TravelMole reporting Bmibaby will add EMA-MAH this forthcoming summer

Flights will run Fri, Sat, Sun between May 22 and October 24.

I've heard a rumour of three new routes from EMA with Baby. Mahon looks like one, I've also heard Naples, the third could be Almeria, or is there another??

Almeria has already been anounced with the last batch of next summers flights. Hopefully they will start these new routes be great for the airline and airport.

Mahon
 

New route announced on Baby's website!

2nd new route for EMA in 2 days.

EASYJET to start flying to Nice 3 times weekly ops Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday in Summer 2009 commencing 2nd April

Regards

Stu

wow EMA NCE not even announced on company website!! Well staff always are the last to find out. I wouldn't get too excited it will either mean another base is operating it or we will lose a route, what they give with one hand we lose with the other.

easyjet
 

orange1

I have already posted on the easyjet thread it appears Prague
has gone from daily to four a week to accommodate the Nice.

So it would appear no extra aircraft and not even a new route
for the airport as Baby are still (at the moment) offering Nice.

Baby must feel that they are being targeted in the Midlands!

Pete

Easyjet
 

Appears to be a good tactical move by Easy, they are maintaining the competition with FR on Prague's busier days and by adding NCE they are increasing their offering from EMA.
It is good to see some positive action from two of the airport's resident airlines; I wonder what FR have in prospect?

The BD Oslo and Stockholm flights operate via Brussels. They are codeshares with SAS from Brussels to Oslo and Stockholm.

SAM-EMA

A miracle has happened today, the UKIA B767 has been moved to BMI's hangar at 13.20 today !!!!! After nearly 12 months being a gate guard to the maintenance area it looks like we are finally getting rid of this heap.

To save me trawelling through the posts.... do we know what the future holds for the beast?

Presume BMI are making it airworthy for it go on somewhere and be moved to a different register?

Hopefully If BMI And Who Ever Else Is Looking at it in the BMI Hanger Give It The Ok 2 Fly Should be on its way To Filton Might Even Go With its Wheels Down All the way That Should be Interesting. Thou Would Need A Day Like today to do that Sort of Flight. Fingers Crossed its Given the Clearance to fly and its Finally Out of EMA Way:ok:.

Anyone know what the plan is at Filton? Will it be returned to service on the G Register? Or is it bound elsewhere?

(Incidentally, this months AAIB bulletin contains a bulletin about an A320 which was ferried from Kos to Toulouse with carriage down following a hard landing!).

...wasn't that a Mytravel A320 G-DHJZ..if i remember rightly...LGW-KGS last year sometime!

cheers

Bud

Thats the one!

UKIA is back "home" but looks like the titles have gone, certainly the UK at the back looks as though it's had a spash of paint to cover it :\

Monarch EMA Summer 2009 ???
 

Just saw on "Monarch 2" that there is a rumour that Monarch might possibly place an aircraft at EMA for S09 !

Don't think it likely but you never know.

Though it would make sense to soak up some of the capacity the airport has lost from XL, LTE and Futura, plus an apparent drop in the number of flights done next year by bmi charter, apparently Monarch are already operating a smaller flying programme than last year with the departure of some of their 757s which aren't being replaced. Would be useful though.

One boring bit, RAF Tristar and 4 engined C17 (sorry not into milatary) was it diversion fromm Brize couple fo days ago?

And secondly, 8th Jan 20th anniversary of BM 737 crash at Kegworth. Always remembered :\

Has there been an ATC problem in the Midlands area?

No flights left BHX or EMA until after 0800 this morning and it's not the snow - as there is not a flake of it in Castle Donington.

Any info Almost Prof???

Mr Angry.

The C-17 Had 5+ Ambulances In Attendance So Seems As Thou EMA Was Expecting It Unless It Was A DIV From BHX And They Drove Up From There. As That Is Where They Normally Go Into for the Local Hospital. Not Sure What The Tristar Was Doing But They Had Both Gone By 4pm.

egnxema

Think It Was An Ice Problem Thou Nothing Lost We Even Had A Divert From Wellesbourne As COV + BHX Were Shut On Anotha Forum Its Saying BHX Put Weed Killer Down Instead Of De icer :D

Cheers.

monarch
 

Summer 2009 first flight on a tour op programme
wed ema--dlm dep 07.00am is this the start of a based aircraft programme ?


ref ; Mr airtours 19dec 2008

regards
stuart

looks like Monarch may be doing some flights to cover the smaller players in the IT market-to replace X/L etc, my guess is that they will shuttle a Birmingham A/C across when needed

extra turkey flights summer 2009
 

Extra flights to dlm and bjv
hol4u now show extra ema-bjv mon ohy0079/80 22.00-23.00
plus thur late july/aug ema-dlm thur bd428/427 19.35-02.15

plus new mon flight ema-dlm fhy412/411 19.05-20.05 tour operator
t/b/c and as i have already stated mon wed ema-dlm mon7326/7327
07.00 -16.35

to date ema will have on mon 5 flights to turkey

regards
stuart

Turkey and SSH are tipped to be firm favourites for summer 09 as they are outside the eurozone :ok:

With planning permission granted for the 100 million expansion of Donington Park for the F1 Grand Prix, Will this attract any new services to EMA??? of will it just be corporate on the day???

Regards

Stu

F1 Grand Prix
 

I doubt very much there will be any additional routes resulting from an event which only lasts for one week a year, however it is possible operators may provide additional rotations on existing routes during F1 week.

The event will obviously generate a considerable volume of corporate traffic and I understand as part of their traffic management proposals the event organisers intend to provide charter flights from a number of UK and European airports.

There have also been reports in the press the organisers have suggested the airport be closed to non-F1 traffic during the race weekend...! You can imagine the airport's response to that!

All the above is obviously subject to the event actually taking place; there is still much speculation regarding the timescale involved and their ability to raise the necessary funds.

From most of the reports the funds appear to be in place. Donington Park suggested they would be ready with their shovels within minutes of the approval being given.

I think the only speculation is now whether contractors will physically be able to complete the construction in the 18 month window.


The most annoying thing from all this is NWLDC!! They take forEVER to approve plans for EMA, escpecially the runway lengthening etc.

But the Donington Park plans were submitted, reviewed, and approved within months!

Now, dont get me wrong - I am pleased about the Donington Park plans, as they also intend to make the venue attractive all year round with hi-tech auditauria and facilities for concerts/events etc - all of which will be of some benefit to EMA.

The frustration is that NWDLC can clearly move like lightening for some things, and as slow a treacle for others. :sad:

there is also a extra sunday am flight to bodrum with sunexpress with scott travel who are also operating the monday pm flight to dalaman with freebird

extra turkey
 

Thanks paul on the operator for the fhy flight on mon.

I have missed 2 flights on mon as tom is 2 flights and 1 tcx so to date
Turkey on a mon is now 7 flights.

I hear that east midlands parkway is due to open now on 1/2/09 ?
is the airport to run a bus/coach service to the station.


regards
stuart

Last I heard EMA are not too enamoured with Parkway, as the number of trains EM Trains have scheduled to call there is not huge.

Plus EMA have invested a lot in the skylink buses that call at Nottingham and Derby and Loughborough Stns.

I guess it would not be too difficult for the Nottingham Skylink to call in there.

There are 3 trains/hr to Leicester (2 go on to London) but they all run within 12 minutes of each other (32/39/43 past the hour)and then there is a large gap. There are 2/hr to Nottingham very close together (46 and 57 past the hour) and one/hour to Derby (53 past the hour). :(

So nothing for the first half of the hour - plenty of time for the station staff to keep the premises in pristine condition .......

Lets hope the connecting bus from the airport is not timed to get there on the hour :}

Suzeman

monarch ema
 

new flight added thur ema-ssh 10.00-2210
may be more added in the next weeks

regards
stuart

Totally off topic I know (sorry), but I still can't get over the fact that East Midlands has lost both Cork and Shannon!

I suppose the only hope of Cork coming back is an improvement in the relationship between Ryanair and Cork.

Tom Ema S09
 

Heard the Above Might Be Putting All 738 Into EMA This Summer. So Instead of 2 x 738 1 x 757 We Will Have 3 x 738 + The 767 Anyone Confirm This.

Reading From the BHX Thread Seems As Thou RYR Are Having Interesting Times at BHX Looks As Thou They Might Only Have 4-5 Based There This Summer Hopefully If Any New Routes Are to be Announced EMA Will Get Them:ok:.

monarch
 

these flights are operating for the thomas cook group and are being added all the time in peak summer they will have four based aircraft two of there own,bmi and now monarch .stuart and myself will try and keep you updated