Birmingham: Airline, Airport and Route Advertising

[Ray Finkle]

Depends who I am picking up.

Sometimes I use the free 20 mins at the station and they get the Air Rail Link across.

Today I was in car park 1 which was £4.70 for up to an hour. Got to time it right though as it goes up pretty steeply after that.

 

[MJH]

First post peeps,

Noticed that Bangkok Airways and TAP are advertising on the pitch side digital boards at the Hawthorns (WBA FC) this last couple of games, along with the usual Air India.

With the Hawthorns being in prime BHX catchment area , could these adverts be building brand awareness for future BHX op's?

 

[Brum X]

First post peeps,

Noticed that Bangkok Airways and TAP are advertising on the pitch side digital boards at the Hawthorns (WBA FC) this last couple of games, along with the usual Air India.

With the Hawthorns being in prime BHX catchment area , could these adverts be building brand awareness for future BHX op's?

Welcome to the forum MJH 🙂

Lets hope so.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Welcome MJH 🙂

TAP, well lets hope so. Only a year and a half ago Birmingham was of no interest, things do change though so lets hope.

Bangkok Airways seems a strange one to advertise at the Baggies ground. The Air Fleets website suggests that their largest aircraft is an A320, not sure I'd fancy that from Birmingham 😱

 

[ethanegcc]

Yes, this was my first thought of Bangkok Airways! They might do some sort of BHX-GYD-DEL-DAC-BKK routing otherwise I do see TAP as a very likely candidate, can't see them doing advertising in Birmingham for nothing.

 

[58terminus]

They will be advertising to the mega millions who watch premier league football around the world.
The same adverts are probably displayed at every premier league ground.

 

[MJH]

This may well be the case but the Air India advert looks local... View attachment 3982 View attachment 3983 View attachment 3984

 

[58terminus]

I'll check them out at St Andrews next season

 

[Ray Finkle]

I'm seeing lots of advertising from Eurowings at bus stops around the city.

Possibly promoting the extra capacity with the switch to A320's.

 

[Brum X]

KLM advert opposite Bullring Shopping Centre

 

[Aviador]

Are KLM running a TV ad campaign at the moment in the Midlands? They are in the Yorkshire region jointly for LBA and HUY.

 

[Brum X]

Are KLM running a TV ad campaign at the moment in the Midlands? They are in the Yorkshire region jointly for LBA and HUY.

Ive not seen a TV ad if im being honest but cant be 100%.

Lots of ad's around the city though as per the big one above.

 

[Ray Finkle]

These are phone pictures so please excuse (I didn't realise the first one was so blurry 🙁).

Turkish Airlines check in area with the digital advertising. There are similar adverts in the arrivals area which is dominated by Turkish.

Great to see some branding in the Qatar Airways check in area. It adds a bit of competition for the Emirates area behind.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Considering that it starts in two weeks I think it's a little disappointing that there has been no advertising from BHX for Cobalt Air. I've seen nothing at all on their social media.

Likewise Fly One haven't had a mention, although this one may appeal more to the inbound market with the bulk of the advertising done at the Moldova end.

It's also been two weeks since Phuket, Goa and La Romana became bookable and I've seen no mention of any of them. Maybe Thomson haven't totally finalised W17/18 yet and it will come in due course.

 

[thunderchild]

Today I've seen BHX promoting Toronto as a winter getaway across various social media platforms today - strange given that as it stands YYZ is only available as a summer destination direct.

 

[MJH]

View attachment 4324 Thomson/BHX advertisement for Dominican Republic.

Clear message....

Taken near Dudley.

 

[Daza]

Thomson holidays shop in Lichfield has Phuket and Goa advertised on pull out banners.
Daza

 

[MJH]

Good to see this level of commitment from Thomson for promoting it's long haul services.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

View attachment 4324 Thomson/BHX advertisement for Dominican Republic.

Great to see Thomson backing BHX, but wouldn't the M40 southbound be a far more realistic route to quote than the M1?

Kevin

 

[MJH]

Great to see Thomson backing BHX, but wouldn't the M40 southbound be a far more realistic route to quote than the M1?

Kevin

Totally agree.