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WW from BHX no longer mentioned on the SXF website. So have they pulled off, or have their PR reps been reading PPRUNE, and telling SXF not to say anything until an official announcement is made?
If ww like to "join the dots", could SXF work from any of their other bases, or would this be too much in EZs front yard?
If ww like to "join the dots", could SXF work from any of their other bases, or would this be too much in EZs front yard?
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This is an article off CH Aviation:
"Air France (AF/Paris CDG) will start up to six times daily service
between Paris CDG and Birmingham on March 27 using Cityjet
(WX/Dublin) BAe 146-200s. Flybe. (BE/Exeter) will give up the route
by the end of this winter timetable. This is the last route Flybe. is
operating under an Air France franchise agreement"
"Flybe. (BE/Exeter) is reportedly planning to add more routes from
Aberdeen to Birmingham, Exeter and Southampton later this year. It is
also considering launching new routes from Aberdeen to Norway and
Sweden and adding Inverness to its network"
"bmibaby (WW/East Midlands) is reportedly planning to start a new
route from Birmingham to Berlin Schoenefeld"
Suppose the key word is WW are
reportedly planning the route, nothing confirmed.
"Air France (AF/Paris CDG) will start up to six times daily service
between Paris CDG and Birmingham on March 27 using Cityjet
(WX/Dublin) BAe 146-200s. Flybe. (BE/Exeter) will give up the route
by the end of this winter timetable. This is the last route Flybe. is
operating under an Air France franchise agreement"
"Flybe. (BE/Exeter) is reportedly planning to add more routes from
Aberdeen to Birmingham, Exeter and Southampton later this year. It is
also considering launching new routes from Aberdeen to Norway and
Sweden and adding Inverness to its network"
"bmibaby (WW/East Midlands) is reportedly planning to start a new
route from Birmingham to Berlin Schoenefeld"
Suppose the key word is WW are
reportedly planning the route, nothing confirmed.
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"reportedly" in this context means that a BHX-SXF route has been, as mentioned above, fed into the computer at SXF and briefly appeared in their online schedules. Berlins' airports are somewhat notorious for prematurely releasing requested slots as new routes. I guess this has to do with the fact that SXF is about to become the third hub for Germanwings, bmi baby's German co-operation partner. This route made the round on various German forums from which ch-aviation lifts a fair amount of its content.
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Air India News
Information taken from this link.........
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...0902780300.htm
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...0902780300.htm
Flights to Birmingham : Meanwhile, AI plans to launch the Delhi-Birmingham-Toronto flight by mid-May. The airline proposes to utilise a Boeing 777 aircraft to operate on the route.
The Government had recently given permission to AI to operate thrice a week flight on the India-Birmingham sector.
The Government had recently given permission to AI to operate thrice a week flight on the India-Birmingham sector.
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Yesterday Birmingham accepted some Thomsonfly diversions from Coventry, today around 6 BA flights diverted in from Heathrow. Have mangement/handling agents changed their policy as regards diversions as they used to turn them away
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In June a couple of years back, I was sitting at Toronto in the departure lounge waiting for a BA flight back to LHR. At the next gate, the PIA A310 to BHX was being called for boarding. To ease the boredom, I decided to count the pax getting on it. Grand total 27. So why do Air India think they can make money on it?
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VZ
VZ have dropped BHX-BCN, as of end April it's no longer on the booking system. This could leave the door open for WW or Monarch because apparently it was doing pretty well. I know several people who have used it and it has always been full.
BHX-BCN is being axed more for the fact that it is becoming impossible to get slots at BCN and MyTravel didn't have any workable BCN slots for the summer to continue the service.
Understand that the MYT Lite A320 fleet at BHX is reducing from three to two aircraft from May (a/c going back onto charters) and there are strong rumours that the operation is to disappear completely from the end of October.
Understand that the MYT Lite A320 fleet at BHX is reducing from three to two aircraft from May (a/c going back onto charters) and there are strong rumours that the operation is to disappear completely from the end of October.
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Flightrider,
Yes I've heard also from several sources that My Travel lite will cease to operate from the end of Summer 05.
Perhaps there period of reduced landing fees etc at BHX that they received as a start up operation has come to an end. Also, when it started the A320's used for it were on excellent lease deals. Post 9/11 Leasing companies were desperate to entice companies who were due to return aircraft, or sign new leases to keep their aircraft. As such deals were available for 'pay by the hour' rather than traditional fixed monthly fees. The market has now changed again, and these deals have faded away.
Perhaps a combination of the above raise overheads to such a level that My Travel as a corporation no longer wish to continue the 'Lite' product......
Yes I've heard also from several sources that My Travel lite will cease to operate from the end of Summer 05.
Perhaps there period of reduced landing fees etc at BHX that they received as a start up operation has come to an end. Also, when it started the A320's used for it were on excellent lease deals. Post 9/11 Leasing companies were desperate to entice companies who were due to return aircraft, or sign new leases to keep their aircraft. As such deals were available for 'pay by the hour' rather than traditional fixed monthly fees. The market has now changed again, and these deals have faded away.
Perhaps a combination of the above raise overheads to such a level that My Travel as a corporation no longer wish to continue the 'Lite' product......
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DEL-ATQ-BHX-YYZ flights showing on the AI website info pages but not on the destinations list yet. Surely the tickets will be on sale soon if its starting 15th May.
http://www.airindia.co.in/yatrik/servlet/olsRFIInfo?FlightNum=AI187&FlightDate=18MAY0
Times are :
AI187: DEL 1015
ATQ 1110 1225
BHX 1715 1845
YYZ 2115
AI188: YYZ 2330
BHX 1110+1 1230+1
ATQ 0125+2 0240+2
DEL 0335+2
http://www.airindia.co.in/yatrik/servlet/olsRFIInfo?FlightNum=AI187&FlightDate=18MAY0
Times are :
AI187: DEL 1015
ATQ 1110 1225
BHX 1715 1845
YYZ 2115
AI188: YYZ 2330
BHX 1110+1 1230+1
ATQ 0125+2 0240+2
DEL 0335+2
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runway14141414,
The link you posted does seem to be active, and as you say, BHX is not in the drop down menus.
I could only find a route map showing London as being up near Belfast, and EWR and JFK further away from each other than MOL could ever imagine in his wildest dreams! This made the White Paper map drawers (who had Dubai in the middle of Afghanistan) look positively accurate!
Correction: Seems like the 5 (as in MAY05) got chopped off. Try:
http://www.airindia.co.in/yatrik/ser...htDate=18MAY05 - but it may well time out.
The link you posted does seem to be active, and as you say, BHX is not in the drop down menus.
I could only find a route map showing London as being up near Belfast, and EWR and JFK further away from each other than MOL could ever imagine in his wildest dreams! This made the White Paper map drawers (who had Dubai in the middle of Afghanistan) look positively accurate!
Correction: Seems like the 5 (as in MAY05) got chopped off. Try:
http://www.airindia.co.in/yatrik/ser...htDate=18MAY05 - but it may well time out.
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atco-matic. As to your point on AI making a profit
on the YYZ sector you have to take into account that there is a larger Indian population around Toronto then Pakistani and alot of them sikhs, Amritsar being in the sikh Punjabi region, the Golden Temple etc etc. plus the large Birmingham Indian population...
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on the YYZ sector you have to take into account that there is a larger Indian population around Toronto then Pakistani and alot of them sikhs, Amritsar being in the sikh Punjabi region, the Golden Temple etc etc. plus the large Birmingham Indian population...
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In tonights Evening Mail it says flybe will be adding Limogas, Bordeaux and rennes for the summer and Aberdeen, Inverness likely to start autumn. Didn't mention any start dates/ frequencies dont know if anyone has any more info?
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The link works fine for me but you are right, sometimes the Air India website just doesn't load for some reason. This is what the link would lead you too.....
Alternativley go to the Air India website and look at the news scroller thing on the right of the screen or just go to the link at the top "About Us" then scroll down to "News" and "Press Releases".Either way this is great news
, nothing has yet appeared on the BHX website.
NEW SERVICES TO BIRMINGHAM/TORONTO SOON
Air India is commencing thrice-weekly services to Toronto via Birmingham effective 15th May 2005. These flights will be operated with B777-ER aircraft ex India and ex Toronto on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays on the routing Delhi/Amritsar/Birmingham/Toronto and vice versa.
Air India is commencing thrice-weekly services to Toronto via Birmingham effective 15th May 2005. These flights will be operated with B777-ER aircraft ex India and ex Toronto on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays on the routing Delhi/Amritsar/Birmingham/Toronto and vice versa.
, nothing has yet appeared on the BHX website.
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BHX's High level statement of intent
the runway extension will be 400 meters with a starter strip of 150 meters. Does anyone know whether this 150 meter starter strip is in addition to the 400 meter extension or is included in it??
BHXviscount
the runway extension will be 400 meters with a starter strip of 150 meters. Does anyone know whether this 150 meter starter strip is in addition to the 400 meter extension or is included in it??
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Birmingham International Airport (BIA) welcomed news that India’s flagship carrier, Air India, will launch direct scheduled services between Birmingham, India and Canada from Sunday 15th May 2005. Birmingham will be the airline’s only UK base outside London. The service, which originates in Delhi, will provide the only direct scheduled service between Amritsar, Birmingham and Toronto.
The flight schedule will be as follows: • Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays - Arrive into Birmingham from Delhi & Amritsar at 17:15. Depart from Birmingham for Toronto at 18:45 • Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays – Arrive into Birmingham from Toronto at 11:10. Depart Birmingham for Amritsar & Delhi at 12:30.
Peter Vella, BIA’s Business Development Director, said: “This is great news for BIA and the whole region. This will be our 12th long haul scheduled destination and will open up a whole new range of opportunities for people wanting to reach Canada, India and beyond from the Midlands.
“Although the range of services and destinations from Birmingham are growing annually, we still only handle around 50% of the potential regional market. It is therefore excellent news that Air India has chosen to set up its second UK base in Birmingham, a development which has the potential demand for further growth in the future.”
Captain A.K Sharma, Regional Director UK & Europe for Air India commented, “We are thrilled to have this opportunity to serve three major demand centres and connect people throughout India with the UK and Canada. We believe there is a large market for these routes, particularly from those wanting to easily reach friends and relatives in India and Canada from the Midlands, and we also expect the business and leisure traveller in all three centres to benefit from our operation. We very much look forward to working with Birmingham Airport, and I’m sure this will be the start of a very successful partnership.”
The airline will operate a Boeing 777-200 aircraft on the Birmingham route, which holds 284 passengers in a mixed configuration. Fares start from £299 to India and £110 to Toronto plus taxes. Bookings can be made by calling the airline’s reservations number on 020 8560 9996, and Air India’s consolidators/travel agents.
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The flight schedule will be as follows: • Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays - Arrive into Birmingham from Delhi & Amritsar at 17:15. Depart from Birmingham for Toronto at 18:45 • Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays – Arrive into Birmingham from Toronto at 11:10. Depart Birmingham for Amritsar & Delhi at 12:30.
Peter Vella, BIA’s Business Development Director, said: “This is great news for BIA and the whole region. This will be our 12th long haul scheduled destination and will open up a whole new range of opportunities for people wanting to reach Canada, India and beyond from the Midlands.
“Although the range of services and destinations from Birmingham are growing annually, we still only handle around 50% of the potential regional market. It is therefore excellent news that Air India has chosen to set up its second UK base in Birmingham, a development which has the potential demand for further growth in the future.”
Captain A.K Sharma, Regional Director UK & Europe for Air India commented, “We are thrilled to have this opportunity to serve three major demand centres and connect people throughout India with the UK and Canada. We believe there is a large market for these routes, particularly from those wanting to easily reach friends and relatives in India and Canada from the Midlands, and we also expect the business and leisure traveller in all three centres to benefit from our operation. We very much look forward to working with Birmingham Airport, and I’m sure this will be the start of a very successful partnership.”
The airline will operate a Boeing 777-200 aircraft on the Birmingham route, which holds 284 passengers in a mixed configuration. Fares start from £299 to India and £110 to Toronto plus taxes. Bookings can be made by calling the airline’s reservations number on 020 8560 9996, and Air India’s consolidators/travel agents.
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