Route Development & Rumours

[Coathanger16]

If this announcement does come soon, as has been said P.Kehoe is due to be leaving soon, and this time of month is usually when they release pax figures for the previous month.

Strong monthly growth and a big announcement would be a good last day on the job.

 

[hay677]

My bet would be British Airways to all the main US cities!

Hi there hay677, if you're bet is right, well then this could be huge and massive for birmingham....AndyC.

My bet was half-joking - ALL the US cities would be a bit much

It does seem odd Mr Keyhoe would leave just before an earth-shattering announcement. Perhaps a new route to US (BA?) or China which actually needs the runway extension would be a great time for him to leave, helping justify his huge expenditure on that. On the other hand if it fails to happen he would probably be fed up enough to want to go anyway.

 

[Jerry]

What about Norwegian? MAX flights to the US and maybe 787 flights for Florida the Caribbean and maybe Thailand?

 

[IanFarquharson]

BHX RD Team in Hong Kong and now going onto Beijing

 

[ronnoc1k8]

This was talked about a few months ago, hopefully routes to both cities and beyond will go ahead.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Hong Kong Airlines are a target and in a recent article they said that their freed up A330's would be used for secondary Euro routes. Fingers crossed.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Africaada?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Africaada?

I knew that someone would get it in the end

They're going to use that 747 to operate a 5x daily service to Waterford

 

[Brum X]

Im sorry but even if Singapore Airlines was announced tomorrow to Singapore x 5 weekly, after the news today that we could potentially be losing UA and flights to New York i would be feeling and not

 

[flymetothemoon]

Im sorry but even if Singapore Airlines was announced tomorrow to Singapore x 5 weekly, after the news today that we could potentially be losing UA and flights to New York i would be feeling and not

Chin up Brum X this will be replaced very soon talks ongoing, also big news soon hopefully

 

[Brum X]

Chin up Brum X this will be replaced very soon talks ongoing, also big news soon hopefully

We were told New York JFK would be replaced very soon after AA departed and it wasnt.

 

[thunderchild]

Chin up Brum X this will be replaced very soon talks ongoing, also big news soon hopefully

I don't think the Jet2 flights count!

 

[jfy1999]

We were told New York JFK would be replaced very soon after AA departed and it wasnt.

Maybe at the time AA left, BHX were thinking of the same airline flymetothemoon is referring to now, given the timescale of route development, I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

I'm hoping there is more than one announcement in the pipeline, I think we'll need more than one to get over today

 

[flymetothemoon]

I don't think the Jet2 flights count!

It doesn't. Don't panic

 

[Ray Finkle]

Don't stress about the closed doors behind you, new ones will open if you just keep moving forward

Keep the faith

 

[jfy1999]

Don't stress about the closed doors behind you, new ones will open if you just keep moving forward

How soon will they open?

 

[Matt995]

Don't stress about the closed doors behind you, new ones will open if you just keep moving forward

Keep the faith

Lets hope the BHX RD team have plenty of new keys, to open lots of new doors in the next few months!

 

[58terminus]

Anybody else getting fed up with this.A few people know what may be in the pipeline and most of us do not.
They cannot tell us and we can speculate forever and a day and be none the wiser.
Lets put it to bed and if we hear nothing in say a month we can direct our wrath at the few.

 

[Ray Finkle]

How soon will they open?

I wish that I knew mate. That is purely down to those at the helm.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Anybody else getting fed up with this.A few people know what may be in the pipeline and most of us do not.

I too, would love to know. This however is a public forum. Just about anyone with internet access can read posts here (you only need to be a member to post messages).
Business negotiations are often long and complex (due diligence et al) and can fail for any number of reasons. One of which would be failure of confidentiality agreements.
Those that may have inside information are telling us what they can without letting the cat out of the bag. So, they are saying that there is something in the pipeline. It may come to nothing or it may be very good news.
It would not surprise me at all, if airports and airlines scour these forums to see what may be leaked and to have an insight into what competitors are doing. For that reason (and the fact that posters may lose their jobs and even be prosecuted if they've signed a confidentiality agreement), we should respect them and appreciate what information they are able to pass on.

Lets put it to bed and if we hear nothing in say a month we can direct our wrath at the few.

I think that would be very harsh, considering the above and the fact that information has been posted with the caveat 'if it happens',

Kevin