Route Development & Rumours

[rollo]

I agree with Coathanger16 Gatwick has long been the waiting room for Heathrow. Virgin are the prime example having started at Gatwick and it became their main base they slowly moved services over to Heathrow and now all London services are based their I believe. Many other airlines have done similar and not just USA services and sweep up traffic from the BHX catchment along with Manchester picking off a fair bit as well.

It's BHXs perennial issue discussed many times over it feels like groundhog day.

 

[As355f2]

I hope this is the right thread if not apologies. I read an article this week about Breeze airlines a US carrier who are looking to establish a transatlantic network from east coast. They operate mainly from “second” cities in the US operating 2 class A220’s on thin routes. Possibly a good fit for BHX? The owner started Jet Blue so at least there’s some pedigree too

Regarding Breeze operating from the US East coast, the article I read stated they were looking to start flights from New York and Boston to Dublin.

 

[gulftraveller]

With regard to proposed flights by Spice Jet to BHX and MAN, I note that one of their aircraft was impounded in Dubai yesterday. The company is the source of criticism and speculation in India over its financial health. It may make their improbable route proposals to UK even more improbable.

 

[Brum X]

Who would of thought that might happen.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Countries weekly flights S24 from Birmingham Airport
Austria :5
Belgium:7
Bulgaria:5
Cape Verde:5
Croatia:12
Cyprus:20
Czech:4
Denmark:5 weekly all together
Dominican:2
Egypt:8
Germany:64
Guernsey:7
Greece:91
Hungary:10
Iceland:0
India:6
Ireland:46
Isle of Man:6
Italy:30
Jamaica:2
jersey:10
Malta:4
Mexico:3
Montenegro:2
Morocco:8
Netherlands:33
Norway:0
Poland:14
Portugal:21
Qatar:7
Romania:15
Saudi Arabia:3
Spain:217
Sweden:2
Switzerland:11
Turkey:113
UK:101
UAE:14
USA:2

 

[Matt995]

Brusssels should be 12 a week (2 daily flights Mon-Fri), Germany must be higher with LH/EW/FR/EZY all operating, and Ireland is certainly much higher than 46 with DUB, SNN, ORK, NOC served, and I have Turkey down as 101 flights a week, how do you get 113? what makes up the extra 11 flights? Portugal should also be higher, and im sure there are more that 14 Poland flights a week? - The numbers of flights will also of course vary from week to week, depending on the month etc..

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Brusssels should be 12 a week (2 daily flights Mon-Fri), Germany must be higher with LH/EW/FR/EZY all operating, and Ireland is certainly much higher than 46 with DUB, SNN, ORK, NOC served, and I have Turkey down as 101 flights a week, how do you get 113? what makes up the extra 11 flights? Portugal should also be higher, and im sure there are more that 14 Poland flights a week? - The numbers of flights will also of course vary from week to week, depending on the month etc..

Polandefinitely 14x weekly Jet2 operates 2 weekly to Krakow (No August Flights)Ryanair operates 4 weekly to Krakow,Wizz operates 2 weekly to krakow which make it 8 flights to Krakow.Ryanair operates 2 weekly flights to Poznan.
Ryanair don’t operate to WMI during summer.Wizz air operates 2 weekly to WAW
Wizz air also operates Wroclaw at 2 weekly .Ryanair do not operate to Bydgoszcz during summer.
Wizz air:6
Jet2:2
Ryanair:6
Total 14

Ireland :
Dublin operated by aer lingus and Ryanair :64
Cork operated by Ryanair:4
Shannon operated by Ryanair:3
Knock operated by Ryanair: 3
Total:74

Turkey :
Antalya:Jet2 x10 corenden x3 sun express x12 tui x19 southwind x2 EasyJet x2=48
Dalaman: Jet2 x10, Corenden x2 ,sunexpress x11 ,Tui x18 EasyJet x3 =44
Izmir:Jet2 x2 ,Tui x2,Sunexpress x2 =6
Bodrum: Jet2 x3 Tui x2 =5
Istanbul IST: Turkish x18=18
Istanbul SAW: Pegasus x3=3
Total:124

Portugal:
Faro:EasyJet x2 ,Jet2 x10, Tui x2 ,Ryanair x9=23
Lisbon:EasyJet X3 ,Ryanair X2 =5
Porto:Ryanair X3 =3
Funchal:Tui x3,Jet2 X2=5
Total:36

Germans:

Munich:Lufthansa X19
Frankfurt: Lufthansa X28
Berlin: Ryanair 3x and EasyJet 3x=6
Dusseldorf: Eurowings X11=11
Total:64

Brussels:
Information of its website says 6 weekly.Missing Saturday flights.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Looks like Paris Beauvais flights have sold out .With plus extra flights.Saying 7 weekly flights on the Ryanair app

 

[DarloPlaneBoy]

Isn't one of BVA or orly closer to Disney Land than Paris City Centre so it perhaps has a market for Disney flights

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Isn't one of BVA or orly closer to Disney Land than Paris City Centre so it perhaps has a market for Disney flights

We nearly have 50x weekly flights to Paris airports

 

[thunderchild]

Isn't one of BVA or orly closer to Disney Land than Paris City Centre so it perhaps has a market for Disney flights

CDG is nearer to Disneyland than ORY and more easily accessible. BVA is much further north.

 

[Matt995]

Looks like Paris Beauvais flights have sold out .With plus extra flights.Saying 7 weekly flights on the Ryanair app

Ant - the sold out flights are what airlines show before the flights are actually released to the public to book


Beauvais Flight Details:-

FR 5362/3 06:15-08:25/08:50-09:00 Tuesday

FR 718/9 12:40-14:50/15:15-15:25 Tuesday

FR 718/9 12:45-14:55/15:20-15:30 Thursday

FR 718/9 18:35-20:45/21:10-22:20 Friday

FR 5362/3 13:45-15:55/16:20-16:30 Saturday

FR 718/9 20:25-22:35/23:00-23:10 Saturday

FR 718/9 16:15-18:25/18:50-19:00 Sunday

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Summary of new routes starting next year

EasyJet

1. Salzburg 13th January 2024-1 weekly
2. Antalya - begins 18 March 2024 - 2x weekly flights (YR)
3. Barcelona - 18 March - 4x weekly (YR)
4. Alicante - 19 March - 2x weekly (YR)
5. Tenerife South - 19 March - 2x weekly (YR)
6. Larnaca - 20 March - 2x weekly (SS)
7. Enfidha - 21 March - 2x weekly (YR)
8. Málaga - 21 March - 2x weekly (YR)
9. Berlin - 1 April - 2x weekly (YR)
10. Jersey - 2 April - 2x weekly (YR)
11. Sharm El Sheikh - 2 April - 2x weekly (YR)
12. Heraklion - 3 April - 1x weekly (SS)
13. Dalaman - 4 April - 3x weekly (SS)
14. Fuerteventura 4 April - 1x weekly (YR)
15. Rhodes - 23 April - 1x weekly (SS)
16. Corfu - 1 May - 2x weekly (SS)
17. Kos - 3 May - 1x weekly (SS)

Total Weekly flights:29 Weekly flights

Ryanair

1. Beauvais Paris 31st March 2024- x4 weekly
2. Berlin 2nd April 2024-2 weekly
3. Paphos 5th April 2024-1 weekly
4. Chania 6th May 2024-1 weekly

Total weekly flights :8x weekly

Jet2:

1. Tivat 2nd May 2024-1 weekly -2 weekly from July 1st 2024
2. Mytilene 26th May 2024-1 weekly
3. Agadir 3rd October 2024-2 weekly
4. Marrakesh 4th October 2024-2 weekly

Total Weekly flight’s:7x Weekly

Tui Airways
La Romana 24th December 2024-1 weekly

Southwind Airlines
Antalya 31st March 2024 -1 weekly

Pegasus Airlines
Istanbul Gocken :21st December 2023-3 Weekly

Total weekly flights all together for next year :49x Weekly flights

New update
Jet2
Porto 2 weekly -27th March 2025
Pula 2 weekly- 2nd May 2025

Ryanair
Marrakesh 4 weekly -31st March 2024
Agadir 4 weekly -1st April 2024

Also Paris Beauvais goes 7 weekly.Still note that it’s not on sale just yet.This was checked 10 minutes ago

Total flights so far for 2024:64 flights

 

[DarloPlaneBoy]

Ah Well I know we have flights to Paris I was thinking that maybe BVA on Ryanair might be more of option for people who can't afford to fly AF to CDG if it was closer. But CDG is Closer and I guess as France has a better Train Network than us the TGV can get you there probably in the same time as a train from Wolverhampton to Walsall takes

 

[Matt995]

with Eurowings starting Manchester to Stuttgart and also Hamburg, next summer, i wonder if Birmingham will be on the radar for these destinations?

We tend to get the same Eurowings destinations as Manchester

 

[Kevin Farnell]

with Eurowings starting Manchester to Stuttgart

Also starting Edinburgh to Stuttgart according to the EDI forum.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Like to see vueling to go 2 daily and Aegean go 4 weekly and more flights to Germany

 

[Ray Finkle]

with Eurowings starting Manchester to Stuttgart and also Hamburg, next summer, i wonder if Birmingham will be on the radar for these destinations?

We tend to get the same Eurowings destinations as Manchester

Two routes that BHX should have been all over, if they haven't that's very disappointing.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Is Athens,Brussels,Istanbul,Paris ,Amsterdam and German flights mainly all business flights?

 

[laviation]

I would imagine Istanbul is mostly 'oral' traffic? And connections to Pakistan?