As usual. Olton Pete's post is highly informative. Air India daily, all
PR puff and nonsense. I suspect from a reputational point of view that within in the industry, the
PR comming from this Airport Company may be doing it no favours - look at the miserable list of failures - Air Blue ?
Much more importantly; the cuts to EWR services in the winter are probably more damaging and this does not only apply to BHX. "You cannot fly from here to there today and yes we have no Banana's " must be a big disencentive to the high fare paying commercial passenger.
As for patterns of Travel to North America long term - That's one for the experts.
The figures suggest there's a thriving demand for the established shot/medium haul from the place + Dubai - A bit like say Glasgow a post industrial Victorian city. But in perspective look at the passenger growth from Bristol (CDG being a bit of blot !). A conerbation 1/3 of the size of Brum (with a geographiclly larger/ more prosperous catchmemt) handeling something like 60 % of Birmingham's passenger throughput with short runway.
Perhaps the operating Co should be happy to broaden the medium haul destination base and do not forget Luton down the M1. A facility less limited now by its shorter runway, with the comming of the New Boeings and Airbus Aircraft.