If it's the all-stations service it's LNWR, I think.

Interesting to se LNR service described as as all stations- they now have trains running fast form Northampton to Euston- though there is the tedious slow exit from Birmingham.

Jet2
 

Aircraft number 14 for high simmer has been loaded today although still work in process as flights were still be added late this afternoon

Monday - extra CFU (now 6 a week) in the morning and Tenerife in the afternoon (now 13 a week)

Tuesday still only 13 based but extra Dalaman (the 9th) in the morning and Fuerteventura in the afternoon

Wednesday - Second morning Zante (now 5) and extra Rhodes (six a week now) and Tenerife in the afternoon

Thursday - Corfu afternoon (now 6)

Friday - Extra Bodrum (up to 3) in the morning and Ibiza in the afternoon (now 9 a week)

Saturday Extra Rhodes in the morning and second Skiathos in the afternoon (some retiming's needed I believe)

Sunday - Extra afternoon Ibiza as Matt pointed out there were already 14 morning departures

Pete

updated current peak season Jet 2 number of flights per week attached in pdf format. 206 flights per week

NEW ROUTE Blue Air - Bacău to Birmingham

From 17 June 2020 BCM 0730-0900 BHX (Wed & Sun) BHX 0945-1515 BCM (Wed & Sun)

The chaos of flooding in Dubai has caused both todays BHX flights to have delays of 4+ hours.
It will be heaving in the Lounge but better there than fighting for seats with 600 frustrated pax at Wetherspoons.
EK40 is due out at 18.00 instead of 13.30
I'm so pleased we choose to fly next Wednesday and not on todays flight
SS
ps I have just seen Flightradar24 showing EK37 arriving at 23.31. That will mean a 02.00 departure then ?

EK31 DXB-LHR is also coming to BHX at 00.15 - nice !

EK31 will be going to London Gatwick now not Birmingham.

NEW ROUTE - Turkish twice weekly BHX-AYT from June :-)

Turkish Airlines
 

Turkish Airlines

From Wednesday 3rd June twice a week until Saturday 24 October

TK1177/78 Wednesday 16.35 - 17.35

TK1177/78 Saturday 08.15 - 09.15

Type: Boeing 73H

Pete

What do we think about the Flybe situation?
will it last because I’m not too convinced and I really think that if they don’t survive then Birmingham will have lost 2 million passengers less this year plus bhx will attract even less customers as there will be less airlines available that’s unless easy jet jumps in!

Flybe/Jet2/passenger figures
 

Don't forget easyjet have announced Glasgow and Edinburgh already, which would offset some of any further Flybe reductions, as for the rest, the least said the better as they are still flying and jobs at stake.

Jet2 increase Reykjavik

1st October - 23 November twice a week Monday and Thursday and then 11 Feb 26 April 21 and again twice a week.

2019 Figures.

BHX 2019 figures

Quite good all things considered.

Pete

Good news about Rekyjavik - clutching at straws, that could almost now be counted as a proper seasonal scheduled service. I would say there is demand for a year round link but Jet2 can clearly make more money on ski and summer Med routes to commit to going year round.

The 2019 figures, well all things considered good based on events. Potentially another tough year ahead given the Flybe situation. If the worst happens, one Hope's EZY can be persuaded to take up a few routes but with S20 schedules and aircraft allocations done, this IMO is unlikely.

I make 25 scheduled airlines and 105 scheduled destinations for summer 20 which is not too shabby, unless BE disappear of course. The airline mix at BHX certainly beats Luton and Bristol hands down, even if our pax growth is much weaker.

December 2019 & 2019 annual & Flybe
 

CAA figures for December 813931 down 1.4% which is disappointing and the CAA report the year as 12646345 up 1.5%

Flybe shows Dusseldorf bookable early morning departure and the aircraft returns in the evening just one daily except Saturday.

Amsterdam back to 5 daily summer 2020 so I assume A N Other operator has changed their mind. Flybe had to give up to 5 slot pairs if anyone was interested.

Jersey up to 3 daily with the afternoon BHX departure reintroduced now that GCI-LHR is canned.

EDI back to 7 daily as last summer it was originally 8 daily.

Could be 9 aircraft based as Inverness retimed to 09.30 and none of the first departures are back by then (CDG AMS STR DUS JER BHD EDI GLA & INV as first wave departures)

Pete

Turkish are sending an A330-200 on the afternoon flight of the 15th Feb.

Jet2 have added some new Christmas market routes for Nov/Dec - Berlin, Cologne, Nuremberg, Strasbourg, Copenhagen aswell as Vienna.

jet2
 

New

Berlin SXF - 6 flights 27-11, 30-11, 4/12, 7/12, 11/12 & 14/12 (Monday & Friday)

Cologne - 2 flights 4/12 & 6/12

Nuremburg - 2 flights 27/11 & 29/11

Strasbourg - 2 flights 11/12 & 13/12

Copenhagen - 6 flights 26-11, 29/11, 3/12, 6/12, 10/12, 13/12

Barcelona and Lisbon both run through the winter twice weekly as least one of those wasn't released originally

Restarted

Newark - 6 flights 19/11, 23/11. 6/12, 10/12. 13/12 & 17/12

Others

Vienna - shorter series twice weekly for 4 weeks 19-11 - 13/12

Reykjavik - as earlier reported twice weekly 1 Oct - 23/11 then 11 Feb - 26 April

Budapest - from 2 to up to 4 a week from 23-11 until 3/1/21

Krakow - from 2 weekly to 4 weekly 30-Nov- 3 Jan

Prague - from 2 weekly to 4 week until 3 Jan

Venice ends 22 Nov - 2 weeks later

Nice restarts in March 21 two weekly all through until end of April

Pete

I only see 3 flights to EWR?

Newark
 

I have counted the returns - out 19 Nov back 23 Nov, out 6 Dec back 10 Dec out 13 Dec back 17 Dec

Same for the two flights, in effect just 1 return flight.

Pete

2019 FIGURES
 

Do you think that if Air India and Turkmenistan Airlines weren’t Suspended for a long part of the year we could have gotten more passengers overall or?
plus are Flybe ever going to talk about the future and Birmingham because they haven’t really talked about it at all!!