EAST MIDLANDS

[Maddog Red]

Paris CDG is the new route; god the excitement is killing me. While other airlines stick their necks out and offer customers new choice and new countries to visit, bmibaby just takes a bmi route back.

[bmibabyfc]

i wasnt thinking about cdg......... just because the summer flights have been announced dont think that could be it!!

i may be wrong,but only time will tell!!

[karnak]

the suspense is TOOOOOOOOOO much will NMEA be able to cope!

[bmibabyfc]

no it perhaps wont karnak!

[bmibabyfc]

well there you go, the new route i was talking about has gone to MAN, not EMA! - no surprise there!!

it was Perpignan i was talking about karnak,just wasnt sure whether it would be ema or bhx that it was going from, didnt expect man!! there also doing nqy as well next summer from there!

[Fried_Chicken]

it was Perpignan i was talking about karnak,just wasnt sure whether it would be ema or bhx that it was going from, didnt expect man!!

FlyBE already serve Perpignan from Brum, doubt there would have been enough Pax for two airlines on the route

Fried Chicken

[karnak]

Oh well bmibabtfc same old story EMA looses out again management need to think more creatively about EMA we are loosing out on a lot of pax by now trying non traditional routes!

[egnxema]

SO with CDG switching back to WW and NCE not showing in the schedules, does that mean that bmiRegional will not operate at EMA from March 06?

[bmibaby.com]

bmi regional will still be basing an Embraer ERJ-145 at NEMA to operate the EMABRU service, as this will not be transferred over to bmibaby. bmi regional has always performed strongly on the Brussels service because of the high level of business & high-yield pax on the route, as opposed to CDG which has a much greater mix of business & leisure pax - and with low-cost competition in the Midlands, people who simply aren't prepared to pay BD prices.

baby has only to my knowledge released a twice-daily EMACDG frequency, therefore does it now allow if there is an extra based 737 for at least one or two extra flights? Perhaps this will allow for one or two more routes, or will there be additional CDG frequenices.

I think any major LCC expansion at EMA for 2006 will certainly not be in the hands of the baby management!

[egnxema]

Well, for those of us that feel things are a little quieter in the Terminal this summer, the stats seem to back it up.

For the 12months ending August 2005 the total pax figs are 4,261,000

For thw 12months ending August 2004 the total pax figs were
4,283,000

minus 22,000 pax (or 30 departing pax per day)

I am smiling to myself now - I realise that nobody would notice a reduction of 30 pax per day.

But what is slightly alarming is that:-

NCL, BRS and BFS all increased their pax by 1/2 million, and LPL increased by just short of 3/4 million!

FR shoudl make a difference this winter, but it is a shame to see EMA is not holdingn its own when compared with its immediate contemporaries.

[dwlpl]

egnxema

Liverpool is on course to increase pax throughput this year by around 30% on last years total, if this is met there will be approx 1million extra pax year-on-year.

[Mr Angry from Purley]

See TOMFly into EMA big time tonight, is this Wx related or is COV work in progress

[bmibaby.com]

* I completely agree that EMA does need to do more to increase passenger numbers in the same way that has been evident at other regional airports in the UK, however the new Ryanair base opening up in February should help to acheive that goal. I believe the dip in passenger numbers has simply been caused due to the lack of enthusiasm from the two existing based LCCs who really need to pull their finger out to remain competitive this coming summer.

* Thomsonfly are operating Coventry-based aircraft from EMA throughout November at the beginning of the week, whilst work is undertaken at Coventry Airport.

[phil_2405]

easyJet have just released Summer 2006 seats from NEMA:

Routes now available for summer 2006...

* Alicante
* Cologne-Bonn
* Faro
* Geneva
* Malaga
* Prague
* Rome (Ciampino)
* Venice

No expansion but at least they aren't pulling out!

[Mike16]

Hi


Great news about Easyjet not pulling out, but can someone help me here?

I went on the airports website and there is a flight departing tonight i think it was 23.55hrs to /newYork !!!!!!!!!!!

Is this a one off ? or a regular ?

Can someone help

Mike

[phil_2405]

Mike16, I read somewhere it was a special flight for WWE.

The timings of NEMA easyJet flights next summer don't seem to have changed so no indication of expansion to come. Some of the flights are quite pricey as well, they seem to have put their base prices up?

[Mike16]

Hi

Hi phil how are you ?

Well you are quick aren't you, it says AC7027 dept at 23.59 hrs.
What is wwe flight ?

Easyjet is getting very expensive indeed, just priced up for june for 2 adults return to Faro,well over £300.00, looked on coop travel website i can have a chartered holiday for that price with bed and breakfast accom included !

mike

[phil_2405]

WWE - special flight for Wrestlers. Don't quote me though - not 100% sure.

[GrahamK]

WWE = World Wrestling Entertainment

[almost professional]

We were told it was WWE-apron looked good last night-before the fog rolled in!
well done to the servisair tug driver for his patience when trying to get surplus Easy B737's from the central apron to any part of the airfield with a gap!
must have been a nightmare this morning though, bet there where some non standard pushbacks/starts