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Old 28th Apr 2019, 15:33
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Originally Posted by RogueOne
Pretty scandalous that the 33 ILS is down. Still. Nobody seems bothered about fixing a Precision 3D approach, for a preferred runway, at a major international airport.

If this was LHR or MAN it would have been fixed with a snap of the fingers.

Meanwhile it's RNAV, Overlay, Visual or Raw unless the weather craps out and there isn't a performance restricting tailwind on 15.

Wish I knew who to write to and complain.
I think that a collection of local councils hold a minority shareholding in the facility so a Freedom of Information request (FOI) might be appropriate. Reasons for the request must be valid and not vexatious. I've followed this embarrassment since its inception and I'm not sure if its the 33 LOC (unlikely as the ILS on 33 predates the 15 installation ) or the GS or a combination of both or a more complex interaction between the installation and its environs.

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Olympus Airways A321 SX-ABY (Ex G-MARA of Monarch) is positioning in on Wed 01 May to be based for TUI until the 737 MAX issue is sorted out

11:45 TOM902P A321 SXABY

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Cityjet will operate a daily service to DUB in place of A320 from 15 May until late August.
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Jet Time B738 OY-JZK arrives Thu 02 May to be based for TUI until the 737 MAX issue is sorted out

18:20 TOM9005 B738 OYJZK

First flight for this aircraft is to Chania on Fri 03 May

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According to the TUI schedules shown elsewhere on this forum there were no 737 Max aircraft due to be based in BHX. How come therr are these leases then?
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Originally Posted by crewmeal
According to the TUI schedules shown elsewhere on this forum there were no 737 Max aircraft due to be based in BHX. How come therr are these leases then?
It was rumoured that a 737 Max was going to be based at Brum from June, before the groundings. I'm guessing as TUI were basing 5 737s here it makes sense to pinch 2 of them to operate from the other bases where the Max's was due to be, so at least airports such as Glasgow/Edinburgh still have an aircraft in TUI colours, rather that a totally sub-leased fleet in different colour schemes!
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Old 3rd May 2019, 19:55
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Cityjet will operate a daily service to DUB in place of A320 from 15 May until late August.
Still not seeing this in any booking engine other than the Saturday service which starts tomorrow and then the evening service for high summer.

Is this definite as daily?

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Old 3rd May 2019, 22:17
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Originally Posted by OltonPete
Still not seeing this in any booking engine other than the Saturday service which starts tomorrow and then the evening service for high summer.

Is this definite as daily?

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I was also refering to 21.35 ex BHX starting 15 May.
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I was also refering to 21.35 ex BHX starting 15 May.
Cheers, I didn't consider they would ever cut capacity on the last one other than high season when the aircraft can make better money elsewhere. That is one huge capacity drop in the space of two weeks - 5 daily flights to four and then one of the four reduced from 174 seats down to 90 odd. My word Dublin must have really been over-capacity. Obviously it is yields and not load factors and there was me worrying that the Stobart 195's would be dumped on the route (before the KLM tie-up) and it is in fact it is even worse. Difficult to believe your last inbound and outbound from BHX can only fill 90 odd seats even up against you know who on the route.

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Originally Posted by jon01
Jet Time B738 OY-JZK arrives Thu 02 May to be based for TUI until the 737 MAX issue is sorted out

18:20 TOM9005 B738 OYJZK

First flight for this aircraft is to Chania on Fri 03 May
It is expected that Titan will take over from the Jet Time B738 from Sun 05 May, B752 G-POWH is positioning in from Stansted the night before
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Todays aircraft at STN are Titan 320 GOWK, & 738 GFDZZ transferred in from LGW.
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Originally Posted by OltonPete
Cheers, I didn't consider they would ever cut capacity on the last one other than high season when the aircraft can make better money elsewhere. That is one huge capacity drop in the space of two weeks - 5 daily flights to four and then one of the four reduced from 174 seats down to 90 odd. My word Dublin must have really been over-capacity. Obviously it is yields and not load factors and there was me worrying that the Stobart 195's would be dumped on the route (before the KLM tie-up) and it is in fact it is even worse. Difficult to believe your last inbound and outbound from BHX can only fill 90 odd seats even up against you know who on the route.

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LGW loses daily flight as well. I think BHX yields do better than many think. International station can make it worthwhile as a London alternative. The only options were BHX or MAN for WX ops. Stobart cannot operate anything over 100 seats for EI at the moment.
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Aer Lingus

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LGW loses daily flight as well. I think BHX yields do better than many think. International station can make it worthwhile as a London alternative. The only options were BHX or MAN for WX ops. Stobart cannot operate anything over 100 seats for EI at the moment.
Thank you again for the information and hopefully it wasn't an easy decision. Ryanair outbound after 7pm from BHX will have 378 seats available against 95 and it is going to be interesting to see how this pans out. I think the pill would have been easier to take if EI3274/5 the AT76 had remained around 17.30 rather than ending last week.

The overall Aer Lingus increases which were expected next month when Cork goes 3 daily 4 times a week are now wiped out by this change.

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Originally Posted by jon01
It is expected that Titan will take over from the Jet Time B738 from Sun 05 May, B752 G-POWH is positioning in from Stansted the night before
An AlbaStar B738 is positioning in on the afternoon of 6th May to continue ops for TUI
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Flybe 2019-20

So few changes if GDS is correct other than some odd timings and frequencies such as no Berlin on Monday. Milan changing times depending on the day of week and the Isle Man based aircraft does a BHX flight before returning to IOM.

AMS, EDI, GLA & BHD all remain 7 daily on certain days and can we assume BHX was not contributing to the Flybe losses as the schedule virtually mirrors 2018-19.

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Old 7th May 2019, 16:21
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Olympus are due to start A321 ops for TUI on 12 May
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Jet Time B738 OY-JZJ arrives Thu 09 May pm for TUI, to take over from the Alba Star B738 from 10 May

Titan Airways B752 G-ZAPX also arrives on 09 May to op for TUI on 10 May
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Old 10th May 2019, 21:45
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Olympus will now commence A321 ops for TUI on Sat 11th May to Verona and Paphos

Titan will also continue to be operating for TUI with a B752

The Jet Time B738 positions out late Fri night
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Old 11th May 2019, 17:51
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The second A321, SX-ACP, will position in on the morning of Sunday 12th May from Manchester for TUI


A321 SX-ABY is also operating on Sunday for TUI



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Old 13th May 2019, 17:56
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March passenger figures

Source: CAA Provisional stats

March 2019 passengers 903425 up 2.7% compared to 2018 (879517).

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