Birmingham Airport - Picture Thread

[Ray Finkle]

Flybe E175 G-FBJE

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E195 G-FBEG

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Ryanair 738 EI-DLI about to line up as G-FFFC departs.

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Ryanair 738 EI-FLI arrives

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Smart Lynx A320 YL-LCL is spending the summer flying for Thomas Cook

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Jet Time 737 OY-JTY operating for Monarch taxis as Aer Lingus A320 EI-DVI arrives.

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[Ray Finkle]

And finally our first four long haul arrivals of the day.

UA27 from EWR.

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AA130 from JFK.

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EK41 from DXB.

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TS164 from YYZ.

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[thunderchild]

Fantastic! Any chance of morning pier shot?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Fantastic! Any chance of morning pier shot?

I really want a pier shot on a Mon or Fri with AA, UA, EK, HU and TOM but it would be difficult to get one and make it to work on time. I could grab a weekend one but there would be no Hainan? Unfortunately today the Air Transat A330 parked on the other side.

elmdon74 posted a cracking pier photo a couple of weeks ago with American, United and Hainan amongst others.

 

[thunderchild]

Sadly only a few weeks left to catch the HU.

 

[Aviador]

Superb!! You have been busy.

 

[elmdon74]

Hi all,photos from last Thursday 13th August.I was at BHX from 8am till 2pm our busiest day ever apparently.

full set on https://flic.kr/s/aHskhH3Wtq

Thanks for viewing,simon.

 

[Brum X]

Great shot of the International pier. Cracking photo :hatsoff:

 

[G-MANS]

Some great shots there - that pier is looking nice and busy.

Something I've always been meaning to ask: Does anyone know why the weekly Air Transat BHX-YYZ route 'exists', as such? Largely holiday goers in the summer season?

 

[Brum X]

Some great shots there - that pier is looking nice and busy.

Something I've always been meaning to ask: Does anyone know why the weekly Air Transat BHX-YYZ route 'exists', as such? Largely holiday goers in the summer season?

Its partly due to summer season tourism, however id put it down to the Birmingham area still having VFR traffic between the UK and Canada and still quite alot of it, especially in the Indian community hence why Air India routed via YYZ a few years ago. Lots of people from India emmigrated to Canada as well as the UK in the 60/70/80s.

And i still cant work it out why MAN keeps getting more increased capacity to Canada and BHX nothing ?? :crazy:

 

[User001]

I don't know why BHX has been stuck with a token 1 weekly flight from TS for years, but, MAN gets more flights due to the market being bigger.

This is why TS and AC can co-exist in MAN, and just this week, TS had to run an extra flight to MAN due to higher than expected demand.

I don't know what BHX can do to get more Canadian flights, Transat have said that they can get a cheaper deal at MAN so look unlikely to change any time soon, I'd doubt AC would come to BHX due to Heathrow and MAN down the road.

That leaves Westjet, who serve GLA and soon LGW, so, one would expect a Mid-UK flight soon too (although articles have already said MAN is their preffered point).

Norwegian could be another maybe, but, they don't yet serve Canada, and I can't help think BHX supporters are pinning too many hopes on Norwegian considering they haven't yet announced a BHX base/long haul.

The last hope could be a transit flight, but, I honestly don't see who would be the reliable link when airlines such as Turkmenistan are in that category, who like to chop and change schedules regularly, and it's hard to book a Turkmenistan flight.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Fantastic pictures as usual. If you were the chap on the railway bridge with a deck chair then I walked past you

 

[Ray Finkle]

Canada is very seasonal these days. Air Transat have already said BHX could do with more capacity but it's only needed in the peak season, end of June to early September and it's not practical for them to schedule an aircraft in that way. It's frustrating as Canadian Affair don't seem to be able to sell the seats fast enough.

If we do see long haul from Norwegian then I'm not convinced that Toronto would be a destination. Maybe if they do a tie up with Canadian Affair selling seats for them then a couple of seasonal flights each week on the MAX could work.

 

[G-MANS]

Thanks for the replies folks.

VFR makes a lot of sense, especially with the Indian and Irish communities around Birmingham. Heck, I've got a lot of family in Canada myself - should have thought of that!

 

[elmdon74]

Fantastic pictures as usual. If you were the chap on the railway bridge with a deck chair then I walked past you

Not me Ray,can`t carry a deckchair on the bus and train

 

[Brum X]

IS THERE ROOM FOR 1 MORE ???????

Fab photo from BHX facebook page. :rockon: :rockon:

 

[thunderchild]

Brilliant photo!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Great picture :hatsoff:

I've had a few early morning walks over the last few weeks and noticed that American seem to use 55L as their regular stand meaning EK41/42 is pushed along one from Emirates usual gate.

 

[nwoody2001]

Does anyone have a better image??... we only have one week left of Hainian....

 

[jfy1999]

I see the two airbridges on Stand 54 are being used separately by American and Air France.

One source on the International Pier gave its capacity as 13 narrow bodied or 7 wide bodied aircraft, but it looks like it can handle a lot more than 13 narrow bodied planes as there are 9 planes on one side in that picture including three 757s*, a 777 and a 767!

*I know the 757 is a narrow bodied plane but it's one of the biggest narrow-bodies there is.