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[Aviador]

I'm not sure that would be a good thing as they could cancel each other out ? Lufthansa will of course have some interlining passengers whereas any new Flybe service serving MUC would be only point to point.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Apparently one is down for a 17:25 departure which is a gap in the LH schedule and with an early morning flight it could be business friendly. MUC has a very high amount of BMW business traffic to/from the Hams Hall plant with a large percentage of the rest connecting so Flybe would be up against it. Monarch failed miserably on Munich but it was a more leisure oriented service and BE and LH do happily coexist on DUS. Other options could be Flybe operating on behalf of LH saving LH money on the night stopper, or possibly ghost slots disguising a completely different new route. Incidentally they have also applied for slots from SOU-FRA and EXT-DUS both 3x daily with EXT-DUS night stopping. We'll see what unfolds.

 

[Ray Finkle]

A summer service to Newquay should be announced soon. Last served by BMIbaby before it moved to EMA.

Mr Simmons added that Flybe will soon be announcing details of a brand new summer route between Newquay and Birmingham.

Al Titterington, Managing Director of Newquay Cornwall Airport comments:..............We also welcome the introduction of the new route to Birmingham.

Read more: http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/C ... z2mL4q6Bll

 

[Ray Finkle]

Newquay now bookable daily from 16/05/14-09/09/14.

NQY-BHX Dep 11:20 Arr 12:30 BE1821
BHX-NQY Dep 12:55 Arr 14:05 BE1822

 

[Ray Finkle]

Hanover, Milan and Stuttgart will all be double daily for summer with decent timings too.

BHX-HAJ
BHX Dep 07:05 Arr 09:50 HAJ Dep 10:15 Arr 11:15 BHX
BHX Dep 17:00 Arr 19:45 HAJ Dep 20:10 Arr 21:10 BHX

BHX-MXP
BHX Dep 06:45 Arr 09:50 MXP Dep 10:20 Arr 11:30 BHX
BHX Dep 16:50 Arr 19:55 MXP Dep 20:25 Arr 21:35 BHX

BHX-STR
BHX Dep 07:10 Arr 10:05 STR Dep 10:30 Arr 11:30 BHX
BHX Dep 16:40 Arr 19:35 STR Dep 20:00 Arr 21:00 BHX

 

[Ray Finkle]

The above should be operated by an E175. The two Flybe charters for Thomas Cook have disappeared this year but one Orbest flight will be gained, Preveza is still showing a BE flight number on Cosmos so hopefully it's operating this summer as it seemed to be very popular last year. I imagine there will be plenty more changes over the coming weeks.

 

[Aviador]

It's good to see expansion still coming after all the recent cuts.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Conformation of the above with Mr Simmons also confirming BHX will see new Flybe routes announced shortly.

Flybe Boosts Summer Schedule From Birmingham


21 January 2014

Leading regional airline adds extra flights with larger aircraft as part of extensive 2014 Summer schedule.

Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, has announced a number of additional flights from Birmingham Airport boosting the frequency on three of its most popular European routes namely Hanover, Milan-Malpensa and Stuttgart creating new double daily flights effective for travel from March 30th, 2014 as well as an extra Saturday service to Stuttgart.

In addition to these extra flights, the airline will also be utilising larger 88-seat Embraer 175 jet aircraft on the majority of its Hanover and Stuttgart services previously operated by the smaller 78-seat Q400 turboprop.

In total, Flybe will operate up to 680 flights a week to and from Birmingham on 24 routes for summer including its recently announced daily service to Newquay. The airline also reports plans are well advanced for even more new routes with a significant announcement expected shortly.


BIRMINGHAM - MILAN-MALPENSA

Daily
Dep Birmingham 0645 Arr Milan 0950
Dep Milan 1020 Arr Birmingham 1130

Mon-Sat
Dep Birmingham 1650 Arr Milan 1955
Dep Milan 2025 Arr Birmingham 2135

Dep Birmingham 1350 Arr Milan 1655
Dep Milan 1725 Arr Birmingham 1835
(effective for travel 24th May – 13th Sep)

Sun
Dep Birmingham 1655 Arr Milan 2010
Dep Milan 2040 Arr Birmingham 2200



BIRMINGHAM – STUTTGART
Flight times also re-scheduled to provide convenient day returns

Mon-Sat
Dep Birmingham 0710 Arr Stuttgart 1005
Dep Stuttgart 1030 Arr Birmingham 1130

Mon-Fri
Dep Birmingham 1640 Arr Stuttgart 1935
Dep Stuttgart 2000 Arr Birmingham 2100

Sun
Dep Birmingham 1330 Arr Stuttgart 1640
Dep Stuttgart 1705 Arr Birmingham 1830



Paul Simmons, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer comments: “We’re pleased to be offering our passengers the added choice of extra flights from Birmingham. The move highlights our commitment of listening to our customers’ needs. These new flights also reflect the increasing focus that Flybe is putting on Birmingham Airport.”

Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s CEO, said: “Adding this extra capacity on key European routes from Birmingham is great news for Midlands’ business and leisure travellers. We’re very pleased with this decision by Flybe to offer more choice to Hanover, Milan and Stuttgart, and look forward to working with the airline to release more great news soon that will benefit the region’s air traveller even further.”

Adds Mr Simmons: “We expect our increased services to prove especially beneficial to business passengers needing more travel options so that they can manage their time more efficiently. We are continually looking for ways in which we can expand and improve our network and look forward to announcing soon some exciting new Flybe routes from Birmingham very shortly.”

http://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/meta ... ngham.aspx

 

[Brum X]

Ooooooooooh that sounds exciting and also confirms Flybe commitment to BHX which is also very good news.


New Routes= Madrid and Prague maybe ?????????

 

[Ray Finkle]

Lisbon, Madrid, Budapest, Warsaw, Prague, Oslo, Helsinki....

Any of those would do for me, we'll see what happens.

 

[Ash]

New Routes:

BE1836/1837 Cologne 7x Weekly Dash-8

BE1846/1847 Florence 6x Weekly E-175

BE1844/1845 Toulouse 6x Weekly Dash-8

BE1842/1843 Bordeaux 4x Weekly E-175

BE1838/1839 Palma Mallorca 4x Weekly E-175

BE1856/1857 Alicante 5x Weekly E-175

BE1852/1853 Oporto 3/4x Weekly E-175

All bookable now on Flybe.com

BHX has been extremely lucky given huge cuts recently around the Flybe network. Good to see that they perceive the value in the BHX market and having a bigger presence here.

 

[User0001]

A very good selection of routes there, perhaps with the exception of Palma and Alicante which go up against both the big loco's and tour operators.

Find it a bit strange they went for Porto ahead of Lisbon, especially with Ryanair also running BHX-OPO, so a bit of overkill for such a small niche route, but, Im sure they know what they are doing.

 

[Ray Finkle]

especially with Ryanair also running BHX-OPO

Ryanair dropped BHX-OPO last year, or possibly the year before.

As said a nice selection of routes there, Cologne has been tried before with GWI and HLX amongst others and will be up against Lufthansa and Flybe's own 6x daily services to DUS, I've not seen the times but the potential is there. Florence is definitely a nice surprise and no reason why it shouldn't do well. Toulouse and Bordeaux have been served before (with a 146 I think) and did OK as seasonal routes. Much needed extra seats on Palma and Alicante, although they've tried it before and were run out of town by RYR & MON, there's definitely room for more at the moment though and initial prices look quite competitive so fingers crossed it'll work. As said Porto was last served by Ryanair with reasonable loads before being dropped, Lisbon would have been great but this is the next best thing. Overall a pleasant surprise and I hope they all do well

 

[User0001]

Re Oporto,

Apologies as Im sure I had read on another forum very recently that Oporto had re-appeared as a route from BHX on the Ryanair website.

In terms of Palma/Alicante, seats are needed on the route as these are the bread and butter routes of BHX and should be able to take more on. However, how kindly Ryanair and Monarch will take to new competition on the route, well, time will tell.

Cologne is a good route, and as you say, has been tried time and time again before against much less DUS competition. Im not sure what will be different this time but lets give them a chance first.

 

[andrew.clarkson]

So why haven't flybe added Madrid to their schedule at all, its the capital of Spain with 3million people live there, non of the other airlines fly there at all, so why not fly there. I just can't understand at all, would make very good business sense, and they would be then ahead of there rivals. ...andtyc

 

[User0001]

While Madrid is a large and unserved city, for leisure travelling city break passengers, which is what the majority of passengers would be on flybe BHX-MAD, flybe may have done the maths and decided its just not for them at this time.

Its not to rule out a route in the future, but it seems Madrid and Lisbon are to remain unserved at this time.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Re Oporto,

Apologies as Im sure I had read on another forum very recently that Oporto had re-appeared as a route from BHX on the Ryanair website.

No problem, it appeared in the check in drop down menu but hasn't been made bookable. I wonder if it will be bookable soon to see Flybe off as I can't see OPO being enough for them both.

 

[Aviador]

Not a bad result for an airline that's recently made cuts. They obviously think BHX is worth pursuing.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Mr Simmons quotes from the airport press release

Paul Simmons, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer says: “Today’s news reinforces the increasing emphasis that Flybe is putting on its operations at Birmingham Airport. We’re obviously delighted to offer these additional seven new routes. Our decision to support the region by basing an extra three aircraft here is not only a vote of confidence in the local economy but also in the strong relationship we have built with the airport team.”


Continues Mr Simmons: “Flybe is strongly committed to supporting the UK’s regional economies and the London-centric media coverage of the aviation debate all too often neglects the rest of the country. By substantially increasing services from the UK’s second largest city, Flybe is demonstrating it realises the importance of maintaining and developing easy and affordable choices with convenient multi frequency regional schedules. We believe that our future here in Birmingham is bright and we remain committed to continue to play an important role in the development of airline passenger services to and from Birmingham and the Midlands.”

Full article: http://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/meta ... flybe.aspx

 

[Ray Finkle]

The schedules for the new routes:

eff 10APR14 Birmingham – Cologne 1 daily
BE1836 BHX0905 – 1150CGN DH4 7
BE1836 BHX1000 – 1245CGN DH4 x67
BE1836 BHX1210 – 1445CGN E75 6

BE1837 CGN1225 – 1320BHX DH4 7
BE1837 CGN1310 – 1405BHX DH4 x67
BE1837 CGN1510 – 1550BHX E75 6

eff 10APR14 Birmingham – Florence 6 weekly
BE1846 BHX1140 – 1455FLR E75 x2
BE1847 FLR1530 – 1650BHX E75 x2

eff 11APR14 Birmingham – Alicante 5 weekly
BE1856 BHX0800 – 1130ALC E75 7
BE1856 BHX1230 – 1600ALC E75 135
BE1856 BHX1400 – 1730ALC E75 6

BE1857 ALC1210 – 1350BHX E75 7
BE1857 ALC1645 – 1825BHX E75 135
BE1857 ALC1810 – 1950BHX E75 6

eff 12APR14 Birmingham – Porto 4 weekly
BE1852 BHX0745 – 1005OPO E75 5
BE1852 BHX0800 – 1020OPO E75 6
BE1852 BHX1140 – 1400OPO E75 2
BE1852 BHX1235 – 1455OPO E75 7

BE1853 OPO1030 – 1255BHX E75 5
BE1853 OPO1045 – 1310BHX E75 6
BE1853 OPO1425 – 1650BHX E75 2
BE1853 OPO1525 – 1750BHX E75 7

eff 14MAY14 Birmingham – Bordeaux 4 weekly
BE1842 BHX1130 – 1415BOD E75 135
BE1842 BHX1345 – 1650BOD DH4 7

BE1843 BOD1440 – 1525BHX E75 135
BE1843 BOD1715 – 1830BHX DH4 7

eff 14MAY14 Birmingham – Toulouse 6 weekly
BE1844 BHX1235 – 1600TLS DH4 x67
BE1844 BHX1500 – 1815TLS E75 7

BE1845 TLS1635 – 1810BHX DH4 x67
BE1845 TLS1840 – 2005BHX E75 7

eff 15MAY14 Birmingham – Palma Mallorca 4 weekly
BE1838 BHX0830 – 1155PMI E75 7
BE1838 BHX1250 – 1615PMI E75 24
BE1838 BHX1615 – 1940PMI E75 6

BE1839 PMI1230 – 1405BHX E75 7
BE1839 PMI1655 – 1830BHX E75 24
BE1839 PMI2020 – 2155BHX E75 6