Birmingham Airport Route Development & Rumours

[Ray Finkle]

What do I know !

Sometimes it's nice to be wrong, especially when it comes to a potential casualty

 

[Ianbutty]

Blue Air LCA & OTP both now on sale for W18/19
Which is good news as I was under the impression they might not be operating beyond end October at BHX.
What do I know !

Humbleness is the virtual that impresses me most. I doff my fedora to you, good squire.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Whilst there is no official quote it's good to know that Birmingham is at least being considered.

According to media reports, IndiGo has sought government permission to fly to destinations such as Birmingham, London, Milan, and Paris in the next few years.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/IndiGo-loses-another-executive-ahead-of-expansion

 

[lbaspotter]

Rumour on the streets is that Air Burkina is launching BHX-PSY

Airport code PSY is Port Stanley on the Falkland Islands.

 

[GliderPilot]

Airport code PSY is Port Stanley on the Falkland Islands.

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[Scottie Dog]

Airport code PSY is Port Stanley on the Falkland Islands.

Don't worry it took me a while to see the "tongue in cheek" joke!!

 

[thunderchild]

Noted on another page courtesy of @Scottie Dog that BHX will be sharing a flight with MAN to Marrakech this winter on behalf of Corendon Airlines Europe.

Hopefully if Air Arabia Marco launch Agadir we’ll see Morocco starting to beef up a bit.

Would be good to see TUI extend Marrakech to year round - they are launching it as a winter destination from BRS this winter so I’m assuming it will carry on into the summer?

 

[jfy1999]

Courtesy of the same source, it seems Finnair are upgrading their MAN flights again - which always makes me a little hopeful that BHX will get the E190.

 

[thunderchild]

Courtesy of the same source, it seems Finnair are upgrading their MAN flights again - which always makes me a little hopeful that BHX will get the E190.

More chance of England winning the World Cup.....on hang on a minute!

 

[rollo]

More chance of England winning the World Cup.....on hang on a minute!

Probably getting a bit ahead of yourself on both counts sad to say .

 

[IanFarquharson]

Noted on another page courtesy of @Scottie Dog that BHX will be sharing a flight with MAN to Marrakech this winter on behalf of Corendon Airlines Europe.

Now bookable at RSD Travel, it is only 5 flights from Feb 19 - but nice to have !

 

[Ray Finkle]

TUi Marrakech is almost year round only stopping Jan and Feb but it's definitely great to see more capacity added, especially as we'll now have 3x weekly Agadir.

 

[BHX492]

Looks like fly Erbil have stopped taking booking for Birmingham

 

[nwoody2001]

indeed not bookable on the website.... did the first/flight operate today?

 

[BHX492]

Nope

 

[mullion]

Flights to UK cannot operate non stop inbound only on return, both MAN and LGW stop at Malmo

 

[smithy108]

The airlines first flight was only on 28th June which was 3 years after the launch. They claim to have 3 planes ( B737) and plans to grow to 10. However the flights appear to be operated by Bravo Airways which is a Ukranian charter airline ( pictures in their press release)
Early days so no doubt many teething issues. Sounds a familiar story..........

 

[Silvercity]

The airlines first flight was only on 28th June which was 3 years after the launch. They claim to have 3 planes ( B737) and plans to grow to 10. However the flights appear to be operated by Bravo Airways which is a Ukranian charter airline ( pictures in their press release)
Early days so no doubt many teething issues. Sounds a familiar story..........

Bravo Airways operated to Liverpool doing a LFC charter end of May. I took a photo of their aircraft, its in Liverpool media.

 

[Brum X]

Now that PF are off, i wonder if VY will consider expanding at BHX once again. As we know since ZB left we are down on some of the sun routes like ALC/AGP/TFS so VY would be the best candidate in my opinion and they have been around for a while now and part of One World.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I still think that we need Easyjet.

Not only could they bolster capacity on the sun routes but they could also fill some gaping holes in the network such as Lisbon, Stockholm, Gibraltar, Athens and Olbia. They could also possibly even add the likes of Bilbao, Basle and Seville, routes that are little more than a dream at the moment.