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I believe you are right re BCN and it has now been reduced to 3 a week all March and all Aoril except Easter Week. It then goes 5 a week in May as planned and then Daily June onwards.
Alicante also appears to have been cut early season with April showing twice weekly Monday and Friday with Wednesday delayed until May.
No change to AGP - 3 a week all summer and Tenerife 2 a week.
Orly seems to be the same as first released 3 in April and 4 in May and 6 a week by the third week in June.
The Malaga and Alicante loads over winter are basically backed up by what FQTLSteve has said.
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Graz already increased with a second Monday service starting 13 March and a Thursday service. NUE and GOT on course for 8 May.
Flybe Preveza
Finally found this with a bit of guidance and good to see even if prices are eye-watering. However the summer schedule flights still a bit odd with the even Milan showing as "full" which is fair enough for time changes but for a month? Jersey schedule still odd with all 3 departures before 14.20 and two within 45 minutes and last inbound DUS 19.05 - you have to worry.
Pete
I believe you are right re BCN and it has now been reduced to 3 a week all March and all Aoril except Easter Week. It then goes 5 a week in May as planned and then Daily June onwards.
Alicante also appears to have been cut early season with April showing twice weekly Monday and Friday with Wednesday delayed until May.
No change to AGP - 3 a week all summer and Tenerife 2 a week.
Orly seems to be the same as first released 3 in April and 4 in May and 6 a week by the third week in June.
The Malaga and Alicante loads over winter are basically backed up by what FQTLSteve has said.
[B]BMI Regional
Graz already increased with a second Monday service starting 13 March and a Thursday service. NUE and GOT on course for 8 May.
Flybe Preveza
Finally found this with a bit of guidance and good to see even if prices are eye-watering. However the summer schedule flights still a bit odd with the even Milan showing as "full" which is fair enough for time changes but for a month? Jersey schedule still odd with all 3 departures before 14.20 and two within 45 minutes and last inbound DUS 19.05 - you have to worry.
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United comitted to BHX-EWR
Only words but good to hear
http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/west...continued-support-for-birmingham-airport.html
Bob Schumacher (left), United’s managing director sales – UK & Ireland, said Birmingham was an important destination for the airline and it had no intention of abandoning it like its rival had.
“United is proud to have served Birmingham Airport for almost two decades, and we thank all of our customers who have chosen to fly with us during this time,” he said.
“Birmingham is an important airport for us and we think that with the onset of the Midlands Engine then it is only going to grow in prominence.
“The West Midlands is such an important part of the UK economy and the ability of businesses in the region to have good access to the United States is vital. Our non-stop service offers customers in the Midlands access not only to New York City but also to hundreds of other destinations throughout the Americas.”
http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/west...continued-support-for-birmingham-airport.html
Bob Schumacher (left), United’s managing director sales – UK & Ireland, said Birmingham was an important destination for the airline and it had no intention of abandoning it like its rival had.
“United is proud to have served Birmingham Airport for almost two decades, and we thank all of our customers who have chosen to fly with us during this time,” he said.
“Birmingham is an important airport for us and we think that with the onset of the Midlands Engine then it is only going to grow in prominence.
“The West Midlands is such an important part of the UK economy and the ability of businesses in the region to have good access to the United States is vital. Our non-stop service offers customers in the Midlands access not only to New York City but also to hundreds of other destinations throughout the Americas.”
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BHX Close to a getting a Chinese service ??
British regional airports go on the hunt for direct China flights - Chinadaily.com.cn
British regional airports go on the hunt for direct China flights - Chinadaily.com.cn
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Utter fluff piece with absolutely no evidence of any near/pending new flights.
Its hardly new news of the desires of both BHX and EDI Airports on this matter is it ?
Its also rather demeaning when read in full as said journalist quoted
"Airports such as Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester are not hubs, so it's very difficult to convince airlines to fly direct into their region. They have to rely on local traffic rather than transfers and the local market may not be big enough."
They are plain wrong on this when looking at CAPA numbers !
And already misses to success of both Cathay and Hainan from Manchester in particular -AND the fact substantial traffic is FROM the Eastern end whilst the transfers new also largely of the Eastern end
Its hardly new news of the desires of both BHX and EDI Airports on this matter is it ?
Its also rather demeaning when read in full as said journalist quoted
"Airports such as Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester are not hubs, so it's very difficult to convince airlines to fly direct into their region. They have to rely on local traffic rather than transfers and the local market may not be big enough."
They are plain wrong on this when looking at CAPA numbers !
And already misses to success of both Cathay and Hainan from Manchester in particular -AND the fact substantial traffic is FROM the Eastern end whilst the transfers new also largely of the Eastern end
Utter fluff piece with absolutely no evidence of any near/pending new flights.
Its hardly new news of the desires of both BHX and EDI Airports on this matter is it ?
Its also rather demeaning when read in full as said journalist quoted
"Airports such as Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester are not hubs, so it's very difficult to convince airlines to fly direct into their region. They have to rely on local traffic rather than transfers and the local market may not be big enough."
They are plain wrong on this when looking at CAPA numbers !
And already misses to success of both Cathay and Hainan from Manchester in particular -AND the fact substantial traffic is FROM the Eastern end whilst the transfers new also largely of the Eastern end
Its hardly new news of the desires of both BHX and EDI Airports on this matter is it ?
Its also rather demeaning when read in full as said journalist quoted
"Airports such as Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester are not hubs, so it's very difficult to convince airlines to fly direct into their region. They have to rely on local traffic rather than transfers and the local market may not be big enough."
They are plain wrong on this when looking at CAPA numbers !
And already misses to success of both Cathay and Hainan from Manchester in particular -AND the fact substantial traffic is FROM the Eastern end whilst the transfers new also largely of the Eastern end
The article does say that BHX is in negotiation with a Chinese carrier - doesn't say which, and you wouldn't expect it to, and we don't know, not should we, whether those negotiations have gone beyond sharing a glass of bubbly on an exhibition stand!
I'm always slightly cautious when comments are made by this, that or the other academic. Not to say that we shouldn't listen to experts - which is fashionable these days, but there are so many academics who claim to be experts, you just don't know how expert or influential they really are.
Fingers crossed it's more than froth.
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Doris last week
In case you have not picked this up, this video shows how hairy Doris was at BHX
Funny that everything ,large and small, got in except the Qatar 787 which went flyabout over East Anglia...
https://youtu.be/fdi6cHeqcEE
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Funny that everything ,large and small, got in except the Qatar 787 which went flyabout over East Anglia...
https://youtu.be/fdi6cHeqcEE
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Interested in hearing views of the new Ryanair base at FRA, note that they've chosen MAN to go against LH and not BHX as well...given that they are the only two UK airports where this exists (ex-LHR obviously) I can understand other UK points with no LH service......any thoughts? I'm not sure I'd want to see any attack on LH service at either.
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Hi InOban yep I knew that, what I meant was that LH fly 4 Daily all year round as they do at MAN so it's quite different to the EDI service plus 3x Daily to MUC as well. If they were looking at business traffic why did they not include BHX then a far bigger market than either GLA or EDI? I think chaps1954 is probably right LH carries a lot of business and connecting pax so very different model.
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Frankfurt is the financial centre of Germany, so it is logical that it has links to other financial centres such as Edinburgh. It makes more sense for our remaining industrial areas to be linked to the industrial areas of Germany such as DUS.
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You do realise Deutsche Bank's main UK base is in Brum?
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This has actually been bookable for quite a few months now - but it's only this week BHX put the press release out. I agree it's a strange one but one can only hope they've done their research and the demand is there. I hope they don't join the BHX failed oddball airlines gallery - with Mahan, Aerosvit, Armavia, Krygyzstan, Air Slovakia and so on....
This has actually been bookable for quite a few months now - but it's only this week BHX put the press release out. I agree it's a strange one but one can only hope they've done their research and the demand is there. I hope they don't join the BHX failed oddball airlines gallery - with Mahan, Aerosvit, Armavia, Krygyzstan, Air Slovakia and so on....
Mahan had this incident at BHX https://assets.publishing.service.go...007_F-OJHI.pdf
