Monarch
Great news at last for BHX, any expansion of flights must be welcomed even if most of it is on routes already served (and lets not forget this good news could be tempered by the fact that BE have yet to release any French flights for 2012 apart from a weekly AVN, which would be a net loss in destinations if these do not come back)......I am hoping there might be more from ZB to come and that the gaps in schedules are not simply going to be increased frequencies on existing schedules, surely they must be looking at MAD? BER would be great too - Jet2 are going to launch this from LBA so why not ZB from BHX? There are many other well documented gaps in the BHX network, the heartening thing about this announcement is that city routes are included which is exactly where BHX is lacking. With no new routes from FR and BE for 2012 and with WW's future still very much anyones game, could it be ZB that help to bring BHX out of the desperate mire it has been in for a few years?
In a perfect world for summer 2012 ZB additionally announce Berlin, Stockholm, Seville, Gibraltar and Warsaw, BE do continue with regional French flights, UA fly in from Chicago, QR start to give EK a run for their money and AI get back on ATQ/DEL......well there's nothing wrong with dreaming!