I have it on good authority that TWO extra airframes will come BHX's way by the winter season/end of year (provided they can be sourced)!

Cheers :cool:

BMI Baby
 

FougaMagister

Thanks for the information.

Is this another airline scenting blood or should I say BACON?

Two extra based aircraft is exactly what BHX needs, I just hope that
at least a couple of new destinations are on the cards other than the
already rumoured GLA & CDG.

Pete

Also, these extra airframes MIGHT turn out to be 734s (170Y config); "decent" 733s seem to be in increasingly short supply on the second-hand market...

Interesting times!

Cheers :cool:

close to Inverness ------------ Lossiemouth

re-igniting the war
 

Swissport have hit their 4th plane this week

bang..... 1st a monarch, rear cargo door

bang...... 2nd Flybe astraus peto heads crushed by a/b

bang..................... 3rd Flybe Dash baggage cart in the side of the a/c

bang.............................. 4th Flybe Dash pushed over chock and wedge under nose wheel

Like I have said Swissport Muppets

:ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh: :ugh:

It's called a Pitot head. Also, if it's an Astraeus 737-300, then I guess it's actually the Alpha probe (Angle of Attack vane) that got crushed :uhoh: . Bending a 737 Classic Pitot head would take some airbridge!

Just being pedantic... :E

In answer to the person saying about us hitting aircraft just ask lufthansa how many planes got hit they say we are muppets.

Just to be accurate, the dash was pushed against the chocks LAST week. Wouldn't go on too much about the aoa vane if I were you, the engineers were telling me how many LH 73's you lot have had a go at:eek:

What have you lot got against us anyway? Scared of the competition? This thread should be about whats happening at BHX and not trying to score points. Lets face it, if all avalanches screw ups were posted here Danny would be forking out a lot more for the bandwidth to fit it all in:ooh:

groundhogbhx

Didnt they leave the brake of a tug a while ago and it rolled into a 737 causing quite a bit of damage!

All the handling agents have idiots working for them on the ramp I've seen so many aircraft hit by there equiptment, blokes being just plain idiots! what grips my sh#t is some think its funny.

RAF Globemaster @ BHX am 29/07
 

Hi....

Strolling through the staff carpark at 0430am and a Globemaster was taxiing from the old terminal and started its takeoff roll from the taxiway intersection with rwy 33 (forget the official term for non full-length takeoff). Rather impressive launch and a pretty display of anti-cols as it did a left turnout over the city. Anyone know why it was here?

I believe they are sometimes medical flights, bringing injured soliders who require specialist treament at the QE hospital

As has mentioned before, the low wages means that you don't get the quality of staff the job needs and accidents will happen:ugh: Until the industry wakes up to this and starts paying a fair rate for the service they expect don't expect things to change in a hurry:{

have a look at the seats available out of heathrow to aberdeen and inverness then you will know why Baby will pick Aberdeen(the Inverness flights are all full!)

Bacon and Flybe on the BHD route
 

Bacon started in competition to Flybe in April on the Belfast City route. The Caa stats for May show 24324 pax on the route for May 06 vs 24995 pax in May 05. 4 extra flights per day and a 3% decrease in pax for both. Bmibaby carried 15057 to Bfs, up 58% from the 9551 pax in May 05.

So how profitable is for Bacon and Flybe? Of course, you could ask this question of Flybe on any route out of Bhd.

True Blue

BHD-BHX
 

True Blue

I can't help with the profitability question but at least flybe have modified
their service. It only runs seven a day on Monday and a Friday and for winter 06 it definitely shows six a day only (Mo-Fr). Also compared to last summer I think there are less 146's and more Dash 8's.

In early July BA had replaced the RJ100 (first BHX outbound) with a 145
although the winter it shows it as RJ100 again.

Also when I and a few others (from a BHX forum) had checked winter 06
all the Connect prices were the same and at a level well in excess of the
Flybe prices. Apparently in the past this has been a sign that the route is under review or about to be pulled.

Other rumours have mentioned it is okay.

Pete

When I used to work for mas we were the biggest handling agent on the airport and also had the most accidents. As swissport are now probably the biggest and handle the most aircraft obviously they will have more accidents than other handling agents. In swissports favour i can say that all the accidents mentioned have been minor apart from the monarch. Also i think that there ramp lads look a lot smarter and more professional than the other handling agents.

Did we have the pk-777 in over the weekend?

PK 777
 

It was in the FIDS screens appaently on Friday but had changed to a 310
by Saturday morning.

In the end both the Saturday and the Sunday services were 310's, I believe.

Pete

BACON to drop BHD from BHX
 

BA withdraws route from Belfast

British Airways is withdrawing Belfast to Birmingham service
British Airways has announced that it is withdrawing its route from Belfast to Birmingham.
The service, which operates four times per day, will stop from 21 August.

The company said passengers who have booked beyond this will be offered either a full refund or booked on an alternative service.

It said the decision to withdraw the service had been a difficult one, but passenger numbers had been disappointing.

The route is run by BA Connect, British Airways' regional airline.

"The decision to cease flying from Belfast to Birmingham has not been an easy one," David Evans, BA Connect managing director said.

"Passenger numbers on the route have been extremely disappointing and despite our best efforts we see no prospect of passenger levels improving in the near future.

"We have to act in the best interests of the company and therefore have no option but to withdraw from this route and concentrate on developing our operation in other areas."

The airline's Belfast to Manchester service will continue operating as normal.

Bacon Belfast
 

Just shows what a well thought out decision it appears to have been to start it in the first place.

They open a new route from BHX. They pick Belfast City. Did they forget that Flybe have an established extensive schedule on it and that Baby serve Belfast as well. I would of thought that the chances of it working were almost nil.

It is said that they need to make a profit within 2 years. It seems that starting a route that is already saturated was not a good choice. Still perhaps there was a sound reason for the choice but I carnt think of it.


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