Route Development & Rumours

[IanFarquharson]

Ian, out of interest, how do you know this information? Do you work for BHX? I look forward to your posts

No I don’t work at BHX

 

[Nethercote2019]

Fedex 757 is now staying but it looks like the E120 feeder is stopping.
There is more to it than that but cannot say what !

According to a couple of web sites it’s is said tha

 

[Nethercote2019]

Sorry ... shouldn’t try to eat my dinner & type
Swiftair 7006 tonight is showing as an ATR, I do realise it hasn’t operated this week & unlikely to operate,but strange 3 sights have it as a different a/c to the Embraer

 

[Ianbutty]

Give the CEO time from what I understand he is doing lots behind the scene.

Totally agree. Keep the faith and remember what he achieved at LTN.

 

[58terminus]

You can have a vague post or no post - your choice !

New route.. reinstated route.new airline,returning airline,next winter/summer/decade. Any combination could i suggest all be added to "good news coming soon" without it being in the least bit "*dangerous". The options would still be numerous.
So is it a combination of any of these Ian?
.

 

[IanFarquharson]

New route.. reinstated route.new airline,returning airline,next winter/summer/decade. Any combination could i suggest all be added to "good news coming soon" without it being in the least bit "*dangerous". The options would still be numerous.
So is it a combination of any of these Ian?
.

The route(s) will be surprise to this forum as have been mentioned before
It / they may not happen at all but the source couldn't be any better.

 

[58terminus]

The route(s) will be surprise to this forum as have been mentioned before
It / they may not happen at all but the source couldn't be any better.

% chance in your opinion Ian

 

[mullion]

On that one Ian I would stay quiet for a while as it has be known for an airline to pull their plans
when they have been rumbled as to their plans.

 

[IanFarquharson]

% chance in your opinion Ian

I would like to think 90%+

 

[58terminus]

The route(s) will be surprise to this forum as have been mentioned before

As it is a surprise did you mean too say the route(s) have NOT been mentioned before? That would be surprising as its hard to think of a route that has not been mentioned. Or were you referring to the airline?

 

[58terminus]

On that one Ian I would stay quiet for a while as it has be known for an airline to pull their plans
when they have been rumbled as to their plans.

An interesting interjection from Mullion there. Could he be party to the same knowledge? With his MAN connections could we
be talking about an airline that serves MAN and was thought to have no interest in BHX?

 

[mullion]

Sorry 58terminus I`m not but do remember an incident at Manchester where there was a leak of info and the airline
dropped their plans never to return and people were sacked

 

[Ianbutty]

As it is a surprise did you mean too say the route(s) have NOT been mentioned before? That would be surprising as its hard to think of a route that has not been mentioned. Or were you referring to the airline?

Birmingham to Southend it is then...or have I mentioned that before?

 

[IanFarquharson]

Sorry should read route(s) have been mentioned before

 

[Brum X]

And whilst we dream of anything happening at BHX, our friends down in BRS just keep popping them out like it is no tomorrow.

This makes me mad, really mad and quite frankly I'm sick and tired of this airport.

easyJet in April 2019 announced seasonal service expansion from Bristol, in the 3rd quarter of 2019. Planned new routes will be served by Airbus A320 aircraft.

Bristol – Biarritz 02JUL19 – 28SEP19 2 weekly
U26309 BRS0715 – 1000BIQ 320 6
U26309 BRS1805 – 2050BIQ 320 2

U26310 BIQ1030 – 1120BRS 320 6
U26310 BIQ2130 – 2220BRS 320 2

Bristol – Brindisi 03JUL19 – 29SEP19 3 weekly
U26175 BRS0625 – 1030BDS 320 7
U26175 BDS1610 – 2015BDS 320 3

U26176 BDS1105 – 1315BRS 320 7
U66176 BDS2050 – 2300BRS 320 3

Bristol – Milan Malpensa 01JUL19 – 30SEP19 4 weekly
U26197 BRS1405 – 1710MXP 320 7
U26197 BRS1805 – 2110MXP 320 145

U26198 MXP1740 – 1845BRS 320 7
U26198 MXP2150 – 2255BRS 320 145

Well done BRS

BHX your rubbish

 

[davecleaver777]

Finnair would be nice after years of rumours

 

[Jerry]

This makes me mad, really mad and quite frankly I'm sick and tired of this airport.

I find it ironic. BRS has the LCC airline that BHX fans want and BHX has the mainline airlines that BRS fans want! Lol

 

[Brum X]

I find it ironic. BRS has the LCC airline that BHX fans want and BHX has the mainline airlines that BRS fans want! Lol

An airport like BHX connected to a city region with over 5 million people should have both and should be able to support both.

 

[58terminus]

easyJet in April 2019 announced seasonal service expansion from Bristol, in the 3rd quarter of 2019. Planned new routes will be served by Airbus A320 aircraft.

Don't know about Bristol ini particular but these 2/3/4 weekly routes are usually at the expense of rotations on other routes.
I think we have seen something similar happening with Jet2 at BHX
If you have a good PR dept.working with the airline you can spin it to look like expansion. Or your PR dept.can concentrate on environmental issues and remind people that the aviation industry is regarded (wrongly) as a major polluter.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I think we all just want the return of Lisbon, Athens, Valencia, Reykjavik, Stockholm, along with many, many others. The likes of Seville, Bilbao, Bergamo, Brindisi, Oslo, Helsinki....... would also be most welcome.

Personally I'm not bothered who operates them just as long as they happen but with Ryanair seemingly happy to just do the bare minimum and Jet2 sticking with their very successful business model (and rightly so in my opinion) the cupboard could remain bare for the foreseeable.

With instant brand recognition easyjet just seem the perfect fit to make these routes work but either they see no merit in the Midlands or BHX see no merit in having them. Sadly, at the moment it's long connections or journeys on the M1/6 for those wishing to travel to such places