Birmingham: ACL Birmingham Slot Allocation

[Brum X]

Is it twinned with Coventry ? Maybe there is a market after all for all the culture vulture Coventrians, he he he

 

[Ray Finkle]

Dortmund ?? How about Berlin Eurowings, nothing against Dortmund but its not at the top of my "To do" list, ha 🤐

I don't think you were the only person to raise an eyebrow to that one.

Possibly a dummy request to hide the real route? Berlin or Hamburg?

 

[Llandudno]

I don't think you were the only person to raise an eyebrow to that one.

Possibly a dummy request to hide the real route? Berlin or Hamburg?

Or Prague give it’s not in the slot requests but confirmed by the airline?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Or Prague give it’s not in the slot requests but confirmed by the airline?

Good shout, I totally forgot about Prague.

 

[Ray Finkle]

W22/23 slot report available to view.

Easyjet Europe 73.8% increase, possibly Lisbon and Orly?

There are also requests to Billund and Santander, Ryanair?

 

[planedrive]

W22/23 slot report available to view.

Easyjet Europe 73.8% increase, possibly Lisbon and Orly?

There are also requests to Billund and Santander, Ryanair?

The report shows Lisbon, Orly, and Milan Malpensa have been requested by easyJet, with BFS, GLA, EDI, AMS + GVA continuing through the winter. Quite the route portfolio developing!

 

[Matt995]

for anyone who hasn't seen the "provisional" Summer 2023 slot allocation, see below.

S23 SAL ATMs , & S23 SAl Seats, are the current flight slots requested by the airlines.

I have added a few extra columns, showing the average seats per flight per airline, number of departures & arrivals, average number of flights per week, and average number of flights per day for each airline. (if all the flights/airlines did operate every week)

Birmingham Airport Comparision Between Historic (SHL) and Initial Coordination (SAL)
Full Season Allocation Summer 2023 (26th March-28th October)
											Estimated Flights
Operator	S23 SHL ATMs	S23 SAL ATMs	+/- change	S23 SHL Seats	S23 SAL Seats	+/- change_1		Average Seats per flight	Departures	Arrivals	Per Week	Per Day
Aegean Airlines	-	124	124​	-	21,576	21,576​		174	62	62	4	0.6
Aer Lingus	946	806	-140​	150,324	128,340	-21,984​		159	403	403	26	3.7
Air France	1,270	1,736	466​	183,966	270,024	86,058​		156	868	868	56	8.0
Air India	494	372	-122​	126,464	95,232	-31,232​		256	186	186	12	1.7
Airest	310	-	-310​	-	-	0​		-	-	-	-	-
Aurigny Air Services	496	782	286​	35,712	56,304	20,592​		72	391	391	25	3.6
Balkan Holidays Air	54	28	-26​	9,720	5,040	-4,680​		180	14	14	1	0.1
Blue Air	156	186	30​	29,484	35,154	5,670​		189	93	93	6	0.9
Blue Islands	992	682	-310​	67,456	46,376	-21,080​		68	341	341	22	3.1
Brussels Airlines	884	744	-140​	123,266	104,904	-18,362​		141	372	372	24	3.4
Corendon Airlines	296	302	6​	55,944	57,078	1,134​		189	151	151	10	1.4
Cyprus Airways	434	-	-434​	82,026	-	-82,026​		-		-	-	-
Eastern Airways	-	434	434​	-	31,248	31,248​		72	217	217	14	2.0
easyJet Europe	1,284	1,922	638​	228,504	353,356	124,852​		184	961	961	62	8.9
easyJet UK	3,322	3,888	566​	609,852	714,468	104,616​		184	1,944	1,944	125	17.9
Emerald Airlines	2,116	2,542	426​	152,352	183,024	30,672​		72	1,271	1,271	82	11.7
Emirates	868	868	0​	371,504	510,632	139,128​		588	434	434	28	4.0
Eurowings	1,094	1,364	270​	196,920	245,520	48,600​		180	682	682	44	6.3
FedEx	550	58	-492​	-	-	0​		-	29	29	2	0.3
flybe	4,722	5,325	603​	368,316	415,350	47,034​		78	2,663	2,663	172	24.5
Freebird Airlines	420	184	-236​	75,600	33,120	-42,480​		180	92	92	6	0.8
Freebird Airlines Europe	26	-	-26​	4,680	-	-4,680​		-	-	-	-	-
Jet2.com	10,124	11,589	1465​	1,983,310	2,260,598	277,288​		195	5,795	5,795	374	53.4
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	1,894	2,046	152​	253,928	273,820	19,892​		134	1,023	1,023	66	9.4
Loganair	1,890	2,292	402​	102,356	122,228	19,872​		53	1,146	1,146	74	10.6
Lufthansa	2,872	3,245	373​	471,378	466,022	-5,356​		144	1,623	1,623	105	15.0
Lumiwings	44	-	-44​	6,556	-	-6,556​		-	-	-	-	-
Originair	-	434	434​	-	78,120	78,120​		180	217	217	14	2.0
Pakistan International Airlines	248	248	0​	97,464	97,464	0​		393	124	124	8	1.1
Qatar Airways	-	868	868​	-	283,836	283,836​		327	434	434	28	4.0
Ryanair	10,083	12,993	2910​	1,909,903	2,484,786	574,883​		191	6,497	6,497	419	59.9
Scandinavian Airlines	322	324	2​	28,980	29,160	180​		90	162	162	10	1.5
Southwind Airlines	-	154	154​	-	29,106	29,106​		189	77	77	5	0.7
SunExpress	194	648	454​	36,540	122,472	85,932​		189	324	324	21	3.0
Swiss International Air Lines	266	540	274​	35,894	60,940	25,046​		113	270	270	17	2.5
TUI Airways	7,415	7,803	388​	1,682,259	1,823,899	141,640​		234	3,902	3,902	252	36.0
Turkish Airlines	1,646	984	-662​	311,772	186,844	-124,928​		190	492	492	32	4.5
Turkmenistan Airlines	124	124	0​	19,840	19,840	0​		160	62	62	4	0.6
Vueling	682	744	62​	132,680	149,296	16,616​		201	372	372	24	3.4
Wizz Air	1,340	1,542	202​	274,400	336,460	62,060​		218	771	771	50	7.1
Zimex Aviation	620	620	0​	-	-			-	310	310	20	2.9
Total	60,498	69,545	9,047	10,219,350	12,131,637	1,912,287		n/a	34,773	34,773	2,243	320

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

for anyone who hasn't seen the "provisional" Summer 2023 slot allocation, see below.

S23 SAL ATMs , & S23 SAl Seats, are the current flight slots requested by the airlines.

I have added a few extra columns, showing the average seats per flight per airline, number of departures & arrivals, average number of flights per week, and average number of flights per day for each airline. (if all the flights/airlines did operate every week)

Birmingham Airport Comparision Between Historic (SHL) and Initial Coordination (SAL)
Full Season Allocation Summer 2023 (26th March-28th October)
											Estimated Flights
Operator	S23 SHL ATMs	S23 SAL ATMs	+/- change	S23 SHL Seats	S23 SAL Seats	+/- change_1		Average Seats per flight	Departures	Arrivals	Per Week	Per Day
Aegean Airlines	-	124	124​	-	21,576	21,576​		174	62	62	4	0.6
Aer Lingus	946	806	-140​	150,324	128,340	-21,984​		159	403	403	26	3.7
Air France	1,270	1,736	466​	183,966	270,024	86,058​		156	868	868	56	8.0
Air India	494	372	-122​	126,464	95,232	-31,232​		256	186	186	12	1.7
Airest	310	-	-310​	-	-	0​		-	-	-	-	-
Aurigny Air Services	496	782	286​	35,712	56,304	20,592​		72	391	391	25	3.6
Balkan Holidays Air	54	28	-26​	9,720	5,040	-4,680​		180	14	14	1	0.1
Blue Air	156	186	30​	29,484	35,154	5,670​		189	93	93	6	0.9
Blue Islands	992	682	-310​	67,456	46,376	-21,080​		68	341	341	22	3.1
Brussels Airlines	884	744	-140​	123,266	104,904	-18,362​		141	372	372	24	3.4
Corendon Airlines	296	302	6​	55,944	57,078	1,134​		189	151	151	10	1.4
Cyprus Airways	434	-	-434​	82,026	-	-82,026​		-		-	-	-
Eastern Airways	-	434	434​	-	31,248	31,248​		72	217	217	14	2.0
easyJet Europe	1,284	1,922	638​	228,504	353,356	124,852​		184	961	961	62	8.9
easyJet UK	3,322	3,888	566​	609,852	714,468	104,616​		184	1,944	1,944	125	17.9
Emerald Airlines	2,116	2,542	426​	152,352	183,024	30,672​		72	1,271	1,271	82	11.7
Emirates	868	868	0​	371,504	510,632	139,128​		588	434	434	28	4.0
Eurowings	1,094	1,364	270​	196,920	245,520	48,600​		180	682	682	44	6.3
FedEx	550	58	-492​	-	-	0​		-	29	29	2	0.3
flybe	4,722	5,325	603​	368,316	415,350	47,034​		78	2,663	2,663	172	24.5
Freebird Airlines	420	184	-236​	75,600	33,120	-42,480​		180	92	92	6	0.8
Freebird Airlines Europe	26	-	-26​	4,680	-	-4,680​		-	-	-	-	-
Jet2.com	10,124	11,589	1465​	1,983,310	2,260,598	277,288​		195	5,795	5,795	374	53.4
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	1,894	2,046	152​	253,928	273,820	19,892​		134	1,023	1,023	66	9.4
Loganair	1,890	2,292	402​	102,356	122,228	19,872​		53	1,146	1,146	74	10.6
Lufthansa	2,872	3,245	373​	471,378	466,022	-5,356​		144	1,623	1,623	105	15.0
Lumiwings	44	-	-44​	6,556	-	-6,556​		-	-	-	-	-
Originair	-	434	434​	-	78,120	78,120​		180	217	217	14	2.0
Pakistan International Airlines	248	248	0​	97,464	97,464	0​		393	124	124	8	1.1
Qatar Airways	-	868	868​	-	283,836	283,836​		327	434	434	28	4.0
Ryanair	10,083	12,993	2910​	1,909,903	2,484,786	574,883​		191	6,497	6,497	419	59.9
Scandinavian Airlines	322	324	2​	28,980	29,160	180​		90	162	162	10	1.5
Southwind Airlines	-	154	154​	-	29,106	29,106​		189	77	77	5	0.7
SunExpress	194	648	454​	36,540	122,472	85,932​		189	324	324	21	3.0
Swiss International Air Lines	266	540	274​	35,894	60,940	25,046​		113	270	270	17	2.5
TUI Airways	7,415	7,803	388​	1,682,259	1,823,899	141,640​		234	3,902	3,902	252	36.0
Turkish Airlines	1,646	984	-662​	311,772	186,844	-124,928​		190	492	492	32	4.5
Turkmenistan Airlines	124	124	0​	19,840	19,840	0​		160	62	62	4	0.6
Vueling	682	744	62​	132,680	149,296	16,616​		201	372	372	24	3.4
Wizz Air	1,340	1,542	202​	274,400	336,460	62,060​		218	771	771	50	7.1
Zimex Aviation	620	620	0​	-	-			-	310	310	20	2.9
Total	60,498	69,545	9,047	10,219,350	12,131,637	1,912,287		n/a	34,773	34,773	2,243	320

IT’s mentioned emirates 28 flights per week so would reinstate that there will be 4x daily flights per day

 

[Kevin Farnell]

IT’s mentioned emirates 28 flights per week so would reinstate that there will be 4x daily flights per day

2 inbound and 2 outbound? Although that doesn't make sense compared to Balkan Holiday's 1 flight per week.

Kevin

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

2 inbound and 2 outbound? Although that doesn't make sense compared to Balkan Holiday's 1 flight per week.

Kevin

Also do you know how you find out the aircraft of every new route?

 

[Matt995]

2 inbound and 2 outbound? Although that doesn't make sense compared to Balkan Holiday's 1 flight per week.

Kevin

Yes 2 inbound and 2 outbound, airlines will need at least 2 slots to operate a flight, 1 inbound, 1 outbound. The summer slots cover 31 weeks, Balkan will only be operating for 14 weeks, so that requires 28 slots, my estimate flights per week work over an airline operating all 31 weeks, so in Balkan's case because they are only operating for 14 weeks, not 31 weeks, the estimate flights a day won't be correct, hence the word "estimate"

Also do you know how you find out the aircraft of every new route?

Qatar's seats per flight works out at 327 a flight, if you check out their fleet, they only have 1 aircraft with 327 seats, an Airbus A350-1000

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Wow , if Qatar operate that schedule then they are really going for it. Although, I can't see it phasing Emirates. They'll just up their game. Also, interesting that the A350-1000's are fitted with the Qsuites.

By the way Matt995, I hope you don't mind that I kept a copy of your slot application table. I just copied the data and found that it pasted very neatly into Excel. For personal use only. I wont post it elsewhere.

Kevin

 

[Coathanger16]

Also, interesting that the A350-1000's are fitted with the Qsuites.

Some of the -900s are as well.

 

[Matt995]

By the way Matt995, I hope you don't mind that I kept a copy of your slot application table. I just copied the data and found that it pasted very neatly into Excel. For personal use only. I wont post it elsewhere.

Kevin

No problems Kevin, feel free to update the flight per day/week!! 😉

 

[RichL]

By those stats, are we saying there could potentially be two Qatar flights and day and two Emirates flights a day?

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

All the aircraft data with all the airline data aswell including its destinations.(Doesn’t mention time.)open the aircraft size analysis and then hold one the colours of your choice which shows you aircraft data. Then pick show data point as a table

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[JENNYJET]

I was unaware that Qatar had reinstated A350 to service given their ongoing dispute with Airbus, surprised actually!

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

I was unaware that Qatar had reinstated A350 to service given their ongoing dispute with Airbus, surprised actually!

Yeah I would be happy specially with 2x daily A350

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I was unaware that Qatar had reinstated A350 to service given their ongoing dispute with Airbus, surprised actually!

Not all of Qatar's A350's are suffering from the surface degradation problems (possibly age related?). Qatar Airways are going to need every aircraft that they have available to fulfil their schedule. This leads me to question the twice daily service from BHX (apparently, they have also applied for similar slot numbers from EDI).

 

[mullion]

They are in process of getting some ex Virgin Australia 777s A7-BOF being the first which spends all
its time flying to Manchester and has only missed one day since 23rd December and there was me wondering if it might
come to the UK as it seems that fleet use is quite unpredictable to say the least. 2 daily ex EDI is quite an increase with
A350 as the locals predict is quite an increase from a daily 787-8.