Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[Birmingham Aviation]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903735346824728584

 

[Ray Finkle]

Good to see BHX being active in the community.

Whilst it's a slightly lighter shade than ideal it's good to see that they've chosen the colour blue to represent the city

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/latest-news/bhx-adds-colour-to-community-art-palette/

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Good to see BHX being active in the community.

Whilst it's a slightly lighter shade than ideal it's good to see that they've chosen the colour blue to represent the city

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/latest-news/bhx-adds-colour-to-community-art-palette/

Just missing a bit of claret there Ray!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Just missing a bit of claret there Ray!

Quite right

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Quite right

 

[nancledre]

Morning
Will someone please explain “Please take part in the Forums4airports user survey https://forums4airports.com/threads/6469/post-270761”
If I follow the link it does not take me to a survey, rather a discussion

 

[Ray Finkle]

Morning
Will someone please explain “Please take part in the Forums4airports user survey https://forums4airports.com/threads/6469/post-270761”
If I follow the link it does not take me to a survey, rather a discussion

Above the first post is a survey of posters age groups.

 

[Matt995]

Summer 2025 destinations (scheduled 30/03-25/10, charter 01/05-31/10) :-

Aberdeen - United Kingdom
Agadir - Morocco
Alicante - Spain
Almeria - Spain
Amritsar - India
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Antalya - Turkey
Arrecife - Spain
Athens - Greece
Barcelona - Spain
Beauvais - France
Belfast - United Kingdom
Belfast City - United Kingdom
Bergamo - Italy
Bergen - Norway
Berlin - Germany
Boa Vista - Cape Verde
Bodrum - Turkey
Bordeaux - France
Bourgas - Bulgaria
Brussels - Belgium
Bucharest - Romania
Budapest - Hungary
Bydgoszcz - Poland
Cancun - Mexico
Catania - Sicily
Chambery - France
Chania - Greece
Copenhagen - Denmark
Corfu - Greece
Cork - Republic Of Ireland
Craiova - Romania
Dalaman - Turkey
Delhi - India
Derry - United Kingdom
Doha - Qatar
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Dublin - Republic Of Ireland
Dubrovnik - Croatia
Dusseldorf - Germany
Edinburgh - United Kingdom
Enfidha - Tunisia
Faro - Portugal
Frankfurt - Germany
Fuerteventura - Spain
Funchal - Portugal
Geneva - Switzerland
Gerona - Spain
Gibraltar - Gibraltar
Glasgow - United Kingdom
Grenoble - France
Guernsey - United Kingdom
Heraklion - Greece
Hurghada - Egypt
Ibiza - Spain
Innsbruck - Austria
Isle Of Man - United Kingdom
Istanbul (IST) - Turkey
Istanbul (SAW) - Turkey
Izmir Adnan - Turkey
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
Jerez - Spain
Jersey - United Kingdom
Kalamata - Greece
Kavala - Greece
Kefalonia - Greece
Knock - Republic Of Ireland
Kos - Greece
Krakow - Poland
Larnaca - Cyprus
Las Palmas - Spain
Lisbon - Portugal
Lodz - Poland
Madrid - Spain
Mahon - Spain
Malaga - Spain
Malta - Malta
Marrakech - Morocco
Milan (LIN) - Italy
Montego Bay - Jamaica
Munich - Germany
Murcia - Spain
Mytilene - Greece
Naples - Italy
Nice - France
Olbia - Sardinia
Orlando Melbourne - United States Of America
Palma - Spain
Paphos - Cyprus
Paris (CDG) - France
Perpignan - France
Pisa - Italy
Porto - Portugal
Poznan - Poland
Prague - Czech Republic
Preveza - Greece
Pula - Croatia
Punta Cana - Dominican Republic
Reus - Spain
Reykjavik - Iceland
Rhodes - Greece
Rome (FCO) - Italy
Sal - Cape Verde
Salzburg - Austria
Santander - Spain
Santorini - Greece
Seville - Spain
Shannon - Republic Of Ireland
Sharm El Sheikh - Egypt
Skiathos - Greece
Sofia - Bulgaria
Split - Croatia
Stockholm - Sweden
Tenerife South - Spain
Thessaloniki - Greece
Tivat - Montenegro
Toulouse - France
Turin - Italy
Valencia - Spain
Venice - Italy
Venice (Treviso) - Italy
Verona - Italy
Vienna - Austria
Warsaw (WMI) - Poland
Zadar - Croatia
Zakynthos - Greece
Zurich - Switzerland

TOTAL NUMBER OF DESTINATIONS : 127

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

While it’s very quiet at the moment around the Routes side of things.I have been looking at solutions to expand the terminal and cargo side things.

1.Demolish the old elmdon tower and build a cargo terminal for 747s and extended private aircraft slots
2.Access for new fuel farm for cargo and private jets near the elmdon cargo terminal
3.Expand the aircraft parking areas for more decent aircraft and airlines
4.Extend the terminal for jet2 and local gates

With expanding the parking areas and extending the terminal you looking at creating
10,000-15,000 jobs for swissport ,EasyJet,Tui airways,Jet2 Ryanair and other respected airlines.

Photos match with the numbers.

Thoughts

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[IanFarquharson]

10.000-15.000 Swissport jobs ?
There only a couple of hundred at BHX !

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

10.000-15.000 Swissport jobs ?
There only a couple of hundred at BHX !

That was rough guess.What you think?
I know I’m not no flipping Einstein but I gave it ago

 

[rollo]

The Elmdon terminal is a grade II listed building which would make demolishing it somewhat difficult.

It's an historic part of the airports and City of Birminghams history if anything it should be restored to its original state open to the public including the steps(older members will know them).

Demolishing it would be sacrilege.

Just my opinion.

 

[IanFarquharson]

10.000-15.000 Swissport jobs ?
There only a couple of hundred at BHX !

10000-15000 at average wage of £500pw would equate to a cost of £5m-£7.5m per week !

 

[rollo]

10000-15000 at average wage of £500pw would equate to a cost of £5m-£7.5m per week !

Not to mention employer national insurance tax and pension contributions say plus 20 - 25%

 

[Ray Finkle]

While it’s very quiet at the moment around the Routes side of things.I have been looking at solutions to expand the terminal and cargo side things.

1.Demolish the old elmdon tower and build a cargo terminal for 747s and extended private aircraft slots
2.Access for new fuel farm for cargo and private jets near the elmdon cargo terminal
3.Expand the aircraft parking areas for more decent aircraft and airlines
4.Extend the terminal for jet2 and local gates

With expanding the parking areas and extending the terminal you looking at creating
10,000-15,000 jobs for swissport ,EasyJet,Tui airways,Jet2 Ryanair and other respected airlines.

Photos match with the numbers.

Thoughts

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The section in your third photograph used to have stands but it created a cul-de-sac meaning arriving aircraft having to wait for departing aircraft which isn't ideal. It flows much better now with access at both ends.

Personally I think they'll have to build over Low Brook and adjacent to the fire station to add more stands, hopefully with that walkway that we saw plans for a few years ago. It's either that or start eating into the car parks.

 

[smitha1]

A rather random question but something I’m intrigued about…

Having flown out the airport a lot recently with easyJet I’ve noticed how random their gate assignments are - sometimes over at 14/15/16 sometimes in the 40s, even boarded at 60.

It made me wonder is there any logic at BHX as to where airlines are assigned gates? I suppose as most are handled by Swissport it makes very little difference

 

[Ray Finkle]

Having flown out the airport a lot recently with easyJet I’ve noticed how random their gate assignments are - sometimes over at 14/15/16 sometimes in the 40s, even boarded at 60.

In my (very limited) experiences of easyjet 14/15/16 have always been domestic arrivals or departures. No idea about the others, I guess it's just pot luck.

 

[Brum X]

In my (very limited) experiences of easyjet 14/15/16 have always been domestic arrivals or departures. No idea about the others, I guess it's just pot luck.

On my trips to Amsterdam and Berlin, we boarded at the old Eurohub so it does appear to be random ?

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Any1 know why the entrance to Sheldon country park Hazeldene road is permanently locked?

 

[Nibbles]

Do you mean the informal entrance near the end of the runway (i.e. here)? If so, its not an official entrance, only an informal path through the trees. The official entrance (i.e. a public right of way) is further down, opposite Elmstead Avenue (about a 5 minute walk from the runway end).

Worth noting that the latest BCC plans (not sure if has gone through yet) are to charge for parking at the official car park (on Ragley Drive, much further away), so if there is an unofficial entrance i suggest it might've been permanently blocked to deter those from trying to avoid fees. Doesnt stop anyone parking on local roads and walking via the public rights of way (of which there are plenty - i for example normally park on Parkdale Road near the flats). There is also car park adjacent Marston Green station.

I should say i havent been around there with the pup for a while, so i might be talking a lot of nonsense...!