Route Development & Rumours

[Paulsstrange]

Its Budapest Via Vienna, BHX would be direct

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Wow was not expecting this.

This would be great connecting Algeria and Africa.

 

[mullion]

Algiers is a non starter as when they did Manchester loads were about less than 5%

 

[nwoody2001]

Its Budapest Via Vienna, BHX would be direct

That would make more sense....

 

[IanFarquharson]

Algiers is a non starter

Why beacuse Manchester not mentioned ?

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Why beacuse Manchester not mentioned ?

Do you see this happening alongside Eygpt air .Apparently they want to launch next summer.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Do you see this happening alongside Eygpt air .Apparently they want to launch next summer.

They had slots in ACL last year and everyone assumed for freight but it looks like a pax service.
They serve LHR 3-4 pw STN to increase London capacity so BHX is naturally as the 2nd city the place to go next.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

They had slots in ACL last year and everyone assumed for freight but it looks like a pax service.
They serve LHR 3-4 pw STN to increase London capacity so BHX is naturally as the 2nd city the place to go next.

Spicejet rumours are quiet again aswell

 

[gulftraveller]

If they do it, I doubt it will last long. Algeria and its airline have a difficult image to overcome. Visas are old style (‘apply 2- 3 months before travel’) and even for connecting flights a visa is required. The UK point to point numbers are barely enough to maintain London flights so trying (again) the regions seems a little pointless.

 

[IanFarquharson]

If they do it, I doubt it will last long. Algeria and its airline have a difficult image to overcome. Visas are old style (‘apply 2- 3 months before travel’) and even for connecting flights a visa is required. The UK point to point numbers are barely enough to maintain London flights so trying (again) the regions seems a little pointless.

Really STN is often upgraded to an A332 !

 

[nwoody2001]

It seems the Midlands has the largest Algerian Communities outside of London so maybe that's what they are banking on? But agree... if it starts, I wouldn't be a shock to see it end. Alas im happy to be proven wrong....

 

[gulftraveller]

Really STN is often upgraded to an A332 !

But it is full of Algerians, not tourists or connecting pax. It is also considered, even by other Middle Eastern carriers as the worst.

Total number of Algerians in UK is under 30,000.

 

[nwoody2001]

But it is full of Algerians, not tourists or connecting pax. It is also considered, even by other Middle Eastern carriers as the worst.

Total number of Algerians in UK is under 30,000.

"But it is full of Algerians, not tourists or connecting pax. It is also considered, even by other Middle Eastern carriers as the worst."

I mean the same could be said about PIA!!!

 

[gulftraveller]

Yes. But there is a difference: there is a huge number of Pakistanis in UK. There is only a small Algerian diaspora in UK. When I say the flights are full of Algerians, my point is that they do not have the visa issues non Algerians would have. My point is not a comment on BHX, rather on the UK Algeria market. If we were talking about MEA, Egyptair, Tunisair or RAM, it woukd be a quite different discussion.

Maybe the flights will be carrying (non-human) livestock as they have before?

 

[79MX]

If/when these start, me and my friend intend on coming down from West Yorkshire to fly direct (for tourism), which I can’t imagine many others will be doing given how unfriendly the visa process is for tourists. With better visa rules/bigger diaspora the route would be a success, but I can’t see the route surviving too long although I would be positively surprised if it did

 

[thunderchild]

Maybe the flights will be carrying (non-human) livestock as they have before?

I’d forgotten all about that, a quick google and the crash at Coventry was Dec 1994 - good god I’m old!

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

52K Algerians currently live in Birmingham so that’s 1000 passengers per week on the route so you’re likely to get an A330-200 219 passengers X 3 weekly = 657 passengers per week

If your operating a 737-800 then it’s 132 passengers X 4 weekly = 528 passengers per week

 

[Matt995]

52K Algerians currently live in Birmingham so that’s 1000 passengers per week on the route so you’re likely to get an A330-200 219 passengers X 3 weekly = 657 passengers per week

If your operating a 737-800 then it’s 132 passengers X 4 weekly = 528 passengers per week

If, and I mean if Air Algerie do start, it will certainly not be on an A330!!! Will almost certainlly be a B738, maybe once or twice a week at best, maybe just peak season?

 

[IanFarquharson]

52K Algerians currently live in Birmingham so that’s 1000 passengers per week on the route so you’re likely to get an A330-200 219 passengers X 3 weekly = 657 passengers per week

If your operating a 737-800 then it’s 132 passengers X 4 weekly = 528 passengers per week

What make you think all 52,000 will fly ?????

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

What make you think all 52,000 will fly ?????

I’m not saying all Algerians will fly I’m talking that year round service is viable for reasons of religious matters,Family reunions.Tourism