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BHD may have lost their LGW, LTN and STN services over the years, but without doubt BHD is still the best airport for those wishing to fly to London. Both LHR and LCY are by far the two most convenient London airports - the other London airports are more hassle than they're worth. Aer Lingus, British Airways and Flybe also offer a much higher quality of service than easyJet and Ryanair.
Even when looking at domestic services in general, the high frequency of services from BHD makes it far more convenient than BFS. The only place where BHD falls behind is it's European offering, but at least BHD has links to two of the major alliances - BFS doesn't even have one alliance link.
Even when looking at domestic services in general, the high frequency of services from BHD makes it far more convenient than BFS. The only place where BHD falls behind is it's European offering, but at least BHD has links to two of the major alliances - BFS doesn't even have one alliance link.
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so they have absolutely no right to complain about aircraft noise.
I'll be most of the local residents moved-in after the Sydenham Bypass was built, but they still have every right to complain about someone sounding their car horn between 23:30 and 07:00.
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There is a BE flight to Salzburg on a Saturday.
E175 arrives from BHX, out and back to Salzburg, and then home to Birmingham in the evening.
Not sure of the tour operator.
E175 arrives from BHX, out and back to Salzburg, and then home to Birmingham in the evening.
Not sure of the tour operator.
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They'll have spent the last half year looking at the business and planning. The way venture capital works they will invest heavily now and look for a return further down the line. They won't own it forever.
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I ask out out genuine interest but with all these Boeing max and Airbus neo and LR models now on the market is it possible to use BHD for longish flights even the likes of LCA or SSH. Im not interested in market yield or the economic side just purely on performance is it possible. Its pure conjecture.
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By the looks of things, the only aircraft out of the A320ceo, A320neo, B737NG, B737MAX families that can (or will be able to) operate out of BHD at MTOW are the A318 and A319neo. The runway would need to be extended by about 150-200m for a fully loaded A320neo, and by almost 500m to allow for a fully loaded 737-8MAX.
Looking at the figures, it seems that, in theory at least, it is possible for an A319neo to operate BHD-LCA or BHD-SSH, but an A320neo would require a passenger limit of about 160 (hence making it pointless to use an A320neo over an A319neo). However, the lack of interest from airlines in the A319neo means that it is extremely unlikely that BHD will ever see the introduction of these types of routes.
Looking at the figures, it seems that, in theory at least, it is possible for an A319neo to operate BHD-LCA or BHD-SSH, but an A320neo would require a passenger limit of about 160 (hence making it pointless to use an A320neo over an A319neo). However, the lack of interest from airlines in the A319neo means that it is extremely unlikely that BHD will ever see the introduction of these types of routes.