Route Development & Rumours

[Coathanger16]

With 18 A320NEO/B737MAX aircraft in service/on order, you have to wonder where they plan on basing these aircraft.

Maybe I'm being arrogant but I can't see them launching TATL from anywhere else in the UK - airports bigger than BHX have plenty of competition already, and if BHX didn't have sufficient demand to keep Primera then how can any airports smaller than BHX?

 

[Deleted member 8862]

EMA might be on their radar...

 

[Jerry]

Manchester, Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh and Glasgow all have competition. They could look at Leeds and Newcastle and Liverpool but all of them are effected to a certain amount of degrees by Manchester.
In the south they could look at Bristol but that is close to Heathrow, they could also look at Cardiff for Wales but i have a feeling that the Welsh government would want a scheduled carrier like Delta or United or Virgin operating US routes out of Cardiff.
They could look at building up STN on the long haul and short haul and use the NEOs and MAXs to expand their European routes.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Maybe I'm being arrogant but I can't see them launching TATL from anywhere else in the UK - airports bigger than BHX have plenty of competition already

That is what I thought but how wrong I was !

 

[nwoody2001]

...ian, I don’t know if you know more than I know, but I can’t help think you’re jumping the gun here a little! The head of route development from BHX made a formal statement about the prospects of Primera returning in 2019 only this week. I don’t see anything to suggest this has changed based on what I have heard!

 

[IanFarquharson]

nwoody - as always I hope you are right, I trust you read my PM ?

 

[Brum X]

I know you cannot divulge what might be confidential information Ian but i was thinking of booking a short break
in Barcelona in October.Do you think i might get a good deal with Primera or might i be better off booking with
one of the other operators?

Im travelling with them in October, LOL

 

[Brum X]

We all know they will launch TATL from MAN, i can see it now in my crystal ball.

And before they even gave BHX a proper chance.

#disgusting

 

[58terminus]

EMA might be on their radar...

Bournemouth?

 

[58terminus]

With 18 A320NEO/B737MAX aircraft in service/on order, you have to wonder where they plan on basing these aircraft.

Actually i'm wondering how they are going to pay for them?

 

[Deleted member 8862]

Bournemouth?

Bournemouth, well was only at Hurn a couple of days ago, place was asleep.

Doncaster would be a good outside bet.

 

[58terminus]

We all know they will launch TATL from MAN, i can see it now in my crystal ball.

I somehow doubt it.Thomas Cook would wipe the floor with them.Its win or bust on Stansted and i'm guessing bust

 

[Sam1988]

Interesting that they state this 'expansion' would take the airport from 14mppa to 18mppa. How well could BHX really handle 14mppa given its current infrastructure.

Good to finally see some positive news regarding BHX though. Think we all needed some!

terminal 2 baggage facility is at near breaking point at the moment with the posibility it will have to close for major repairs soon

 

[Sam1988]

Interesting that they state this 'expansion' would take the airport from 14mppa to 18mppa. How well could BHX really handle 14mppa given its current infrastructure.

Good to finally see some positive news regarding BHX though. Think we all needed some!

terminal 2 baggage facility is at near breaking point at the moment with the posibility it will have to close for major repairs soon

Going by the rumours

Air Arabia Maroc has been rumoured for over 12 months, it will be good to see it finally announced.
Cathay Pacific, not before 2020/21 if it happens.
Finnair, well how long has this one rumbled on for?
Air Baltic, first mention I've heard of them but it would be good to see Riga back.
Munich should see an extra rotation added at some point.

After a tough few months it's good to finally hear some positive talk again. Lets just hope there are discussions over transatlantic as I think most of us will be shocked if Primera return.

dont forget your new flights to Iraq apparently starting next month

 

[Brum X]

And considering BHX is supposed to be a 1 terminal operation, how can this be ? When we have arrivals and 2 different bits of arrivals in 2 different buidings.

 

[Brum X]

terminal 2 baggage facility is at near breaking point at the moment with the posibility it will have to close for major repairs soon



dont forget your new flights to Iraq apparently starting next month

We cant hold our excitement sam, LOL

By then BHX will be a distant memory and you will be surrounded by likes of 747/767/787/777s/A340s/A330s/A350 etc etc etc, oh yeah we will have our 737-300 going all the way to Iraq via Kiev

 

[hay677]

Does anyone know why these Iraq flights are happening?

Skyscanner.net says "Flights to Iraq continue to fly but it is unadvisable to travel at this time. Iraq is considered a war zone and visas are required by all travellers."

A quick search shows no direct UK-Iraq flights at the moment.

 

[Jerry]

Does anyone know why these Iraq flights are happening?

Skyscanner.net says "Flights to Iraq continue to fly but it is unadvisable to travel at this time. Iraq is considered a war zone and visas are required by all travellers."

A quick search shows no direct UK-Iraq flights at the moment.

These are to the Kurdish part of Iraq and Iraqi Airways are operating flights to Gatwick and Manchester i believe.

 

[hay677]

These are to the Kurdish part of Iraq and Iraqi Airways are operating flights to Gatwick and Manchester i believe.

But they all seem to be via Istanbul, Doha etc. Maybe direct UK-Iraq is banned, or just too dangerous?

 

[Ray Finkle]

BHX seem to have lost more services over the last couple of years than all other UK airports combined. Surely, they should be working with airlines and nurturing new routes, rather than taking a short term view.

Totally agree but this seems to have been the case for as long as I can remember.

There appears to be no issue in attracting new airlines and/or routes but they seem to struggle to hold a large chunk of them longer than a season or two. It says something that when a destination that interests me is announced my first thought is to book it that year before it disappears.

Air Arabia, Air Baltic, Finnair etc would all be fine additions but they need to stick around for the long term.