Originally Posted by
Albert Hall
The update I was given based on the slot information is below. I guess the start date plus any of the stuff below could easily change. On top of the health warning that this can and probably will change, this only covers flying at slot constrained UK airports so omits plans to fly between airports that aren't slot restricted. So if BHD-LPL, BHD-CWL etc etc are in the plan, they won't be listed here.
Birmingham-Paris CDG 1 x daily from 31 March (covering a W pattern also)
Birmingham-Belfast City 3 x daily from 31 March - Emerald (details tbc) + easyJet to BFS
Birmingham-Edinburgh 2 x daily from 28 July, increasing to 3 x daily from 18 August and to 4 x daily from 15 September - easyJet
Birmingham-Glasgow 2 x daily from 28 July, increasing to 3 x daily from 18 August - easyJet
Birmingham-Isle of Man 1 x daily from 18 August - Loganair
Birmingham-Jersey 1 x weekly (Saturday) from 9 July to 17 September - Blue Islands and Jet2
Manchester-Belfast City 2 x daily from 7 July, increasing to 3 x daily from 28 July and 4 x daily from 25 August - Emerald (details tbc) + easyJet to BFS
Manchester-Southampton 2 x daily from 21 July - Eastern
I'd hedge bets on the CDG w-pattern being CDG-SOU. It is the busiest ex. Flybe route still unserved from Southampton.
Also, as per my bold comments in the quote, that's a lot of competition straight from the off...