Emirates
Reported on a couple of sites that EK37/8 is upgraded on five flights during the next couple of weeks to the 77W, which is very good news.
GayFriendly
Re a few posts back, EK posted 9870 pax in January 2001 the first full month, which is an average of 157 or 56% based on 62 sectors.
February 2001 posted 10608 or 189 per flight at 68% & March 11443, 185
pax or 66%.
First full year 121700 at an average of 167 pax or 60% based to 278 seats. Of course the last three and half months were affected by 9/11.
Not fantastic but certainly okay I would have thought. 2002 BTW saw
162394 at 222 pax or 80%, which is not bad at all.
As for the January pax at bhx, these were a lot better than most of the other UK airports that have reported thus far. I think Manchester and Stansted record double digit decreases. Yes I don't think anyone involved
or intested in bhx will forget that football excuse, quite unbelievable at the time but it was desparate times I suppose.
Pete