Finnair

[Dobbo]

Bang on - which is why I think the present T3 site will be the loco base.

 

[User001]

T3 will be pretty much exclusive to Ryanair and Flybe come the end of the TP. May be one or 2 other small carriers such as Aurigny but everyone else will be in T2.

Obviously AA will move over especially, as that's where the USPBC will be.

 

[ethanegcc]

Will Easyjet move to t3 and what about EI?

 

[User001]

Just the airlines mentioned are T3 at the moment.

 

[Dobbo]

Will there be any special arrangements for Flybe and BA for their domestic services?

Seems odd to move BA into what I had imagined would be a purely international terminal layout.

 

[User001]

The upgrade to the A319 on the morning flight from March 25th seems to have reverted back to the E190.

Given I was reliably told the E190 off the MAN flight was going to open BHX, and subsequently BHX is now not happening, they must have decided the E190 was best put back on the MAN flight.

Shame, but it's not a decrease either given we have always had the E190 so can't grumble too much.

 

[ethanegcc]

The upgrade to the A319 on the morning flight from March 25th seems to have reverted back to the E190.

Given I was reliably told the E190 off the MAN flight was going to open BHX, and subsequently BHX is now not happening, they must have decided the E190 was best put back on the MAN flight.

Shame, but it's not a decrease either given we have always had the E190 so can't grumble too much.

Yes, not the upgrade we were looking for but not a downgrade either. Perhaps we will continue to see upgrades to the evening flights. We received a mix of 320, 321 and 319 throughout August.

 

[ethanegcc]

Finnair will operate the two daily weekday flights with A319 equipment from the beginning of the winter 2017 schedule. The flights on the weekend will still be operated with ERJ-190 aircraft.

Very good to see as we have seen ad-hoc upgrades and most Thursdays I think at the moment operate with mainline aircraft but a permanent change has been on the radar for a while. This has been scheduled before, though so I hope it materialises this time.

 

[Paulsstrange]

Could this signal Birmingham gaining an ERJ 190 service as was previously rumoured ?

 

[ethanegcc]

It could do I suppose, but only on weekdays.

 

[ethanegcc]

https://www.businesstraveller.com/b...2/11/finnair-increases-connections-uk-russia/

Quite a natural connecting point for Moscow and St Petersburg. Good news, if it means more connections for pax.

 

[User001]

Finnair back to operating as E190 on the MAN flights, as opposed to the A319 it had been showing previously.

 

[ethanegcc]

Finnair back to operating as E190 on the MAN flights, as opposed to the A319 it had been showing previously.

Birmingham delayed again?!

 

[Brum X]

Birmingham delayed again?!

How do you know this E190 was for BHX, It could be used to any airport if became available again.

 

[ethanegcc]

How do you know this E190 was for BHX, It could be used to any airport if became available again.

I don't know. Hence the question mark. But if you look further up this thread, you will see rumours about BHX beginning with the freed up E190, and, concerning the summer reversal, it was said above from User001 that the E190 was going to open up BHX. So, I don't know the E190 was going here, but it is a strong rumour and a possible circumstance.

 

[Jerry]

How do you know this E190 was for BHX,

It would be the next logical UK destination.

 

[Dobbo]

Finnair back to operating as E190 on the MAN flights, as opposed to the A319 it had been showing previously.

Perhaps a slowdown in transfer traffic?

 

[User001]

It's been announced Finnair will add 2700 seats between December and March to Manchester.

Looking at the schedules, it seems Radom allocations but I can see a lot of A319, A320 and A321 usage.

 

[Dobbo]

I wonder how much of this is driven by O&D and how much is driven by onward connections to Asia.

 

[User001]

Well, it's a rather late add of capacity for a legacy carrier to conduct, and I doubt lots of people have suddenly decided on taking Helsinki city breaks, so must be connection driven.

The article mentions some Lapland connectivity, but that's gone by Dec as its a pre Christmas activity, it doesn't count for the Jan-March capacity increases.