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Yes, out for £5, back for €5. These darned airport codes with funny third letters!
I returned from PSA, and based myself in Florence. Once I'd seen that dodgy piece of Italian engineering, a taxi wanted €50 to take me to the airport! PSA is about as close Ryanair get to the city centre!
I returned from PSA, and based myself in Florence. Once I'd seen that dodgy piece of Italian engineering, a taxi wanted €50 to take me to the airport! PSA is about as close Ryanair get to the city centre!
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As Ryanair seem to be keeping to polish and bucket and spade routes from BHX i can only presume that if the gap was to be filled it would be from destinations within these regions, one possible route not served before within this criteria could be Valencia, or to try new areas such as Riga or Tallinn.
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Although Flybe now have connections available in the drop down box via CDG, Waterford has now appeared at the bottom of the menu under other? Anyone have information on this possible route pick up by Flybe?
Aircraft Parking
Why has BHX become a 'car' park for aircraft? Ryanair park their unused 737's during the winter, and now there are 2 Greek ATRs parked for the forseeable future. I guess this would mean no room for diversions. I would have thought that Gloucester, Bournemouth or Filton at a push would have been cheaper and more suitable.
Still I guess it's easy revenue for the airport. I wouldn't be surprised if it was cheaper to park an aircraft than a car after my recent experience of charges
Still I guess it's easy revenue for the airport. I wouldn't be surprised if it was cheaper to park an aircraft than a car after my recent experience of charges
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Crewmeal re BHX Airpark.
I asked someone in the know about this and his reply was that their simply is little money in diversions any more.
Years ago most planes had passengers offloaded and BHX could make money out of the full service.
The vast amount of diversions now are just for fuel, splash and dash, as most are CAT3 equipped and can land in thick fog.
So BHX is seizing any chance to make money,ie plane storage, freight when it can get it.(3 AN-12s lined up at BHX this morning).
You are right though BHX is now very limited in the amount of diversions it can now take.
Nigel
I asked someone in the know about this and his reply was that their simply is little money in diversions any more.
Years ago most planes had passengers offloaded and BHX could make money out of the full service.
The vast amount of diversions now are just for fuel, splash and dash, as most are CAT3 equipped and can land in thick fog.
So BHX is seizing any chance to make money,ie plane storage, freight when it can get it.(3 AN-12s lined up at BHX this morning).
You are right though BHX is now very limited in the amount of diversions it can now take.
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Crew meal
The RNR aircraft are not parked up all of the winter. They are all used on a rotational basis so that hours/maintenance are spread across the fleet. They couldn't do this is some of them were parked elsewhere as it would be prohibitively expensive to rotate them in and out of BHX.
From an airport perspective, some income from parking is better than no income; plus we can assume that RNR are a valued 'customer' and are looked after accordingly.
Regards
The RNR aircraft are not parked up all of the winter. They are all used on a rotational basis so that hours/maintenance are spread across the fleet. They couldn't do this is some of them were parked elsewhere as it would be prohibitively expensive to rotate them in and out of BHX.
From an airport perspective, some income from parking is better than no income; plus we can assume that RNR are a valued 'customer' and are looked after accordingly.
Regards
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Waterford....
'RE Waterford
I can confirm 100% Aer Arann will not be operating Waterford to Birmingham next summer '
Over to you again Revo, or is there a different airline involved....
I can confirm 100% Aer Arann will not be operating Waterford to Birmingham next summer '
Over to you again Revo, or is there a different airline involved....
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Turkish Airlines
Not just daily, Turkish Airlines goes eight weekly from 25 March 2012.
Departures from BHX as follows
Monday 11.30
Tuesday 14.15
Wednesday 11.30
Thursday 14.15
Friday 11.30 & 14.15
Saturday 14.15
Sunday 14.15
Bookable on the TK website and in GDS but actually announced although it was on a BHX e-mail today stating daily.
Brilliant news
Pete
Departures from BHX as follows
Monday 11.30
Tuesday 14.15
Wednesday 11.30
Thursday 14.15
Friday 11.30 & 14.15
Saturday 14.15
Sunday 14.15
Bookable on the TK website and in GDS but actually announced although it was on a BHX e-mail today stating daily.
Brilliant news
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TK
Wow, fantastic news, thanks OP! Got to give TK credit, they hung in there on low loads for quite a while (I used them in 2010, both flights I took were barely a third full) so they must have seen long term potential in BHX, its a massive vote of confidence in the airport by a major international airline player 
I can also highly recommend IST as a city break, a really cosmopolitan city and the souq is amazing, brilliant for spices, fabrics and trainers
I can also highly recommend IST as a city break, a really cosmopolitan city and the souq is amazing, brilliant for spices, fabrics and trainers
Agreed GF. TK have stuck by their word and stayed the course, even when loads have been low. People knock TK for all sorts of reasons but they provide a good service of connections to different places and in many case as an alternative to EK. I often fly to the Middle East and use TK a lot. They are cheaper and the service onboard is good.
If that deal with PK had gone through some time ago I'm sure we would have seen 14 services a week or more.
If that deal with PK had gone through some time ago I'm sure we would have seen 14 services a week or more.
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Hainan Airlines
Not really BHX related but I notice that Hainan Airlines serve Budapest which seems a bit of an odd ball route to me, although I'm sure someone will explain the reason behind it. How does this route perform? Would a possible increase to an A330/340 and a tag on to BHX with fifth-freedom rights work to Beijing?
Regarding TK, just shows what a bit of advertising does. You can't help but notice the amount of taxis driving round the city centre with TK stickers on the side.
Regarding TK, just shows what a bit of advertising does. You can't help but notice the amount of taxis driving round the city centre with TK stickers on the side.
TK
Great news on the daily+ IST service.
I doesn't surprise me that TK, as a full service carrier gave the route a chance to develop. In the old days (pre Ryanair, Easyjet et al) it was always reckoned that a new route needed up to 2 years to develop - and generally carriers would give a reasonable time for a route to achieve profitability. TK have obviously reached the point where the route will be come a fixture a little ahead of the 2 year point.
It's such a shame that FR / EZY cannot be as patient, but patience is not an attribute in todays business - whether commercial aviation or other sectors.
I doesn't surprise me that TK, as a full service carrier gave the route a chance to develop. In the old days (pre Ryanair, Easyjet et al) it was always reckoned that a new route needed up to 2 years to develop - and generally carriers would give a reasonable time for a route to achieve profitability. TK have obviously reached the point where the route will be come a fixture a little ahead of the 2 year point.
It's such a shame that FR / EZY cannot be as patient, but patience is not an attribute in todays business - whether commercial aviation or other sectors.
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I asked someone in the know about this and his reply was that their simply is little money in diversions any more.
GF - yes, I agree, IST is great news, I assume a pretty good chunk of these are transferring on, not that I want to denigrate IST in its own right, which is indeed a fascinating city to visit, and gateway to a vast interior.
I flew with TK to IST in Dec 94, there was a group of 7 of use, and 3 other passengers in a 738. My feelings at the time were that this is what you get with state carriers not applying commercial logic, but the long term view obviously paints a very different picture. Well done TK, well done BHX.