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New Control Tower
According to the Birmingham Mail, our local rag, work on the new 115ft tower begins next month.
That's the good news, the not-so-good news is that it will be two years before it's operational.
A year to build and another year to fit it out with 'state of the art' equipment, commission it and train staff.
Most countries could build an entire airport in two years.
Is there any chance a start could be made on the Runway Extension before the new tower is ready for use?
That's the good news, the not-so-good news is that it will be two years before it's operational.
A year to build and another year to fit it out with 'state of the art' equipment, commission it and train staff.
Most countries could build an entire airport in two years.
Is there any chance a start could be made on the Runway Extension before the new tower is ready for use?
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MAN has fast lanes but you dont pay for them, its for aircrew and business class (they do after all pay a massive difference in fares)
The point I was trying to make is that the whole of british society is slowly being fleeced into accepting that everything comes at extra cost and I object to that.
The point I was trying to make is that the whole of british society is slowly being fleeced into accepting that everything comes at extra cost and I object to that.
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Or on the other hand it may be that since Swissport have started handling TCX ,they are short of basic handling aids and have bought an old conveyor from Menzies
OH hang on....what date is it today
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I was told it looked Brand New.
Or on the other hand it may be that since Swissport have started handling TCX ,they are short of basic handling aids and have bought an old conveyor from Menzies
OH hang on....what date is it today
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I was told it looked Brand New.
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UA/CO
The 2011 cuts although are not savage it is a worrying trend especially Manchester dropping to daily from early September. BHX still appears to
be six weekly in November, as it was thought it might be five.
BFS was even worse as one site it came back as no availability but the
egg-timer had not run its course and that is still bookable at five weekly.
Smisek was interviewed in London but gave little away just insisting the
competition will be scared of them when full integration has finished. He
like most CEO's had a go at Government taxes especially the UK but again
nothing new in that.
Customer Service was mentioned and some have pointed out that this
will go down the CO route and the operational side the UA route. I am
sure it won't be as simple as that but I do fear changes might be the
order of the day eventually.
Lets face it, some CO 757's are already being moved to Washington
for European services rather than the much rumoured switch to Chicago.
Lufthansa
Lufthansa flying high after 25 years at Birmingham - Birmingham Airport
I remember working the first day (just) the Frankfurt started although
I thought it was earlier than 1986!
No mention of the Munich upgrade to all 195's in late May. Some very
impressive figures for early 2011 including the Middle East connections.
Air France
It seems an extra early morning departure was due to start (flybe Q400)
but this was only a slot application. Seemed logical in one sense considering
the cut in capacity with the flybe tie-up compared to summer 2010 but
I wonder if this was canned due to flybe not basing aircraft number 10.
This also affected the Inverness which was due to switch back to BHX
based but this changed as well, back to the winter schedule times.
Pete
The 2011 cuts although are not savage it is a worrying trend especially Manchester dropping to daily from early September. BHX still appears to
be six weekly in November, as it was thought it might be five.
BFS was even worse as one site it came back as no availability but the
egg-timer had not run its course and that is still bookable at five weekly.
Smisek was interviewed in London but gave little away just insisting the
competition will be scared of them when full integration has finished. He
like most CEO's had a go at Government taxes especially the UK but again
nothing new in that.
Customer Service was mentioned and some have pointed out that this
will go down the CO route and the operational side the UA route. I am
sure it won't be as simple as that but I do fear changes might be the
order of the day eventually.
Lets face it, some CO 757's are already being moved to Washington
for European services rather than the much rumoured switch to Chicago.
Lufthansa
Lufthansa flying high after 25 years at Birmingham - Birmingham Airport
I remember working the first day (just) the Frankfurt started although
I thought it was earlier than 1986!
No mention of the Munich upgrade to all 195's in late May. Some very
impressive figures for early 2011 including the Middle East connections.
Air France
It seems an extra early morning departure was due to start (flybe Q400)
but this was only a slot application. Seemed logical in one sense considering
the cut in capacity with the flybe tie-up compared to summer 2010 but
I wonder if this was canned due to flybe not basing aircraft number 10.
This also affected the Inverness which was due to switch back to BHX
based but this changed as well, back to the winter schedule times.
Pete
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OP,
Note your remarks about Manchester in your first line, but don't forget AA
are starting shortly to New York,so capacity will not suffer through the winter.
Although a different airport (JFK).
Regards,
Jubilee
Note your remarks about Manchester in your first line, but don't forget AA
are starting shortly to New York,so capacity will not suffer through the winter.
Although a different airport (JFK).
Regards,
Jubilee
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jubilee
Yes, I believe capacity will actually be up next winter at Manchester re
the New York area. AA five weekly, DL five weekly and CO/UA daily?
Compared to 2010/11 which was DL 5 weekly and CO 10/11 weekly
(can't remember exact figure).
Pete
Yes, I believe capacity will actually be up next winter at Manchester re
the New York area. AA five weekly, DL five weekly and CO/UA daily?
Compared to 2010/11 which was DL 5 weekly and CO 10/11 weekly
(can't remember exact figure).
Pete
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Jamie2k9
Definitely five week per the CAA stats and still not daily now. Monday and
Friday ex Manchester are the days it does not fly at present. It returns to
daily in May or June but of course AA are back on the route.
On a different matter, their are still gaps in the Ryanair summer schedule
at BHX, have you heard anything? I understand it in winter but summer and
Easter coming up as well. Things are tight in the West Mids but I not sure
that they are that bad. Monarch have squashed in an amazing amount of
schedule flying this April and they are hardly the cheapest for us cost-concious Midlanders
PIA
All four weekly flights are operating but all appear to the 772 now rather
than 3 x 77W and 1 x 772. Airport timetable also has the whole of April as
the 772.
Pete
Definitely five week per the CAA stats and still not daily now. Monday and
Friday ex Manchester are the days it does not fly at present. It returns to
daily in May or June but of course AA are back on the route.
On a different matter, their are still gaps in the Ryanair summer schedule
at BHX, have you heard anything? I understand it in winter but summer and
Easter coming up as well. Things are tight in the West Mids but I not sure
that they are that bad. Monarch have squashed in an amazing amount of
schedule flying this April and they are hardly the cheapest for us cost-concious Midlanders
PIA
All four weekly flights are operating but all appear to the 772 now rather
than 3 x 77W and 1 x 772. Airport timetable also has the whole of April as
the 772.
Pete
It really amazes me. Reading through UK airport news you find really interesting items such as EMA's record breaking year for cargo, route expansion at MAN etc etc. What does BHX provide? An M&S outlet. Says it all. If expansion plans are in the form of shops and boutiques etc great so be it, why bother with an airport at all!!!
Gayfriendly says it all with his post on superdry and I'm in full agreement.
Gayfriendly says it all with his post on superdry and I'm in full agreement.
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Actual Aviation Related Progress..
There is some positive news about something that actually relates to aviation..
New £10m control tower to built at Birmingham Airport - Latest Business News - Business News - Business - Birmingham Post
Although it hasn't been confirmed through any official channels..
Start in May?? We'll see
Adie
PS oh and the sign outside the main terminal has been changed
New £10m control tower to built at Birmingham Airport - Latest Business News - Business News - Business - Birmingham Post
Although it hasn't been confirmed through any official channels..
Start in May?? We'll see
Adie
PS oh and the sign outside the main terminal has been changed
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BHX cargo up 65%
Good news is out there - you just need to look for it.....
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport..._2000_2010.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport..._2000_2010.pdf
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Cargo
It amazes me that the airport are all of a sudden happy about the cargo flights (and doing everything they can to keep them) and the extra tonnages the airport are handling when upto a couple of years ago the airport didn't give a stuff about cargo flights, they missed a trick here as they should have tried to secure some of the flights that went into EMA/MAN....being in the midlands and having a great road network BHX could have been a great cargo airport too.......too little too late again i'm afraid......(and Manchester have over shadowed us once again on this)
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Both Grenoble and Geneva now bookable for winter 2011/12
Very small decrease in frequency with the third GVA on Saturday
evening only operating Christmas, New Year and from early Feb.
Good to see them persist with the ski routes but a pity they can't
be persuaded to operate from other bases such as Rome & Madrid.
Pete
Very small decrease in frequency with the third GVA on Saturday
evening only operating Christmas, New Year and from early Feb.
Good to see them persist with the ski routes but a pity they can't
be persuaded to operate from other bases such as Rome & Madrid.
Pete
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and one of the reasons they haven't gone elsewhere still
Delta-Hotel
The former ineptitude of the then cargo handling agents, combined with the inevitable restrictions on night operations at an airport so close to residential areas essentially resulted in BHX being an impractical location for the sort of intense operations that happen over my head each night at EMA!
I think the heyday for cargo at BHX was the late nineties when Ford were using BHX to resucue the production of the new Jaguar S Type with at times almost daily 747 and DC10 freighter operations from Detroit Willow Run - remember the Kalita and Atlas 747s, and the Gemini DC10s - ahh, those were the days!
The former ineptitude of the then cargo handling agents, combined with the inevitable restrictions on night operations at an airport so close to residential areas essentially resulted in BHX being an impractical location for the sort of intense operations that happen over my head each night at EMA!
I think the heyday for cargo at BHX was the late nineties when Ford were using BHX to resucue the production of the new Jaguar S Type with at times almost daily 747 and DC10 freighter operations from Detroit Willow Run - remember the Kalita and Atlas 747s, and the Gemini DC10s - ahh, those were the days!