Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[rollo]

Hello Coathanger16.

Wish I was making it up, the established operators TUI & TCX have no incentive to transfer capacity to BHX as the current situation suites them very nicely thank you.
Needs someone to pick up the batten so to speak, Jet2 could make a killing if they ever went long haul over and above New York shopping trips.

 

[DaveBham]

Hello Coathanger16.

Wish I was making it up, the established operators TUI & TCX have no incentive to transfer capacity to BHX as the current situation suites them very nicely thank you.
Needs someone to pick up the batten so to speak, Jet2 could make a killing if they ever went long haul over and above New York shopping trips.

Funnily enough, we looked at going to Florida this summer. We have tight timing requirements, so BHX couldn't help us. Then we looked at LHR and MAN; more choice of flight times, but then thought better of it. Why spend 2hrs travelling 120miles when you can spend them travelling 1000 miles? For us it's a no brainer, particularly with 2 young children, so we're going to Majorca from BHX this year.

In short, we're people with a few grand to spend, who fancy a couple of weeks somewhere sunny, and it's not going to Virgin or TCX. If you want my business, come and get it!

 

[Ray Finkle]

they clearly think that either Midlanders are happy to travel to Manchester/Gatwick,

Whilst passengers keep on being prepared to travel out of our region for their holidays I'm sure that the airlines will sit back and rub their hands with glee. It must be a real dream for them having their customers travel all that way to them, rather than them having to take their product to their customers.

Funnily enough, we looked at going to Florida this summer. We have tight timing requirements, so BHX couldn't help us.

We also considered Florida this year and as a possibility for next year but likewise we couldn't make it work. We'd have gone for the Easter break but with Birmingham's only flight being on a Thursday it was useless for the kids. What genius thought about putting a flight to a destination heavily influenced by kids on a Thursday when schools break up on a Friday?

That said, it is consistently full, which is even more annoying.

 

[BHXsupporter]

[QUOTE="DaveBham, post: ...In short, we're people with a few grand to spend, who fancy a couple of weeks somewhere sunny, and it's not going to Virgin or TCX. If you want my business, come and get it![/QUOTE]

Good on you DaveBham. I hope they read this - perhaps tell them?

 

[JENNYJET]

[QUOTE="DaveBham, post: ...In short, we're people with a few grand to spend, who fancy a couple of weeks somewhere sunny, and it's not going to Virgin or TCX. If you want my business, come and get it!

Good on you DaveBham. I hope they read this - perhaps tell them?[/QUOTE]


No pleeeeeeze, tell the travel agents, swamp them with requests to depart BHX, eventually the penny will drop and some airline planner should see the potential.

 

[wolfheze]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...-fighting-violent-shocking-passenger-13361249
Sign o the times?

 

[Aceshigh]

I know the BHX Avgeeks are to say the least "vociferous " so please do contact Lilian Greenwood new chair of the Transport select committee.

Despite being a new broom (literally ) her first comment in post was a "rush" to get Heathrow rw3 up and running!

It shows how ingrained Heathrow is on the national psyche!

Absolutely unbelievable given;

A) she has only been in post a week
B) should be impartial
C) No mention of the eye watering cost?

Could Birmingham not do with the odd £1bn

http://www.liliangreenwood.co.uk/new_city_metric_article


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[rollo]

Yep, I know sometimes it feels like our so called leaders think Brum is in the Artic Circle so god knows where Manchester is in their world but it's a bit like howling at the moon down here.

Regards rollo.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...-fighting-violent-shocking-passenger-13361249
Sign o the times?

Watch that make tge nationals

 

[wolfheze]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/ryanair-flights-gran-canaria-spain-13372526

 

[Ray Finkle]

Tattoo faced Grandad aged 33, far be it from me to judge.

 

[thunderchild]

Jeremy Kyle comes to mind!

 

[Barry Beeth]

Straight hair, curly teeth?

Admin, come in, we're drifting!
Again...

 

[Ray Finkle]

 

[Barry Beeth]

Where DO you find them?

 

[rollo]

Tattoo faced Grandad aged 33, far be it from me to judge.

No comment.

 

[58terminus]

Tattoo faced Grandad aged 33, far be it from me to judge.

Sorry but try as might i can't help judging.

 

[rollo]

Sorry but try as might i can't help judging.

Off with his head !

 

[wolfheze]

Off with his head !

I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover but I must say the tattoo and the grandad by 33 part does make you wonder, plus the fact that in the families version of events they seemed keen to make a point that the people supposedly responsible for the incident were Polish. I can't think that a plane load of passengers, the cabin crew and the Spanish police would have all been wrong. Oh and they were from Coventry

 

[58terminus]

I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover but I must say the tattoo and the grandad by 33 part does make you wonder, plus the fact that in the families version of events they seemed keen to make a point that the people supposedly responsible for the incident were Polish. I can't think that a plane load of passengers, the cabin crew and the Spanish police would have all been wrong. Oh and they were from Coventry

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