175's & Air Nostrum
jpthomas72
Some Global Distribution Systems now showing three out the four flights are 175's from the winter schedule. Departures from BHX 06.50, 13.20 & 17.40.
The DUS night-stop remains a Q400.
This is Monday - Friday and Sunday evening 17.40 also is a 175.
This has been the plan for weeks and now appearing in GDS.
Air Nostrum
Rumour has it they had double daily slots requested for BHX but no more and of course they had gone for twice weekly Glasgow and daily Manchester in competition with easyjet and ryanair rather than having BHX business, leisure and connecting traffic to themselves.
Perhaps still hope for summer 2012 but just shows how low BHX is a priority for some airlines.
Double daily certainly sounded ambitious but often that is what is required to feed hub flights. Another forum has the Manchester timings ideal for South American connections in both directions and at daily I suppose it will attract some business pax with leisure left for EZY & FR.
Pete