Birmingham-7

[sixchannel]

Originally Posted by jon01

Jet2 to Reykjavik (KEF)

Flights bookable in March 2019, route is only bookable as a return flight and must originate in the UK:

7th Out / returns to MAN
11th Out / Return
14th Out empty / Return

These are Northern Lights City Breaks only, but maybe something more regular in the future?

Try and book it. I just did. All seats sold. Really??!!

[nwoody2001]

tours now available.... Some great city break prices in Reyjavik with prices between £500-£600 pp with flights, hotel, transfers and tours included.

[Adrian68]

Primera - from 6th Dec 2018

The AGP is an away based aircraft three times a week and ALC is twice a week (Thurs + Sunday) (3 at peak times) also they have REK from the 13th Jan 19 to 7th April ops out Sundays returns Thursday which would work for the ALC flights. Ops LPA on Friday and TFS on a Saturday.

01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS REYKJAVIK /BIRMINGHAM
...4... KEF BHX 0830 1105 @H11956 737
01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS BIRMINGHAM /ALICANTE
......7 BHX ALC 1115 1450 @H11973 737
...4... BHX ALC 1235 1610 @H11973 737
01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS BIRMINGHAM /LAS PALMAS
....5.. BHX LPA 0800 1215 @H11977 737
01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS BIRMINGHAM /TENERIFE SUR
.....6. BHX TFS 0800 1220 @H11979 737

1FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS LAS PALMAS /BIRMINGHAM
....5.. LPA BHX 1315 1725 @H11978 737

01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS TENERIFE SUR/BIRMINGHAM
.....6. TFS BHX 1320 1735 @H11980 737

01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS ALICANTE /BIRMINGHAM
......7 ALC BHX 1550 1730 @H11974 737
...4... ALC BHX 1710 1850 @H11974 737
01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS BIRMINGHAM /REYKJAVIK
......7 BHX KEF 1900 2145 @H11957 737

I hope this helps

[Centre cities]

Originally Posted by Adrian68

Primera - from 6th Dec 2018

The AGP is an away based aircraft three times a week and ALC is twice a week (Thurs + Sunday) (3 at peak times) also they have REK from the 13th Jan 19 to 7th April ops out Sundays returns Thursday which would work for the ALC flights. Ops LPA on Friday and TFS on a Saturday.

01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS REYKJAVIK /BIRMINGHAM
...4... KEF BHX 0830 1105 @H11956 737
01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS BIRMINGHAM /ALICANTE
......7 BHX ALC 1115 1450 @H11973 737
...4... BHX ALC 1235 1610 @H11973 737
01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS BIRMINGHAM /LAS PALMAS
....5.. BHX LPA 0800 1215 @H11977 737
01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS BIRMINGHAM /TENERIFE SUR
.....6. BHX TFS 0800 1220 @H11979 737

1FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS LAS PALMAS /BIRMINGHAM
....5.. LPA BHX 1315 1725 @H11978 737

01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS TENERIFE SUR/BIRMINGHAM
.....6. TFS BHX 1320 1735 @H11980 737

01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS ALICANTE /BIRMINGHAM
......7 ALC BHX 1550 1730 @H11974 737
...4... ALC BHX 1710 1850 @H11974 737
01FEB19-28FEB19 MTWTFSS BIRMINGHAM /REYKJAVIK
......7 BHX KEF 1900 2145 @H11957 737

I hope this helps

From December it has been like this for some time with a part week based aircraft using what would be positioning legs for a once a week service to Iceland with the arrival and departure on different days.

The question is with Primera will it remain at this schedule. Boston, Toronto, New York, Palma and Barcelona have all changed.

In my opinion offering a daily Barcelona for 3 months and then stopping the service was always a strange decision am I am not surprised it is showing withdrawn from sale.

Centre cities

[chinapattern]

Jet2 offer Barcelona from a couple of other bases so hopefully they are looking at it; Nice, Berlin and Amsterdam could also be good options.

[Plane.Silly]

Originally Posted by chinapattern

Jet2 offer Barcelona from a couple of other bases so hopefully they are looking at it; Nice, Berlin and Amsterdam could also be good options.

Nice is a good shout, probably not Berlin or Amsterdam, since they only serve those from LBA.

[ssflyer]

I am told that Nice will only run when Jet2 Holidays have the hotels in place-it will not run as a "seats only" flight as that is not their current policy.
SSF

[JennyB]

Originally Posted by Heathrow Harry

haven't seen any negative feed back

and why would they want thousands turning up who, at best, would pay to park and disrupt their main business???

Think that to the airport management paying to park is their main business.

[OltonPete]

Ryanair winter 2018/9 (Christmas Period)

The 4th based is pressed back into service Thursday - Sunday for at least the last two weeks of the year but all mainly Christmas only and not the New Year unless they will be released later - 11 routes operating at least twice each.

Thursday 20th & 27th - 07:50 Murcia 13:50 & 14:55 Modlin 20:35 plus an away based Malaga extra09:25/09:55

Friday 21st & 28th 10:35 Bratislava 15:30 & 16:35 Krakow 22:10

Saturday 22nd & 29th 06:55 Gdansk 12:15 & 13:05 Arrecife 22:05 plus an away based Alicante 11:55

Sunday23rd & 30th 06:30 Bydgoszcz 11:30 & 12:40 Sofia 19:50 plus away based Tenerife 12:20

Pete

[OltonPete]

Primera

Originally Posted by Centre cities

From December it has been like this for some time with a part week based aircraft using what would be positioning legs for a once a week service to Iceland with the arrival and departure on different days.

The question is with Primera will it remain at this schedule. Boston, Toronto, New York, Palma and Barcelona have all changed.

In my opinion offering a daily Barcelona for 3 months and then stopping the service was always a strange decision am I am not surprised it is showing withdrawn from sale.

Centre cities

I wonder what the odds are of any flights in December after even more cuts today?

Malaga from daily to 5 a week from September

Tenerife & Las Palmas appear to be off-sale which could make a total of 5 routes announced that will never start - YYZ, BOS, BCN, LPA & TFS. Some going for such a small airline.

Barcelona remains in the booking engine as does LPA & TFS so maybe just some changes coming but it seems that it will be the glass half-empty scenario that is the most likely outcome.

Pete

[Scottie Dog]

Please, please Primera if you're going to abandon Birmingham then have the decency to go public and make a formal announcement. Alternatively let your passenger, both existing and future, know what your real plans are.

[simoncorbett]

Primera

Pete
ive booked to LPA in Feb with Primera, even tho more expensive than Ryanair, I thought it would be good to support our new local airline ..... I think I will now need to rebook with a more reliable airline
simon

[crewmeal]

Which begs the question why would anyone want to book with Primera with all these changes that take place? They have proved so unrelaible with the whole operation. Did they get the fire station treatment in the beginning? I hope not it would have been a waste of valuable water.

[OltonPete]

Primera

Originally Posted by Scottie Dog

Please, please Primera if you're going to abandon Birmingham then have the decency to go public and make a formal announcement. Alternatively let your passenger, both existing and future, know what your real plans are.

Death by a 1000 cuts is a dreadful way to do things and of course brings into doubt the Alicante and Reykjavik which were tied in with the LPA & TFS. If they had real commitment they would have kept the base post 9 December as they had at least 7 flights but this crazy KEF flight to get the aircraft here for a few days always seemed odd.

I've booked to LPA in Feb with Primera, even tho more expensive than Ryanair, I thought it would be good to support our new local airline ..... I think I will now need to rebook with a more reliable airline
simon

Simon - not looking good for you but maybe an outside chance they are re-hashing schedule and I don't suppose they have contacted you?

crewmeal

Surprised they didn't get one for the last Newark flight

Pete

[FQTLSteve]

I booked to fly on Primera Air PF2934 AGP-BHX 14.08.18 on 19 July. I have received an email sent 23 July informing me that my flight has been cancelled. They've given me three options, full refund, next available Primera flight or their choice of another airline. I have to reply by email indicating my choice before they can help me. Does anyone have experience of how fast and how good they deal with this?

[Centre cities]

Originally Posted by FQTLSteve

I booked to fly on Primera Air PF2934 AGP-BHX 14.08.18 on 19 July. I have received an email sent 23 July informing me that my flight has been cancelled. They've given me three options, full refund, next available Primera flight or their choice of another airline. I have to reply by email indicating my choice before they can help me. Does anyone have experience of how fast and how good they deal with this?

Yes I have. I only ever received an automated reply to my emails asking me not to email again and it would be dealt with but I received no reply. I phoned them. It took 1 hour 45 minutes to get answered. You get a countdown when you are number 5 in the queue. I would bite the bullet, ring and sit it out. When I got through the issue was dealt with.

Centre cities

[Plane.Silly]

Just apply for the full refund and book your own

Quick check on skyscanner has Jet2 at 12:25 at £141 or Ryanair at 17:20 at £247. No Brainer there

[FQTLSteve]

Thanks for the replies. I've gone for the full refund and will re-book myself. It seems they have removed the Tuesday and Wednesday flights for two weeks only, when I looked on their reservations, seems strange to me in high season.

[OltonPete]

Alicante

Originally Posted by FQTLSteve

Thanks for the replies. I've gone for the full refund and will re-book myself. It seems they have removed the Tuesday and Wednesday flights for two weeks only, when I looked on their reservations, seems strange to me in high season.

Steve - my commiserations and all I can say they are a total disgrace for cutting your flight so close to departure.

I don't suppose you will be surprised route cut 6 before it starting has happened today with Alicante now off sale.

So any bets on KEF or AGP to go next or both?

Pete

[USERNAME_]

I think it’s highly likely that Primera are going to pull the entire BHX operation.
It’s incredibly sad, for the pax with booking that’ll be lost and for the crews which will be forced down to STN or to KEF etc etc.
However I guess it’s better to pull it rather than keep it and lose money.