Route Development & Rumours

[Brum X]

William Pearson (Head of Aviation Development) has announced via Twitter he is leaving BHX.

I think this is the right time for Mr P to depart. BHX needs fresh blood

 

[Ray Finkle]

Time for a change or a new broom sweeps clean? I guess we'll never know.

Best wishes to him for the future

 

[thunderchild]

BHX is starting to resemble the The White House with all these departures.

@Ray Finkle and @Brum X it’s time to update those CVs and make BHX great again!

 

[58terminus]

New CEO bringing in their own people? Might explain the delay in announcing who it is?

 

[Brum X]

BHX is starting to resemble the The White House with all these departures.

@Ray Finkle and @Brum X it’s time to update those CVs and make BHX great again!

If i was CEO easyjet would be at BHX tomorrow but then all the other airlines will leave, so where would that leave me ?

But a serious question if i could bring a 15 Aircraft Easyjet base tomorrow at 6am but all of our other short haul airlines departed from BHX after all these years, is it a yay or a nay ????

 

[58terminus]

BHX is starting to resemble the The White House with all these departures.

Are you suggesting the next CEO is a madman?

 

[jfy1999]

Are you suggesting the next CEO is a madman?

I won't be bothered about that if he can Make BHX Great Again

 

[Ray Finkle]

New CEO bringing in their own people? Might explain the delay in announcing who it is?

That was my first thought.

Are you suggesting the next CEO is a madman?

Or woman

BHX is starting to resemble the The White House with all these departures.

@Ray Finkle and @Brum X it’s time to update those CVs and make BHX great again!

 

[rollo]

Well if he is a madman his motto would be Birmingham first which would do me.

 

[58terminus]

I won't be bothered about that if he can Make BHX Great Again

Did you ever work in a steel mill in West Virginia?

 

[richard winterbourn]

Given that William Pearson was head of aviation development when BHX 'moved up a gear' not so long ago by attracting a raft of new airlines, i feel a little uneasy that he has signalled his intention to leave without any announcement of a new CEO. To me, that does not signal good and stable management.

Posters have previously said that a new CEO has been appointed but here we are week on week, month on month and no news of who he or she is.

I do not subscribe to the football analogy of a new manager bringing in his 'team'. Big business, and BHX is a big and profitable business does not work like that. Well, i hope it doesn't.....

 

[58terminus]

Given that William Pearson was head of aviation development when BHX 'moved up a gear' not so long ago by attracting a raft of new airlines, i feel a little uneasy that he has signalled his intention to leave without any announcement of a new CEO. To me, that does not signal good and stable management.

Good point but how many of these new airlines are still there? As for the football analogy.If a football manager spends millions on players who end up being there only for short term financial gain and no commitment he is soon gone.
Especially if you have just spent further millions building a new training centre for them.

 

[Brum X]

Good point but how many of these new airlines are still there? As for the football analogy.If a football manager spends millions on players who end up being there only for short term financial gain and no commitment he is soon gone.
Especially if you have just spent further millions building a new training centre for them.

Yes at the end of the day for whatever reasons, some of our most valuable airlines departed BHX on his watch.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

But a serious question if i could bring a 15 Aircraft Easyjet base tomorrow at 6am but all of our other short haul airlines departed from BHX after all these years, is it a yay or a nay ????

That's an absolute, definate, 100% 'NAY', for me!
It reminds me of the fable regarding the dog with a bone in it's mouth looking at it's reflection in the river. The dog drops it's bone, hoping to grab the tastier looking one from it's reflection and ends up with nothing.
BHX has a reasonable LOCO operation and list of major carriers (offering extensive long haul connections), that are the envy of many other airports.
Let's keep what we've got, rather than gambling on the whim of wanting another airline.

Kevin

 

[thunderchild]

Definitely a ‘nay’.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

If i was CEO easyjet would be at BHX tomorrow but then all the other airlines will leave, so where would that leave me ?

But a serious question if i could bring a 15 Aircraft Easyjet base tomorrow at 6am but all of our other short haul airlines departed from BHX after all these years, is it a yay or a nay ????

I look at BRS. easyJet is responsible for over the half the annual passenger numbers there. It's true they fly some routes that other airlines might not touch and provide high frequency on some domestic routes. However, if for whatever reason (and potentially there are many) easyJet decided to leave or substantially run down its BRS operation the airport would have a major problem.

In any business it's never wise to rely too heavily on one major customer.

It's also said in some quarters that easyJet's presence is putting off other airlines from going to BRS.

BHX has a much better mix of airlines, even with the recent departures.

 

[Aceshigh]

This is a bit of a blow!

https://www.edinburghairport.com/ab...leases/direct-route-from-edinburgh-to-beijing

As is Dublin !

 

[Coathanger16]

This is a bit of a blow!

For who?

The combined Dublin/Edinburgh market is larger than Birmingham I imagine, and with a service from MAN so close by I doubt it was a choice between Dublin/Edinburgh and Birmingham for Hainan.

In fact it could be taken as a good sign for BHX as it shows Hainan seems to be committed to serving the UK to China market.

This is certainly no more of a blow for BHX's China ambitions than when Hainan launched flights to MAN!

 

[nwoody2001]

Its an interesting option.

In reality, each city only gets 2x direct flights to Beijing a week which in itself isn't a bad thing. However, the other 2 services go via other cities, and in in which case, where is the benefit over going with the MEB3.

Still a great coup for EDI/DUB, but I would be shocked in BHX isn't the next destination.

 

[Aceshigh]

I was just thinking about the high pressing that the BHX marketing team did a few years back and the fact they had the 1st charters outside London, so yes I would sat it's a bit of a blow.

Maybe the BHX supporters can offer a view ?