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There’s a BA Cityflyer embraer 190 from GLA landing at BHX as I speak. Engineering or a diversion?

United Airlines sponsor Wrexham. Does Wrexham have an airport? 😉

Why not just put your bag in the hold.I often bring back a few cases of Dorada a beer from the Canary Islands this way. Total mayhem arriving back in the UK from Tenerife tonight, About 10 flights landed in quick succession and the queues at security took 45 minutes to get through passport...

That’s interesting. Is this some cruise ship tie in? Cadiz is a nice city, and with Huelva is/was the port for going to Canaries and numerous other places.

I’m a regular flyer out of Birmingham, mostly to the canaries, med and turkey, and for me it’s been years since other airports have come up cheaper than BHX. I find our airport both competitive and convenient, but even if it were slightly more, the cost of parking at MAN, EMA or LTN would mean...

Thanks Rollo. Yes it did say the aircraft was brand new on FR24. Shame we don’t have a Canada route again. I was under the impression it was well used.

Surprised nobody has mentioned the Air. Air Canada 787 Dreamliner that took off from BHX-Toronto today at 11,55. Was this a divert in, or a charter or something?

I notice Easyjet seem generally more prone to cancellations than many other airlines. Is that the case? Also not local weather related, but I notice the TUI flight from Boa Vista - BHX has diverted into TFS. Medical emergency perhaps?

One thing the tailwind has been doing is shortening flight times from the canaries and other places from that direction - by 20-35mins in many cases!

As I keep saying, lay on a decent airline with a decent aircraft and the passengers will come. United and certainly American had good loads both ways. The interior of the American though was a 757 that had seen better days, with tatty leather/faux leather seating in business class that had gone...

We had an easyJet holiday voucher through the door about a month ago. I was looking at their Tenerife holidays for next summer and comparing them to TUI and Jet2. Seemed to be slightly less competitive even with the £60 voucher. It does make sense to look after holiday customers first and then...

We've been through BHX twice this Summer, on TUI and Jet2. When you choose the Jet2 flights, it shows flight cost comparisons by toggling different days or airports. Manchester very rarely show as cheaper, so I think Birmingham is competitive for these type of flights at least. It is true that...

I think it's mostly geography. Manchester is further up the country and too far for many from Heathrow. That's why BA runs flights from MAN to LHR to feed into its hub. Personally I will always do whatever it takes not to have a 2 hour drive either end of my flight, which is why although I've...

Just arrived in Tenerife having had an interesting flight here via Sunwings. Half of us had boarded the aircraft at BHX when someone pointed out fuel was coming out of one of the wings. So we all had to disembark while they fixed the fault and cleared the split fuel off the runway. We went back...

From my days as a Pianist on the Cruise Ships, I remember Nessebar being a really beautiful place, with a bit of history too. Aim for there if you're thinking of going.