Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[andrew.clarkson]

Yes apparently I have read, that 50k people have signed a petition, to have the airport renamed in his honor. Me personally, I think that it would be a great idea. It may even help Birmingham airport to increase its own growth strategy and help to increase passenger numbers further. All the other airports around the world that are named after well known persons, hasn't done them any harm at all. But may have raised profiles much higher

 

[Ray Finkle]

No name change but there will be some artwork done within the building.

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there all, where the original viewing gallery was, when you looked out the the right side of the window, there a very tall black tower, about 30-40 foot high, with, what looked like a huge hexagonal glass box on top of it. The year was 1987, any ideas at all.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

No name change but there will be some artwork done within the building.

The management should consider replacing the Emirates advert on the tower with an image of Ozzy chewing a bat! ;-)

 

[rollo]

Hi there all, where the original viewing gallery was, when you looked out the the right side of the window, there a very tall black tower, about 30-40 foot high, with, what looked like a huge hexagonal glass box on top of it. The year was 1987, any ideas at all.

My recollection is that It was I belive originally for monitoring ground movements but unfortunately you couldn't see the end of runway 15 so it was useless and it ended up being used for storage.

It did have a flagpole on top which served as a lightning conductor, that's todays bit of useless information for everyone.

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there all, I don't think that any art work that relates to Ozzy Osbourne, would be acceptable to many people, apart from an exhibition currently on in Birminghams museum and art gallery, that is where any form of artwork should be. I personally think that the airport may have scored an own goal, and a negative pr stunt. How many other airports around the world are named after famous people, Atlanta, Liverpool, Ireland. It hasn't done any harm to those airports has it, has it affected any of their passenger numbers of demand from the airport, I doubt it, more like probably increased the airports presence globally. Let's hope that tens of thousands of signatures change their mind, or there decision could cost the airport in business and revenue, which it needs badly to survive, invest and expand and not retract.

 

[gulftraveller]

In the UK it is an idea taken up by small airports such as Liverpool and Belfast City. I doubt the renaming has had any effect at all on the fortunes of these airports but it does smack of trying hard to put your name on the map. BHX does not need that and renaming the airport in this way would make it seem less than serious. In the US it is much more common but there they tend to be named after prominent figures from the political and aviation worlds.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Hi there all, I don't think that any art work that relates to Ozzy Osbourne, would be acceptable to many people, apart from an exhibition currently on in Birminghams museum and art gallery, that is where any form of artwork should be. I personally think that the airport may have scored an own goal, and a negative pr stunt. How many other airports around the world are named after famous people, Atlanta, Liverpool, Ireland. It hasn't done any harm to those airports has it, has it affected any of their passenger numbers of demand from the airport, I doubt it, more like probably increased the airports presence globally. Let's hope that tens of thousands of signatures change their mind, or there decision could cost the airport in business and revenue, which it needs badly to survive, invest and expand and not retract.

Badly to survive ???
It is not retracting !

 

[MB1]

Hi there all, where the original viewing gallery was, when you looked out the the right side of the window, there a very tall black tower, about 30-40 foot high, with, what looked like a huge hexagonal glass box on top of it. The year was 1987, any ideas at all.

It was Apron control (nothing to do with ATC who remained in the Elmdon building until the new Tower was built).

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Has any noticed since Nick Barton and Tom Screen have been working at bhx for a while that they have never had a photo together so I now wonder what there relationship is like together.
I know Tom and Andrew have a great bond

 

[IanFarquharson]

Has any noticed since Nick Barton and Tom Screen have been working at bhx for a while that they have never had a photo together so I now wonder what there relationship is like together.
I know Tom and Andrew have a great bond

I will leave you to work that one out !

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

I will leave you to work that one out !

Though they do have both names in press releases aswell

 

[A330]

Has any noticed since Nick Barton and Tom Screen have been working at bhx for a while that they have never had a photo together so I now wonder what there relationship is like together.
I know Tom and Andrew have a great bond

If you do a Google search for "Nick Barton" and "Tom Screen" there is a photo of both standing at the launch of the easyJet base.

Does that count?

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Nope it don’t count.Have to standing next to each other.Something tells me Tom screen will be CEO soon.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Nope it don’t count.Have to standing next to each other.Something tells me Tom screen will be CEO soon.

No

 

[Matt995]

Nope it don’t count.Have to standing next to each other.Something tells me Tom screen will be CEO soon.

haha that made me laugh, Tom has no qualifications or knowledge on how to run a business, or an airport, route development it a totally different area, you have alot to learn about buisness Ant!

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

haha that made me laugh, Tom has no qualifications or knowledge on how to run a business, or an airport, route development it a totally different area, you have alot to learn about buisness Ant!

Tom has been to route development events more then Nick Barton out of his spinning chair

On a serious note.Nick Barton has done a great job expanding routes and getting bases at bhx however the security is a serious mess

 

[nwoody2001]

Tom has been to route development events more then Nick Barton out of his spinning chair

On a serious note.Nick Barton has done a great job expanding routes and getting bases at bhx however the security is a serious mess

You would expect the person in charge of Route Development to be the main person heading to route development events would you not?

Tom has been to route development events more then Nick Barton out of his spinning chair

On a serious note.Nick Barton has done a great job expanding routes and getting bases at bhx however the security is a serious mess

You mean the security which under Nick Barton is having £60m invested into?

 

[IanFarquharson]

You would expect the person in charge of Route Development to be the main person heading to route development events would you not?

You would indeed.
Being a CEO is the top job and is a lot more than route development.
But there maybe some changes ?

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

You would expect the person in charge of Route Development to be the main person heading to route development events would you not?

Yes but it’s mainly been Tom and Andrew they went to Bahrain for Routes 2024

Girona for something regards to route development aswell but I can’t remember what it is off the top of my head.

I respect the fact Nick has been very busy with Terminal and Net Zero projects at bhx including Security however Them 3 have delivered decent routes though Andrew Pelham has been in the role around a year