Dont rule out Norwegian short and long haul from BHX

Ryanair did one week announce that they would not expand in the UK.

Then of course they did exactly that the next week with the announcements in Aberdeen and Leeds.

Brexit balls

Easy are moving "their corporate HQ" so it is registered in Europe. There will not be any change operationally, that will ebb and flo as it does now.

And yes see RYR announcement last week , unequivocal "no expansion now in UK"

...followed by a swift 180 and backtrack !!!

When Ryanair says they are cutting investment in the UK following Brexit, I think it's more to do with based aircraft, crew, maintenance etc.

It doesn't mean they won't announce a single new route from a UK airport for another two years! They'll still continue to link UK airports up with markets across Europe they are investing in.

Which are cheaper following the fall in the value of the £

I think that there are still some holes that could be filled. Malta is picking up a significant increase in tourism from across Europe. I'm here at the moment on a work related trip but from Gatwick - nothing from BHX worked time or date wise.

I would have thought that a short season to Mykonos might also be worth a punt.

Interesting that all the airports in Midlands/Northwest/Yorkshire are showing big increases whereas other areas not

Ian

Aer Lingus have updated schedules for DUB and now showing up to 7 daily for winter...

Mondays - 6 (3 EI, 3 EIR)
Tuesdays - 6 (2 EI, 4 EIR)
Wednesdays - 6 (2 EI, 4 EIR)
Thursdays - 7 (4 EI, 3 EIR)
Friday - 7 (4 EI, 3 EIR)
Saturday - 4 (1 EI, 3 EIR)
Sunday - 6 (2 EI, 4 EIR)

I'm sure FR will just have to add some more capacity to match it!

In total 1,118,452 people were recorded travelling through the airport last month, up by 13.1% compared to the same month last year. This equates to over 129,000 more passengers travelling through the airport in June and brings the 2016 running total for passengers using the facility up to over 5.2 million so far.
Both long and short haul routes saw significant passenger growth rates with long haul up by 10.6% and short haul up by 13.2% year-on-year.
Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive Officer at Birmingham Airport, said: “June is the start of the busy summer season here at Birmingham Airport and it’s great that we have started this off with over a million passengers travelling through.
“Long haul routes are continuing to perform well but our short haul routes also saw very strong growth compared to last year showing that demand to fly from Birmingham Airport is increasing. Our growing list of airlines and destinations means more passengers are choosing to fly from the West Midlands as we offer choice, accessibility, flexibility and value.”
Scheduled traffic accounted for over 86% of the total passenger volume for June and saw a 26% growth rate compared to the same month last year. Charter traffic accounted for over 14% of the total.
Caribbean and Middle Eastern destinations saw the greatest rates of growth compared to the same month last year due to new direct destinations such as Doha and Punta Cana.
Scheduled destinations with significant year-on-year passenger growth were Malta (+93.8%), Palma de Mallorca (+90.2%) and Reykjavik (+87.6%).
Charter destinations with significant growth were Fuerteventura (+147%), Skiathos (+78.6%) and Genoa (+66%).

Overheard an interesting conversation whilst waiting at the gate for my flight... Agents stating that One certain airline takes priority over the rest at Birmingham! I was dammed disappointed I couldn't listen to all ,as my flight was called!

Probably the same airline at MAN too that seems to take priority over every other ! :*

Just a thought ... does this favoured airline pay premium rates for use of the airport facilities as opposed to the rock bottom deals secured by some no-frills players? Perhaps they're getting what they're paying for?

Flew out on the 11th to PXO from BHX. I have never seen the airport like it - it was extremely busy and the terminal was in chaos. There were some sort of technical failure with one of the baggage belts, and consequently people were having to leave their bags in a dedicated area instead of putting them on the belt when they checked in. It was a recipe for disaster.

When we landed at PXO, it was inevitable there were going to be passengers without luggage - and it happened. A few families without luggage - still left behind in BHX due to the monumental cock up at check in.

Expensive mistake seeings as there is only 1 flight per week to PXO - Thomson rep said their luggage would be flown into Madeira on a BA flight, then flew on small turbo prop to PXO.

If Jet2 are going to start flying from there too, then something needs to be done. Im just glad I had booked the No1 Lounge - it was very laid back in there!

Growth growth growth - wonderful, great, fantastic, well done, but what about the infrastructure? It's bursting at the seams. Wasn't last Sunday's EK40 flight delayed by an hour because of 100 pax missing along with 180 bags?

Come on BHX, what are the plans for expansion of the terminal facilities?

Precisely! I'm a regular user of BHX and it's getting worse all the time. Paul Kehoe doesn't care a hoot about his customers as long as he rakes in the money.

That's 21st century business for you - whether it's airports, supermarkets, insurance companies - profit is king, the customer secondary, no matter what the corporate spin merchants might want you to believe.

Thomas Cook to launch Birmingham - Comiso next summer. x1 weekly from 3 May.

Maybe the lick of paint for the original terminal means it will be Jet2's new hub :)

Ryanair
 

S17 timetable has now been released and is showing a few changes:

FAO 4x weekly to daily
LPA 2x to 3x weekly
TFS 3x to 4x weekly

Ibiza is down from 3x to 2x weekly

I'm sure there'll be more amendments to the timetable over the coming months.

BHX gone from usually the last to the first or one of the first. Jet 2 have really caught them off guard....