Route Development & Rumours

[Kevin Farnell]

They certainly seem to have some very experienced managerial staff on their team. Let's hope that bodes well for a successful future.

Kevin

 

[Llandudno]

I think thats just where the cabin crew are being trained. Flight crew did training in Crawley which is next to Gatwick, yet they aren't launching flights from there.

You are correct, it will just be training as there is a generic training centre in Manchester that various airlines use as this centre has a variety of door training rigs and cabin mock ups for things like equipment and fire training.

 

[DaveBham]

Does anyone know whether the Newquay route will reopen? Such a useful route to have for avoiding the 4hr drive.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Interesting chat with Tom Screen (many thanks to Ian for sharing the link).

WATCH: Birmingham Airport Update

www.travelgossip.co.uk

Qatar 'hopefully' back within 12 months.

EK A380 due back once crewing issues have been sorted, no timeframe given.

Sun Express to expand services in 2023.

Talks happening with an Icelandic airline with a view to a 2023 start.

Tom going to meet a US airline with a view to starting NYC in 2024.

Pax numbers hoping to be 10-10.5 million this year which would be amazing.

There's a few other bits and pieces about security etc.

Well worth a look

 

[Coathanger16]

EK A380 due back once crewing issues have been sorted, no timeframe given.

I did see a piece with Tim Clark (CEO of Emirates) in which he said he wanted all of Emirates' aircraft to be back flying and that it was just a lack of crew stopping him.

The rest sounds promising, let's hope at least some of them happen.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Interesting chat with Tom Screen (many thanks to Ian for sharing the link).

WATCH: Birmingham Airport Update

www.travelgossip.co.uk

EK A380 due back once crewing issues have been sorted, no timeframe given.

Does this imply that the third daily EK B777 that Ian hints at -

EK number 3 more likely than QR

would be temporary, if the twice daily A380 service returned?

Kevin

 

[rollo]

No hint of Air India increasing from the current weekly service?

 

[IanFarquharson]

No hint of Air India increasing from the current weekly service?

Hans could well kill off Air India.
Not sure why Air India are not responding as the Friday flight always full !

 

[Llandudno]

Let’s hope Hans doesn’t kill off air India. We don’t want another Primera situation where BHX looses long standing services for what could be a fly-by-night venture.

You never know, Hans could well end up being the best thing to happen to BHX, but equally, they could the wrong sort of disruptor. When Primera announced intentions, they were the best thing since sliced bread, but look what happened. Let’s hope Hans isn’t the same.

 

[Coathanger16]

At least Hans is being set up to serve this market directly straight from the off.

Primera was already an established airline doing short haul from a relatively small market and then overstretched themselves trying to do long haul as well.

 

[Llandudno]

At least Hans is being set up to serve this market directly straight from the off.

Primera was already an established airline doing short haul from a relatively small market and then overstretched themselves trying to do long haul as well.

Id actually say an airline that was established, with good knowledge of aircraft type and ops probably had a better chance than an untried start up at a time of high global uncertainty, but we will just have to let time be the judge.

and for the record incase I get accused of bias or whatever, I think the proposed Sentra Airways is a disaster waiting to happen too, it’s just lucky they are not trying a route operating with another carrier already so no-one they can take down with them if/when they fail

 

[HPsauce]

Any hopes we had of Biman Bangladesh using BHX as a staging point for their Toronto and New York services seems to have bit the dust. Manchester is to be the winner according to Seanm1997.

 

[Creguk]

Any hopes we had of Biman Bangladesh using BHX as a staging point for their Toronto and New York services seems to have bit the dust. Manchester is to be the winner according to Seanm1997.

But I thought that was why BHX were given the privilege on the final DC10 years back!

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Unfortunately for Birmingham Airport, they can never strike a good deal with any airline that provides the routes it needs, this is why Birmingham Airport is slowly falling behind other airports, then its catch up time, but because Birmingham Airport management are to slow to react, then its too late, then the excuses start to appear.

 

[Brum X]

Hans could well kill off Air India.
Not sure why Air India are not responding as the Friday flight always full !

And that will be bad news for BHX

Hans off is what I say

 

[nwoody2001]

Any hopes we had of Biman Bangladesh using BHX as a staging point for their Toronto and New York services seems to have bit the dust. Manchester is to be the winner according to Seanm1997.

With Biman operating LHR and MAN to DAC, why would anyone assume they would launch a new route from BHX to both DAC and YYZ, both of which would be untested for Biman?!

 

[HPsauce]

With Biman operating LHR and MAN to DAC, why would anyone assume they would launch a new route from BHX to both DAC and YYZ, both of which would be untested for Biman?!

Biman said a few years back that BHX would be their stop off for Dhaka to YYZ and JFK.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Biman said a few years back that BHX would be their stop off for Dhaka to YYZ and JFK.

Back then, the Biman CEO was very pro-BHX, hence the final DC-10 fights operating from there. I believe that shortly afterwards, he left Biman and the new CEO didn't share his BHX enthusiasm.

Kevin

 

[mullion]

Bangladesh are finding MAN loads a lot better than anticpated and want to be able to top up the
Trans Atlantic fliights with Manchester pax in both directions both from Bangladesh and stateside with 5th
Freedom.

 

[nwoody2001]

Biman said a few years back that BHX would be their stop off for Dhaka to YYZ and JFK.

a lot changes in a few years... that was before Biman launched MAN-DAC