Originally Posted by
Trev4521
A very tiny increase, that will drop next year due to no long haul to Mexico & Orlando by another 2% and we are still exploring the possibility of long haul scheduled flight which wdere promised within 5 years after Mag took over we should have gone with BA or Virgin.
With respect, long haul PAX is a dead duck. BA and Virgin? Not a chance. BHX with a larger local market, and bigger business base cannot sustain westbound long haul, and even eastbound long haul growth has stalled. The focus for long haul growth in central / northern England is now firmly focused on MAN, and MAG will see to that as regards EMA. Odd IT charter routes might come EMA's way in the future, but even there DSA appears to becoming the departure point of choice for the East Midlands and south / west Yorkshire.
Also if you go onto BMI site for routes ex EMA it shows Ema -Bru Ema -Turkey Ema -Nuremberg , but it shows no flights to Nuremberg Weird
Code shares with Brussels Airlines over BRU?
More positively, cargo is growing steadily, as tonnage declines at MAN. Another strategic move my MAG perhaps. Unless local authorities scupper this lucrative business through night bans / restriction this is EMA's (less glamourous) future growth area.