Your wishlist for BHX

[gulftraveller]

All looks very realistic, excepting a twice weekly Cathay A330!

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there all, referring to Cathy Pacific, so is there an agreement by Cathy Pacific, that they will announce shortly, flights from Bhx to Hong Kong. If this is correct, fantastic news.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Hi there all, referring to Cathy Pacific, so is there an agreement by Cathy Pacific, that they will announce shortly, flights from Bhx to Hong Kong. If this is correct, fantastic news.

Hi Andrew

There’s currently no agreement with Cathay Pacific that I’m currently aware unfortunately .My post on twitter is related to a prediction I have made .Feel free to check it out and drop my page a follow

 

[Ray Finkle]

A polite reminder to everyone that this thread is here and available to post any lists of routes that we'd like to see in the future. We can then leave the airline threads to discuss things that are actually happening.

Have a great weekend all

 

[rollo]

My wishlist for BHX is very modest indeed.

Two working escalators.

P.S. sorry Mr Finkle I know thats not really the sort of thing you meant so I'll add in a daily NYC service.

 

[Hassaan]

A daily service to JFK. Direct flights to the likes of China, Singapore, Japan.

 

[IanFarquharson]

A daily service to JFK. Direct flights to the likes of China, Singapore, Japan.

You have missed the obvious one - Hong Kong

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

You have missed the obvious one - Hong Kong

Is Hong Kong like seriously needed though?

 

[Karl C]

Is Hong Kong like seriously needed though?

A LOT more airlines come and go to and from the East than the West. That's a whole bigger pie to get a bite out of. Hong Kong would be a spot on addition to the BHX portfolio

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

A LOT more airlines come and go to and from the East than the West. That's a whole bigger pie to get a bite out of. Hong Kong would be a spot on addition to the BHX portfolio

What u mean LOT .The airline or just a bunch of airlines?

 

[Karl C]

What u mean LOT .The airline or just a bunch of airlines?

A lot more airlines....emphasis on a LOT. It's not code for LOT polish airlines

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

I can see Spicejet in the next 2 years if it’s possible

 

[nwoody2001]

My hopes for the next few years:

• Continued expansion from Easyjet and Ryanair to hopefully increase BHX Market Share
• Air India to Mumbai and increase capacity to Delhi
• Cathey Pacific to Hong Kong
• Finnair to Helsinki
• Increased Capacity from both Qatar to Doha and Saudia to Jedah

...and a few curve calls...

• Would love to see the return of Norwegian in its latest form. Scandinavia still very under represented from BHX, and
• Would love to see Iberia back on Madrid offering onward connections

 

[IanFarquharson]

My hopes for the next few years:

• Continued expansion from Easyjet and Ryanair to hopefully increase BHX Market Share
• Air India to Mumbai and increase capacity to Delhi
• Cathey Pacific to Hong Kong
• Finnair to Helsinki
• Increased Capacity from both Qatar to Doha and Saudia to Jedah

...and a few curve calls...

• Would love to see the return of Norwegian in its latest form. Scandinavia still very under represented from BHX, and
• Would love to see Iberia back on Madrid offering onward connections

Neil

That is most sensible post I have read for a while

Ian

I wouldn't rule out Egypt Air, Ethiopian and Royal Air Maroc is the mid-long term

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Realistically I can see by 2027

• Air India to serve Delhi,Amritsar and Mumbai
• Play airlines for connections to usa
• Pegasus to serve Istanbul 2 daily and dalaman and Antalya
• EasyJet to have 7 based aircraft and Ryanair to have 12 based serving 30+ destinations
• Turkmenistan to come back but extremely unlikely
• Aer lingus to bring back Cork,Shannon services
• Wizz air to expand from Birmingham if their ever willing to

 

[David_itl]

i would also state the introduction of a service to mainland China should also be on the cards. the only recent thing I can find on the agreement is this

"Under the new deal, passenger flights can now increase from the current maximum of 40 per week for each nation to up to 100. There will be no limit on the number of all-cargo services. The restriction on the number of destinations that airlines can serve has also been lifted, meaning services can be operated between any point in the UK and any point in China. Up until now, airlines could only serve 6 destinations in each country."

http://gb.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/sbjw/202211/t20221128_10982125.htm

 

[Matt995]

My hopes for the next few years:

• Continued expansion from Easyjet and Ryanair to hopefully increase BHX Market Share
• Air India to Mumbai and increase capacity to Delhi
• Cathey Pacific to Hong Kong
• Finnair to Helsinki
• Increased Capacity from both Qatar to Doha and Saudia to Jedah

...and a few curve calls...

• Would love to see the return of Norwegian in its latest form. Scandinavia still very under represented from BHX, and
• Would love to see Iberia back on Madrid offering onward connections

I would also like to see the return of Austrian Airlines to Vienna, they only operated from January 2020 to mid March 2020, before covid hit, i wonder why they never returned for?

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

These are my thoughts and predictions in 2025:

Part from the ones announced

• Pegasus to go daily from Istanbul
• PIA to make an appearance late March at 2 weekly
• Away based Ryanair destinations:Gdansk,Rzezwow,Vienna,Athens,Rome
• Play airlines 3 weekly Reykjavik
• Tui airways Banjul winter seasonal
• Cathay Pacific Hong Kong 4 weekly
• Jet2 Enter Egypt Luxor

 

[Seasider]

Why do members think that PIA will appear next year as they do not have any aircraft or money to lease them.

 

[rollo]

Why do members think that PIA will appear next year as they do not have any aircraft or money to lease them.

Some of us don't Seasider.

PIA are a basket case and not just for the reasons you give they keep announcing services to the USA are imminent however the FAA have said the won't be visiting Pakistan until February and any services could start in the second quarter at best.

They did add a little rider that non of the above will happen until PIA cough up the money they owe going back up to eight years, says everything about them really.

On a specific BHX note I personally don't want them impacting on any of the current operations byTurkish,Qatar, Emirates and Saudi who along with Air India serve the Indian sub continent pretty well particularly if Air India could add Mumbai to go with the Delhi and Amritsar services.