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I cant think of any other situation where BHX carries more pax on a route that LHR!!!!
You are right but I hate to be pedantic (which I will ) but Palma and las palmas to name but 2
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Heard from someone on the first Vueling flight BHX-AGP yesterday evening, a grand total of 18 pax! Oh well I'm sure it will get better...using the same flight on Sat 5 Nov so it will be interesting to see what the load is like on that one. I guess it takes a little while for a new service to settle in, I hope so because they're quite a good airline.
Heard from someone on the first Vueling flight BHX-AGP yesterday evening, a grand total of 18 pax! Oh well I'm sure it will get better...using the same flight on Sat 5 Nov so it will be interesting to see what the load is like on that one. I guess it takes a little while for a new service to settle in, I hope so because they're quite a good airline.
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Vueling
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No idea of the outbound load but over 150 in.
The reason for the 150+ inbound was due to the fact it was the second flight not the first. It operated for half term departing Sunday 23 October VY1271 which was bookable on their website.
I have to say it was a bit odd as the next flight was 1st November, which didn't give much scope on the return. On the plus side three Vueling flights Tuesday.
ILS 33 and night closures
No glideslope on runway 33 until 21-12 and runway closures extended to 5 weeks this year including Friday night in a bid to solve the CAT 111 problem once and for all I believe.
https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWe...trievalByICAOs
Pete
No idea of the outbound load but over 150 in.
The reason for the 150+ inbound was due to the fact it was the second flight not the first. It operated for half term departing Sunday 23 October VY1271 which was bookable on their website.
I have to say it was a bit odd as the next flight was 1st November, which didn't give much scope on the return. On the plus side three Vueling flights Tuesday.
ILS 33 and night closures
No glideslope on runway 33 until 21-12 and runway closures extended to 5 weeks this year including Friday night in a bid to solve the CAT 111 problem once and for all I believe.
https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWe...trievalByICAOs
Pete
I find it hard to believe that EZY would be consuming time on negotiations on purely one route; and equally whether BHX would be swayed by having a metaphorical gun held to their heads over a city pair that is already well served.
Ahh. The pitfalls of the internet, where rumour far too quickly become fact.
For my money, if BHX are in negotiation with EZY, it's over far more than a few weekly flights from BFS. I don't see threatening to kill off one route is a particularly good bargaining position for EZY to take in any wider negotiation, as it would do nothing but create an atmosphere of mistrust in the minds of BHX from the outset.
For my money, if BHX are in negotiation with EZY, it's over far more than a few weekly flights from BFS. I don't see threatening to kill off one route is a particularly good bargaining position for EZY to take in any wider negotiation, as it would do nothing but create an atmosphere of mistrust in the minds of BHX from the outset.
Additionally LS/ZB/FR have all the Spanish and Greek routes sown up so where else would EZY operate to? Me thinks it will be down to a weekend GVA service during the winter.
For me there's better things for the management of BHX to be negotiating about than a few flights between BHX and BFS, and a winter ski season to GVA; both of which another carrier would pick up were EZY to expel their corporate teddy from the cot.
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Additionally LS/ZB/FR have all the Spanish and Greek routes sown up so where else would EZY operate to?
The same could be argued for LGW, MAN, EDI and GLA and that's before throwing Vueling and Norwegian into the mix.
For whatever reason EZY just have no interest in serving the Midlands which is a shame as they could still offer a great deal. There's a whole number of un/underserved destinations that could keep a few based planes busy - just look at what they offer from BRS!
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In addition to the two recently transferred cargo flights from Coventry, there's now a nightly flight from Karlsruhe using a Metro. I know it's not going to be a huge increase but every little helps.
On the subject of freight, It looks like the UPS operation ran smoothly Sunday Night/Monday morning.
FC
On the subject of freight, It looks like the UPS operation ran smoothly Sunday Night/Monday morning.
FC
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In addition to the two recently transferred cargo flights from Coventry, there's now a nightly flight from Karlsruhe using a Metro
Mon-Fri
15:50/22:00 FTL8871/8872 SW4 to/fr EDSB/FKB