Birmingham: General Airport Discussion & Updates

[CL44]

I agree, I think we'll see Mahan back in the next couple of years.

Who will warn the sheep this time?

Seriously though, I would not be surprised to see someone like Iran Air coming into BHX.

I think it is only a matter of time before we see them.

 

[Brum X]

Re: Mahan Air

I thought it was who will warn the Sutton Coldfield TV Mast, i believe it used to fly a little bit low when flying over sutton park on its approach to RWY 15 ??????

 

[Ray Finkle]

From Wiki

23 February 2006 – Mahan Air Airbus A310 operating a flight from Tehran, Iran, was involved in a serious incident while on approach to Birmingham International Airport. The aircraft descended to the published minimum descent altitude of 740 ft despite still being 11 nm from the runway threshold. At a point 6 nm from the runway the aircraft had descended to an altitude of 660 ft, which was 164 ft above ground level. Having noticed the descent profile, Birmingham Air traffic control issued an immediate climb instruction to the aircraft, however, the crew had already commenced a missed approach, having received a GPWS alert. The aircraft was radar vectored for a second approach during which the flight crew again initiated an early descent. On this occasion, the radar controller instructed the crew to maintain their altitude and the crew successfully completed the approach to a safe landing.

There is also an interview with a local farmer on the BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west ... 744614.stm

 

[Aviador]

Re: 1000th POST

I have just noticed from my previous post that i have hit my 1000th post.

:rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:



Do i win a prize ?????

Congratulations Brum X!

For your cheek I've a special forum mug on order for you.

 

[Brum X]

Thanks Aviador, that is really great. I will look forward to it. :good: :good: :good:

 

[Ray Finkle]

Some figures currently showing from the Wizz seat maps for tomorrow.

Warsaw outbound 87%, inbound 91%

Poznan outbound 90%, inbound also 90%

Saturday's Budapest is currently showing 90% outbound, 95% inbound

 

[nwoody2001]

all above the Wizz-wide average of 87%, this si what we like to see!!!!

 

[Ray Finkle]

An interesting article with 'CEO of the Month' Mr P Kehoe.

It's mostly about the day to day running of the airport but a snippet towards the end caught my eye 🙂

“The future looks positive for the airport. As long as GDP remains strong, which it seems to be then we will see continued growth in air travel. So far we have seen 11 new airlines starting to make journeys from Birmingham in the past 12 months, and this looks set to grow in the future. There may be some challenges along the way but as long as we have the right attitude we will be perfectly positioned to take advantage of every growth opportunity that comes our way.”

http://www.wealthandfinance-intl.com/ce ... paul-kehoe

 

[nwoody2001]

Paul Kehoe is both a blessing and a curse. Him and his team have done wonders in turning the fortunes of the airport around, reducing legacy costs and spear-heading a largest/fastest period of growth in the airports history...but it aint-half a tease when it comes to new routes for enthusiasts like us!!!

 

[Brum X]

Paul Kehoe is both a blessing and a curse. Him and his team have done wonders in turning the fortunes of the airport around, reducing legacy costs and spear-heading a largest/fastest period of growth in the airports history...but it aint-half a tease when it comes to new routes for enthusiasts like us!!!

I have the greatest respect for Mr K and he always replies to my emails that I send him. He also finds the time to answer my questions each and every one of them that I have fired at him in the past. Yeah he is a bit of a tease but I like that, it gives us something to talk about.

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there Brumx, I can only agree with what you say as well about Mr Kehoe, seems to trip up when being interviewed by the media when asked about different bits of info, instead of having notes to refer to, tries to use his own memory which can be fatal, but I must say that last week I emailed him to congratulate him and his team for reaching the ten million plus bracket. He then took the time out to read my email before then he replied back by thanking me for my words of contractulations and praise that I sent him about the airports success last year, then hoped that the success would keep continuing year after year. I suppose that of the lack of forward planning and thinking and investment by the previous management twenty or so years ago, has caused Birmingham to become catch up to Manchester, Stansted, Gatwick and Heathrow, and until Birmingham really starts to show consistent growth of about 5% year in year out, then all Birmingham airport will be doing is catch up where other airports forge ahead, leaving Birmingham to take the crumbs of what's left because it never used it's initiative and forged ahead to say if you can't beat them, join, or anything they can do, we can do better... Andyc

 

[Brum X]

This is also an interesting read. New masterplan is about to launched.


http://www.railpro.co.uk/railpro-magazi ... bert-eaton

 

[Brum X]

MY MUG HAS ARRIVED

Im well chuffed with it, thankyou Aviador :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:






And it has pride of place on my FSX flightsim table with all my other aeroplane stuff. 🙂

 

[BHXsupporter]

This is also an interesting read. New masterplan is about to launched.
http://www.railpro.co.uk/railpro-magazi ... bert-eaton

The article states re Birmingham International station '...the station itself is 2.4km away from the airport'. Is this true - seems further than I would have estimated - and if so, which point in the airport is being used?

 

[Ray Finkle]

I believe they are talking about the new HS2 station which is to be the other side of the M42 near to where Melbicks is.

The section below makes an interesting read and it's easy to see why BHX would prefer a direct routing.

Eaton first acknowledged that the gap between the HS2 station, Birmingham Interchange, and Birmingham Airport is a little longer than Deighton’s one kilometre and then outlined how he would like to see it done. ‘Logically we’d like to have a stop directly above the station so there is connectivity between the airport, Birmingham International and HS2. They haven’t done that.

‘At the moment they’ve got two stops about 140 metres either side, so not only is there an additional stop because of that, which slows things down, there’s also connectivity needed between the HS2 people mover and Birmingham International station as well. It’s not ideal.’

According to HS2, Eaton told me that it effectively means there is a six-minute journey time from the proposed station to Birmingham Airport.

‘They’ve also said that in a worst case scenario there could be a 15 minute delay getting onto it if there is an event at the NEC, so that’s 21 minutes. Let’s assume that it takes five minutes to get off the train get to the people mover and board it – that’s now 28 minutes and it’s only taken 38 minutes to get there from London. We just want to try to make sure that connectivity is as good as possible and to maximise it.’

Birmingham Airport and the region have always supported a single stop, a step that would ‘take a couple of minutes off the journey time and also improve and speed up the connectivity’. ‘We’re currently in negotiations with HS2 to try to deliver that that single stop and we’ve effectively got until June 2016 to find the funding and get a scheme approved,’ he said.

Will the proposed link between the HS2 station and Birmingham Airport be similar to the sky train-style transport that is already in use here? ‘It will be bigger and faster. The HS2 link will have a top speed of around 90kmh,’ a speed Eaton thinks will be difficult to achieve, ‘what with it stopping and starting every kilometre, but that’s what HS2 has said.

‘At capacity the rail link will be able to carry up to 2,100 passengers every hour and will plug into the terminal at either end, an approach that will work very well from our point of view.’

 

[BHXsupporter]

Sun 21st Feb A320 leaves taxiway

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/c ... s-10924566

 

[Ray Finkle]

The future of Birmingham Airport. I wonder if they'll show the updated master plan which is due this year.

http://www.birminghamfuture.co.uk/event ... airport-2/


Whilst I'm here the Wizz seat maps for tomorrow.

Birmingham to Poznan 96%

Poznan to Birmingham 91%

Birmingham to Warsaw 89%

Warsaw to Birmingham 87%

 

[Ray Finkle]

As March is almost here there are a few dates to keep in mind. It looks set to be a good month for the local cake makers :smile:

March 18th

Wizz start their new route to Wroclaw with an arrival time of 20:50.

This week also sees Budapest rise to 3x weekly.

March 27th

Emirates commence A380 ops with EK39 due at 12:20.

Iberia start their 4x weekly Madrid service arriving into Birmingham at 17:00.

Wizz Air's 5th new route to Sofia starts with an arrival time into BHX of 20:55.

March 28th

Flybe's service to Knock resumes.

March 29th

Blue Air commence their twice weekly service to Bucharest. The first flight is due at 16:30.

Ryanair start their new service to Vilnius.

March 30th

Qatar Airways start their 8x weekly 787 service to Doha. QR35 is due at 06:50.

The 1st of April also sees the start of two new routes from Ryanair to Madrid and Verona.

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there ray, does anyone know which regional in the uk has been growing the quickest in the last five years until last year, because when I initially checked them myself, I just couldn't believe the figures when I saw them myself... Andyc

 

[nwoody2001]

what do you mean Andrew I don't understand your question? are you talking airports? regions?