Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[nwoody2001]

Manchester airport based apparently....

great news if we do have a 2nd handling agent onboard....

http://premierehandling.com/

 

[Ray Finkle]

Does anyone know anything about a new handling agent starting?
I believe it is called Premiere Handling,and so far has the BMIR contract and looks also to have won the Air One contract.

I think they arrived in early February and are looking to build up.

I didn't realise that they had the BMIR and Air One contracts, it's great that they have and if they provide a good service word will quickly spread.

 

[Matt995]

I believe that Brussels Airlines have also signed a contract with them!

 

[BHXsupporter]

I needed to consult the departures information this morning and have seen that all flights since 0600 h for the last 2 hours have been delayed by 15-25 min and they haven't caught up. It's difficult to wonder what might affect all flights at the quiet end of the day. Can anyone offer a reason(s)?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Things start to pick up a little from tomorrow.

Monarch have 7 aircraft out of the 10 operating. Ryanair have 20 flights with half of them away based. Flybe have two Newquay flights and the French routes are returning with Bergerac and Rennes tomorrow. Norwegian Barcelona returns for summer. I think the rest are as you were, for now.

Thomson

TOM7776 Malaga (AGP) Thomson Airways 75W
TOM7762 Lanzarote (ACE) Thomson Airways 75W
TOM7742 Turin (TRN) Thomson Airways 73H
TOM838 Montego Bay (MBJ) Thomson Airways 788
TOM770 Bridgetown (BGI) Thomson Airways 76W
TOM7718 Tenerife (TFS) Thomson Airways 75W
TOM7772 Larnaca (LCA) Thomson Airways 75W

Monarch

ZB3820 Innsbruck (INN) Monarch Airlines 321
ZB452 Lanzarote (ACE) Monarch Airlines 321
ZB932 Tenerife (TFS) Monarch Airlines 320
ZB970 Malaga (AGP) Monarch Airlines 321
ZB402 Faro (FAO) Monarch Airlines 320
ZB5412 Grenoble (GNB) Monarch Airlines 320
ZB1162 Larnaca (LCA) Monarch Airlines 321
ZB494 Alicante (ALC) Monarch Airlines 321
ZB486 Lisbon (LIS) Monarch Airlines 320
ZB446 Gibraltar (GIB) Monarch Airlines 320
ZB5408 Rome (FCO) Monarch Airlines 321
ZB966 Barcelona (BCN) Monarch Airlines 321
ZB5484 Venice (VCE) Monarch Airlines 320

Flybe

BE3001 Paris (CDG) Flybe E95
BE7111 Milan (MXP) Flybe DH4
BE101 Amsterdam (AMS) Flybe E95
BE3285 Nantes (NTE) Flybe DH4
BE784 Glasgow (GLA) Flybe DH4
BE843 Edinburgh (EDI) Flybe DH4
BE322 Aberdeen (ABZ) Flybe DH4
BE402 Belfast (BHD) Flybe DH4
BE3681 Rennes (RNS) Flybe DH4
BE1825 Newquay (NQY) Flybe DH4
BE192 Isle of Man (IOM) Flybe DH4
BE105 Amsterdam (AMS) Flybe E95
BE3015 Paris (CDG) Flybe E95
BE1823 Newquay (NQY) Flybe DH4
BE561 Jersey (JER) Flybe DH4
BE3245 Toulouse (TLS) Flybe E75
BE3203 Lyon (LYS) Flybe E75
BE3983 Bergerac (EGC) Flybe E75
BE845 Edinburgh (EDI) Flybe DH4
BE406 Belfast (BHD) Flybe DH4
BE1843 Bordeaux (BOD) Flybe E75
BE833 Inverness (INV) Flybe DH4
BE653 Knock (NOC) Flybe DH4
BE109 Amsterdam (AMS) Flybe DH4
BE7045 Dusseldorf (DUS) Flybe DH4
BE511 Guernsey (GCI) Flybe DH4
BE326 Aberdeen (ABZ) Flybe DH4
BE408 Belfast (BHD) Flybe DH4
BE849 Edinburgh (EDI) Flybe DH4
BE1857 Berlin (TXL) Flybe E75
BE3009 Paris (CDG) Flybe E95
BE410 Belfast (BHD) Flybe DH4
BE792 Glasgow (GLA) Flybe DH4
BE194 Isle of Man (IOM) Flybe ATR
BE7117 Milan (MXP) Flybe E75
BE7045 Dusseldorf (DUS) Flybe DH4
BE437 Hannover (HAJ) Flybe DH4
BE7125 Stuttgart (STR) Flybe E75
BE855 Edinburgh (EDI) Flybe DH4
BE113 Amsterdam (AMS) Flybe DH4
BE414 Belfast (BHD) Flybe DH4
BE794 Glasgow (GLA) Flybe E75
BE7047 Dusseldorf (DUS) Flybe DH4
BE416 Belfast (BHD) Flybe DH4
BE328 Aberdeen (ABZ) Flybe DH4
BE796 Glasgow (GLA) Flybe DH4
BE857 Edinburgh (EDI) Flybe DH4

Ryanair

FR1121 Tenerife (TFS) Ryanair 73H
FR2156 Malaga (AGP) Ryanair 73H
FR2711 Ibiza (IBZ) Ryanair 73H
FR8087 Reus (REU) Ryanair 73H
FR663 Dublin (DUB) Ryanair 73H
FR3711 Faro (FAO) Ryanair 73H
FR665 Dublin (DUB) Ryanair 73H
FR8083 Warsaw (WMI) Ryanair 73H
FR2152 Alicante (ALC) Ryanair 73H
FR671 Dublin (DUB) Ryanair 73H
FR9163 Barcelona (BCN) Ryanair 73H
FR3901 Luqa (MLA) Ryanair 73H
FR1465 Krakow (KRK) Ryanair 73H
FR2162 Palma de Mallorca (PMI) Ryanair 73H
FR673 Dublin (DUB) Ryanair 73H
FR2151 Alicante (ALC) Ryanair 73H
FR667 Dublin (DUB) Ryanair 73H
FR748 Gdansk (GDN) Ryanair 73H
FR8514 Porto (OPO) Ryanair 73H
FR669 Dublin (DUB) Ryanair 73H

Emirates

EK42 Dubai (DXB) Emirates 77W
EK40 Dubai (DXB) Emirates 77W
EK38 Dubai (DXB) Emirates 388

Qatar Airways

QR34 Doha (DOH) Qatar Airways 788

Air India

AI114 Delhi (DEL) Air India B788

Pakistan International Airlines

PK792 Islamabad (ISB) Pakistan International Airlines 777

Turkmenistan Airlines

T5430 Ashgabat (ASB) Turkmenistan Airlines 752

Vueling

VY1269 Malaga (AGP) Vueling 320
VY9353 Paris (ORY) Vueling 321
VY8753 Barcelona (BCN) Vueling 320

Blue Air

0B152 Bucharest (OTP) Blue Air 734
0B5152 Larnaca (LCA) Blue Air 738

Easyjet

U21491 Geneva (GVA) EasyJet 320
U2192 Belfast (BFS) EasyJet 320
U2196 Belfast (BFS) EasyJet 320
U2198 Belfast (BFS) EasyJet 320

Thomas Cook

MT992 Hurghada (HRG) Thomas Cook Airlines 32B
MT1132 Tenerife (TFS) Thomas Cook Airlines 321

KLM

KL1420 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM 73W
KL1422 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM 73W
KL1424 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM E70
KL1426 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM E70
KL1432 Amsterdam (AMS) KLM 73H

Iberia

IB3635 Madrid (MAD) Iberia 32S

Lufthansa

LH959 Frankfurt (FRA) Lufthansa 32A
LH2513 Munich (MUC) Lufthansa 319
LH953 Frankfurt (FRA) Lufthansa 319
LH955 Frankfurt (FRA) Lufthansa 320
LH2511 Munich (MUC) Lufthansa 319
LH957 Frankfurt (FRA) Lufthansa 320

Eurowings

4U7331 Hamburg (HAM) Germanwings A319
EW9335 Dusseldorf (DUS) Eurowings 32A
EW9331 Dusseldorf (DUS) Eurowings 32A

Czech Airlines

OK663 Prague (PRG) Czech Airlines (City of Magic Livery) A319

Swiss

LX425 Zurich (ZRH) Swiss AR1

Air France

AF1165 Paris (CDG) Air France 319
AF1065 Paris (CDG) Air France 320
AF1565 Paris (CDG) Air France 319

Titan Airways

ZT603 Chambery (CMF) Titan Airways 752

Air Tanker

TOW 2334 Paderborn (PAD) Air Tanker A332

SAS

SK2536 Copenhagen (CPH) SAS CR9

United Airlines

UA26 New York (EWR) United Airlines B752

Turkish Airlines

TK1968 Istanbul (IST) Turkish Airlines 73H
TK1970 Istanbul (IST) Turkish Airlines 73H

Brussels Airlines

SN2046 Brussels (BRU) Brussels Airlines DH4
SN2048 Brussels (BRU) Brussels Airlines AR1

Aer Lingus

EI263 Dublin (DUB) Aer Lingus 320
EI3701 Cork (ORK) Aer Lingus AT7
EI3265 Dublin (DUB) Aer Lingus AT7
EI273 Dublin (DUB) Aer Lingus 320
EI3639 Shannon (SNN) Aer Lingus AT7
EI277 Dublin (DUB) Aer Lingus 320
EI3709 Cork (ORK) Aer Lingus AT7

Norwegian

D85507 Barcelona (BCN) Norwegian Air International 73H

 

[Ray Finkle]

I spent a couple of hours over Sheldon Country Park today and the place was very busy with spotters, families and dog walkers. It would be great if they could add a refreshment stand and some toilets but that's another discussion.

The airport itself is starting to pick up again with departure queues stretching back, there was another joining the back of the line almost as soon as one left. There were even pilots moaning about the length of time they were waiting

A sure sign that summer is on it's way and it's going to be a good one

I apologise in advance as I'll be spamming the picture thread either this evening or tomorrow

 

[Ray Finkle]

With BHX now being Level 3 slot restrained the start of summer season report is out.

97.51% of the slots were cleared with 1912 slots adjusted. Of these 39 (2%) were runway constraints, 1525 (79.8%) were terminal constraints and 348 (18.2%) were due to arr/dep turn around feasibility.

Executive Summary

Summer 2017 will be the first season where BHX Airport will be redesignated from Level 2 to Level 3 coordination. As a result of this, a number of schedules which had previously operated in the peak periods as refused moves have been adjusted and there has been significant changes to terminal passenger throughput profiles.

BHX Airport allowed ACL to coordinate on a non-historic basis upto 5,000pax against the 2 Hour departure constraint. The runway and departure histograms contained within this report show how the "historic" schedule has been coordinated against the declared constraint of 4,800 pax per 2 hours.

Growth in both BHX based aircraft and in away based airlines operating "slot 2" flights through BHX, has seen increased pressure put on the lunchtime and early afternoon scheduling limits compared to previous years.

Terminal Constraints

- The newly introduced T60/15 DEP constraint has been the main reason for adjustment in the 0500-0625z period.

- The T120/15 constraint has been the main reason for adjustment for in the 0430-0655z period.

- The ammended international arrival constraints in T1I (changed to rolling constraints) appear to be smoothing arrivals around the lunchtime period

Arr/Dep Turnaround Feasibility

- A small number of Arrivals and Departures have been adjusted to maintain requested ground times.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Air India didn't apply for any extra slots so remain at 14 weekly movements.

Blue Air go from 4 to 20 weekly movements.

Flybe are +28 weekly movements.

Jet2 show 117.

Monarch are +18.

Norwegian -12.

Vueling +24.

Everything else route wise I think we already knew except Freebird doing a weekly scheduled Antalya and someone called Lipican Air plan a 3x weekly Waterford from May?

Obviously slots requests are only that, requests, and quite often things do not come to fruition. It's interesting though.

https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BHX-S17-Start-of-Season-Report.pdf

 

[jon01]

^^ Thanks to jon01 for the heads up on this from the other 'Pro' forum

 

[Ray Finkle]

And for those interested the BHX capacity declaration.

https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BHX-S17-Capacity-Declaration.pdf

 

[nwoody2001]

Such an amazing insight into actual growth at BHX and uncovers the spin of many press releases these days...

some elements I found particularly interesting....

- Summer season runs from 26th March - 28th October 2017 (near identical to last year)

- The summer season will see an additional 1,411,345 seats being provided to BHX this summer season compared to last, a massive jump of +14.1%

- if we can expect passenger levels to grow at a similar proportion, this would put the potential 2017 years figure at circa 13,285,000 which would be amazing growth!!!

The top 5 airlines out of BHX with passenger numbers are as follows:

1) Flybe
+271 slots for S2017
1.91m seats for S2017 (-13,000 / -0.7%)

2) Ryanair
+1,397 slots for S2017
1.64m seats for S2017 (+264,200 / +19.2%)

3) Monarch
+563 slots for S2017
1.53m seats for S2017 (+126,800 / +9.1%)

4) Thomson
+442 slots for S2017
1.05m seats for S2017 (+87,500 / 9.1%)

5) Thomas Cook
+131 slots
0.64m seats in S2017 (+25,400 / 4.1%)

added to that, our brand new comer Jet2.com enters the BHX chart at No.7 (Behind Emirates) and will have a whopping 3,108 slots and provide 567,200 seats!!!

 

[Ray Finkle]

So 0.64 million for Thomas Cook and 0.56 million for Jet2?

I could see Jet2 taking 5th spot in 2018.

 

[58terminus]

2) Ryanair
+1,397 slots for S2017

Not bad for an airline that.reading some posts, has little or no interest in expanding at Brum

 

[nwoody2001]

Top 20 airlines at BHX this summer season based on Seats provided...


1) Flybe
1,900,492 seats for S2017 (-13,000 / -0.7%)

2) Ryanair
1,643,252 seats for S2017 (+264,200 / +19.2%)

3) Monarch
1,525,896 seats for S2017 (+126,800 / +9.1%)

4) Thomson
1,045,420 seats for S2017 (+87,500 / 9.1%)

5) Thomas Cook
637,842 seats in S2017 (+25,400 / 4.1%)

6) Emirates
617,870 seats in S2017 (-7,517 / -1.2%)

7) Jet2.com
587,216 seats in S2017 (New for 2017)

8) Lufthansa
441,556 seats in S2017 (+28,579 / +6.9%)

9) Aer Lingus
336,628 seats in S2017 (+9,314 / +2.8%)

10) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
329,536 seats in S20017 (+20,156 / +6.5%)

11) Vueling
223,080 seats in S2017 (+125,768 / +129.2%)

12) Wizz Air
190,800 seats in S2017 (+43,540 / +29.6%)

13) Air France
185,020 seats in S2017 (-1,698 / -0.9%)

14) Eurowings
183,900 seats in S2017 (+32,700 / +21.6%)

15) Easyjet
155,700 seats in S2017 (+5,940 / +4.0%)

16) Brussels Airlines
124,312 seats for S2017 (+13,939 / +12.6%)

17) Turkish Airlines
122,726 seats in S2017 (-6,765 / -5.2%)

18) Blue Air
112,468 seats in S2017 (+91,388 / +433.5%)

19) Air India
111,104 seats in S2017 (+0 / +0%)

20) Qatar Airways
110,236 seats in S2017 (-9,144 / -7.7%)

 

[JWproject]

Hi all,

Just thought i'd put out a post asking for advice and if anyone is interested in being part of a photo project encapsulating Aviation Enthusiasts. Currently i'm in the process of putting together a photo book which shows the passion and commitment to logging and photographing Aircraft.
I'm currently basing it out of BHX. The project is backed by arts funding of Falmouth University and will eventually become a publication.
The response and enthusiasm so far has been fantastic. Out of the many Photo Documentaries i've worked on, i've never experienced such a welcoming community so my thanks goes out to all for that.

Thank you for your time and any questions you can contact me on
[email protected]

James

 

[Ray Finkle]

As it's April tomorrow a quick summary of the greatest hits.

Jet2 start Gran Canaria and Lanzarote tomorrow with Fuerteventura and Paphos starting on Sunday. They go a little quiet then until the 27th when Ibiza and Rhodes start followed by Girona (28th), Menorca and Reus (29th) and Heraklion (30th).

Monarch have new routes to Stockholm and Porto both starting on the 28th. Lisbon goes 5x weekly for April and towards the end of the month they bring back Madrid for the summer.

Czech Airlines go up to 6x weekly with the addition of the Tuesday flight and various airlines have extra flights added for the Easter Holidays.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Had a walk through to the viewing area today and even though it was the quieter mid morning period the terminals were very busy.

The Jet2 check in area looks great and the bright red really stands out. Thomas Cook have moved around the corner and now occupy the desks where the Star Alliance check in was previously. The Star Alliance is now further along the same row next to Turkish Airlines, which is now alongside the Qatar area. Aer Lingus also managed to squeeze in there. I also noticed that the new self service check in and bag drop is now open, although very few people were using it.

Thomas Cook, Thomson, Flybe and Pakistan all had lengthy queues. Vueling just had the last few stragglers arriving but the most impressive was Czech Airlines which had a queue stretching from T2 all the way down to M&S. It was also good to hear lots of Eastern European accents in the queue.

Walking up from T2 to the viewing area I noticed spray paint marking on the floor which I assume will be for the covered walkway to car hire.

Pictures of the new self service check in and bag drop area

And Jet2 with some of their own self service machines not yet in use.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Mr Kehoe - "There's lots more to come".

“It’s been a long journey,” he says, sitting in his office overlooking the runway. “If I look back at my first few weeks in the job in 2008 it was all rosy, and then came the crash. Since then we’ve been rebuilding to where we are today. There’s lots more to come, but I’m really pleased with progress, and feel our investment has been well spent.”

New routes/airlines or new infrastructure projects?

I also note his words about British Airways and his hope that if business travellers respond to their return he is convinced that BA will make more investment. A very good point was made that we don't want a pursuit of BA to be detrimental to existing or potential new airlines. If BA do ever show interest again then fair enough but I do hope that it's not get BA back at any cost.

It's a great article though, the man just oozes ambition

http://www.bqlive.co.uk/midlands/2017/04/03/news/high-speed-growth-25443/#.WOKc3IZtSNk.twitter

 

[IanFarquharson]

I agree with PK in that BHX have a real opportunity in the next 10 years to grow as a result of the lack of capacity in the South East.
I expect the masterplan will show a major investment linked to HS2.

 

[58terminus]

Where is the money coming from?