Route Development & Rumours

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there ray and all, I think regarding birmingham airports growth of passengers from airlines that use birmingham, we may have covered this before previously, but with birminghams situation in attracting new business to the airport, it all depends on Purley what has been negotiated and agreed with kehoe and his team and maybe a slight concession given to the airline for a short period of time. You see birmingham has to offer the airlines something else that other airports are not. Again with the situation with easyJet, still idea, of why no base yet, or new routes that are still unserved... AndyC

 

[Aceshigh]

Does anybidy know if the report is out for movements and pax capacity for S18 re Birmingham?

 

[nwoody2001]

nope, the ACL report will only be published around march/april time just before the season starts!

 

[User001]

There is a pre season ACL circulating now, but only those on the mailing list for BHX will be in receipt of it, until the full summer season report is made public in March.

 

[jfy1999]

Word on the other forum is Jet2 will announce at least two more routes from each base in 2018 - and it seems Gibraltar might be on their radar as a new destination...

 

[Jerry]

Word on the other forum is Jet2 will announce at least two more routes from each base in 2018 - and it seems Gibraltar might be on their radar as a new destination...

Gibraltar and Seville might be good options for. Both could be marketed as week long packages and shorter city break style holidays I'd have thought.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Gibraltar would be nice.

Skiathos, Santorini, Mykonos, Preveza/Lefkas, Porto Santo, Cape Verde, Sardinia, Sicily, Jerez, La Palma, Montenegro (it's offered at the moment via Dubrovnik but Tivat or Podgorica would be closer), Bourgas, Varna?

Possible city break destinations, Seville, Porto, Valencia, Lisbon?

I'm not sure North Africa is on the cards just yet?

 

[thunderchild]

Demand obviously exists for Gibraltar and MON left a big void. Isn’t there an issue with the 738s and GIBs runway tho?

 

[Jerry]

Demand obviously exists for Gibraltar and MON left a big void. Isn’t there an issue with the 738s and GIBs runway tho?

They could use a 757 or even a Titan Airways A320 if they needed to.

 

[lbaspotter]

If Jet2 do go into GIB I could see the Boeing 737-300 been used for most if not all flights due to the know problems with the B737-800's and B757-200. For MAN, BHX, GLA & STN it would mean them operating w-legs by LBA, EMA, NCL, EMA & BFS based crewed aircraft.

The other thing to remember is that some, not all the new fleet of Boeing 737-8MG's have the "Short field performance package" installed.

 

[jfy1999]

The new 738's are apparently fitted with a "short field" package so maybe they can get in.

 

[lbaspotter]

The new 738's are apparently fitted with a "short field" package so maybe they can get in.

Nope not all of them have the SFPP installed, as it was going to be too expensive and not needed. If remember correctly and that's unless things have changed, I think originally it was due to be just 1/3rd of the brand new aircraft to have the SFPP installed.

 

[David_itl]

"Under the current arrangement, agreed in October 2016, a maximum of 100 passenger flights per week can operate between the UK and China, with this figure set to increase to 150 under the terms of the new deal."

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...-uk-and-china-further-relax-limits-on-flights

 

[Ianbutty]

"Under the current arrangement, agreed in October 2016, a maximum of 100 passenger flights per week can operate between the UK and China, with this figure set to increase to 150 under the terms of the new deal."

Focus on the region's. Hopefully more than just MAN. I suspect Scotland may be next although do they have a long enough runway?

 

[Jerry]

Glasgow should do and Edinburgh gets regular 787 and A330 flights so should be ok.

 

[Ianbutty]

Glasgow should do and Edinburgh gets regular 787 and A330 flights so should be ok.

Thanks Jerry. Would be right...no room for error.

 

[IanFarquharson]

We may see a long haul route announcenent tomorrow ?

 

[Kevin Farnell]

We may see a long haul route announcenent tomorrow ?

Other than a 'bolt out of the blue', I guess it's likely to be Uzbekistan.

Kevin

 

[Coathanger16]

Other than a 'bolt out of the blue', I guess it's likely to be Uzbekistan.

Kevin

Do we know what aircraft the Uzbekistan (if confirmed?) route will be flown with? I seem to recall somebody saying widebody...?

 

[Creguk]

Other than a 'bolt out of the blue', I guess it's likely to be Uzbekistan.

Kevin

Bolt out of the blue...is this a hint?!