Route Development & Rumours

[Karl C]

Other than the in the biblical sense 'mine is bigger than yours', are we talking aircraft size used?

Cheers

Karl

 

[Land23R]

Have the various US lo-cost airlines been ruled out e.g. JetBlue, South West, Spirit etc? Mind you, I'm not sure if any have the equipment for TATL flights or if they could fly UK-Canada.

The other point that occurs is are these proposed services covered by Open Skies / do licences have to be applied for?
If so, has anything been filed?

 

[Jerry]

Have the various US lo-cost airlines been ruled out e.g. JetBlue, South West, Spirit etc? Mind you, I'm not sure if any have the equipment for TATL flights or if they could fly UK-Canada.

The other point that occurs is are these proposed services covered by Open Skies / do licences have to be applied for?
If so, has anything been filed?

JetBlue are getting the A320neolr but not till 2019. Southwest are getting the MAX and Spirit has the 320neo but I just don't see them doing TATL.
If I've interpreted many of Rays posts correctly then it sounds like an airline we know but wouldn't expect to do it. Personally I wouldn't be surprised if it was Blue Air as their LPL base has shown they don't mind trying something different.

 

[BHXsupporter]

Now that's left field Jerry! If it's true, well we know where we heard it first.

 

[DaveBham]

Ok - least likely airlines to fly across the pond, new to BHX. I'm aware it has to be someone who doesn't already fly from Manchester, but I don't know who already flies from there anyway, so here goes;

Scilly Airbus
Wizz Air
Aeroflot
JAT
Eastern Airways.

Also, the flight going east is a scheduled daily service to Norwich.

 

[DaveBham]

A potential mixed reaction comes from the extremes of the Birmingham supporters, from the most positive down to the real negative. The positive folk may see a new airline with a good schedule (unless it's changed) having a real go and offer their support, the more negative may bemoan the lack of brand awareness, blah, blah, etc, etc and be on a downer from the start. There is also the inevitable 'mine is bigger than yours' that we usually see from elsewhere.

As I said before, Birmingham doesn't seem to be in a position where it has a huge choice over who flies where, they need to grasp every opportunity that comes along. I think this one will come as a surprise but I hope that people offer their full support as if this fails we may be left totally empty handed.

Hopefully not much longer now, it's going to be interesting

Must be in advanced stages if you're aware of flight times Ray. As for lack of brand awareness, I had pre conceived ideas of what for example LOT were like as an airline, but apparently they're very good, and have decent cabins, and a good safety record. I hope whoever we are going for, if it is someone left field, that the substance of the service is good.

Whoever it is, they will need an advertising budget comparable to that of Jet2 and Emirates.

 

[flymetothemoon]

Blue air is certainly left field thinking but not right I'm afraid,not a US carrier either!

 

[rollo]

Blue air is certainly left field thinking but not right I'm afraid,not a US carrier either!

Does that mean a U.S. based carrier?

 

[TM3]

Canadian based?

 

[flymetothemoon]

No neither

 

[TM3]

European but not UK?

 

[Frankie4]

Turkmenistan Airlines??

 

[Frankie4]

Icelandair??

 

[rollo]

Give up, when does the pub open?

 

[hishaq96]

Could it be Turkmenistan Airlines

 

[Jerry]

Last guess. Air Malta? Meridiana? Cobalt?

 

[Creguk]

Wow...I have been lurking the past few pages but I fear people will implode unless someone lets the cat out of the bag!

 

[hay677]

CSA?

 

[DaveBham]

Could it be an airline re-introducing an old brand name, like many companies often do? - British Caledonian anyone?

 

[finchy168]

I really hope it's an airline we can actually get behind and support.