EAST MIDLANDS - 2

[bmibabyfc]

bmibabyfc is still here..........

have nothing to report on ema at moment, baby have set a twice daily abz from bhx...would be nice to go head to head with eastern from ema though!!!


not hearing good reports about the cuss machines the airport are using, not benefit to the pax that use them!!

regards as ever

bmibabyfc

[phil_2405]

Hey egnxema,

Nottingham East Midlands Airport (NEMA) is delighted to announce its busiest month on record – a 12% increase on the same month in 2005.
Between 1 August and 31 August 2006, 524,075 customers travelled to and from the Airport – this resulted in highest number of passengers in the history of the Castle Donington base.
http://www.nottinghamema.com/cms/177...on-record.html
More good news for NEMA pax figs.

I've heard baby are getting some new aircraft and NEMA may get one, is that true? Apologises if its been discussed before.

[Richard Taylor]

Morning from ABZ.

I really hope bmi Baby take a look at EMA-ABZ. T3 have had it easy for too long, I think it is a route that could do with & could be boosted by competition, but with the right timings. I feel bmi B, now that they are coming to ABZ with the BHX launch, could be the airline to do that.

I recall bmi Reg did try a 1x daily M-F EMA-ABZ a few years back (with a EMA E145 as I recall) but was not a success. Perhaps unsurprising as the timing was rubbish - lunchtime - & no good for business.

Proper freq & timing (& a loco ) may assist.

[bacardi walla]

BMi Regional or BMC as it was then, used to fly EMA-ABZ daily. I know, I flew on the damn thing....

[bmibaby.com]

There was a time in the 1990s (as early as my history with Midland goes) when EMA-ABZ was served by British Midland on a 3x daily basis, I think with the Saab 340. Am guessing it was when they got rid of this type that the route was dropped. The latest attempt at ABZ which has been mentioned was the once daily ERJ-145 flight which tried to utilise the Embraer when it wasn't flying to BRU, and as mentioned, was a flop thanks to it's once daily frequency. With the extortionate T3 fares, a twice daily WW service would capture the market with ease, but bmibaby have neglected their home base for a long time.

[easyboy]

Originally Posted by egnxema

Not heard from a few of the regulars for a while!
You all ok guys/gals?
Little Blue
Almost Prof
Lite
bmibabyfc
Phil 2405
easyboy
What you all up to?

Yeh I'm still about - been working a fair bit recently and too knackered to do anything when I get in after a long day onboard :-)

easyboy

[Little Blue]

Still here....but been busy with my new daughter ! Oh, and having the usual busy summer in bmi and baby ops....
Would love to see EMA-ABZ, 'cos got family up there.
Wish we'd start looking at the Italian/German market again.
Right..back to the nappies !

[almost professional]

Still here too!-busy summer with radar trainees and trying to get some tower time to cause chaos!
saw the CUSS terminals in use, lots of management around as well-if they are succesfull does it mean fewer check-in desks? winter going to be busy with building work, moving central search and new pier between central apron and western extension
what do you guys think of webtrak?

[UPS@EMA]

almost professional says: winter going to be busy with building work, moving central search and new pier between central apron and western extension

What new pier. dont get to hear much nemore living over in malaysia.

Regards

UPS@EMA

[almost professional]

extension to the departure lounge on the ground between the central apron and the new apron, holding lounges I think-means more stands are accessable by foot rather than coach, and increases the available airside area.
Do not think that includes airbridges, but could i suppose have the capability put in

[bmibaby.com]

I believe the new pier is being designed with the low-cost carriers in mind, ie plenty of room to get people lined up to the gate early.

[egnxema]

Some significant increase to the airside capacity this winter then!! Moving the Departures Door to the Ilk Co-op area. then the new pier.

Almost prof - will the pier go right out to all the stands on the new western Apron?

Will make quite a walk from Check-in to gate - but definately long overdue. Will arriving pax still be coached from the western apron to the arrivals area? Or will they walk into the pier and along the full length of the terminal front?

[EastMids]

Originally Posted by almost professional

what do you guys think of webtrak?

It might actually be interesting and useful if it showed flights in real time, but as it is its a waste of space IMHO. Yes, I know it says the 24 hour delay is for "security reasons" (ha! isn't that a cover up for a multitude of sins these days?), but that "justification" is a load of tosh when you consider any enthusiast can buy an SBS-1 track in real time any aeroplanes that have Mode-S/ADS-B (which is becoming an increasingly common fit).

Andy

[almost professional]

I am guessing that it will stretch most of the way along, leaving room for vehicle access at the north end-should think that arriving pax will still need bussing to arrivals-be tricky to organise it so that inbound/outbound pax kept apart in one building-now for some more A/C to fill those stands!

[Little Blue]

Does anyone remember the "ghost" pier that they experimented with back in the early 90's?
Instead of building a pier, they parked the a/c around the empty area of ramp which would have been the pier, if they'd actually built the bloody thing !
It looked crazy and was crazy. Pax had to walk around the markings on the ramp, instead of going straight across to their a/c.
It didn't last for too long.
Whats happening with the entrance to the airport, off the 453?
Noticed that they have whitewashed some of the roadsigns around the traffic lights.
Right..I start sounding like an EMA freak...see ya !

[phil_2405]

Originally Posted by almost professional

extension to the departure lounge on the ground between the central apron and the new apron, holding lounges I think-means more stands are accessable by foot rather than coach, and increases the available airside area.
Do not think that includes airbridges, but could i suppose have the capability put in

I was under the impression the pier is going to be accessed from the 1st floor

[almost professional]

Oh yes I remember it!-think the idea was to maximise the parking on the central apron, allowing as many different types of A/C as possible, however nobody asked the opinions of those trying to operate the apron-it made pushbacks and the interaction between various stands a nightmare! , only good thing was the fact they tried it out in phantom guise before building anything

[almost professional]

Phil-you may well be right, all I know is what has been passed along on staff briefings-all a bit second hand-that would give them the option to put in airbridges at some time then if it is two storey

[UPS@EMA]

Looking at the pictures of the new apron, isnt building a new pier going to take a lot of building work, i.e extension to the departures, integrating the tower or that kind of area and then up between? wont that double the size of the departures????? are they gonna use 1 side of it for low costers and the other side with air bridges.

[UPS@EMA]

BTW looks like Mytravel are offering a weekly service to Mombasa in Kenya from March through to May 2007. First flight out is on the 13th March,

Departs EMA at 00:10 and arrives MBA at 12:30
Departs MBA at 14:30 and arrives EMA at 21:25

Flights operated by the A330-200

Regards

Stu