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Good Afternoon Rollo. Good question but one that has been covered a few times. Services have been there in the past (AA to ORD & JFK, US to PHL) nothing as yet for ATL (to the best of my knowledge). The main problem has been enticing people to use the blooming services. It is all well and good...

Well you could always look at the coach for the trip down to LHR. National Express do have various deals available and the fare covers you for two suitcases per passenger. We (as a family years ago) always used to use Flights Coaches (now there is a name from the past) when we were travelling...

I fully accept what you are saying regarding passengers from these areas flying from BHX instead of MAN and LHR, BUT and this is the big one, most passengers will look at a bottom line price as their defining decision maker. People in this day and age will look at how much is left in their...

I would say that as SQ have a presence in MAN (and have had for quite a while) that any future developments on a 5th freedom basis would be there instead of BHX. I would love to see SQ or most other Far East carriers coming into BHX but realistically it would have to be one that does not have...

Over on the Elmdon side (just to the side of the Control Tower and behind Alpha) there seems to be rather a lot of excavation going on (one person in the office reckoned it looked like a new BMX track!!!). Does anyone have any ideas asto what they might be starting?

Whilst deep down I understand their reasoning for this (Passengers, or as I prefer to call them self-loading cargo) make the decision to use the bright shiny new flight, whereas people in cargo make the decision for their clients. If this does happen then all the flights from the UK to DXB (upto...

Can we have a "Dislike" button please? I know this will keep the Passenger oriented businesses happy but the poor sods in cargo will suffer from this decision (if confirmed).

Travelled on BMI to LHR on numerous flights including a Busy Bee F27! Bear in mind at one stage you could get a helicopter flight from Small Heath to BHX as well!

Hi Jerry. Cars can be carried lower deck on most (if not all) wide body flights. It all depends on the overall size of the cars being shipped. Anything over 155 cms in height (possibly 158 cms if you are lucky) would need a main deck service. Obviously the length and width need to be taken into...

And it rightly deserves the nickname of "Flying Warehouse". They have literally stopped taking pallets off the flight about 10 minutes ago. Waiting for the outbound load to go on now (I believe some motor vehicles) and it should be an on-time departure (circa 1800 hrs).

Anyone care to take bets on NCP having multiple staff on duty at the car park this coming Wednesday? A6-EFM apparently due into BHX at 1500 hrs with a proposed departure of 1800 hrs (77F). I have visions of the car park being quite busy on Wednesday. And a wet weather forecast as well. Ah...

I remember being driven around the QF747 when it was on stand in 1978 (if memory serves me right it came in to mark the opening of a sales office in Birmingham City Centre). I could not believe how big it was compared to everything else I had ever seen at BHX. Little did I know that the...

I remember being driven around the QF747 when it was on stand in 1978 (if memory serves me right it came in to mark the opening of a sales office in Birmingham City Centre). I could not believe how big it was compared to everything else I had ever seen at BHX. Little did I know that the...

On the contrary we have the services (and yes I would like to see other Airlines bringing their services into BHX as well) it is just the fact now that we have to use them, both as PAX and for Cargo to ensure the Airlines keep the services coming into BHX (and also to try and attract more of...

Now that I do now know. Honest answer to you is this. Unless you are involved with the Airline or their handling agent you will find it very difficult to find out exact information regarding loads carried. Now I will not divulge any figures (either on open forum or PM so please do not ask me to)...

Believe it or not, anywhere that EK fly to is a cargo hot spot! Certain destinations (Africa & India) are very heavy on excess baggage which has an impact on availability for cargo but with the number of flights going (especially to the Indian sub-continent) we can normally still manage to...

I do as it happens. The 787 is a much better option for cargo than the 330. More space and better combination of pallets / uld's and with a lower passenger number more space for cargo. So long as there are no backlogs in Doha it is not a bad option. Only drawback is certain routes are narrow...

I really hope this stays just a rumour. Cargo uplift will take a real hit if this comes true. As good as the A380 is for passengers it will be a really big drop in cargo capacity to have 2 of these beasts coming into BHX. I know we have managed to get big shipments out on these flights before...

When you talk about comparing passenger operations to freighter operations you may as well compare chalk and cheese. They are two totally different things. Passenger operations are based on where do people want to from and to and at what time of the day do they want to travel (thinking here of...