I have had a quick scan of the BMI Baby schedule in April and June 2012
and it looks very impressive especially even after Easter where the four
based are fairly active.
Prague and Alicante actually drop frequency in June to accommodate
the Nice and Palma increases.
BHX2FRA
No idea but certainly "slots" could be a consideration on some occasions
at that time. The ground time at Frankfurt is substantial at times compared to say other UK airlines but of course there is little choice when fitting in with
the departure and arrival banks of a hub system. I wonder how the delays are affecting connecting pax outbound on the late FRA long-haul departures?
As a regular, what are loads like on the route now, as this is an incredible increase in the number of seats compared to last year?
This nicely brings me on to the provisional April route analysis figures,
which are missing from the CAA release this week. This is the reply I got
from the CAA: -
Thank you for your recent email.
Due to technical problems being experienced by BAA it is not possible to publish provisional routes tables 12.1 and 12.2 in our release for April 2011 data. We are hopeful that the problem will be rectified in time for our next update of April provisional data Friday 20th May.
Possibly tomorrow then but what is the connection with the BAA to the likes of BHX EMA, BRS, CWL, MAN, LGW etc or are they saying that without the BAA figures there is no point in publishing them? No, I didn't bother to ask
the CAA, which I suppose would have yielded the answer
!!!
Pete