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That said, EZY obviously feel there is money to be made at BHX, with the new BFS service on the horizon, a more likely scenario than a base would be selected inbound services from existing bases.
runway extension work
monty gordo,revo,nigelosborne
I had a close look this morning towards area on south side of runway 33, there are now many more diggers in evidence..... i have also noticed all the runway lights have now been removed to south side of A45.....leaving the row in middle of the dual carriageway as the 1st now
Simon
I had a close look this morning towards area on south side of runway 33, there are now many more diggers in evidence..... i have also noticed all the runway lights have now been removed to south side of A45.....leaving the row in middle of the dual carriageway as the 1st now
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2012 News - Flights - MONARCH LAUNCHES BIRMINGHAM GIBRALTAR ROUTE
14 08 2012
Monarch, the leading scheduled leisure airline is to launch flights to Gibraltar as part of the carrier’s expansion of its Birmingham network of routes for summer 2013.
Offering three flights a week from the West Midlands airport, the service will start on 23 March 2013, with tickets now on sale.
The flight from Birmingham will depart on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6.35am, arriving in Gibraltar at 10.30am. The return flight will depart Gibraltar at 11.15am, arriving in Birmingham at 1.10pm.
“We are delighted to be introducing what we are sure will be a popular route,” Kevin George, Managing Director of Monarch Airlines said. “We have carried out a lot of research to understand the routes our customers want and we are confident that a service from Birmingham to Gibraltar will meet their demands.”
Commenting on the developments Gibraltar Government Minister of Tourism, Public Transport and the Port, The Hon. Neil Costa, said ’We are delighted that Monarch Airlines has decided to provide a service from the Midlands to Gibraltar and that their decision will bring great commercial opportunity all round.
Monarch has also introduced new routes from Birmingham to both Barcelona and Nice this year and expanded the frequency of flights to Malaga, Majorca, Alicante, Faro, Rome, Dalaman, Ibiza and Tenerife.
Flights start at £44.99 including taxes and charges and can be booked online at Monarch | Cheap Flights, Holidays & Hotels
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14 08 2012
Monarch, the leading scheduled leisure airline is to launch flights to Gibraltar as part of the carrier’s expansion of its Birmingham network of routes for summer 2013.
Offering three flights a week from the West Midlands airport, the service will start on 23 March 2013, with tickets now on sale.
The flight from Birmingham will depart on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6.35am, arriving in Gibraltar at 10.30am. The return flight will depart Gibraltar at 11.15am, arriving in Birmingham at 1.10pm.
“We are delighted to be introducing what we are sure will be a popular route,” Kevin George, Managing Director of Monarch Airlines said. “We have carried out a lot of research to understand the routes our customers want and we are confident that a service from Birmingham to Gibraltar will meet their demands.”
Commenting on the developments Gibraltar Government Minister of Tourism, Public Transport and the Port, The Hon. Neil Costa, said ’We are delighted that Monarch Airlines has decided to provide a service from the Midlands to Gibraltar and that their decision will bring great commercial opportunity all round.
Monarch has also introduced new routes from Birmingham to both Barcelona and Nice this year and expanded the frequency of flights to Malaga, Majorca, Alicante, Faro, Rome, Dalaman, Ibiza and Tenerife.
Flights start at £44.99 including taxes and charges and can be booked online at Monarch | Cheap Flights, Holidays & Hotels
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Seems to be nine based Monarch next summer with just a few gaps so possibly one more new route or increased frequencies.
Some winter pruning started with Venice and Milan cut to three weekly from the original four. Some of these new routes did sound ambitious for winter.
Pete
Some winter pruning started with Venice and Milan cut to three weekly from the original four. Some of these new routes did sound ambitious for winter.
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Great news, a long overdue route from BHX. It would seem at long last that in ZB, BHX has a no frills carrier that is determined to make the most of unfulfilled route opportunities from BHX unlike static (but to be fair very loyal) BE and sulky old FR (although they have given us BUD). All this ZB expansion though I agree makes it all the more unlikely for an EZY base. Is it now needed with ZB being so proactive, perhaps they will introduce some more W-pattern routes instead? I wonder what will be next for ZB - NAP, PSA, VLC would fit in well, perhaps LYS, OPO and ATH as outside chances? LIS and PRG go unserved after WW close down but would have thought these have already been evaluated and perhaps turned down as ZB were very quick to get established on BCN and NCE.
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July pax up 4.1%
Figures from the CAA
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport...Statistics.pdf
BHX July 2012 976759 up 4.1% Rolling year 8712104 up 0.7%
Air Transport Movements 8220 +1.5% rolling year 83579 -1/3%
So the magic Million missed but not surprising as it was a big ask
Despite the overall excellent figure some hefty decreases on one or two business routes.
The shocker is EDI and GLA which combined were down only a couple of hundred but I am sure flybe would have hoped to pick up some of the 15800 that travelled EMA - GLA & EDI in the previous July.
Pete
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport...Statistics.pdf
BHX July 2012 976759 up 4.1% Rolling year 8712104 up 0.7%
Air Transport Movements 8220 +1.5% rolling year 83579 -1/3%
So the magic Million missed but not surprising as it was a big ask
Despite the overall excellent figure some hefty decreases on one or two business routes.
The shocker is EDI and GLA which combined were down only a couple of hundred but I am sure flybe would have hoped to pick up some of the 15800 that travelled EMA - GLA & EDI in the previous July.
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Monarch on Midlands Today
Did anyone see Monarch making the main headline on Midlands Today last night? It concerned the Air Explore 737 operating for them which had to make an emergency landing in France due to a sudden loss of cabin pressure a few weeks ago. They typically over-sensationalised the story as they usually do and while I realise it must have been a bad experience for the passengers it really isn't the sort of pubilicity that either BHX or MON need IMO.
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After spending a life working in the media I can see both sides of this story. The fact that passengers, so they say, clearly heard the captain calling 'mayday' would be sufficient for their to be a story and the attendant publicity.
However, on the benefit side is the fact that clearly the flight crew DID have a problem and that they dealt with it speedily and efficiently. The plane landed safely and no-one was injured. Not a nice experience but a safe conclusion.
I really don't think this will harm Monarch, more that it will give passengers the comfort of knowing they can fly with an airline that can deal with problems as and when they arise.
If you want long-term and lasting bad publicity, consider Air France and some of the debacles they have been involved with, particularly their ill-fated flight from Rio.
However, on the benefit side is the fact that clearly the flight crew DID have a problem and that they dealt with it speedily and efficiently. The plane landed safely and no-one was injured. Not a nice experience but a safe conclusion.
I really don't think this will harm Monarch, more that it will give passengers the comfort of knowing they can fly with an airline that can deal with problems as and when they arise.
If you want long-term and lasting bad publicity, consider Air France and some of the debacles they have been involved with, particularly their ill-fated flight from Rio.
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Did they pick up on the fact it was also tech yesterday as well? Monarch sorted that one by combining the two Palma's on an A300, which did result in the first lot of pax suffering a seven hour delay. A bit of a surprise if you expected a 734 and an A300 turns up!
Air France
The evening CRJ1000 flight in winter is showing as an A319 Monday to Saturday and the Saturday morning AF2064/5 is also showing as an A319.
No surprise considering load factor was a staggering 87% in July - me thinks they have picked up some BMI Baby EMA-CDG pax not like EDI & GLA.
Pete
Did they pick up on the fact it was also tech yesterday as well? Monarch sorted that one by combining the two Palma's on an A300, which did result in the first lot of pax suffering a seven hour delay. A bit of a surprise if you expected a 734 and an A300 turns up!
Air France
The evening CRJ1000 flight in winter is showing as an A319 Monday to Saturday and the Saturday morning AF2064/5 is also showing as an A319.
No surprise considering load factor was a staggering 87% in July - me thinks they have picked up some BMI Baby EMA-CDG pax not like EDI & GLA.
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July Route Analysis International schedule
Monthly figures provided by the CAA, the average pax per a BHX blog and libhomeradar with load factors estimated based on airline configs.
In general the reduction in business route frequencies has helped with load factors such as CPH, BRU & DUS. AMS & CDG have been affected by BMI Baby route closures in the Midlands.
Berlin looks pretty good for a new route as does Rome. Milan has too much capacity but 61% is not too bad. Turkish continues its improvement with several A321's in July.
Long-haul was affected to the East by Ramadan but EK was not that bad despite the heaviest % decrease of all UK airports. PIA was very low.
Turkmen was down passenger wise but load factors held due to the 737.
BRUSSELS/7292(8592)/43 PAX/54%
LARNACA/8160(5595)/185 PAX/94%
PAPHOS/4887(3018)/188 PAX/93%
COPENHAGEN/4347(5126)/68 PAX/73%
AVIGNON/838(785)/42 PAX 40%
BERGERAC/1089(1966)/45 PAX/56%
BREST/973(1460)/61/68%
LA ROCHELLE/905(1324)/50 PAX/65%
LYON/NIL(2975)
MONTPELLIER/2665(4645)/148 PAX/78%
NICE/9084(6859)/111/74%
PARIS/34294(27966)/99 PAX/87%
PERPIGNAN/728(NIL)/46 PAX/58%
BERLIN TXL/6617(NIL)/107/77%
DUSSELDORF/14757(14755)/47 PAX/55%
FRANKFURT/26081(27948)/105 PAX/66%
HAMBURG/4324(3179)/42 PAX/52%
HANOVER/5681(5716)/57 PAX/73%
MUNICH/15936(14963)/86 PAX/70%
STUTTGART/3022(3376)/34 PAX/43%
HERAKLION/3066(NIL)/170 PAX/87%
CORK/7415(7259)/49 PAX/69%
DUBLIN/45257(48215)/132 PAX/72%
KNOCK/3243(4257)/52 PAX/79%
SHANNON/2857(3368)/46 PAX/70%
WATERFORD/1336(1361)/37 PAX/52%
MILAN/8071(5652)/119 PAX/61%
ROME FCO/11757(NIL)/140 PAX/83%
VENICE/5006(NIL)/139 PAX/80%
TRIESTE/2405(2876)/134 PAX/71%
MALTA/3088(2950)/172 PAX/91%
AMSTERDAM/33891(43202)/92 PAX/80%
FARO/22736(21028)/170 PAX/90%
LISBON/2280(NIL)/127 PAX/85%
ALICANTE/30760(25763)/164 PAX/90%
ALMERIA/3666(3051)/204 PAX/95%
ARCELONA/6186(NIL)/124 PAX/78%
GIRONA/5961(4575)/166 PAX/88%
IBIZA/13683(10901)/185 PAX/96%
MAHON/6911(6867)/203 PAX/95%
MALAGA/37198(32382)/168 PAX/92%
MURCIA/10433(10353)/149 PAX/88%
PALMA/28948(22493)/159 PAX/89%
REUS/4105(4163)/158 PAX/84%
ARRECIFE/11415(9139)/184 PAX/93%
FUERTEVENTURA/8357(6264)/190 PAX/97%
LAS PALMAS/8349(6262)/190 PAX/97%
TENERIFE/16096(15441)/183 PAX/90%
GOTHENBURG/NIL(312)
DUBROVNIK/3231(990)/115 PAX/80%
ZURICH/13574(14349)/73 PAX/74%
BODRUM/4161(3131)/160 PAX/92%
ISTANBUL/8365(5252)/135 PAX/81%
DALAMAN/10969(6202)/189 PAX/92%
PRAGUE/3486(NIL)/125 PAX/85%
BUDAPEST/2676(NIL)167 PAX/88%
KAUNAS/3098(3163)/172 PAX/91%
BYDGOSZCZ/4562(4647)/175 PAX/93%
GDANSK/3135(3258)/174 PAX/92%
KATOWICE/4437(3239)/171 PAX/90%
RZESNOW/3181(3289)/177 PAX/94%
BRATISLAVA/4540(4664)/175PAX/92%
ASHKHABAD/4995(5479)/139 PAX/81%
YEREVAN ????????????????
DUBAI/38863(46390)/313 PAX/77%
ISLAMABAD/7966(8922)/221 PAX/64%
TORONTO/2675(2605)/334 PAX/98%
NEWARK/8955(8851)/145 PAX/86%
Pete
In general the reduction in business route frequencies has helped with load factors such as CPH, BRU & DUS. AMS & CDG have been affected by BMI Baby route closures in the Midlands.
Berlin looks pretty good for a new route as does Rome. Milan has too much capacity but 61% is not too bad. Turkish continues its improvement with several A321's in July.
Long-haul was affected to the East by Ramadan but EK was not that bad despite the heaviest % decrease of all UK airports. PIA was very low.
Turkmen was down passenger wise but load factors held due to the 737.
BRUSSELS/7292(8592)/43 PAX/54%
LARNACA/8160(5595)/185 PAX/94%
PAPHOS/4887(3018)/188 PAX/93%
COPENHAGEN/4347(5126)/68 PAX/73%
AVIGNON/838(785)/42 PAX 40%
BERGERAC/1089(1966)/45 PAX/56%
BREST/973(1460)/61/68%
LA ROCHELLE/905(1324)/50 PAX/65%
LYON/NIL(2975)
MONTPELLIER/2665(4645)/148 PAX/78%
NICE/9084(6859)/111/74%
PARIS/34294(27966)/99 PAX/87%
PERPIGNAN/728(NIL)/46 PAX/58%
BERLIN TXL/6617(NIL)/107/77%
DUSSELDORF/14757(14755)/47 PAX/55%
FRANKFURT/26081(27948)/105 PAX/66%
HAMBURG/4324(3179)/42 PAX/52%
HANOVER/5681(5716)/57 PAX/73%
MUNICH/15936(14963)/86 PAX/70%
STUTTGART/3022(3376)/34 PAX/43%
HERAKLION/3066(NIL)/170 PAX/87%
CORK/7415(7259)/49 PAX/69%
DUBLIN/45257(48215)/132 PAX/72%
KNOCK/3243(4257)/52 PAX/79%
SHANNON/2857(3368)/46 PAX/70%
WATERFORD/1336(1361)/37 PAX/52%
MILAN/8071(5652)/119 PAX/61%
ROME FCO/11757(NIL)/140 PAX/83%
VENICE/5006(NIL)/139 PAX/80%
TRIESTE/2405(2876)/134 PAX/71%
MALTA/3088(2950)/172 PAX/91%
AMSTERDAM/33891(43202)/92 PAX/80%
FARO/22736(21028)/170 PAX/90%
LISBON/2280(NIL)/127 PAX/85%
ALICANTE/30760(25763)/164 PAX/90%
ALMERIA/3666(3051)/204 PAX/95%
ARCELONA/6186(NIL)/124 PAX/78%
GIRONA/5961(4575)/166 PAX/88%
IBIZA/13683(10901)/185 PAX/96%
MAHON/6911(6867)/203 PAX/95%
MALAGA/37198(32382)/168 PAX/92%
MURCIA/10433(10353)/149 PAX/88%
PALMA/28948(22493)/159 PAX/89%
REUS/4105(4163)/158 PAX/84%
ARRECIFE/11415(9139)/184 PAX/93%
FUERTEVENTURA/8357(6264)/190 PAX/97%
LAS PALMAS/8349(6262)/190 PAX/97%
TENERIFE/16096(15441)/183 PAX/90%
GOTHENBURG/NIL(312)
DUBROVNIK/3231(990)/115 PAX/80%
ZURICH/13574(14349)/73 PAX/74%
BODRUM/4161(3131)/160 PAX/92%
ISTANBUL/8365(5252)/135 PAX/81%
DALAMAN/10969(6202)/189 PAX/92%
PRAGUE/3486(NIL)/125 PAX/85%
BUDAPEST/2676(NIL)167 PAX/88%
KAUNAS/3098(3163)/172 PAX/91%
BYDGOSZCZ/4562(4647)/175 PAX/93%
GDANSK/3135(3258)/174 PAX/92%
KATOWICE/4437(3239)/171 PAX/90%
RZESNOW/3181(3289)/177 PAX/94%
BRATISLAVA/4540(4664)/175PAX/92%
ASHKHABAD/4995(5479)/139 PAX/81%
YEREVAN ????????????????
DUBAI/38863(46390)/313 PAX/77%
ISLAMABAD/7966(8922)/221 PAX/64%
TORONTO/2675(2605)/334 PAX/98%
NEWARK/8955(8851)/145 PAX/86%
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Thanks,as usual, to OP.
Just an aside, as FR never have a full load of PAX due to loading/balance advice from Boeing and leave the 12 seats in rows 3 & 4 empty for take off and landing a full load of PAX would show up as 94%.
Just an aside, as FR never have a full load of PAX due to loading/balance advice from Boeing and leave the 12 seats in rows 3 & 4 empty for take off and landing a full load of PAX would show up as 94%.
Thanks Flyboy for the techie answer.
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YYZ hads hit 98% for past 3 years and still they won't add more flights.Canadian Affair have been bussing overflow from Birmingham to Manchester.
However at least we still have a flight, Cardiff and Newcastle have lost theirs.
Manchester see their capacity to YYZ down 10% next summer.An extra flight ,but most reduced from A330s to A310s.
However Sunwing will probably pick up the slack their with 767 flts.
Nigel
YYZ hads hit 98% for past 3 years and still they won't add more flights.Canadian Affair have been bussing overflow from Birmingham to Manchester.
However at least we still have a flight, Cardiff and Newcastle have lost theirs.
Manchester see their capacity to YYZ down 10% next summer.An extra flight ,but most reduced from A330s to A310s.
However Sunwing will probably pick up the slack their with 767 flts.
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EI-A330-300 - I cheated a bit by using 50 seats for the days the F50 operated and it would have been a lower load factor if the Q400 operated.
Hamburg
Lufthansa are reducing the service in winter six weekly - Sunday-Friday only from 11 weekly this summer.
Departure time ex BHX is 14.45.
Flybe finish this route in a few weeks.
Pete
Hamburg
Lufthansa are reducing the service in winter six weekly - Sunday-Friday only from 11 weekly this summer.
Departure time ex BHX is 14.45.
Flybe finish this route in a few weeks.
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You generally seem to be a man in the know, do you know how many aircraft Monarch intend to have based at Birmingham for this current winter??? November to end of March???
Thanks in advance for the info. Rgds.......
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You generally seem to be a man in the know, do you know how many aircraft Monarch intend to have based at Birmingham for this current winter??? November to end of March???
Thanks in advance for the info. Rgds.......
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As TartinTon has said it now appears to be four although Thursday's show five morning departures.
The original release required six but there were several gaps which have been been filled by re-timing some flights and cutting rotations to Venice and Milan from four to three a week. The schedule will be something like this: -
Monday
1) AGP & ALC
2) MUC & LPA
3) MXP & FNC
4) TFS
Tuesday
1) VCE
2) FCO
3) TFS
4) SSH
Wednesday
1) TFS
2) LCA
3) FUE
4) MXP
Thursday
1) SSH
2) ACE
3) VCE MUC
4) FCO GNB from late Dec
5) FAO (I assume it will be FAO - ACE although not in November due BHX annual night closure)
Friday
1) TFS
2) FCO FNC
3) ALC MUC
4) AGP MXP
Saturday
1) MUC VCE
2) GNB ALC
3) AGP TFS
4) GVA IT I assume
Sunday
1) ALC ACE
2) FAO LCA
3) AGP TFS
4) GNB (VCE in Nov) FCO
Although Monarch filled the void in summer in respect of BMI Baby they have not in the lean period of winter. Baby operated 2 x ALC and 2 x AGP in winter and Monarch have kept the same frequencies, well actually ALC is reduced in November as it was six weekly.
They have also reduced TFS by two rotations in November, Arrecife, Las Palmas, Faro and Larnaca have also lost a frequency in November.
Whereas ryanair have been outspoken about the fee hike in the Canaries and mainland Spain, Monarch have just cut frequencies quietly.
Very disappointing that LPA is only one and ACE two a week and not even a daily Tenerife. At least there is a greater mix of destinations although it will be interesting to see how some of the routes perform.
TartinTon
Is the split 3 x 321 and 1 x 320? surely not 2 & 2 or 4 321's?
Pete
As TartinTon has said it now appears to be four although Thursday's show five morning departures.
The original release required six but there were several gaps which have been been filled by re-timing some flights and cutting rotations to Venice and Milan from four to three a week. The schedule will be something like this: -
Monday
1) AGP & ALC
2) MUC & LPA
3) MXP & FNC
4) TFS
Tuesday
1) VCE
2) FCO
3) TFS
4) SSH
Wednesday
1) TFS
2) LCA
3) FUE
4) MXP
Thursday
1) SSH
2) ACE
3) VCE MUC
4) FCO GNB from late Dec
5) FAO (I assume it will be FAO - ACE although not in November due BHX annual night closure)
Friday
1) TFS
2) FCO FNC
3) ALC MUC
4) AGP MXP
Saturday
1) MUC VCE
2) GNB ALC
3) AGP TFS
4) GVA IT I assume
Sunday
1) ALC ACE
2) FAO LCA
3) AGP TFS
4) GNB (VCE in Nov) FCO
Although Monarch filled the void in summer in respect of BMI Baby they have not in the lean period of winter. Baby operated 2 x ALC and 2 x AGP in winter and Monarch have kept the same frequencies, well actually ALC is reduced in November as it was six weekly.
They have also reduced TFS by two rotations in November, Arrecife, Las Palmas, Faro and Larnaca have also lost a frequency in November.
Whereas ryanair have been outspoken about the fee hike in the Canaries and mainland Spain, Monarch have just cut frequencies quietly.
Very disappointing that LPA is only one and ACE two a week and not even a daily Tenerife. At least there is a greater mix of destinations although it will be interesting to see how some of the routes perform.
TartinTon
Is the split 3 x 321 and 1 x 320? surely not 2 & 2 or 4 321's?
Pete