March Pax
 

Another very good month only down 1.7%.

Source: CAA

Pax 662429 and rolling year 9002242 down 5%

A quick scan of individual routes show record Emirates figures at 46000+

PIA was over 10000, which also might be a record and Turkmen was over
6000, again I don't believe that has happened very often.

As for European routes, FRA, DUS, MUC, HAJ, HAM, CDG, ZRH & AMS
were all up!

The Spanish services were down in general except for Girona.

Continental also added 800 pax in March.

Pete

March Pax
 

Sources: CAA fo passenger figures, average load and load factor are mine using my notes, acarsd and a bhx blog, so some are just best estimates (the 2009 are in brackets).

BRUSSELS 9348(9372) 37 PAX/40% APPROX LOAD FACTOR
LARNACA 4436(1498) 157 PAX/86%
PAPHOS 286 (0) - included in Larnaca
PRAGUE 9596(10178) 145 PAX/87%
COPENHAGEN 6581 (6091) 66 PAX/74%
BIARRITZ 2575(1785) 143 PAX/76%
CHAMBERY 1290 (732) 54 PAX/69%
GRENOBLE 2310 (2410) 96 PAX/58%
LYON 2908 (1947) 32 PAX/65%
NICE 2097 (2806) 105 PAX/76%
PARIS CDG 27531 (27046) 59 PAX/68%
DUSSELDORF 13471(11736) 40 PAX/51%
FRANKFURT 21519 (19186) 57 PAX/68%
HAMBURG 1915 (1727)42 PAX/53%
HANOVER 3911 (2893) 54 PAX/70%
MUNICH 10930 (9836) 64 PAX/70-75%
WEEZE 4916 (5131)136 PAX/72%
STUTTGART 3341 (2765) 33 PAX/43%
TEHRAN 5184 (0) 162 PAX 83%APPROX
CORK 9588 (9030) 102 PAX 59%
DUBLIN 53568 (58001) 139 PAX/75%
KNOCK 2990 (3295) 93 PAX/68%
SHANNON 4233 (9599) 141 PAX 75%
WATERFORD 1289 (1406)38 PAX/60%
MILAN 2367 (2669)51 PAX/44%
PISA 1842 (2508) 132 PAX/70%
TRIESTE 227 (71) 114 PAX/60%
KAUNAS 2940 (2354) 163 PAX/86%
MALTA 2354 (3122) 147 PAX 94%
AMSTERDAM 37880 (35909) 92 PAX/78%
ISLAMABAD 10858 (9064) 319 PAX/84%
BYDGOSZCZ 330 (2622) 165 PAX/87%
GDANSK 2764 (3259) 153 PAX/81%
KATOWICE 2671 (2981) 148 PAX/79%
KRAKOW 4138 (3817)148 PAX/79%
RZESNOW 2838 (2183) 158 PAX/83%
FARO 7566 (7796) 164 PAX/83%
OPORTO 295 (2493 148 PAX 78%
BRATISLAVA 4097 (256) 158 PAX/83%
ALICANTE 14146 (17660) 168 PAX/89%
GIRONA 5309 (3266) 147 PAX/78%
IBIZA 153 (0) 72 PAX/41%
MAHON 251 (188) 126 PAX/59%
MALAGA 15331 (18396) 166 PAX/89%
MURCIA 4914 (4593) 144 PAX/78%
PALMA 448 (5794) 112 PAX/55%
REUS 495 (4275) 124 PAX 65%
ARRECIFE 7281 (2754) 192 PAX/95%
FUERTEVENTURA 1713 (0) 171 PAX/80%
LAS PALMAS 4250 (0) 152 PAX/77%
TENERIFE 16130 (9167) 168 PAX/84%
GOTHENBURG 1266 (1351) 23 PAX/60-63%
GENEVA 13289 (14502) 125 PAX/82%
ZURICH 12654 (10979) 68 PAX/68%
ISTANBUL 3363 (2588) 84 PAX/50% APPROX
ASHKHABAD 6150 (5125) 171 PAX/90%
DUBAI 46346 (38901) 374 PAX/91%
NEWARK 8823 (8092) 147 PAX/84%

Pete

Extra EK flight on Thursday evening. Due to arrive Dubai in the morning of 23/4 @08:20 as EK3040.

Any other upgrades or extra flights due ?

Regards,
Flyoften
(at home this week due to you know what ...)

Turkish operated 2 flights yesterday and are due to operate 2 today.



S78

Ryanair Prague
 

After ryanair's latest rant BHX - Prague is no longer bookable after 30/06/10.

This will leave no Prague service until baby are back on the route in
October half-term.

I wonder if they will reconsider dropping it from 3/1/11?

It would be good to see CSA back similar to the re-instated
Manchester service.

NB. FR have increased Murcia & Palma to five weekly once PRG
stops.

City Airline have pushed back the second GOT weekday flight
until 10/5/2010. This I am told is due to awaiting an ex flybe
145 to arrive in the fleet.

Pete

Prague From Bhx
 

As we are going to lose our Prague flights -again, may this be a good time for Wizz ?? there are many destinations in the Wizz schedules that would work........... but they only seem to use BHX as a diversion airport from LTN

FR time changes
 

Just got a email advising of time changes for my June flights.
GOING OUT
From Birmingham(BHX) to Barcelona Girona(GRO)
Wed, 16/06/2010 Flight 9163 Depart BHX at 0835 and arrive GRO at 1145
(This was originally a midday flight)

COMING BACK
From Barcelona Girona(GRO) to Birmingham(BHX)
Fri, 25/06/2010 Flight 9162 Depart GRO at 2050 and arrive BHX at 2205
( this was originally Depart GRO at 12:35 and arrive BHX at 13:50)

What are they up to? I don't think there are any change in numbers based at BHX, so is it just schedule juggling?
SSF

SSflyer
Looks like its gone to a W pattern although i cant see at the moment where the other destination is.

Girona
 

The flights look straight there and back to me, they just depart different times different days, perhaps its a re jig due to the loss of Prague aroung that time.


Centre cities

Oops sorry Centre cities.
You are correct-for some reason i was looking Wed out and Wed back.
Must learn to concentrate early in the morning.
Probably is Prague!!

Falcon

Girona
 

ssflyer

Not sure when you booked but those changes happened a while ago.

All BHX Girona flights were on a Girona based aircraft but most (except one?)
change to a BHX based aircraft from this weekend.

I think at same time the Faro flight changed from a BHX based aircraft to a Faro based aircraft and the Girona route has filled some of the Faro slots which were flown in April by a BHX based aircraft.

Simple really - not!

I assume they needed to fill the time of one of the Faro based aircraft whilst at the same time releasing the Girona based aircraft to do a new route or increased frequencies from Girona.

Pete

BHX has a number of routes starting in 2010 by new carriers, have all there routes been operated in the past at some point?

Are there any more routes in prospect for BHX late this year?

Routes
 

Surviving the review of European routes by CO/UA should be high on the list of priorities. Piggy in the middle of LHR/MAN springs to mind again ala AA.


Centre cities

Routes
 

Frogga

It is certainly a quiet period at present with few rumours.

Aer Lingus Shannon on an Aer Arann ATR is the only one I can think off at present.

The Emirates flight 37 was/is rumoured to change to a two class 77W
427 or 428 seats but it is usually one of them half the time anyway.

Mahan Air was rumoured to change to a 340 once clearance is given but
the A300-600 turns up now anyway which is a boost in capacity compared
to last summer.

Turkish seem to have downgraded four flights to the 73W, which based on their loads is a sensible thing to do. The Friday seems to still be a 320 and any sign of a holiday and the 321's soon appear. Turkish were also brilliant after the ash problem bringing in several extra flights.

The most significant boost to the summer as previously mentioned is the arrival of the Thomson 76W high density around the 20th May for the Med routes, which leaves four days with two 76W's based.

On the downside Thomson seem to have dropped the Dominican Republic from BHX next summer but the overall schedule for a first release is fine.

Pete

sorry this is off topic but one of my colleagues told me that many years ago there was an f27 which taxied onto stand at bhx without guidance and smashed up one of the jetties. can anyone confirm it or is he just b.s.ing me?

More cost cutting on the way....
 

Rumour has it that the paramedic contract will be cancelled, with first aiders roaming around the terminals in their place.



S78

That's not a rumour its a fact......Huge difference between a paramedic and a first aider. Still, it's only when you suffer serious injury or heart failure in the terminal that you will notice the difference....:eek::hmm:
Cost cutting eh! Where will it end???

Hello, my name's John. Can you hear me? I'm a first-aider, (even though I've never seen anyone unconscious before) I'm here to help. Can you open your eyes (oh hell, what does DR ABC stand for?) (if I give him a Chinese burn do I get sued?)...etc. This is scandalous in an airport the size of Birmingham, and if you've ever seen programmes like 'Airport' and 'Airline' you will have seen how fantastic the trained paramedics are. I hope the local press have been alerted.

easyjet
 

Winter 2010/11 flights released, back from 17/12/10

Geneva daily except Sunday which is double daily.

Grenoble ops again Sat & Sun from 18/12

Net loss thus far of two Geneva flights a week.

Pete

Ash disruption
 

FR2557 from Malaga due 14.00 cancelled
ZB971 from Malaga due 13.45 landed 14.35

FR2163 from Palma due 18.30 cancelled
ZB959 from Palma 12.10 landed 13.29
TCX212L from Palma 12.40 landed 13.35
WW1844 from Palma 22.00 estimating 21.57

This time I assume the wrong type of ash - only affects Irish registered
737-800's?

Local press had a letter from Monarch pax praising how they handled
the previous ash disruption.

Not sure what ash charts FR were looking at but i assume not the same as
all the other airlines by the look of it.


Pete