Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[Paulsstrange]

One for Flybe if they expand

 

[DaveBham]

Are there any flights to Newquay still?

Online can see the likes of Ryanair / EasyJet etc but these all say one stop. I don't really want to fly to Dublin to get to Newquay!

Trains being quoted £390+ not even first class!!

One of my pet rants. Cornwall and Newcastle are 2 places that take a long time to get to, even from our enviably central location here in Brum. Affordable flights from Flybe would be most welcome.

 

[HPsauce]

One of my pet rants. Cornwall and Newcastle are 2 places that take a long time to get to, even from our enviably central location here in Brum. Affordable flights from Flybe would be most welcome.

Totally agree, Eastern Airways services to Newcastle were very useful. Newquay has been an on/off seasonal destination for many years. British Midland in the '70's and 80's and Flybe Mk1 in more recent times.
It does need good marketing however to educate midlanders of the option, because many were unaware of the services in the past.

 

[rollo]

Newquay has been an on off route for donkeys years.

First operating I think in the 1960s by British Eagle Airways originally with Viscounts and for a while with a BAC1-11 a weekly on Saturday service if my memory is correct They had one of the best colour schemes in my view who were formed by Harold Bamford a contemporary of Freddie Laker.

A little trip from down memory Lane I remember watching it from "the steps" at the Elmdon terminal.

Possible route for Flybe next summer?

 

[Nethercote2019]

A late night Friday or crack of dawn Saturday/Sunday’s to NQY would be good for holiday makers…

 

[RichL]

A late night Friday or crack of dawn Saturday/Sunday’s to NQY would be good for holiday makers…

That's what I thought. Over seven hours by train with at least 2 changes.

 

[JENNYJET]

I once advised my employer not to drive to Newcastle for a WBA football game but instead get a flight from BHX. He dismissed the idea as a fantasy of my interest in aviation. He decided to drive and regretted it. A previous job required a regular rotation from Redditch to Newcastle in a Ford Escort van, a near 20 hour slog for £3 per hour wage, mid 1990's.

I often suggested using the flight from BHX but it was deemed unprofitable.

 

[HPsauce]

The Plane Finder app is hilarious at times. Tonight it has the Aerotranscargo B744F EC-BBC from Nur-Sultan ( Kazakhstan) to Birmingham, listed under a Ryanair flight code FR6627, and routing Lanzarote to Edinburgh (ACE - EDI).
Confused.Com.

 

[Scottie Dog]

FR24 is fairly accurate but not fool proof. I have their Gold service that I use for gathering part of thd statistics for my daily and monthly reports.

I've just realised that not every exec movement appears in both arrivals AND departures. They also had problems for a few months when they listed TUI flights as operating into MAN, but with no actual times, when the flights actually served DSA This obviously was due to late changes to the route but with still the same flight numbers.

I hope that helps but I suppose it depends on your particular needs.

SD

 

[Ray Finkle]

I'm assuming that most, if not all, of us know about the Youtube channel Airport Action which streams live from BHX.

Link below for those who may not have seen it, well worth a look

 

[DarloPlaneBoy]

I'm assuming that most, if not all, of us know about the Youtube channel Airport Action which streams live from BHX.

Link below for those who may not have seen it, well worth a look

Yeah watched it there Cat Ted jumped onto one of the mods phones and Blocked me so I created another account originally called I got banned by a Cat before it's final form Cat Got My Tongue. Brilliant stuff from them anyway BHX was rammed today. They will film EK A380 on Monday

 

[JENNYJET]

If BHX cannot provide a camera to stream outwith the airport, this YT offering might just fill a gap. I did not know about about this so my genuine thanks go to Sir Raymond for posting this information!

 

[Ray Finkle]

I did not know about about this so my genuine thanks go to Sir Raymond for posting this information!

Thank you Madam JJ.

I wasn't sure if the link had been posted on here before (and couldn't be bothered to check) so thought I'd take a gamble

 

[JENNYJET]

I do not recall seeing a link as I usually check on all posts relevant. To watch activity without someone wittering on in my ear is refreshing!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I did put a link to Airport Action in the' Birmingham Airport - Video Thread' back in July -

https://forums4airports.com/threads/2389/post-244757

but, no harm in promoting them again

Back then, they were having a lot of trouble with pixelation, but the livestream seems to have improved since then.

Kevin

 

[DarloPlaneBoy]

I did put a link to Airport Action in the' Birmingham Airport - Video Thread' back in July -

https://forums4airports.com/threads/2389/post-244757

but, no harm in promoting them again

Back then, they were having a lot of trouble with pixelation, but the livestream seems to have improved since then.

Kevin

Massively still a few technical gremlins YouTube mostly or Kev's Phone being weird with YouTube Chat so he ended Wednesday early. They are Streaming tomorrow and after the Queens Funeral for EK on Monday which me and another guy told them about. Was trying to tell people who knew keep it quiet as we don't want a Man atop of his Van though he is Unlikely to do BHX to come and take there limelight

 

[IanFarquharson]

Massively still a few technical gremlins YouTube mostly or Kev's Phone being weird with YouTube Chat so he ended Wednesday early. They are Streaming tomorrow and after the Queens Funeral for EK on Monday which me and another guy told them about. Was trying to tell people who knew keep it quiet as we don't want a Man atop of his Van though he is Unlikely to do BHX to come and take there limelight

There is no EK388 on Monday, they had asked for three of their flights to maybe use BHX but all will now go to LHR

 

[DarloPlaneBoy]

There is no EK388 on Monday, they had asked for three of their flights to maybe use BHX but all will now go to LHR

What about EK2569 so no A380 Tommorrow. Do we still have 1 I only saw one on FR24 whilst LHR is closed EK never ones to let BHX down have now. They could have used this as a Test flight for there A380 return to Birmingham. Potentially done Passenger Service on it from BHX by making it bookable

 

[JENNYJET]

No danger of That man atop his van, he be enroute to Alaska to do a stream from Anchorage.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

They could have used this as a Test flight for there A380 return to Birmingham.

There's no need for any test flights. EK will have enough information/knowledge from several years of A380 ops at BHX.

Kevin