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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: W. Midlands
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TUI summer 2021
Another Orlando increase with Sunday added, making 3pw, designed to connect with cruise ship 'Discovery', which will be summer-based at Port Canaveral in 2021
Also:
2 x Montego Bay pw
2 x Punta Cana pw
Also:
2 x Montego Bay pw
2 x Punta Cana pw

Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Leeds/Birmingham
Age: 34
Posts: 77
3x Orlando Sanford
2x Montego Bay
2x Punta Cana
2x Cancun

Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
Age: 56
Posts: 3,162
TUI & Flybe
Flybe
Getting loaded into GDS and it will be interesting to see how this translates to their website.
The headline at the moment but this is provisional is that Dusseldorf is not bookable and Eurowings coincidentally is 4 daily next summer and all A319’s
Berlin, MIlan, Lyon and Stuttgart all back at a similar schedule.
Other French routes no sign.
Amsterdam is down to 4 daily - I can't believe only one slot taken by another airline ad CDG showing 3 daily.
EDI showing increased to 8 daily - well at least on a Monday two of which are 175's, Glasgow remains 7 with the first out and last in 175's - what a surprise.
Knock on certain days showing as a jet and Newquay is back starting May
No apparent change to Aberdeen , Inverness, Belfast City, Isle of Man and Jersey other than timings.
I only checked random dates so some routes might just start later in the season.
Pete
Last edited by OltonPete; 13th Nov 2019 at 12:38. Reason: Spelling

Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 886
BE 2020
Well, as expected quite the cull. The following routes dropped that operated in 2019 from BHX
Avignon, Bastia, Bergerac, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, La Rochelle.
Of these, Bergerac will remain on the departure boards as will be operated by Jet2.
So that leaves only Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Stuttgart, Milan, Lyon and Nantes as Eurooean routes. Better than nothing but so much for the rumours that BHX was a profitable base for BE and the blurb about maintaining regional connectivity in the Virgin Connect press releases.
Avignon, Bastia, Bergerac, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, La Rochelle.
Of these, Bergerac will remain on the departure boards as will be operated by Jet2.
So that leaves only Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Stuttgart, Milan, Lyon and Nantes as Eurooean routes. Better than nothing but so much for the rumours that BHX was a profitable base for BE and the blurb about maintaining regional connectivity in the Virgin Connect press releases.

Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
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Flybe
Well, as expected quite the cull. The following routes dropped that operated in 2019 from BHX
Avignon, Bastia, Bergerac, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, La Rochelle.
Of these, Bergerac will remain on the departure boards as will be operated by Jet2.
So that leaves only Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Stuttgart, Milan, Lyon and Nantes as Eurooean routes. Better than nothing but so much for the rumours that BHX was a profitable base for BE and the blurb about maintaining regional connectivity in the Virgin Connect press releases.
Avignon, Bastia, Bergerac, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, La Rochelle.
Of these, Bergerac will remain on the departure boards as will be operated by Jet2.
So that leaves only Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Stuttgart, Milan, Lyon and Nantes as Eurooean routes. Better than nothing but so much for the rumours that BHX was a profitable base for BE and the blurb about maintaining regional connectivity in the Virgin Connect press releases.
The rest are just much reduced if certain booking engines are correct
I think all from July
NTE - Mon & Fri -
BOD - Tue/Thu/Sat
EGC - SatAVN - Sat
BES- Sat
LRH- Sat
BOD - Tue/Thu/Sat
EGC - SatAVN - Sat
BES- Sat
LRH- Sat
Pete

Join Date: May 2000
Location: Benelux
Posts: 333
Quite surprised to see DUS dropped by BE. I noted last time I booked EWG (DUS-BHX-DUS) that they were down to 2 daily (weekdays). Was/is that a temporary thing? With BE dropping DUS, will EWG increase their frequency?

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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
Age: 56
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Flybe
The routes are
Dusseldorf - 1 - 3 daily
Hamburg 4- 6 a week
Hannover 4-7 a week
Biarritz 1-3 a week
Bastia - weekly
I think that is it just the 5 and I can only see Hamburg getting replaced as a schedule and Eurowings taking up the DUS slack.
I think the problem was a lot of the routes operate for two months only so the capacity cut is quite significant with the likes of Avignon, Brest, La Rochelle and Bergerac just weekly, Newquay starting later but overall it is not too bad. To be honest I have not really delved too deeply other than Amsterdam and CDG for obvious reasons. The base fares on these two look a little high so just maybe we haven't had the last amendments on these routes.
Pete

Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 216
Don't write them all off yet, there's still phase two of the summer schedule to be released; I would expect Dusseldorf to be a part of that although I have no inside knowledge... But from the schedule data, there looks to still be a DUS based aircraft (operates to MAN midday) but no flights in the morning or evening for that aircraft when it would usually fly to BHX and extra rotation to MAN. Unless there will be a new destination for DUS (probably unlikely given all the cuts there) then it would make sense that BHX will still be served.

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Dusseldorf
Also potentially triple good news on DUS if there is a new decent schedule rather than the current one where you have to leave the city or surrounding area around 3.30-4pm to get the last Flybe flight back - really business friendly.
Pete

Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
Age: 56
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DUS & Turkmenistan
Therefore double good news on Dusseldorf if it is continuing and increased by Eurowings.
Also potentially triple good news on DUS if there is a new decent schedule rather than the current one where you have to leave the city or surrounding area around 3.30-4pm to get the last Flybe flight back - really business friendly.
Pete
Also potentially triple good news on DUS if there is a new decent schedule rather than the current one where you have to leave the city or surrounding area around 3.30-4pm to get the last Flybe flight back - really business friendly.
Pete
Turkmenistan
In GDS from Friday 6 December 737 twice a week (Sunday the other day).
Connections and fares still to be loaded but looking as if they will be back well in time for Christmas.
Jet2
April seat-maps showing at least 3 A321's departing in the morning - found 4 on a Sunday.
Pete
Last edited by OltonPete; 20th Nov 2019 at 23:32. Reason: added info

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TUI & Jet2
Currently replaces one of the two Boa Vista services and one of the two Sharm replaces a Wednesday Tenerife.
For a third time in four years Split is off sale again - must be some kind of record. It has never operated. However summer 2020 still looking good with 10 based and 11 on a Tuesday when the second 787 operates for one day only.
Jet2
Seat Maps for summer 2020 now showing 4 based A321's as expected.
Pete
For a third time in four years Split is off sale again - must be some kind of record. It has never operated. However summer 2020 still looking good with 10 based and 11 on a Tuesday when the second 787 operates for one day only.
Jet2
Seat Maps for summer 2020 now showing 4 based A321's as expected.
Pete

Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 74
Turkmenistan Airlines to resume flights to the UK, Birmingham
Turkmenistan Airlines (T5) has announced that starting, Friday the 13th of December 2019, flights from Ashgabat (ASB) to Birmingham (BHX) v.v. will be resumed.
Winter Timetable 2019/2020 from Birmingham,
BIRMINGHAM - ASHGABAT FRIDAYS BHX-ASB 12.50 - 00.10 B737 T5 425
ASHGABAT - BIRMINGHAM FRIDAYS ASB-BHX 09.10 - 11.00 B737 T5 426
The Turkmenistan Airlines fleet consists of only modern Boeing (717,737,757 and 777) aircrafts. All international flights are operated in a two-class configuration: Business and Economy Class. The weekly return flight to / from Birmingham will be operated by a modern Boeing 737-800. Turkmenistan Airlines is the only airline offering non-stop flights between the United Kingdom and Turkmenistan.
Winter Timetable 2019/2020 from Birmingham,
BIRMINGHAM - ASHGABAT FRIDAYS BHX-ASB 12.50 - 00.10 B737 T5 425
ASHGABAT - BIRMINGHAM FRIDAYS ASB-BHX 09.10 - 11.00 B737 T5 426
The Turkmenistan Airlines fleet consists of only modern Boeing (717,737,757 and 777) aircrafts. All international flights are operated in a two-class configuration: Business and Economy Class. The weekly return flight to / from Birmingham will be operated by a modern Boeing 737-800. Turkmenistan Airlines is the only airline offering non-stop flights between the United Kingdom and Turkmenistan.

Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
Age: 56
Posts: 3,162
Jet2
Currently replaces one of the two Boa Vista services and one of the two Sharm replaces a Wednesday Tenerife.
For a third time in four years Split is off sale again - must be some kind of record. It has never operated. However summer 2020 still looking good with 10 based and 11 on a Tuesday when the second 787 operates for one day only.
Jet2
Seat Maps for summer 2020 now showing 4 based A321's as expected.
Pete
For a third time in four years Split is off sale again - must be some kind of record. It has never operated. However summer 2020 still looking good with 10 based and 11 on a Tuesday when the second 787 operates for one day only.
Jet2
Seat Maps for summer 2020 now showing 4 based A321's as expected.
Pete
Latest additions - as per the Jet2 thread new once weekly Santorini plus a 4th Corfu and 6th Heraklion.
Second TK A332 in December was showing in booking engines yesterday - Saturday 21st TK1967/8
Pete
