CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[BHXsupporter]

Falling away from Edinburgh with their 10% increase in Jan. but Glasgow fell back 9%. Well we're on the way up but I still hope for more continental EU destinations to support both business and tourists pretty soon. I believe the B word is having a negative effect on BHX's ambitions in recent times - even if we don't hear too much at present from the new boss but I feel that will change.

 

[smithy108]

CAA Web site problem has been fixed and all analysis reports for January 2019 available

 

[IanFarquharson]

 

[Ray Finkle]

It makes me wonder how much longer Vienna will manage to cling on for. Despite the poor numbers I hope that yields are good enough to continue.

The less said about Air Arabia the better. This is one service that may really benefit from a bit of advertising, I've mentioned it to many a person who had no clue about it and were looking at other airports for flights to Morocco.

 

[Brum X]

It makes me wonder how much longer Vienna will manage to cling on for. Despite the poor numbers I hope that yields are good enough to continue.

The less said about Air Arabia the better. This is one service that may really benefit from a bit of advertising, I've mentioned it to many a person who had no clue about it and were looking at other airports for flights to Morocco.

Maybe they would be better switching to a Eurowings Dash 8 ?? The Airbus A320 is obviously too big.

 

[Coathanger16]

Maybe they would be better switching to a Eurowings Dash 8 ?? The Airbus A320 is obviously too big.

Wouldn't fancy a flight that long on the Dash 8. The block time for Dusseldorf to BHX is already 15 minutes longer for the Dash than the A320, and Vienna is over twice as far as Dusseldorf. For Vienna it would turn a 2hr flight into 2hr30 at least.

Somethings seriously wrong if they can't make a 4 weekly A319 to Vienna work.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Austrian Airlines E195?

30 less seats than the Eurowings A319.

 

[Coathanger16]

Austrian Airlines E195?

30 less seats than the Eurowings A319.

Both Eurowings and Austrian are part of the Lufthansa Group, but I'm not sure how (if at all) they co-ordinate route networks.

 

[mullion]

Eurowings are the Locost wing so if they can`t make it work

 

[Ianbutty]

Despite the loss of airlines and routes, it is great to see the overall numbers up.

And I am sure visitors to and from Vienna will increase soon.

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there Ian butty, I agree with you on overall numbers up, but the main factor here is as you say, loss of airlines. Birmingham airport cannot keep relying on existing airlines to prop up the figures, it's all down to the management at bhx to wake up from dreamworld, so those airlines from pulling out, otherwise it's going to come to a point where the existing airlines are going to start questioning the current presence at the airport, as to whether it is worth staying at bhx or pulling out as well, because quite frankly Ianbutty, bhx management think that they are a massive airport, when actually, they aren't, birmingham airport is only a regional airport and not a hub like kehoe used to think birmingham airport was. Saying that birmingham airport in year's to come could challenge Heathrow for business. I'm sorry, those comments that I read about some two years before he left in a London paper made me laugh. Birmingham airports new boss has got to do a deal with easyJet to bring them in... AndyC

 

[IanFarquharson]

February 19 will be slightly up in February 18 but less than February 17

 

[JENNYJET]

Would the ever growing Dublin numbers have something to do with Aer Lingus expanding US market and pre clearance?

 

[Ianbutty]

Hi Andy. I agree with you that we cannot rely on existing routes, and must expand.

However, the underlying trend is back upwards albeit compared with the last year - see Ian F last post. I have less concern for the airport but more concern for how the city region is perceived.

Something went seriously wrong at BHX. Monarch aside, if I was the new CEO I would have my breathing apparatus on for one heck of a deep dive to figure out why a rapidly expanding airport in terms of numbers, route development and new airlines, should suddenly fall off Cabo Girao (assuming one can still fly to Madeira to see the massive cliff).

Was PK successful or leave a damaging legacy? It is like the free spending football manager: he may save you from relegation but they will leave you with a massive and unsustainable wage bill or with players free to leave whenever they want.

Or did the 2 years of no CEO plus the departure of other key players dent confidence in the airport?

Or is it simply over capacity on the TATL and Europe networks and as airlines finances weaken they close the one in the middle?

Mr Barton may already know but once he does only then can he put the growth plan back in place.

It may be that 18mppa by 2030 is it. And the focus will be on the airport experience and dependency on our fine neighbours North and South for the market BHX cannot sustain. Use the airport as a transport hub with via HS2 fast trains to Manchester and London. As long as investment comes to Birmingham who cares what airport it travels through. Manchester or London providing the business travel needs of Birmingham is just fine. Amsterdam has been doing that for decades.

For now the news that we are tentatively growing again is welcomed.

 

[IanFarquharson]

BHX 2018

 

[IanFarquharson]

BHX v LTN - Passenger figure milestones


The months each million was broken



BHX



5m - February 1995

6m – December 1997

7m – December 1999

8m – December 2002

9m – November 2003

10m – August 2015

11m – August 2016

12m – April 2017

13m – September 2017





LTN



5m – September 1999

6m – October 2000

7m – July 2004

8m – April 2005

9m – November 2005

10m – February 2008

11m – May 2015

12m – November 2015

13m – May 2016

14m – September 2016

15m – March 2017

16m – November 2017

 

[Ray Finkle]

Was PK successful or leave a damaging legacy? It is like the free spending football manager: he may save you from relegation but they will leave you with a massive and unsustainable wage bill or with players free to leave whenever they want.

Or did the 2 years of no CEO plus the departure of other key players dent confidence in the airport?

It's also worth noting that around the same time that Paul Kehoe left we also saw our highly experienced Director of Aviation, William Pearson, depart for pastures new.

I wonder how much that had an effect, if it did at all?

 

[smithy108]

February stats published on CAA site. February pax + 4% at 792,205 up from 764,901.

 

[IanFarquharson]

March will be up around 3% and just fall short of March 17 figure :-(

 

[Ray Finkle]

Over 141,000 pax expected over Easter a 7% rise on last year.

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk...r-140-000-passengers-over-the-easter-weekend/