Route Development & Rumours

[Iron Duck]

I suspect they would restore LGW before anything else but CX has ruled this out, for the short term at least. When the talks with BHX were allegedly starting, CX had major crewing issues and I believe that continues.

They’ll probably go double daily at MAN before they give BHX a sniff

 

[RichL]

I suspect they would restore LGW before anything else but CX has ruled this out, for the short term at least. When the talks with BHX were allegedly starting, CX had major crewing issues and I believe that continues.

What about a, damn don't know what the technical term is my brain is fuzzy - but a bit like Ethiopian at Manchester - its not a direct flight, Manchester to Addis Ababa, it goes to another European airport first then to Manchester and vice versa.

Could a Cathay service work like that - like a side stop at Birmingham?

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Long haul shouldn’t be a big issue for the airport.Need airlines where they’re is massive capacity already fulfilling bhx based airlines from different airports in Europe and North Africa at the moment.for example SSH,HRG currently served by easyJet and Tui.Corendon said around 4/5 months ago they wanted to look at opportunities in Egypt operating uk flights however that speculation has gone very quiet.Air Cairo is a possibility.

Morocco aswell served 10 weekly 6 RAK 4 AGA by JET2 TUI and EasyJet
We should realistically look into Royal air Maroc.Help along unless Ryanair come tagging back with Moroccan flights

Tunisia is popular served 6 weekly by TUI and easyjet.Theres 2 airlines that I know of serve Tunisia. Nouvelair and Tunis air.

Look at turkey they have a plan from the uk with Sun express and Corendon and Pegasus (Hopefully they finally start Antalya in 2026)

There’s some medium rare opportunities and options to choose from however I think the next two airlines will be Austrian and Egypt air

 

[thunderchild]

What about a, damn don't know what the technical term is my brain is fuzzy - but a bit like Ethiopian at Manchester - its not a direct flight, Manchester to Addis Ababa, it goes to another European airport first then to Manchester and vice versa.

Fifth freedom - not sure if Cathay operate any though.

 

[gulftraveller]

There’s some medium rare opportunities and options to choose from however I think the next two airlines will be Austrian and Egypt air

Austrian are cutting back UK services during W25/26 so I doubt this is a possibility at the moment.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Long haul shouldn’t be a big issue for the airport.Need airlines where they’re is massive capacity already fulfilling bhx based airlines from different airports in Europe and North Africa at the moment.for example SSH,HRG currently served by easyJet and Tui.Corendon said around 4/5 months ago they wanted to look at opportunities in Egypt operating uk flights however that speculation has gone very quiet.Air Cairo is a possibility.

Morocco aswell served 10 weekly 6 RAK 4 AGA by JET2 TUI and EasyJet
We should realistically look into Royal air Maroc.Help along unless Ryanair come tagging back with Moroccan flights

Tunisia is popular served 6 weekly by TUI and easyjet.Theres 2 airlines that I know of serve Tunisia. Nouvelair and Tunis air.

Look at turkey they have a plan from the uk with Sun express and Corendon and Pegasus (Hopefully they finally start Antalya in 2026)

There’s some medium rare opportunities and options to choose from however I think the next two airlines will be Austrian and Egypt air

We may see a new Turkish airline in 2026

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

We may see a new Turkish airline in 2026

My guess would be AJET

How many new airlines you expect next summer

 

[Scania1800]

My guess would be AJET

How many new airlines you expect next summer

Not really, A jet is still Turkish

 

[AdamHussain07]

AJet (Or Anadolujet) is owned by Turkish Airlines and since Turkish operate BHX-IST I don’t think so.

Maybe Southwind will have a try once again? After all their ban from EU airspace was lifted in December last year, I don’t know about the situation as of now in the UK regarding Southwind.

They were meant to start services at BHX back in Early-Mid 2024, never finalised due to the ban. I wonder what airline it could be though…

 

[nwoody2001]

AJet (Or Anadolujet) is owned by Turkish Airlines and since Turkish operate BHX-IST I don’t think so.

Maybe Southwind will have a try once again? After all their ban from EU airspace was lifted in December last year, I don’t know about the situation as of now in the UK regarding Southwind.

They were meant to start services at BHX back in Early-Mid 2024, never finalised due to the ban. I wonder what airline it could be though…

SunExpress is 50% owned by Turkish Airlines... Their ownership doesn't mean a route wont start.

AJets hubs at SAW and ESB operate very different models to Turkish Airlines hub at IST so who knows....

 

[Ray Finkle]

AJet to SAW on the cards but we all know that it's not happening until it's happening.

Deals are not started, negotiated and signed in the space of a 3 day event.

Unless it's Czech Airlines

 

[thunderchild]

AJet to SAW on the cards but we all know that it's not happening until it's happening.

At least it’s not more flights to Antalya and Dalaman!

 

[AdamHussain07]

If AJet did do BHX-SAW, Pegasus are in for some good competition.

 

[jfy1999]

@AdamHussain07 I think the competition with Pegasus would indeed be the reason for AJet starting. AJet is the budget arm of Turkish Airlines. You see a lot of airports around Europe that have both Turkish flights to IST and AJet flights to SAW. If Turkish didn’t have AJet, Pegasus would be mopping up all of the price-conscious travellers.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

If AJet did do BHX-SAW, Pegasus are in for some good competition.

I do reckon Pegasus will expand from bhx as they have gone daily for this summer.

My other prediction would be Mavi gok airlines

 

[IanFarquharson]

20 Pegasus movements at Stansted today

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PGT7328

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PGT16XZ

PGT6QX

PGT39RK

PGT4VD

PGT25UK

PGT36CP

PGT81RV

PGT88UE

PGT77BK

PGT44MG

PGT11JQ

PGT7119

PGT7120

PGT23WE

PGT7AP

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PGT3XH

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

20 Pegasus movements at Stansted today

PGT7327

PGT7328

PGT5VU

PGT16XZ

PGT6QX

PGT39RK

PGT4VD

PGT25UK

PGT36CP

PGT81RV

PGT88UE

PGT77BK

PGT44MG

PGT11JQ

PGT7119

PGT7120

PGT23WE

PGT7AP

PGT389B

PGT3XH

You would expect Dalaman and Antalya to have Pegasus next year?

 

[AdamHussain07]

The rush before summer holidays end, that's a lot of flights! MAN had about 10 flights from Istanbul, including one diversion.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Ryanair, Jet2 and easyjet all 'planning' more based aircraft for S26

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Ryanair, Jet2 and easyjet all 'planning' more based aircraft for S26

Where’s the source Ray?