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Its also widely expected that Jet2.com resume a leasing relationship with SmartLynx this summer. There was a contract in place for at least 4 A321's for SU20 before the pandemic hit, the A330 is back for MAN & I expect BHX will need some extra capacity too. Crew wise however, LS usually have damp lease arrangements and put its own Cabin Crew on the lease aircraft.
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Nice to see a 747-400 freighter in BHX today albeit a Bournemouth diversion but cargo is being off loaded.
Redwings 777 later too.
BHX booming on the freight.
Redwings 777 later too.
BHX booming on the freight.
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Security on stop ? (almost)
Site security was really bad this morning - BHX Twitter was super busy with complaints and the usual copy-paste answers. Surprisingly no mitigation was put in place with only 4 out of 14 scanners open. Brother off to Ireland this morning and end to end took him 2.5 hours to get through. Looking at later posts on twitter it got no better in the afternoon with the queue stretching out into the main area of the second floor.
Waiting for the COVID explanation to be coming ..............
Waiting for the COVID explanation to be coming ..............

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Looks like Emirates are taking over the advertising on the BHX ATC tower.
https://publicaccess.solihull.gov.uk...=R5YK79OEIY700

https://publicaccess.solihull.gov.uk...=R5YK79OEIY700

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Will they, won't they?!
Apparently Flybe rumoured to be announcing their routes this week? Let's hope they also announce start dates as well! I know of a couple of people who have finished their cabin crew training
I'm assuming any routes announced are more than likely going to be in direct competition with another carrier, can't think of any ex BE version 1 routes that weren't taken over apart from a couple of seasonal French routes and the Embraer operated BER, STR, MXP and LYS.
I'm assuming any routes announced are more than likely going to be in direct competition with another carrier, can't think of any ex BE version 1 routes that weren't taken over apart from a couple of seasonal French routes and the Embraer operated BER, STR, MXP and LYS.
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If PAX demand picks up then the fares will rise, making it a win-win situation for the airline.
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EK & easyjet to Faro
3 million pax and Faro added
Wizz Craiova goes 3 per week in mid April and Wroclaw brought forward to 2 May from July
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Flybe
Apparently a formal announcement next week according to Belfast City press release about Flybe base there.
All routes/destinatiions will be announced and bookable from BHX and BHD. Flybe CEO makes a rather grand statement about flying to many UK and EU cities....I highly doubt that now but shows they have aspirations for growth
Hopefully all will work out for them!
All routes/destinatiions will be announced and bookable from BHX and BHD. Flybe CEO makes a rather grand statement about flying to many UK and EU cities....I highly doubt that now but shows they have aspirations for growth
Hopefully all will work out for them!
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I think it was announced internally or to the handler.
Not great timings for UK based weekend breaks but good for Monday out-Friday return - Monday 07:45 in 08:15 out and Friday 20:00 in 20:30 out
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Problems today at Birmingham...
Airline passengers forced to wait outside airport for hours (msn.com)
Airline passengers forced to wait outside airport for hours (msn.com)
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Problems today at Birmingham...
Airline passengers forced to wait outside airport for hours (msn.com)
Airline passengers forced to wait outside airport for hours (msn.com)
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That aside - aircraft wise BHX has been as excellent as ever covering airliners, freight and GA (ignoring the handling side of matters).
The National 744's have finished but again still a brief and excellent addition operating to Houston (not sure who for) and as I type this another AN12 has landed plus Fleet Air of Hungary have been virtually based here this week.
GA wise you can never tell what is a BHX flight or redirected from down south but still very steady.
Another ex Flybe route started today Ryanair to Bordeaux twice a week from the French base.
Schedules continue to be flexible for the likes of KLM (cancellations), Air France (A321's and extras), Lufthansa (increase on Munich but still just below pre-covid levels), Brussels Airlines (slight increase but well below pre-covid levels), Swiss are static, Emerald up to 3 daily on Belfast City and loads are good I believe but of course it is bank holiday. Flybe are well Flybe but most flights operate usually on the right day

easyjet up until Wednesday were cancelling something most days, usually an Amsterdam, Belfast, Glasgow or Edinburgh but the Med services seem unaffected.
Wizz are just missing Wroclaw which bizarrely operated 4 times in May and is back in August at an increased frequency.
Turkish to Antalya seems to be doing okay despite the lovely times and Istanbul is all over the place but usually 10-11 services per week with double daily still planned for July I believe
Emirates no change and Air India plod on with a weekly Amritsar although BHX was showing another on Wednesday which I assume was planned ages ago and cancelled.
Blue Air Bucharest was also due back in July but not checked recently to see if it still on.
Based on April stats I would say were Vueling Orly, Eurowings Prague and Stockholm were the strugglers and it will be interesting to see how they do as they might start to pick up with as summer goes on and Orly is showing some better signs but again not great flight times.
Sun Express are back to 3 per week on Antalya and Corendon have maintained their schedule where I believe some airports haven't.
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