Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[IanFarquharson]

Some BHX loads 22/8

EK38 DXB 374 pax (Capacity 428)
QR34 DOH 249 pax (Capacity 254)
EK40 DXB 433 pax (Capacity 614)

EK40 was 469

EK40 was 469

Inbound empty seats on those 3 flights combined was 12 !

 

[IanFarquharson]

Some more BHX loads 23/8

EK38 DXB 298 pax (428 capacity
AI114 DEL162 pax (256 capacity)
EK40 DXB 478 (614 capacity)
QR36 DOH 247 pax (254 capacity)

Outbounds loads will drop off now as the Summer Kids hols are almost over, this would be the case not just at BHX but elsewhere too.

Inbound loads again hardly an empty seat as you would expectr.

 

[Aviador]

Big Vern has departed Forums4airports.

 

[Karl C]

Big Vern has departed Forums4airports.

Halleloo

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Tom screen has officially left BHX credit to Ben speck on LinkedIn

4,631 days. 51.29% growth in passenger numbers. Not a bad ride all things considered. We’ve achieved so much but there is still some work to do and I’m sure whoever picks up the baton will smash… | Tom Screen | 106 comments

4,631 days. 51.29% growth in passenger numbers. Not a bad ride all things considered. We’ve achieved so much but there is still some work to do and I’m sure whoever picks up the baton will smash it out of the park. Thank you to my team… past and present. You’ve all been incredible and the...

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[IanFarquharson]

Correct I knew in June !

Tom screen has officially left BHX credit to Ben speck on LinkedIn

4,631 days. 51.29% growth in passenger numbers. Not a bad ride all things considered. We’ve achieved so much but there is still some work to do and I’m sure whoever picks up the baton will smash… | Tom Screen | 106 comments

4,631 days. 51.29% growth in passenger numbers. Not a bad ride all things considered. We’ve achieved so much but there is still some work to do and I’m sure whoever picks up the baton will smash it out of the park. Thank you to my team… past and present. You’ve all been incredible and the...

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[Birmingham Aviation]

Correct I knew in June !

I’ve gotta say that’s one of the poorest goodbye statements I’ve seen.

 

[Nethercote2019]

Let’s hope whoever takes over comes in with a bang & lots of new announcements

 

[Ray Finkle]

Please can we avoid any speculation on Tom leaving, the reasons he has done so are completely his own.

We all thank him for what he has done during his time at BHX and wish him every success in the future.

Let’s hope whoever takes over comes in with a bang & lots of new announcements

Hopefully, although going forward substantial growth may be a tough ask as the terminals get ever closer to capacity. Lets hope that the updated master plan is a juicy one as the last version was very underwhelming.

 

[Ashley]

Please can we avoid any speculation on Tom leaving, the reasons he has done so are completely his own.

We all thank him for what he has done during his time at BHX and wish him every success in the future.



Hopefully although going forward substantial growth may be a tough ask as the terminals get ever closer to capacity. Lets hope that the updated master plan is a juicy one as the last one was very underwhelming.

Totally agree. Whatever the reasons were it should be respected.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Basically had a better offer with an airline

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Last week, I wrapped up my time at Birmingham Airport, marking the end of a great journey. During my time there, Iâve had the privilege of working with some truly fantastic people â both colleagues⦠| Alex Johnson | 11 comments

Last week, I wrapped up my time at Birmingham Airport, marking the end of a great journey. During my time there, Iâve had the privilege of working with some truly fantastic people â both colleagues and external partners â and being involved in projects that genuinely made a difference. From...

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Alex Johnson has also left bhx.Good luck to him

 

[rollo]

Just out of curiosity looked some of todays departures and noticed that EasyJet have 24 departures today while Jet2 have 20 early signs of changing times maybe? Meanwhile TUI only 14 although that does include 3 787s and unsurprisingly Ryanair lead the pack with 33 departures

With both Ryanair and EasyJet adding an extra based next summer BHX looks like becoming more and more a LCC dependent airport in the coming years as the IT carriers TUI &Jet2 face ever increasing competition from EasyJet and Ryanair.

Just an observation.

Edit: Maybe this is not the correct thread ?

 

[Ray Finkle]

With both Ryanair and EasyJet adding an extra based next summer BHX looks like becoming more and more a LCC dependent airport in the coming years as the IT carriers TUI &Jet2 face ever increasing competition from EasyJet and Ryanair.

Sign of the times I guess and not unique to BHX, It'll be sad if the rise of easyjet and Ryanair force others off some routes but those two are where the growth is going to come from.

With BHX terminal constraints I'd love to see some more away based flights utilising the quieter periods of the day, sometimes when I drive past mid-morning T2 is completely empty. I guess airline scheduling is a complicated business and there are many airports all after the same thing.

 

[HPsauce]

Sad to hear about Eastern Airways to be on the brink of collapse. All flights cancelled today. Whilst not currently using BHX, It continues the struggles we have seen in recent years fir regional airlines.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Macquarie completes deal for Bristol and Birmingham Airport

The Australian investment manager has acquired the stakes from Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

www.business-live.co.uk

 

[Ray Finkle]

Macquarie completes deal for Bristol and Birmingham Airport

The Australian investment manager has acquired the stakes from Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

www.business-live.co.uk

Looking forward to an updated master plan next year. Lets hope it's much more ambitious than the last one.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Nick Barton interview Notes

• No plans for smoking areas within the airport vicinity at this moment in time.
• Spent 60 million pounds On upgrades to security gates.Passengers given encouraging reviews on security and airport experience.
• Routes to America issues
• Aircraft availability
• A321XLR route would be more cost efficient
• Economics
• In talks with multiple US airlines:United,Delta.
• Indirect flights via connections from Dublin
• Nick Barton says 100% bhx should have a flight to the states
• No plans for second runway in the future which is not being considered by Nick Barton.Birmingham airports runway can consume all sorts of aircraft.
• Air freight has increased to daily freighters and this is due to London being capacity constrained and packed.
• Network towards middle has been phenomenal according to Nick Barton.Connections from Dubai,Istanbul,Doha,Delhi. Through emirates,Qatar,Turkish/Pegasus and air India
• Ozzy Osbourne airport is straight to the point answer of NO for the naming of the music legend.Reason being is that he wants to put Birmingham to world map and not just a former musician legend.Birmingham is known for peaky blinders,Aston Villa,Birmingham city and known for route development.
• Blue badge/Disabled parking
• Suggestions of pre booked Disabled/Blue badge
• Meet and greet longer times
• Car parking charges and trollies
• Free drop off for 10 minutes
• Parking at airports is more expensive elsewhere
• Helps BHX revenue and assets
• Cost of trollies Are up just because they are left any where around the airport vicinity hence why prices have gone up.
• Maintenance/Construction work
• Million pounds spent on capital investment every week
• Security works
• Terminal works
• Baggage systems
• Aircraft parking spaces
• 6 months for the majority of works
• Staff at BHX
• 1000 BHX staff
• 8000 Other staff
• Real strengths and friendly employees
• Brand Birmingham issues
• Hasn’t impacted or affected bhx
• 27th largest city’s within the European landmass
• Shareholders
• 49% of shareholders are run by 7 different district councils within the region
• 51% of the shareholder is owned by Macquarie who put the shares into bhx earlier this year
• Pick up points
• No suggestion of pick up points
• Due to constraints around the airport vicinity
• Flying from somewhere that’s cheaper
• Market demand
• Book it early,Best prices,Early parking spot
• What to expect the next 12 months
• Building work completion
• 75 million on passengers improvement
• Wagamamas and Indian Brewery opening next spring.

Ed James - Hot Seat: Birmingham Airport - BBC Sounds

The CEO of Birmingham Airport, Nick Barton answers your questions in the Hot Seat with Ed.

www.bbc.co.uk

No mention of Wizz,EasyJet jet2 and ryanair
And aviation director

 

[Ray Finkle]

Just to add a little more to the interview the XLR deliveries mean USA is 2-3 years away at least. NY the first target then Chicago. Apparently the case is made as there are circa 500 pax per day heading to NY from this region.

When asked about a direct service to the far east he just said that BHX is well served with Turkish, Emirates, Qatar etc so either playing his cards close to his chest or more likely it's a while away.

 

[rollo]

The runway at EMA will be closed for lighting works on most Wednesdays from 10th December until mid February between 10:00 and 18:00hrs. maybe some interesting movements coming up for BHX?