Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there Kevin Farnell, my apologies to you if I got the wrong date....Andyc

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Hi there Kevin Farnell, my apologies to you if I got the wrong date....Andyc

Hi Andrew, please don't feel any need to apologise.
I hope I didn't come across as critical in any way. That was never my intention.
If I have done so, then it is me who should apologise.

And please, call me Kevin. 'Kevin Farnell', although my username, seems so formal.

Kind regards

Kevin

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there Kevin, the generation that I grew up in, you spoke and treated those people with respect if you didn't them, until you got to know them...Andyc

 

[Ray Finkle]

As Kevin has pointed out the fees paid to the airport would be confidential and never in the public domain, what I would add is that Ryanair and Wizz Air are two of the shrewdest operators in the business and both serve Birmingham so things can't be that bad

I guess there is also the option to offer incentives for certain routes, those either not served or in need of more capacity.

 

[Brum X]

Walked past the Manchester shop in Brum twice today, it is the busy Great Western Arcade, balloons and flags everywhere. At 13.00 & 13.30 there was not one person in the shop just a girls on her phone looking board stiff !

When i heard about this i thought to myself i dont know what impact that is going to have. Im not being funny but it is located in Birmingham's professional quarter and im sure these people are educated enough to know the merits of Manchester airport and the kinds of places you can fly too from there. MAN would of had a far bigger impact paying to plaster there image on the 3 massive New street station LED screens where thousands of people every day walk past. #just saying

 

[User001]

Paul Kehoe has been made a CBE.

 

[Brum X]

Paul Kehoe has been made a CBE.

Congratulations Mr Kehoe

 

[hay677]

Liverpool CEO just resigned. Heading to BHX?

http://www.northernpowerwomen.co.uk/andrewcornish -
"Prior to his current role, Mr Cornish held the position of Chief Customer and Brand Officer at Aer Lingus, responsible for all customer facing activity and a member of the Group Executive Board.

Mr Cornish previously held the position of Chief Executive at MDL, Europe's largest owner and operator of marinas, based in Southampton."

More Dublin and flying boat operations perhaps?

 

[Ray Finkle]

I can't say that I know too much about him so wouldn't want to comment on if it's a potentially good appointment or not?

 

[58terminus]

Reading the link provided by hay677 what stands out is his position as MD at Manchester Airport group with responsibilities for infrastructure. We have had the man who woke the airlines up to BHX.Now they are here we
need someone to make it work.

 

[JF57]

Reading the link provided by hay677 what stands out is his position as MD at Manchester Airport group with responsibilities for infrastructure. We have had the man who woke the airlines up to BHX.Now they are here we
need someone to make it work.

Unfortunately I think Liverpool have lost quite a few services recently including Aer Lingus which given one of his previous positions was with the airline is rather ironic.

One way to solve some of the infrastructure issues at BHX would be to lose some routes but we don't want to do that.

 

[58terminus]

Unfortunately I think Liverpool have lost quite a few services recently including Aer Lingus which given one of his previous positions was with the airline is rather ironic.

Not everyone leaves an employer with their best wishes.

 

[Brum X]

Congratulations BHX thread, 23000 posts.

 

[Brum X]

Lets all have a boogy and smile

And put some happiness into this world, too much sadness of late.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Blimey that was quick.

It was only a few weeks ago that we reached 22k

 

[jfy1999]

Incidentally I believe I may have given Brum X his 1,500th "like" too

 

[Brum X]

Incidentally I believe I may have given Brum X his 1,500th "like" too

Wow, thanks Jfy

 

[Ianbutty]

Looks like old Bristol CEO gone to LCY.

http://www.airport-world.com/news/g...an-collier-is-ceo-of-london-city-airport.html

He has done wonders at BRS. Could have been ours. How is the application form shaping up, Ray?

 

[Ray Finkle]

How is the application form shaping up, Ray?

Application!?

I may decide to start taking their calls next week

 

[thunderchild]

Application!?

I may decide to start taking their calls next week

I hope the first thing on your agenda is getting Finnair to sign on the dotted line!