Route Development & Rumours

[Brum X]

Maybe its for the new TUI in china campaign and they are going to use Air China ?

Surely BHX will be one of the airports that will offrer flights to China when these new TUI hotels are built ?

Tui to expand into China with six new Tui Blue hotels

The group said the hotel portfolio’s expansion will “attract new guests from Asia”

www.ttgmedia.com

 

[laviation]

Anhui province is just to the west of Shanghai, so very well may be that they could block book seats onto any said Air China flight

That being said I think this (if it comes to fruition) will be mainly geared at China-domiciled tour groups.

 

[Timberwolf]

Freight flight ?
I remember a few years ago it was muted about … MG

Maybe its for the new TUI in china campaign and they are going to use Air China ?

Surely BHX will be one of the airports that will offrer flights to China when these new TUI hotels are built ?

Tui to expand into China with six new Tui Blue hotels

The group said the hotel portfolio’s expansion will “attract new guests from Asia”

www.ttgmedia.com

Be interesting to see what TUI use, if includes their UK arm.Dont have anymore widebodies on order.
Unless they slash other long hauls to accommodate.

 

[RichL]

Who said it was only 3 months?.
Am i missing something?.

Nobody did - everyone is trying to second guess the cryptic waffle from Ian's post.

 

[gulftraveller]

A twist at BHX.. surely not

Let's hope any flts have decent times this time..

If it is a charter, it will not be bookable from BHX so timings would not be relevant except for the inbound tourists.

On TUI, they tried China some years ago (maybe it was still Thomson then). Flights were LGW and MAN to Sanya. It was not a success - just too far and the resorts were apparently too sterile. I suspect these hotels are not being built for the European market.

 

[Timberwolf]

Nobody did - everyone is trying to second guess the cryptic waffle from Ian's post.

Why do I get the feeling I will be completely underwhelmed, if/when anything is announced

 

[nancledre]

It’s a bit like Monty Python - “know what I mean, nudge nudge, wink wink, is she a goer.”

 

[Ray Finkle]

I do hope that there aren't too many disappointed folk if/when it happens, which could be fairly soon but nothing guaranteed yet.

 

[Brum X]

I do hope that there aren't too many disappointed folk if/when it happens, which could be fairly soon but nothing guaranteed yet.

Do you have a feeling we will be disappointed mate ?

 

[RichL]

I do hope that there aren't too many disappointed folk if/when it happens, which could be fairly soon but nothing guaranteed yet.

A pessimist is never disappointed.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Do you have a feeling we will be disappointed mate ?

Some probably will be, others not so much. I guess it depends on expectations.

 

[Brum X]

I suppose anything will be better than nothing and great for the spotters. At the end of the day up until 2 weeks ago, the talk of Air China @ BHX would of been for the fairies, now it sounds like something is on its way, possibly ?

I have a feeling it will be a series of charter flights like a few years ago. To test the market, loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

 

[IanFarquharson]

Looks like a quite a bit of BHX news coming soon

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Looks like a quite a bit of BHX news coming soon

As long as it's good news!

 

[gulftraveller]

I’m not sure it is as straightforward as ’testing the market’. Running a charter, a travel company approaches an airline which then provides the aircraft. It has nothing to do with the route development team, though they may separately be looking at the same route. Given that the charters would be inbound, it would provide little or no evidence about the UK end of the market.

Some years ago, people thought that China was a huge potential market for flights from UK. It has not panned out quite that way. A good example is how badly Hainan did on EDI-PEK first time round. Tricky market.

 

[Brum X]

I’m not sure it is as straightforward as ’testing the market’. Running a charter, a travel company approaches an airline which then provides the aircraft. It has nothing to do with the route development team, though they may separately be looking at the same route. Given that the charters would be inbound, it would provide little or no evidence about the UK end of the market.

Some years ago, people thought that China was a huge potential market for flights from UK. It has not panned out quite that way. A good example is how badly Hainan did on EDI-PEK first time round. Tricky market.

I am just quoting what our Mr Paul Kehoe said at the time of the Hainan charter flights out of BHX, I think he was the one who used "testing the market" ??

Which is why you will find some BHX forumers sceptical of news like this.

However we don't even know what these flights might be for so lets wait and see ;-)

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Looks like a quite a bit of BHX news coming soon

Is it true Ian that Delta might be starting next July?
I’ve heard a tiny rumour.

 

[Brum X]

Is it true Ian that Delta might be starting next July?
I’ve heard a tiny rumour.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooah, I can't take any more

Come to think about it, a daily JFK would be cool Delta

#justsaying

 

[Karl C]

...would prefer ATL..... definitely more connections to be had

 

[IanFarquharson]

Is it true Ian that Delta might be starting next July?
I’ve heard a tiny rumour.

I very much doubt Delta or any US carrier will be starting in the near future.
What was your source ?

I am just quoting what our Mr Paul Kehoe said at the time of the Hainan charter flights out of BHX, I think he was the one who used "testing the market" ??

Which is why you will find some BHX forumers sceptical of news like this.

However we don't even know what these flights might be for so lets wait and see ;-)

The days of Chinese charters are long gone.