easyJet

[HPsauce]

Onwards and upwards hopefully now. Yes i sincerely hope good things come from this with Easyjet. They have had plenty of opportunity in this quiet period to look at new routes for the future. Particularly ex Flybe into Europe.

 

[Wrightfly73]

Milan & Berlin seem the most obvious candidates. To think that these routes were multiple daily with Flybe and now they are unserved is crazy! BHX has many unserved routes now particularly to Germany, France & Italy and I think easyJet are our best hope as they are more likely to operate the right frequencies.

 

[Coathanger16]

Milan & Berlin seem the most obvious candidates

I've long thought easyJet would do well serving both Milan and Berlin from BHX - although given the current state of BHX (even before Covid) any major city in Europe would be a prime candidate for easyJet!

 

[Wrightfly73]

I've long thought easyJet would do well serving both Milan and Berlin from BHX - although given the current state of BHX (even before Covid) any major city in Europe would be a prime candidate for easyJet!

Very true! Birmingham definitely won't be the only airport trying to attract them but due to Covid the airlines are squeezed financially and easyJet themselves said that they will deploy aircraft wherever they receive low charges & can operate most efficiently. Now when easyJet are ready to rip up the rule book as to where they do and don't fly from, it is the completely right time for BHX to do some discounting.
However we have all seen from experience that BHX don't often do this hence why we lost FI, TS & UA. Maybe the recent airline/route losses will make BHX rethink their strategy to not only attract but retain the routes.

 

[JENNYJET]

Did the problem begin when Ryanair played hard over fees and said they would not operate out of BHX, then hey presto, they begin services and now all carriers haggle hard for a deal?

 

[Wrightfly73]

Did the problem begin when Ryanair played hard over fees and said they would not operate out of BHX, then hey presto, they begin services and now all carriers haggle hard for a deal?

That could be a factor, presumably Ryanair got a deal from the airport but what growth has the airport had to show for it from them? I am not a fan of Ryanair and avoid them at all costs. It seems that the same level of discounts or flexibility is not offered to all carriers and this ruffles other airlines feathers. I do know that this was the exact case for Icelandair- they found the airport to be very unaccomodating with charges and that is why they pulled the plug. The same time as Jet2 were announced that was when Vueling wielded the axe and chopped their route network down to just Barcelona so it does raise the question of if there is a level playing field. If there was more flexibility I bet we would see more from other loyal airlines like SAS & Air France too.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Great news seeing NAP back

Milan, Berlin, Lyon and Bordeaux could all be done with away based aircraft as could adding more capacity to Lisbon, Paris and Amsterdam. Not long ago I'd have thought no chance but if they can start Naples then maybe there is hope?

A base must be the ultimate goal though as the destinations now absent need replacing sooner rather than later and easyjet tick all of the boxes.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

EasyJet to axe up to 30% of jobs as it cuts fleet - FlightGlobal

EasyJet is to begin consultations on proposals to cut staff levels by up to 30% as it expects to reduce its fleet by 51 through a mix of deferrals and returning leased aircraft by the end of 2021. In a trading update released today the UK budget carrier says it expects its fleet to be

www.flightglobal.com

easyJet plans to reduce its fleet size by 51 aircraft by the end of next year so any major expansion at other airports could only be achieved by significant reductions at existing bases and airports currently served.

From press reports it almost seems that easyJet is inviting sealed bids from prospective airport partners in a come-and-get-us invitation. I don't know how much of that is press talk because a major reorientation of the airline's UK presence would be a huge logistical exercise if undertaken in time for next year.

Perhaps not all BHX followers read other airport forums on F4A but there is optimism that easyJet might also favour LBA, and some CWL posts don't rule out the possibility entirely.

 

[Coathanger16]

EasyJet to axe up to 30% of jobs as it cuts fleet - FlightGlobal

EasyJet is to begin consultations on proposals to cut staff levels by up to 30% as it expects to reduce its fleet by 51 through a mix of deferrals and returning leased aircraft by the end of 2021. In a trading update released today the UK budget carrier says it expects its fleet to be

www.flightglobal.com

easyJet plans to reduce its fleet size by 51 aircraft by the end of next year so any major expansion at other airports could only be achieved by significant reductions at existing bases and airports currently served.

From press reports it almost seems that easyJet is inviting sealed bids from prospective airport partners in a come-and-get-us invitation. I don't know how much of that is press talk because a major reorientation of the airline's UK presence would be a huge logistical exercise if undertaken in time for next year.

Perhaps not all BHX followers read other airport forums on F4A but there is optimism that easyJet might also favour LBA, and some CWL posts don't rule out the possibility entirely.

Depends if you take what easyJet said at face value. If true that essentially airports can bid for easyJets business, then of course posters on smaller airport threads will think that "their" airports are in with the chance of getting a base.

Bare in mind that easyJet will expect different from different airports. Whilst a bid at one airport may be successful, the exact same offer from another airport may not be.

 

[Jerry]

Depends if you take what easyJet said at face value. If true that essentially airports can bid for easyJets business, then of course posters on smaller airport threads will think that "their" airports are in with the chance of getting a base.

I sincerely doubt small airports are anywhere near a chance of attracting any sort of meaningful Easyjet presence.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Geneva going year round, new routes to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Naples along with slot applications for Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin is more activity in the last 18 months or so than we've seen in probably the last decade.

Although I would desperately love to be proven wrong I'm not convinced that we'll see a base in the next year or so but I could see more away based flights to new destinations. Berlin, Milan, Paris and Amsterdam must be immediate priorities and if they work then who knows what may follow.

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there all, so how much would the Birmingham airport charge an airline to set up a base at the airport... Andyc

 

[rollo]

Given the state of the nation Andrew it'll be the other way round.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Agreed - it would be a case of airport paying the airline but as I always said the resulting 'footfall' would hopefully pay for this as BHX get as % of all pax spend in pubs, cafes, car parking, shops etc

 

[HPsauce]

Easyjet have notified BALPA pilots union that they plan to close their bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle with 727 pilots jobs to go. This doesn't bode well for BHX expansion,......or maybe it does!!. We shall see

 

[Brum X]

Great to see the new Easyjet BHX-GLA on the departure board for tomorrow

 

[rollo]

Great to see the new Easyjet BHX-GLA on the departure board for tomorrow

And Edinburgh Wednesday.

 

[Ray Finkle]

S21 now on sale but sadly not much change.

Good to see NAP though

 

[Matt995]

S21 now on sale but sadly not much change.

Good to see NAP though

early days yet Ray, the aviation world is going to be a lot different come Summer 2021!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Belfast showing 6x daily on Mondays and Fridays for winter making it 27x weekly.

Mon 6 flights
Tue 4 flights
Wed 4 flights
Thur 4 flights
Fri 6 flights
Sat 3 flights