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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Nov 2013, 19:37
Replies: 4,886
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Posted By jabird

I very much doubt it! Don't think there are...

I very much doubt it!

Don't think there are many here who have taken BHX's grandiose plans seriously, and even if a few do, no reason to think the government is remotely interested, or that WW...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Nov 2013, 23:20
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

So you are basically saying it is a political...

So you are basically saying it is a political decision?

I very much doubt that. If any non-state airline is going to play politics these days, we know the kind of games MOL play with smaller...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Jul 2013, 15:37
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Nope, hat eating is strictly for people who have...

Nope, hat eating is strictly for people who have promised to eat one if proven wrong, not for other mistakes, which we all make, all of the time. :cool:

Have a good weekend, J
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Jul 2013, 02:43
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Nigel, Did I? I really don't...

Nigel,



Did I?

I really don't recall saying anything negative about the possibility of AI returning. Plenty of others did, and all for very sound reasons. I'm glad to see AI back. I...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Jul 2013, 14:38
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Why did I save my teeth? I never said AI wouldn't...

Why did I save my teeth? I never said AI wouldn't come back, I think there's plenty of commercial logic behind this return.

My issue is over the long term viability of the extension, and more to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Jul 2013, 19:58
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

I'm glad to see AI on this route, and I want Brum...

I'm glad to see AI on this route, and I want Brum to succeed. However, any bashing at PK & cronies for wanting to become a London hub is entirely reasonable imho.

Even the runway extension remains...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Jun 2013, 15:01
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

I'd refer you back up to your browser header and...

I'd refer you back up to your browser header and the bit that says "PPRuNe". We love gossip and this route has generated plenty of it, and will no doubt continue to do so until it has re-started and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jun 2013, 19:08
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Could I float another (sightly outlandish)...

Could I float another (sightly outlandish) theory?

BHX is keen to see new LH routes to recoup runway investment, so they go round offering 6 months' free service fees for any airline willing to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jun 2013, 17:49
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Err - wasn't the whole point of the B787 to serve...

Err - wasn't the whole point of the B787 to serve thinner routes where the demand clearly exists, but a 777/super jumbo variant would just be too big.

I don't think there is anything "secondary"...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jun 2013, 17:46
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

I think they usually provide the same answer -...

I think they usually provide the same answer - the more bums you have on seats, the more efficient the operation becomes as less fuel is needed to move each passenger to where they want to get to.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jun 2013, 00:42
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

I'm not bothered about casual observers, but some...

I'm not bothered about casual observers, but some people will ask the environmental question - ie, why are you moving so much air around, instead of selling those seats at a lower price to fill the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Jun 2013, 21:34
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

I think these examples are all niche cases, not...

I think these examples are all niche cases, not the usual rule. BA for example, must surely still need to be looking for average LFs in the 70s, although this will vary hugely across the network.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Jun 2013, 18:13
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Yes - I get all the logic, but I've always felt...

Yes - I get all the logic, but I've always felt you either need an incredibly strong product that people are happy to pay a whole lot more for, or the ability to block your competition if they wanted...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Jun 2013, 16:35
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Just to clarify - I take it you are defining...

Just to clarify - I take it you are defining yields as average cost per occupied seat per sector, no account of distance?

Yes, we hear time and again that load factor alone is no judge or route...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jun 2013, 14:27
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

As could proposing the ridiculous scheme in the...

As could proposing the ridiculous scheme in the first place.



Err - emphasis on the false my friend.

Saying someone is making the airport the laughing stock is quite different from saying...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jun 2013, 12:24
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

There's something in the small print about...

There's something in the small print about government sticking the cash in - I'm sure voters all over SE England will be keen on that, especially when LHR R3/T6 would be privately funded.

I...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jun 2013, 10:40
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Not really, the southern edge of the station is a...

Not really, the southern edge of the station is a train length to the north of the threshold. I know this is only a concept map, but this sort of thing is quite important when it comes to getting the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jun 2013, 08:39
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Found this from an image search: ...

Found this from an image search:

http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/216732/article_d1347ae077992dfc_1370855231_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg

So there's a huge amount of questions I'd ask even from that...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Jun 2013, 17:34
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

But that's not going to happen without an act...

But that's not going to happen without an act permitting nationalisation of a foreign-owned asset, and then we are indeed back to Fantasy Boris Island. Has Silver started working inthe BHX dreaming...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Jun 2013, 11:04
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Ah, 175 new 738s. Phew! For one minute, I thought...

Ah, 175 new 738s. Phew! For one minute, I thought MOL had gone of his rocker too and ordered some E175s!

<end thread drift>

Agreed with all the posts above - BHX is now the joker in the pack as...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jun 2013, 16:26
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Not really - MAN is very good at providing long...

Not really - MAN is very good at providing long haul (and short) legs into other airlines' hubs. Most l/h a/c based at MAN are doing leisure routes.

MUC is very much a hub in its own right, but...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jun 2013, 16:16
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

I googled the i then clicked on the BHX article...

I googled the i then clicked on the BHX article and got this:



So am I supposed to go behind a paywall to get this :mad::mad::mad:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jun 2013, 15:14
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Well theoretically, they could go down the DXB...

Well theoretically, they could go down the DXB line and sandwich toast racks (if you'll excuse phraseology) full of A380s between two parallel runways, but that would mean some very interesting...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jun 2013, 10:21
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Tory graph posted this earlier this morning, but...

Tory graph posted this earlier this morning, but says there are no costings as yet, but would need public subsidy, unlike LHR.

Birmingham unveils ambitious airport plans - Telegraph...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jun 2013, 22:36
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

You mean by the time we've stopped using offices...

You mean by the time we've stopped using offices or going to conferences, trade shows and rock concerts, they'll be able to demolish the office park, LG Arena and the NEC complex to make way for the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jun 2013, 21:41
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Well in many other airports (esp USA), that would...

Well in many other airports (esp USA), that would be perfect for a wide spaced parallel runway as there would just be fields in between.

I can just about work out where you might get a runway in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jun 2013, 12:41
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

That's not the history as I remember it. I don't...

That's not the history as I remember it. I don't recall BHX having any interest in a second runway (as there was just no need for it), until the 2003 White Paper started getting airport to think...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jun 2013, 21:02
Replies: 4,886
Views: 2,917,919
Posted By jabird

Surely whole advantage of DUB<>BHX is it is a...

Surely whole advantage of DUB<>BHX is it is a quick rotation with stead demand at either end year round. Yields might not be great but if there's a spare couple of hours in the day, the a/c might...
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