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There has been zero mention (to my knowledge) of maintaining or growing connections to any airport except Heathrow. Every article has been focussing on Heathrow & the slots available there. Maybe they’ll keep some routes if they are performing as a ‘cash cow’ but they are clearly moving away...

Completely agree, best way forward is with heavy weights like easyjet/Wizz. Nick Barton clearly has a strong working relationship with Easyjet & is best places to build a relationship with them at BHX. The virgin takeover of Flybe will inevitably end in a cull at Birmingham & this would have...

So Manchester is loosing Milan & Toulouse from October 2019.. Any news on Birmingham?

Ian might know more....

Can’t see Flybe (or whatever it’s new Virgin brand may be) existing at BHX in 2026. All I got from this article is ‘connect to Heathrow, expand at Heathrow, add competition at Heathrow’.. I say let’s go orange! Also, with the potential of JetBlue partnering with EasyJet, a nice easyJet base...

Im happy with waiting Just happy knowing easyJet have a newfound commitment to Birmingham!

This is great news! What’s the chance of further announcements for summer 2020 or is this schedule final? (I was desperate for a Lisbon announcement)

I agree it may not have lasted but if the loads had been good, it may have been quicker to find a replacement airline to fly the route than the current situation we find ourselves in

Me too Ray!! Really hope we get this for next year

Interesting video regarding JetBlue & transatlantic on Bloomberg. Most news articles are focusing on what London airport will be picked by JetBlue but in this interview, there seems to be a more generalisation regarding the suitability of JetBlue to a number of UK airports. What’s also...

Was the Lisbon yields good for monarch? The three times I went with monarch the plane was pretty much full. I really thought TAP would have stepped in too but I’d be more than happy with easyJet

Is there is any chance we could get Lisbon back? I’m desperate for that connection to return!!

All joking aside, Beirut is stunning & so is the rest of Lebanon. Vineyards, Roman architecture, night life... I went in 2016 & Lots of European cities have summer flights direct there but not so much from the UK

Out of curiosity when could you fly direct to Beirut from BHX?

Please don’t take me as being negative, I’m not & I’d love it if Virgins intentions were to build a LC network of European connections for the purpose of serving Europe but I simply haven’t seen any statement of that kind. To start with Virgin are not looking to introduce new TATL bases or if...

I see your point but If they are willing to give up some of their most profitable routes (ie Amsterdam/Paris) I can’t see how connecting BHX to Europe can be the focus for Virgin. Im confident the aim isn’t to make money from connecting people to Virgin bases either, it’s the increase in...

Sorry but the idea of Virgin starting TATL at BHX is better best forgotten. The whole purpose of purchasing Flybe was to strengthen there existing long haul bases by better connecting the regional UK airports to their current operating bases. BHX does not fit into this plan at all as neither...

Sorry to be a negative but I don’t think this will end well for BHX. I just don’t see Virgin Atlantic ever starting TATL routes from Birmingham & building brand loyalty to Virgin at the expense of BHX users might just contribute further to the leakage of passengers who want to fly direct to the...

Do you think from this article that BHX is resigned to the fact then that it will never get another LCC base here? I don’t know how to read that article in the sense that is it saying ‘yes we got the LCC revolution wrong & now we must focus on other carriers/markets’ or is it saying ‘yes we got...

I’m confident BOM will be served at BHX irrelevant of Pax at MAN