Yes it's true - starts 12 April from BHD - 4x mon - fri, 3X sat & 2x sun with RJ's and 145s

What will be the Flybe response I wonder?

Birmingham ups & downs
 

Other than the HLX thread, the BA Timetable is now showing: -

BHX-TXL Daily - Late March or Early April BA4193/4 12.10 out 16.35 back

BHX-GVA Daily from 25th March (currently a weekend service). BA4153/4
11.00 departure in the week

Both showing as 145's

Not sure if it has been posted on here but CSA Prague is rumoured
to cease 25/3/06.:{

There are also the rumoured Aer Arran changes some of which have
been mentioned.

OltonPete

Hopefully baby can absorb any pax that would have flown with CSA, thankfully Brum still retains the route, just loses a carrier.

Fried Chicken

Aer Arran are expected to fly twice daily to Liege

Anyone know which handling agent represents the Air Atlanta (Air Malta 320) that operates from BHX??

I would of guessed it was Servisair because they are the handlling agent for the reguler Air Malta flights, no logic behind that answer as it's a shot in the dark!

I've a feeling it's Aviance - but hoping someone knew for sure. Although it's an Air Malta aircraft, it's not operated as such as operates on lease with Atlanta on EUK callsigns.

It's definately the Circus at the moment:ok: And it does fly KM charters as well as the EUK ones

Cheers!

30W

FYI

My bf has just had an email from HLX saying they will be starting Brum - Cologne from May... Just thought you'd like to know!

OLIx

ps. been a lurker on here for ages, thought it was time to say hi!

January 2006 Pax Figures
 

Birmingham International Airport's year got off to a flying start
with 564,702 people using the UK's fifth largest airport in January.
This was 5.9% up on the same month last year and the busiest January
on record for BIA.

Scheduled traffic overall was up by 8.5% during the month as more
people took advantage of the growing range of short and long haul
scheduled destinations available from Birmingham. Passenger growth
was seen in particular on flights to non-EU destinations where
passenger numbers were up 37.8%, on services to Asia which grew by
26.9%, on flights to the Irish Republic which increased by 20.2%, and
on Domestic operations which rose by 4.8% during the month.

Meanwhile, a number of specific scheduled destinations experienced
growth, including Geneva (+120%), Toulouse (+64.4%), Larnaca
(+34.9%), Gothenburg (+24.9%), Zurich (+23.8%), Amsterdam (+22.1%),
Copenhagen (+19.8%), Munich (+11.5%), Edinburgh (+10.2%), Düsseldorf
(+10.1%), Aberdeen (+9.7%), Lyon (+9.3%) and Brussels (+7.4%).

Although there was a fall of 3.4% in charter passenger numbers during
the month, growth was seen on flights to Egypt (+467.8%), Barbados
(+22.7%), Bulgaria (+18.6%), Malta (+16.9%), Cyprus (+13.6%), Tunisia
(+8.7%), and Spain (+5.8%).

Scheduled traffic accounted for 80.1% of the total traffic in January
whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 19.9%.

So what makes HLX think they can do better than GWI? Sadly, I can't see this HLX route lasting more than the Summer season. I put GWI's failure squarely on the fact that they got their frequency & timings wrong. HLX are doing the same. Despite the fact that they can be cheaper, the reliability of these LCCs in ever sticking to these routes long term is what has prompted me to go back to using BA out of DUS. Better frequencies and now also with very competitive fares.

Aer Arran - ORK/BHX finishing?
 

You cannot book Aer Arran ORK-BHX from end March?

Seems a bit of a drastic reaction to Aer Lingus going on the route 3 times a week and WW now doing a once a day service from 14/02? Neither of these are much use to business passengers.

Why are they dropping this which would seem to be a sensible route but starting to fly double daily from LGG??

Perhaps because most of the passengers are leisure.

Flywho
 

A case of don't shoot the messenger!

BHX have gone public if anybody is still interested, it is three flights a week with a Tristar starting on 8th July - see BHX press releases for the
finer details ;) .

Does anybody know where this Tristar is coming from?

OltonPete

Well I can think of either Euro Atlantic or Jordan Aviation - or maybe a ATA one out of the desert?

Air India/Monarch
 

Air India timetable now shows ATQ daily ex wed for departures 10.30 and
daily except tue for arrivals 14.45 wef 1/5/06.

This should mean that YYZ goes 6 a week as well.

I think it has been mentioned elsewhere that Monarch winter 06/07
is partly released.

BHX retains Almeria (I think 2 a week), Murcia and Faro.

OltonPete

Mahan Air
 

An investigation has begun after an aeroplane landing at Birmingham International Airport descended too low on its approach.

The passenger airliner is reported to have descended to 600ft (182m) - when it was six miles away from the airport.

National Air Traffic Services has confirmed the incident near Kenilworth, Warwickshire, happened on Thursday.

An airport spokeswoman said the aircraft and its flight data recorder were being held for investigation.

The Airbus A310 operated by Tehran-based airline Mahan, reportedly flew low over Honiley, near Kenilworth, as it begun its descent around midday.

A farmer in nearby Mere End rang the airport to say a plane had flown too low over his farm.

Aviation sources said at six miles away the plane should have been at 1,800ft (550m).

Reports say the pilot was alerted and told to climb, which he did so before making a second attempt at landing.

Report: BBC News

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Very dodgy!

Sounds like following the Honiley DME instead of the DME on the airfield. Would be surprised if something like this hasnt happened once or twice before.