Birmingham Airport - Picture Thread

[andyc941]

Great photos Ray I like the older aircraft so am loving the photo of the AN-26.

 

[Brum X]

Yeah great photos mate as always :rockon:


Also Resorts world looks massive from the airport, it dwarfs the LG Arena. I must make a visit when it opens next month. So much going on in Birmingham atm. New street opens tomorrow and it looks awesome. :rockon:

Brum and its airport are "rocking" once again :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

 

[Ray Finkle]

I didn't realise New Street opened tomorrow? That will make a massive difference to the overall image of the city, the old station was horrendous.

Once Resort World is in full swing it has the potential to bring in a decent amount of international visitors. It's been promoted heavily in the Far East :smile:

 

[Ray Finkle]

A fantastic picture on Flickr from Simon Butler who I believe posts on here? :hatsoff:

010 by simon butler, on Flickr

There's plenty more great photos on the link below.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/antonov22/

 

[Brum X]

Loving that, such a lovely weather day too which makes the photo even better.

Been thinking this for a while and i think the older section of the "International" pier looks better than the newer section. I prefer things that are more glass, most airports these days use lots of glass. Wish the entire length of the pier was this design.

 

[nwoody2001]

well theres and obviousl gap in that morning line-up for a Chinese airport, are maybe EY or QR for example....

 

[Brum X]

well theres and obviousl gap in that morning line-up for a Chinese airport, are maybe EY or QR for example....

Or an extra USA/Canada airline would be nice too :smile:

 

[elmdon74]

You beat me to it Ray.Some pics from last Thursday 17th Sept.Plenty of small freighters but nothing too unusual apart from the Carpatair Fokker so a few arty-farty ones thrown in.

Thanks and regards,simon.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Fantastic pictures :hatsoff:

Sorry about posting the other picture prematurely, it's just an excellent picture :smile:

 

[Elmdon80slad]

WOW isn't Brum looking fab these days and some brilliant pics on here from you all :hatsoff: :good: :good:

 

[jfy1999]

Loving that, such a lovely weather day too which makes the photo even better.

Been thinking this for a while and i think the older section of the "International" pier looks better than the newer section. I prefer things that are more glass, most airports these days use lots of glass. Wish the entire length of the pier was this design.

I didn't realise New Street opened tomorrow? That will make a massive difference to the overall image of the city, the old station was horrendous.

I'm very sensitive to aesthetics and I think Brum X makes quite a good point.

Also, I can't wait to see the new New Street...I need an excuse for a train journey!

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Been thinking this for a while and i think the older section of the "International" pier looks better than the newer section.

Not from the inside. Gates to the right are cramped and queueing for gates causes the small corridor to get blocked.

Better if the airport looked at updating inside whilst looking into the loco pier.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Also Resorts world looks massive from the airport, it dwarfs the LG Arena. I must make a visit when it opens next month. So much going on in Birmingham atm. New street opens tomorrow and it looks awesome. :rockon:

Brum and its airport are "rocking" once again :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Going slightly off topic did anyone catch the BBC News live from New Street this morning? In typical BBC style they managed to get plenty of digs into what should have been a very positive story.

She seemed to be doing quite well at putting us down whilst attempting to drop in this so called 'Nothern Powerhouse' at every opportunity, that is until Andy Street managed to put her straight on a few points.

BBC: "We've talked a lot about Northern Powerhouse and about what Manchester and other Northern cities are getting, do you think Birmingham has been left out whilst we've been talking about that?"

Andy Street: "You've been talking about it, meanwhile in good Brummie sense we've been getting on with it. If you look at the economic data rather than the political stuff the Midlands has actually been outperforming the rest of the country. Birmingham was the fastest growing city over the year."

Immy Kaur also spoke well when asked "How does Birmingham compare to other cities like Manchester (of course) and London when it comes to business?" part of her reply was "...in terms of thinking about how we compare it's more about our own story and the incredible reasons to come to Birmingham".

She also seemed to focus on JLR and the fact that their main customer (China) is seeing an economic slowdown so how would Birmingham cope? Again Andy put her right in the fact that Birmingham is more than just an automotive centre, it now has the second biggest legal centre in the country and with the relocation of HSBC and the arrival of Deutsche Bank it's also building a strong financial centre.

Apologies again for going off topic but it makes me smile just how the BBC seem to be the main drivers of the northern propaganda machine whilst their opinion of Birmingham looks like it remains firmly in the 1980's.

Birmingham got shafted by central government back in the 60's for becoming 'too large and too prosperous', it's almost as if they're trying to do the same again, by stealth.

 

[elmdon74]

Hi all again.pics from last Friday morning at BHX starting with the usual full pier shot!

Thanks and regards,simon.

 

[Aviador]

Great pictures, lovin the pier picture especially!

 

[andyc941]

Great photos,AN-12 one of my fav aircraft with all the smoke

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Wonderful photos, Simon. I'm also loving the 'coal burner'.

Regards

Kevin

 

[User001]

That AN12 obviously went through the Volkswagen emissions testing!

 

[BHXsupporter]

Have you heard the one about the VW dealer hoping for a new sale who asked what colour car the prospective customer might like? The customer replied 'Oh I thought you only did tarnished'.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

I love the cartoon in the Telegraph from a couple of days ago.

A couple of red Indians talking and puffs of smoke rising in the distance.

One says "It says chief has bought Volkswagen"