Air India doubling operations
 

Air India increasing services from BHX from 01st May :) .

Taken from BHX website-


http://www.bhx.co.uk/page.aspx?type=...le=hv24bCnCD/E=

Air India
 

Curious why it took them so long to announce it, as it was bookable on
22/2/06 but good news anyway.
It seems that PK is to stay as A310 for the time being rather than the
rumoured 777.
OltonPete

I believe a Moscow to Brum route should be announced in the next 12 months, no idea of operator but either Pulkovo or Transareo (both with B737 & both already serve the UK) have been mentioned.

Outsiders are Polet (recently announced Moscow-Dublin with Yak42) & Sibair, from Moscow DME with B737

Could be interesting aslong as they advertise it! The Kiev route by Aerosvit could probably do better if they advertised the route

Fried Chicken

If its Transaero just hope they dont make the same mess they did with EDI-DME

And Manchester announce a service only to find that Aeroflot have the licence

G-I-B

Anyone know how BA's new route to Berlin and the increase on the Geneva are going? How are the bookings looking for the new Belfast service aswell?

I would be surprised if the new route to Belfast did very well bearing in mind that bmi baby operate up to 3 flights a day to BFS and Flybe up to 4 BHD rotations.

Also, the Berlin route is NOT new; MAERSK AIR LTD :sad: used to fly it under BA franchise for years from Terminal 2; as such, it was included in BA's schedules.

Cheers :cool:

And bmi fly into BHD about 5 times daily too.

QUOTE "And bmi fly into BHD about 5 times daily too"

Really? from BHX? since when?

TACV Cape Verde to BIRMINGHAM
 

TACV-CAbo Verde Airlines have said they intend to start flights to Birmingham this year using is a B757-200 arr-dep BHX on a Friday no start date confirmed but rumours of a June or November start. Think this may be the first direct flight from the UK to SAL, although I understand AEU may also commence ex LGW in November.

There have been two motor industry related charters from Cork to Sal this year to date, one flight operated by EIR stopping at TFS for fuel and the second a direct flight by a FJE 757 on the way south and the the return was by a TCX aircraft.

One of Ireland's top popular economics and consumer affairs commentators, Eddie Hobbs, has given the nod to the Cape Verde Islands to be the next hot thing in foreign property buying and selling so bang goes the chances of bargain?

Is the intended TACV flight to Birmingham due to be scheduled or charter? Either way, bound to be a banker. Fairly popular with Italian holidaymakers by all accounts.

I was also told its being groomed as the new "property hot spot" I think this flight may be on back of a few property developers. It seems to be announced on a lot of property websites, some of which date back to June 2005, saying 2006 will see a direct flight. Looks a nice place as well!

Cape Verde might not be quite cut and dried...
The choice of departure airport is to designated by the tour operator....so I guess charter only..?
BUT if they get more people interested from London it will go from LGW, if the interest is from the North it will go from Manchester.

March 2006 Pax
 

A short extract from bhx: -


"March 2006 Passenger Figures At BIA Continue To Rise
March was another busy month at Birmingham International Airport with 674,353 passengers travelling through the Airport, this is an increase of 2.4% on the same month last year".


I think that considering Easter was in March in 2005 these figures are not that bad.

April could be up about 5% but thereafter it looks like stagnation or
more likely the figures for July - September could be down based on
the known IT flights.

On a happier note the first scheduled Polish (Krakow)flight left this morning on a Hungarian registered ex Easyjet machine apparently!

The expected pax load was 101, which based on a what should have been a 735 is not bad. The 73G is showing for May but there again it was a 733 today.

OltonPete

Is it still LLZ approaches on 33? Any word on when the ILS will be up and running again?? :hmm:

cheers
W-S

33 ILS has been back on for a few weeks now:ok:

'Emirates is planning a third sevice from city'
The following, from todays 'Birmingham Post', repeats a story that emerged some months ago suggesting that a further expansion of the Emirates services from Brum.
Actually it seems that expansion is under consideration, rather than planned. The story does go on to give an interesting glimpse into Emirates business plans and offers some praise for BHX (as opposed to the call to get its finger out, made a few months back). Also interesting to note that the Emirates president lives nearby (in leafy Warwickshire, if I remember correctly).
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/...name_page.html

Emirates
 

CAA stats for Feb (provisional) show BHX-DXB at 24660 up from 16979.

I make this an average of 220 pax per flight or a 70% load factor which is
pretty good. However the evening service was up and down like a yo yo
in January & February.

Interesting comments from Mr Clark, good local PR, keeping BHX on their
toes and no doubt a bit of a shot across the bows for Qatar (if it is to be
believed that they are soon to announce another UK destination).

I am sure a third EK would scare away any other potential airline thinking
of going East.

OltonPete

The list of new routes for '06 "accidentally" had an extension of the BHX-ATQ also continuing to BOM - so will Air India announce this soon?

To stray slightly from the topic, could anybody give me a round up of what's happening from the handling agent side of things at BHX?