Route Development & Rumours

[Hassaan]

I do believe PIA (or a direct flight to Pakistan) will return at some point. It's a matter of logistics, seemingly.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

We may have a couple of new airline annoucements in due course but not too sure of time scales

Good evening.Is this still likely to happen?
Thanks ant

 

[Ray Finkle]

All eyes on the security situation this summer. If it's been resolved and we're expecting things to flow much better then add as much capacity as possible. If not and we're looking at queues again then stick with what we have, which is fairly decent growth as it is.

Besides there are one or two juicy rumours for either this winter or next year

With such good loads I would like to see a frequency increase from Qatar which would certainly help connectivity.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I am admittedly in the dark on this, but what's up with the security situation?

(Don't come for me, it's just a question)

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[thunderchild]

Besides there are one or two juicy rumours for either this winter or next year

With such good loads I would like to see a frequency increase from Qatar which would certainly help connectivity.

With all the hints that are being dropped I certainly hope at least one comes to fruitiion.

A regular daily morning service to the Middle East would certainly be good - if Qatar can’t commit then one of EK’s new 787-8s could be perfect.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

I think the main objective is to increase Doha to 10 weekly or 2 daily and Jeddah to at least 5 weekly or daily.

 

[Ray Finkle]

With all the hints that are being dropped I certainly hope at least one comes to fruitiion.

Me too mate but I never get my hopes up until BHX have ordered the cupcakes

 

[IanFarquharson]

Lots of rumours but often these things often take a long time to be officially announced, one short haul, one medium haul and one long haul is what I am told !
The work at BHX continues so I think they maybe queues again as we move into 'rolling 12m' record pax numbers by the end of February and indeed about 13.1m by end of March.
Maybe will be happier sitting around the 13.1m-13.4m levels until this building work is complete ?

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Lots of rumours but often these things often take a long time to be officially announced, one short haul, one medium haul and one long haul is what I am told !
The work at BHX continues so I think they maybe queues again as we move into 'rolling 12m' record pax numbers by the end of February and indeed about 13.1m by end of March.
Maybe will be happier sitting around the 13.1m-13.4m levels until this building work is complete ?

When is this building work supposed to last until?

 

[Brum X]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887920703682334859

 

[tompo]

When is this building work supposed to last until?

The usual expectation would be around thirty years depending on the materials used and craftsmanship

 

[nwoody2001]

The usual expectation would be around thirty years depending on the materials used and craftsmanship

Haha I could be wrong but I think he is referring to the construction work as opposed to the lifespan of the works themselves. I could be wrong though....

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Haha I could be wrong but I think he is referring to the construction work as opposed to the lifespan of the works themselves. I could be wrong though....

Correct

 

[rollo]

As this is the route development and rumours thread thres been chatter elsewhere that Royal Jordan are looking at BHX for next year following a successful start up at STN and increasing frequency at MAN

To be honest I'd rather see frequency increases by Qatar and Saudi plus Air India (Mumbai)although I'm getting a bit jittery regarding lower loads reported at Emirates 75% lately I believe and if or when PIA start they will have varying effect on our current established operators including Turkish.

Any info on recent load factors would be appreciated.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Ethiopian to bhx?

I cannot see it.More chance of Turkmenistan coming back

 

[gulftraveller]

There is no chance of Turkmenistan, for reasons rehearsed a number of times.

ETH traffic at MAN has grown quite slowly, so airports with a smaller turnover are likely to be hard work for them. Does not mean it will not happen.

 

[Hassaan]

It would be nice to have one of the Middle Eastern ones (Gulf, Royal Jordanian etc).

 

[Matt995]

It would be nice to have one of the Middle Eastern ones (Gulf, Royal Jordanian etc).

Royal Jordanian have already announced that they hope to start Birmingham flights by 2027 to Amman.

 

[David_itl]

Ethiopian seems to be on target for around 74000 passengers in 2024 at MAN

2023 = 82000
2022 = 47000

plus the expectation that they will be adding a 6th weekly service during the course of the year. The unknown factor is what the cargo figures are for them as that may be adding a lot more revenue than a perceived lack of passenger revenue..

When they were talking of UK expansion they did say Northern UK so that would seem to preclude BHX for the time being, but from what I remember they have fair chunk of frequencies left in the bilateral so it could be that they are looking at a suitable European city and potentially secure 5th freedom rights to BHX before launching.

 

[Nethercote2019]

Kuwait did mention BHX a year or so ago saying for the future ….