Birmingham-7

[jon01]

The start of season report for winter 17/18 is out, courtesy of ACL Airport Coordination Ltd:

American Airlines CANCELLED Cancel their New York – JFK scheduled service.
bmi regional NEW Plan to introduce a 6x p.w. scheduled service to Gothenburg – GOT (cont' from S17).
bmi regional NEW Plan to introduce a 6x p.w. scheduled service to Nuremberg – NUE (cont' from S17).
Brussels Airlines CHANGE Reduce frequency from 23x to 17x per week on Brussels – BRU.
Emirates CHANGE Reduce frequency from 21x to 14x per week on Dubai – DBX.
Emirates CHANGE Will introduce an A380 aircraft on the EK39/40 service (lunchtime) taking EK upto double daily A380 operations at BHX.
Eurowings NEW Plan to introduce a 2x p.w. scheduled service to Hamburg – HAM. Operated by Germanwings – 4U during S17.
Eurowings NEW Plan to introduce a 2x p.w. scheduled service to Salzburg – SZG starting in early December.
Eurowings NEW Plan to introduce a 4x p.w. scheduled service to Vienna – VIE.
Flybe NEW Plan to introduce a 6x p.w. scheduled service to Hamburg – HAM (cont' from S17).
Flybe CANCELLED Cancel their 12x p.w. Rotterdam – RTM scheduled service.
Flybe CANCELLED Cancel their 3x p.w. Nantes – NTE scheduled service.
Flybe CANCELLED Cancel their 7x p.w. Luxemburg – LUX scheduled service.
Germania CANCELLED Cancel their 1x p.w. Chambery – CMF charter service.
Jet2.com NEW Four aircraft base at BHX, operating to Southern European destinations. *Update, since this was compiled, Jet2 is now 5 based, becoming 6 from Dec*
Monarch Airlines CHANGE At the time of writing of this report, Monarch Airlines' AOC remains suspended and the slots remain allocated to the carrier.
Norwegian CANCELLED Is no longer planning to operate during W17. Routes terminated include Malaga – AGP, Las Palmas - LPA and Tenerife South – TFS.
Ryanair CANCELLED Cancel their 2x p.w. Palma-PMI scheduled service.
Small Planet Airlines CANCELLED Will terminate their 1x week service to Tenerife South- TFS.
Thomas Cook (UK) NEW Plan to introduce a 1x p.w. scheduled service to Marsa Alam - RMF and Amilar Cabral – SID.
Thomas Cook (UK) CANCELLED Will terminate their 1x week service to Las Palmas – LPA.
Thomson Airways CANCELLED their 1x p.w. Punta Cana – PUJ charter service.
Thomson Airways NEW Plan to introduce a 1x p.w. every two weeks charter service to Goa – GOA.
Thomson Airways NEW Plan to introduce a 1x p.w. every two weeks charter service to Phuket – HKT.
Thomson Airways NEW Plan to introduce a 1x p.w. scheduled service to Hurganda – HRG.
Thomson Airways NEW Plan to introduce a 1x p.w. scheduled service to La Romana – LRM
Turkmenistan Airlines CHANGE Plan to increase frequency from 3x to 5x per week on Ashgabat – ASB..
United Airlines CANCELLED Will terminate their 4x p.w. service to New York, Newark – EWR.
Vueling CANCELLED Will terminate their services to Malaga-AGP, Alicante – ALC and Tenerife South – TFS.
Wizz Air CANCELLED Will terminate their 3x week service to Sofia – SOF.
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A total of 317,269 seats down on the previous winter, but I believe Jet2 have added more seats since this report was compiled (Monarch had a total of 494,824 seats available)

Notable seat increases:

Aer Lingus
Blue Air
bmi regional
Eurowings
Jet2
Thomas Cook