BIRMINGHAM - 5

[OltonPete]

Monarch

He are the new flights and the current utilisation.
>
> Rome - five a week
>
> Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat 07.00 1315 Sunday 15.30 21.45
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> Venice - four a week
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> Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun 07.30 13.00
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> Milan MXP - Four a week
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> Mon/Wed/Fri - 07.30 12.30 Sunday 17.15 22.15 after the new EFL
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> Dubrovnik - two weekly
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> Tue/Sat 14.15 21.10
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> Heraklion - two weekly
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> Tue 13.15 22.45 Fri 14.15 23.45 (Tuesday converted from an IT)
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> Monday *IT flight
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> 1) LEI MAH BJV
> 2) FAO TFS
> 3) AGP DLM
> 4) CFU*LPA
> 5) MXP ??? My guess BJV to move to daylight times
> 6) ??? ??? My guess ALC & PMI or LCA extra
>
> Tuesday
>
> 1)ALC CHQ*
> 2)FAO ACE
> 3)AGP TFS
> 4)FCO ??? My guess PMI or MAH
> 5)VCE DBV
> 6)??? HER (HER goes before FCO gets back) my guess PMI or MAH
>
> Wednesday
>
> 1)ALC FUE
> 2)AGP TFS
> 3)FAO LCA
> 4)MAH PMI
> 5)MXP ??? my guess RHO (currently AVRO seats on Thomson)
> 6)??? ??? PMI am and ???
>
> Thursday
>
> 1)ALC TFS
> 2)AGP LEI ZTE*
> 3)FAO DLM
> 4)PMI ACE IBZ
> 5)FCO ??? My guess IBZ or ZTE move or LCA or MAH
> 6)VCE ??? My guess IBZ or ZTE move or LCA or MAH
>
> Friday
>
> 1)ALC LCA
> 2)FAO PMI BJV
> 3)AGP TFS
> 4)MAH MAH IBZ
> 5)FCO HER
> 6)MXP ??? my guess BJV or IBZ move
>
> Saturday
>
> 1)ALC FUE
> 2)FAO DLM IBZ
> 3)AGP LPA
> 4)PMI ACE PMI (Short season)
> 5)FCO DBV
> 6)VCE ??? My guess IBZ moves extra LCA or 2nd AGP from Sunday
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> Sunday
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> 1)ALC AGP IBZ
> 2)FAO LCA
> 3)AGP TFS
> 4)PMI PFO
> 5)VCE FCO
> 6)EFL*MXP
> 7) -- PVK 1450 (Will replace AGP or LCA)

So a Monday Wenesday Friday Madrid would fit but too me they will
either move the Bodrum (Mo/Fr)& Ibiza (Thur-Sun) to daylight hours
and possibly move Thursday night ZTE charter to daylight or they will
convert Corfu into a schedule and add a Thu or Fri.

As for Increases in frequencies I could possibly see: -

Palma and Alicante going daily as they used to be and maybe one extra LCA, MAH and DLM

Sunday as you can see needs adjusting with seven afternoon departures

Pete

[mattjwood]

With all the talk of Monarch expanding their operations at BHX, along with AA re-introducing some flights from BHX, does anybody know when these supposedly 200 new jobs will come available, and what kind of positions will be available?

I am keen to get into aviation and it would be my dream to work at the Airport. I just hope the 200 jobs is not an exaggeration!

Matt

[ATNotts]

mattjwood:

No suggestion that AA will make a return to BHX as far as I can recall. UA/CO have been mentioned in connection with ORD/BHX though.

Also, remember, in times of high unemployment all PR people know the best way of getting your corporate announcement on to local media is to include a statement that "xxx jobs are to be created" - gets the local journos salivating and gives the client sure-fire good publicity!

[ib26uk]

Flew into BHX this afternoon from Dublin on Aer Lingus - On landing and whilst on the bus to the terminal - Noticed about 6/7 Ryanair planes closed up and they appear to be just sat there...

Are these planes part of the "80 planes not flying in winter" thing...

[Centre cities]

RYR

Yes they are, did the same last year.

Centre cities

[OltonPete]

Monarch

More flights released, I got the ALC, LCA & PMI correct but surprised
as BJV and LPA although DLM I suppose was obvious although 5 a week
maybe not.

Alicante & Palma to daily
Larnaca from three to five weekly
Las Palmas two to three weekly
Dalaman three to five weekly
Iibiza four to five weekly
Bodrum two to three weekly

I was a little conservative expecting some night flights to go to day but no
more extra's. Still a couple of gaps to fill.

Aircraft 5 & 6 stand a good chance of being A320's.

Monday *IT flight

1) LEI MAH BJV
2) FAO TFS
3) AGP DLM
4) CFU*LPA
5) MXP PMI IBZ A320?
6) ALC LCA A320?

Tuesday

1)ALC CHQ*
2)FAO ACE
3)AGP TFS
4)PMI HER
5)VCE DLM A320?
6) FCO DBV A320?

Wednesday

1)ALC FUE
2)AGP TFS
3)FAO LCA
4)MAH PFO
5)MXP BJV A320?
6)PMI DLM A320?

Thursday

1)ALC TFS
2)AGP LEI ZTE*
3)FAO DLM
4)PMI ACE IBZ
5)FCO LPA A320?
6)VCE LCA A320?

Friday

1)ALC LCA
2)FAO PMI BJV
3)AGP TFS
4)MAH MAH IBZ
5)FCO HER
6)MXP ??? (CFU?)

Saturday

1)ALC FUE
2)FAO DLM IBZ
3)AGP LPA
4)PMI ACE PMI (Short season)
5)FCO DBV A320?
6)VCE ??? A320?

Sunday

1)ALC AGP IBZ
2)FAO LCA
3)AGP TFS
4)PMI PFO
5)VCE FCO
6)EFL*MXP A320?
7) PVK 1450 (Will replace AGP or LCA)

Pete

[crewmeal]

Lufthansa

Nice to see LH launching a new route from Brandenburg (Berlin) to BHX

Berlin – Birmingham NEW Daily
LH3420 BER1825 – 1920BHX 319 D
LH3421 BHX2000 – 2250BER 319 D

320 operates on Day 3

[Occams Razor]

Launching in June 2012?

[Seljuk22]

3rd June 2012 (the date BER will be opened).

[jabird]

Not bad timings for going back to BER after a long day. Advantage of this route being LH is that you could also route via FRA/DUS earlier on in the day.

Some connections possible eg to MOW. Great for Berlin, good for Brum too, at long last a serious route to a European capital.

Next stop MAD?

[GayFriendly]

BER

Halle-flippin-lujah!!!! At long last I will be able to go and visit family in Berlin without the bloody motorway trek to EMA, BRS or LHR of the faff of changing planes en route. I am absolutely made up by this news and am already booked for a return trip in July. This is exactly what BHX needs, more city routes to limit pax leakage to other airports, good on ya LH Am keeping everything crossed for a MAD announcement and that Baby survive until next summer to operate LIS and BCN. There is still some way to go in filling in the city route map from BHX but the last couple of weeks have been more than encouraging, that new route development guy who came from MAN has certainly started in his new role with a bang.

[OltonPete]

Berlin

Ironic that there has been a lot of publicity about the hard work being carried out on reinstating links to Amritsar and Chicago and along comes a load of city routes which virtually everybody including me has been banging on about.

Long-haul is great if they come along but these city routes is the easier way of stopping the leakage of pax to other airports.

Madrid is now the number one missing link in my opinion with Stockholm
possibly the next. Others for the future, Budapest, Warsaw, Vienna, Oslo, Athens and Helsinki perhaps.

Anyway I have booked Berlin already having had it on my "to do" list for a while along with Rome and Venice - 2012 might be an expensive year .

Pete

[chinapattern]

Vienna

Is Vienna just a fuel stop for Comtel or can you actually book flights there?

[OltonPete]

Comtel Air

I think it picks up passengers for VIE-ATQ-VIE but not BHX-VIE.

A note on their website says that the VIE-ATQ and has to be booked
through travel Agent xxxxx as a charter but they are working on a schedule service.

I could not get up any BHX-VIE flights on their website, whether they
can be booked as a charter I am not sure.

Of course Ryanair would say that BHX-VIE is served but using Bratislava
assuming you could actually get on the flight (well April - Oct anyway).

Pete

[delta154]

Is Vienna just a fuel stop for Comtel or can you actually book flights there?

Apparently you can, but I cant seem to find anywhere you can do this. The whole outfit is a bit wierd.

-its a mint airways B757 with small comtel titles
-The BHX-VIE sector is a charter flight due to having no scheduled rights
-BHX boards doesn't list the route as Armitsar, just Vienna
-Cant seem to book tickets online, just re-confirm bookings.
-Website says they also serve STN and BLQ, but never seen them there.

They seem to be doing well, having gone from 2 weekly to 5 weekly, so lets hope they get all the rights sorted soon.

[OltonPete]

Monarch/Comtel

Monarch update summer 2012

Sunday has gone loopy with a day Arrecife added (4 a week) and
afternoon Dalaman (6 weekly) with all other flights still bookable
making eight afternoon departures.

An extra Paphos has been added on Saturday making it 3 a week
and Monday to Thursday and Saturday now have complete schedules
for the six based.

Friday I have only found five afternoon departures - will DLM or ACE
move from Sunday?

delta154

The five weekly is not really happening it is more four and often three
up until now. The aircraft is BHX based and is supposed to depart Thu,
Fri, Sat and Sunday and return Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon but I can only remember
the Thursday operating once and certainly not last week. Still good from
nothing in September.

Pete

[delta154]

Still good from nothing in September

Oh yes, it is good because lets face it, the Indian carriers don't seem to be interested, so at least someone is covering it.

Like I say, if they can get the issues addressed in my post sorted, they could do even better. Only having 'Vienna' on the arrivals board instead of the 'Armitsar' flight could be confusing to family members waiting to pick people up.

[Centre cities]

Arrivals board.

I think that Turkmen is the same, it only shows Ashkabad on arrivals where it had used to list India as well.


Centre cities

[scott737]

Flybe - French routes ex BHX

Hi

Just had an e-mail from Flybe confirming that they will be flying to Perpignan, Brest, La Rochelle and Bergerac next summer. Haven't had chance to check frequency but flights start at the end of May. I suppose they'll be similar to this year. I note at least Bordeaux is missing from this year's list, though - anyone know if this will return or whether Flybe are content just to offer Bergerac in that part of the world?

Scott

[OltonPete]

flybe

scott737

Unfortunately nowhere near as good as last year with significant cutbacks.

Bordeaux which pax wise was one of the best (more proof it is all about yield) has gone as has Toulouse.

Brest, Bergerac, Avignon, La Rochelle & Perpignan all just weekly from the end of May until the school holidays, only then do they increase.

Brest Wed, Sat & Sun
Bergerac Tu/Th/Sa/Sun
Avignon Wed/Sat
La Rochelle Wed/Sat/Sun
Perpignan Sat only all through?

All gone by the second week in September. Bergerac stated in April this year at two weekly and Brest ran through the winter several years ago.


Obviously one less unit than the start of this summer with Frankfurt ending
so a tighter schedule.

Pete