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That company is just a broker and just happens to be UK based.
That particular 320 seems to spend much of its time flying between Kosovo, Germany, Switzerland and Israel.
Also done a few subs for Transavia and Thomas Cook Scandinavia
Really adding little to Birmingham imho
That particular 320 seems to spend much of its time flying between Kosovo, Germany, Switzerland and Israel.
Also done a few subs for Transavia and Thomas Cook Scandinavia
Really adding little to Birmingham imho
Orange2Fly's two A320s have spent much of the last 2-3 months under charter to Reiseburo Pristina - a travel agency based in Germany/Switzerland who sell flights to the Albanian/Kosovo diaspora in Germany/Switzerland and who wish to travel to/from Kosovo and Tirana
Never going to win awards for service, but many of their Kosovo flights have been full and they seem to have found themselves a niche.
Never going to win awards for service, but many of their Kosovo flights have been full and they seem to have found themselves a niche.
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A number of flights have already been operated.
A least 2 rotations to Athens have been flown during the last week or so.
Also they are using the Elmdon apron,not the main terminal.
A least 2 rotations to Athens have been flown during the last week or so.
Also they are using the Elmdon apron,not the main terminal.
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It's actually been unservicable since early January, I don't know the reason why, but my guess is that it must be due to the drainage problems again, this saga has gone on so long now, never known any other airports having these problems, Birmingham needs to get their act together fast, for such a safety critcial component.
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The area in front of the glidepath shed can get extremely waterlogged. What this does to the power supply or to the beam is unknown by me, but it has led to the withdrawal of the glidepath with great regularity and for some very extended periods.
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It's actually been unservicable since early January, I don't know the reason why, but my guess is that it must be due to the drainage problems again, this saga has gone on so long now, never known any other airports having these problems, Birmingham needs to get their act together fast, for such a safety critcial component.
We never had all these drainage issues here before all the excavations and the huge bund made from dumped earth from it.
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Reykjavik appears to be a positioning flight that bases the aircraft at BHX from Thursday morning until Sunday afternoon. This is from early December
This fits into the Alicante schedule. The other European routes are only on sale at the moment to early December. Is this an additional aircraft or will all the flying from December onward for the winter period be concentrated from Thursday to Sunday.
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This fits into the Alicante schedule. The other European routes are only on sale at the moment to early December. Is this an additional aircraft or will all the flying from December onward for the winter period be concentrated from Thursday to Sunday.
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This fits into the Alicante schedule. The other European routes are only on sale at the moment to early December. Is this an additional aircraft or will all the flying from December onward for the winter period be concentrated from Thursday to Sunday.
That seems to be the plan today. Tomorrow - who knows?
Quite why they decided to launch a BHX base with 5 routes, all currently planned to finish within 6 months of starting, to be replaced by 3 new routes for winter, operated by an aircraft flying in from Iceland is beyond me...hopefully what we're seeing is all part of a bigger picture 'work in progress' plan. Sadly I have my doubts.
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It’s all a bit confusing at the moment but from what I gather;
New York and Toronto are now bookable into December now so fingers crossed they are year round.
Chania ending September but that one would always be summer only.
Palma ends in October, replaced with Barcelona.
Alicante, Tenerife, Las Palmas and Reykjavik all added from December.
Malaga year round?
New York and Toronto are now bookable into December now so fingers crossed they are year round.
Chania ending September but that one would always be summer only.
Palma ends in October, replaced with Barcelona.
Alicante, Tenerife, Las Palmas and Reykjavik all added from December.
Malaga year round?
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Primera Winter 2018-19
Chinapattern, that seems a reasonable summary, this is what has appeared on the Primera website since yesterday, all bookable from 9th December:
Alicante: Thurs and Sun from 9th Dec - 7th April
Gran Canaria: Fri from 7th Dec - 5th April
Malaga: daily until 9th December, then Tues/Thurs/Sun until 5th April
Reyjkavik: Sun 9th Dec, Wed 19th Dec, Tues 1st Jan then Sun from 13th Jan - 7th April
Aircraft operates inbound Thursday 6th and 13th December, and from 17th Jan
Tenerife: Sat from 8th Dec
Barcelona is daily from 1st October-9th December, not bookable afterwards - why run a route only for 3 months at this time of the year??
Long Haul:
New York: Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun until 9th Dec
Toronto: Tues/Thurs/Sat until 8th Dec
So it would seem the BHX base uses a KEF based aircraft from 9th Dec with flights only operating from Thurs-Sun until April, apart from AGP which also flies on a Tuesday, totalling 8 flights per week.
I can't see them having an aircraft sat around on a Mon and Wed doing nothing to operate a single Tuesday Malaga flight?
Interestingly, MAN-AGP has now appeared, 4 times per week from 24th October. More routes to come from MAN me thinks.
One assumes EWR, YYZ start again after 9th April along with short haul winter routes hopefully continuing through the summer
The STN schedule is much more robust than BHX over winter, with daily EWR and ALC, 5 times pw IAD and YYZ and 3/4 times pw AGP, TFS, LPA. Goes without saying they are obviously doing much better from STN than BHX, no surprise really.
So many pieces of the Primera jigsaw to still put together. It doesn't make any sense to me unless there is more to come? They have not become 'the saviour' that I think BHX management were hoping they might be.
Alicante: Thurs and Sun from 9th Dec - 7th April
Gran Canaria: Fri from 7th Dec - 5th April
Malaga: daily until 9th December, then Tues/Thurs/Sun until 5th April
Reyjkavik: Sun 9th Dec, Wed 19th Dec, Tues 1st Jan then Sun from 13th Jan - 7th April
Aircraft operates inbound Thursday 6th and 13th December, and from 17th Jan
Tenerife: Sat from 8th Dec
Barcelona is daily from 1st October-9th December, not bookable afterwards - why run a route only for 3 months at this time of the year??
Long Haul:
New York: Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun until 9th Dec
Toronto: Tues/Thurs/Sat until 8th Dec
So it would seem the BHX base uses a KEF based aircraft from 9th Dec with flights only operating from Thurs-Sun until April, apart from AGP which also flies on a Tuesday, totalling 8 flights per week.
I can't see them having an aircraft sat around on a Mon and Wed doing nothing to operate a single Tuesday Malaga flight?
Interestingly, MAN-AGP has now appeared, 4 times per week from 24th October. More routes to come from MAN me thinks.
One assumes EWR, YYZ start again after 9th April along with short haul winter routes hopefully continuing through the summer
The STN schedule is much more robust than BHX over winter, with daily EWR and ALC, 5 times pw IAD and YYZ and 3/4 times pw AGP, TFS, LPA. Goes without saying they are obviously doing much better from STN than BHX, no surprise really.
So many pieces of the Primera jigsaw to still put together. It doesn't make any sense to me unless there is more to come? They have not become 'the saviour' that I think BHX management were hoping they might be.
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Chinapattern, that seems a reasonable summary, this is what has appeared on the Primera website since yesterday, all bookable from 9th December:
Alicante: Thurs and Sun from 9th Dec - 7th April
Gran Canaria: Fri from 7th Dec - 5th April
Malaga: daily until 9th December, then Tues/Thurs/Sun until 5th April
Reyjkavik: Sun 9th Dec, Wed 19th Dec, Tues 1st Jan then Sun from 13th Jan - 7th April
Aircraft operates inbound Thursday 6th and 13th December, and from 17th Jan
Tenerife: Sat from 8th Dec
Barcelona is daily from 1st October-9th December, not bookable afterwards - why run a route only for 3 months at this time of the year??
Long Haul:
New York: Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun until 9th Dec
Toronto: Tues/Thurs/Sat until 8th Dec
So it would seem the BHX base uses a KEF based aircraft from 9th Dec with flights only operating from Thurs-Sun until April, apart from AGP which also flies on a Tuesday, totalling 8 flights per week.
I can't see them having an aircraft sat around on a Mon and Wed doing nothing to operate a single Tuesday Malaga flight?
Interestingly, MAN-AGP has now appeared, 4 times per week from 24th October. More routes to come from MAN me thinks.
One assumes EWR, YYZ start again after 9th April along with short haul winter routes hopefully continuing through the summer
The STN schedule is much more robust than BHX over winter, with daily EWR and ALC, 5 times pw IAD and YYZ and 3/4 times pw AGP, TFS, LPA. Goes without saying they are obviously doing much better from STN than BHX, no surprise really.
So many pieces of the Primera jigsaw to still put together. It doesn't make any sense to me unless there is more to come? They have not become 'the saviour' that I think BHX management were hoping they might be.
Alicante: Thurs and Sun from 9th Dec - 7th April
Gran Canaria: Fri from 7th Dec - 5th April
Malaga: daily until 9th December, then Tues/Thurs/Sun until 5th April
Reyjkavik: Sun 9th Dec, Wed 19th Dec, Tues 1st Jan then Sun from 13th Jan - 7th April
Aircraft operates inbound Thursday 6th and 13th December, and from 17th Jan
Tenerife: Sat from 8th Dec
Barcelona is daily from 1st October-9th December, not bookable afterwards - why run a route only for 3 months at this time of the year??
Long Haul:
New York: Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun until 9th Dec
Toronto: Tues/Thurs/Sat until 8th Dec
So it would seem the BHX base uses a KEF based aircraft from 9th Dec with flights only operating from Thurs-Sun until April, apart from AGP which also flies on a Tuesday, totalling 8 flights per week.
I can't see them having an aircraft sat around on a Mon and Wed doing nothing to operate a single Tuesday Malaga flight?
Interestingly, MAN-AGP has now appeared, 4 times per week from 24th October. More routes to come from MAN me thinks.
One assumes EWR, YYZ start again after 9th April along with short haul winter routes hopefully continuing through the summer
The STN schedule is much more robust than BHX over winter, with daily EWR and ALC, 5 times pw IAD and YYZ and 3/4 times pw AGP, TFS, LPA. Goes without saying they are obviously doing much better from STN than BHX, no surprise really.
So many pieces of the Primera jigsaw to still put together. It doesn't make any sense to me unless there is more to come? They have not become 'the saviour' that I think BHX management were hoping they might be.
I am surprised however that Primera EWR is only bookable till 9.12.18, that seems a rather arbitrary date, and I would have expected the service to go into hibernation in the first week of January, but I assume they have done their homework.
