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Great photos. It always amazes me how old things looked in 2000 - it doesn't feel like that long ago but its another era when it comes to aircraft livery design, for example. Many were very boring and some were hideous, though some were great (I cant quite believe that that Britannia livery...

Where do you propose the extra space would come from, exactly? Sure, they could expand the building more, but that gets very expensive very quickly and they are also inhibited by security requirements outside the building e.g. standback from the road. What they built last year was a sensible...

The security access from south departures already exists and was used regularly mostly by Jet2 (as it is adjacent their check in desks). The 'peak' periods referred to are basically the waves of Jet2 departures, e.g. with most leaving in the first 2 hours, then around lunchtime, then mid...

Its not disjointed planning - it was always the plan. There was an access to security there which would've been lost otherwise - instead, these two scanners will suck all of the Jet2 traffic out of the main screening hall before providing access in to duty free. Given how many Jet2 pax go...

Sigh. Surely the very fact that i mentioned a 'conspiracy theory' should be clear and obvious enough that its not to be taken seriously, no? I never said it was plausible, and i know exactly why the EC's decision was what it was. But you've obviously selectively ignored the rest of my post...

I said above that is is a conspiracy theory angle (i.e. take it with a pinch of salt), and one i know full well not to be true, as i also said. In any case, I also said that this was more applicable to DfT's decision to delay the requirement to have the scanners installed, which was before and...

Yes - you are of course completely correct. But, and this is partly down the conspiracy theory angle, its convenient that the one airport struggling/unable to meet the CAA imposed deadline to have them installed was the UK's hub airport, whereas all those who did meet the deadline by hook or by...

Remember that the new scanners which were installed at great hassle and expense are not allowed to be used in the way they are designed because of CAA decisions (matching Europe) - so they are some way less efficient than they can be. As for the works, they (specifically the works to enhance...

Good plan, and good luck. Keep in mind, if you dont drive, the airport is not the easiest to get to at some of the unsociable hours that are necessary for some organisations. Bus is about the limit. On the subject, i saw via LinkedIn that there are several roles with SSP within the catering...

I'd take uncomfortable if i didnt have to listen to Jess Glynn over, and over, and over, and over again...

If they build something before it is 'full' it is, arguably, a waste of capital. Business cases write themselves when the baseline - i.e. doing nothing - is straining at the seams. Its much more difficult to justify when there is surplus capacity. Of course, a different choice might be to...

That implies that an aircraft will simply fly a route ad nauseum. In your example, a departure out at 0500 might then fly off to, say, LAX departing JFK at 1300, whilst another aircraft, doing the opposite, then wouldnt leave JFK (in this example) until 2100. Ergo no waiting around. (all times...

Re extra night flights, maybe something that could be a USP for BHX is a very early departure (say around 5am) to the US, getting you in to New York mid-morning (for a meeting, say). I dont know the schedules enough, but i think most departures to the US leave after 6am from LHR, so arguably BHX...

I just saw this, apologies. I transferred through Frankfurt about 5 years ago (BHX-FRA-MIA), 2hrs was fine but 1) it was a fairly lengthy walk and 2) there was a separate security queue at Frankfurt that took a long time, around 45 minutes. Im not sure of that second security - which was...

I know what it is - will be brilliant…!

Last time i went on one (pre-Covid), we didnt even notice touchdown. It did look a bit robust, without much of a landing flare. But given the crap weather, the manual may well - i suspect - suggest you fly it in to the runway (as Boeing advise on the 737 in all weathers). The onboard video did...

On that subject. its noticeable that the Esso filling station next to the Arden Hotel has dramatically reduced their prices in the last few months, now more or less comparable with cheapest places nearby (as opposed to c.10p/litre more previously). I wonder whether they wanted to get in before...

Um - your message prompted me to have a look. Not something i've done before, so i may have got this completely wrong, but doesnt this suggest Qatar double weekly from 31/03? Not reflected on booking engines to be fair, but maybe that will catch up (if they decide to operate them?). Or is this...

Arrived at the airport at 6:10am yesterday morning. Off the air rail link straight in to security, no queues at all short of the boarding pass gates. We had fast track, though that got slowed up by a couple at the front. In reality, those without fast track who were with us on the air rail link...

Um, is that map only showing flights from BHX based aircraft? If not, its missing some e.g. Milan. Does this imply that Italian destinations next summer are either still up in the air or timings not yet fixed (see my post a few weeks back re Milan!)?