of 13:30.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Aug 2017, 15:43
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Actually, looking at the stats on FR24, it was...

Actually, looking at the stats on FR24, it was BHX that caused most of the additional delays (admittedly, I have no idea of the reason for the delay to LH955 although there was some heavy rain in FRA...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Aug 2017, 10:42
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Swissport

I was on last Friday's LH953 to FRA with a scheduled pushback of 08:50. The inbound was on time yet, as usual, the ground handling people seem incapable of turning round a plane in the allotted...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jun 2017, 16:03
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

2 or 3 years ago BHX "invested" in a transit...

2 or 3 years ago BHX "invested" in a transit security facility which, so far as I am aware, has never been used. Where isthe return on investment for that?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jun 2017, 07:36
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

MAN shop

There is a story in this morning's businessdesk.com about MAN pening a pop-up shop in the Great Western Arcade which says:-

"The shop highlights Manchester Airport’s US routes such as San...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Dec 2015, 10:48
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

I was waiting at Gate 42 last Friday and saw the...

I was waiting at Gate 42 last Friday and saw the AA boarding at Gate 44. I was really surprised at how few people boarded. Although I didn't count them I would guess there to have been no more than...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Oct 2015, 16:42
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Re my post on Tuesday, the QR Promo fares ex BHX...

Re my post on Tuesday, the QR Promo fares ex BHX have been loaded. The BKK business class is £1,902.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Oct 2015, 19:09
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

QR Fares

I priced a BHX/BKK return in business for May. Ex BHX the cheapest fare showing so far is the Business Saver. That comes to £2,967. The equivalent fare ex MAN is £2,970. However, MAN also has a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jul 2015, 14:47
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

AA Tech

Flew in last night and saw the AA 757 parked on a remote stand. Presumably it went tech.

When the UA goes tech it is easy enough to rebook pax through FRA or MUC but with no other alliance...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jun 2015, 08:02
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

As always the scheduling is rubbish and it means...

As always the scheduling is rubbish and it means an extra night in a hotel at the start of the trip (due to the late arrival into BUD) or at the end (due to the early departure from WAW). So a three...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Feb 2015, 07:17
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Thanks Centre Cities. I prefer to vote with my...

Thanks Centre Cities. I prefer to vote with my feet and avoid Flybe altogether except where there is no choice (i.e. UK domestic). This is due to the random announcement and cancellation of routes...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Feb 2015, 14:49
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Flybe disappoints yet again

According to the Birmingham Mail, Flybe is axing routes to Oslo, Porto, Toulouse, Ireland West and Waterford. Perhaps not surprising but yet another example of Flybe axing routes without giving them...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jan 2015, 13:49
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Where does it say EK have withdrawn First Class? ...

Where does it say EK have withdrawn First Class? Their own booking engine has it showing on the morning flight from August through to December. Anything (F, J or Y) beyond 20 December cannot be...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Dec 2014, 11:58
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

I've never used the pre-clearance facility at DUB...

I've never used the pre-clearance facility at DUB but I have between Canada and the US. The problem is that the area must be physically separate from the rest of the terminal so that, once through...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Dec 2014, 07:30
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

getonnit The transfer facility I am talking...

getonnit

The transfer facility I am talking about (two x ray machines and a walk through metal detector) is at the terminal end of the "new" international pier just before the steps down to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Dec 2014, 08:56
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Thanks for the info getonnit. So there is a...

Thanks for the info getonnit. So there is a separate transfer facility at T2 - presumably it leads up to the T2 departure lounge.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Dec 2014, 07:28
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

I agree that a transfer facility would make some...

I agree that a transfer facility would make some sense for BE connections. However, the new facility is at the top end of the new international pier in T1, so absolutely useless for BE in T2.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Dec 2014, 10:25
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Transfer Facility

After all the PR puff (and cost!!!) of the transfer facility, has anyone actually seen it in operation? Every time I arrive on the new pier the "facility" is well and truly closed.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Sep 2014, 07:29
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

BHX Renamed

I was sitting on the TK flight at IST yesterday morning and the flight attendant made an announcement over the intercom:-

"Welcome to flight TK 1967 to London Birmingham Airport......"

I...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jun 2014, 09:13
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

Sorry, BHX "does not do" connections. You will...

Sorry, BHX "does not do" connections. You will have to go landside and back through security.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Apr 2014, 11:46
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

My view on the decline of Swiss is that the...

My view on the decline of Swiss is that the flight timings just do not work for using ZRH as a long-haul hub from BHX. When there was a lunchtime flight to ZRH then you had a 6 hour wait in ZRH...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Mar 2014, 14:16
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

With all the talk of Chinese visitors going to...

With all the talk of Chinese visitors going to local tourist attractions, I'm surprised no-one has mentioned the No 1 tourist destination for Chinese in the Southern half of England - Bicester...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Nov 2013, 08:57
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

A route to China need not be primarily O&D. ...

A route to China need not be primarily O&D. Recently several Chinese airlines have been publishing aggressively priced fares in business class for travel to SEA and Australia (not sure what their Y...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jun 2013, 11:16
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

There has been recent comment regarding a third...

There has been recent comment regarding a third daily EK and first class ex BHX on EK. I take about 5 business class trips a year to Thailand. Usually I will fly from Amsterdam at about £1,500 on...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Mar 2013, 08:52
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,945
Posted By BobBHX

In a flight of fancy some time ago I posted a...

In a flight of fancy some time ago I posted a suggestion that Oman Air could (subject to 5th freedom rights) use one of their planes during a long ground stop at FRA / MUC / CDG to add on a leg to...
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