Official Birmingham Airport (BHX) Thread 1

[hoody]

On a historical note...


How successful was the Iceland Express service to Reykjavik?

I know the airline was a wet lease for Astreus (sp?) and subsequently folded and were bought by Wowair.

It's just cost me £350 for a flight to Iceland from LHR.

[Brum X]

Originally Posted by hammerb24

Not sure Hassan will be overly excited but Monarch have announced 2 new routes from summer 2013, Bordeaux and Split, both 3 x weekly.

And Aer Lingus BHX-DUB Expansion for Summer 2013:




Aer Lingus to increase Dublin from 3 to 6 daily from 1 June. Half mainline and regional.

DUB-BHX
07.10
09.00*
13.15
17.00*
18.15**
20.30* **

BHX-DUB
07.15* ***
08.50
10.45*
14.50
18.45*
19.50 **

* Aer Lingus Regional
** except Sat
*** except Sun

[Hassaan13]

What are the pax figures for PIA's ISB-BHX service? Also, what were they like when they were flying to YYZ via BHX from KHE/LHE?

[neon18]

More runway extension works updates:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/p...09982045683214

[Hassaan13]

Originally Posted by neon18

More runway extension works updates:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/p...09982045683214

Nice to see progress being made

The A45 should be done by June.

[Brum X]

DUBLIN 46,236 (45160)---------135 pax----75% on less rotations

DUBAI 38,568 (39280)-----------324 pax---78% - EK38 on 30th probably in Dec figures as tech
AMSTERDAM 37,963 (38143)----90 pax---80% impressive considering Q400's rather than 733's
PARIS (CDG) 29,550 (29015) ----90 pax---75%
TENERIFE 13463 (16027)-------192 pax----93% - less flight not - enough seats
FRANKFURT 21,494 (19932)-----90 pax-----65%
ALICANTE 12619 (17204) --------180 pax-----89% (BMI Baby capacity not replaced & less ZB)
DUSSELDORF 15,967 (15013)-----47 pax-----55%
ARRECIFE 7203 (6980)-----------180 pax-----89% (less capacity more pax)
MUNICH 14,923 (12459)----------73 pax------55% (not sure if this route needs 2 airlines)
MALAGA 11653 (11516)-----------177 pax------87% (more pax way less capacity)
BRUSSELS 9,228 (10393)---------53 pax-------47%
ZURICH 8,309 (11060)------------69 pax-------70% (33.333% cut in rotations)
FUERTEVENTURA 3837 (3047) 174 pax-----87%
FARO 7171 (7530) -----------------179 pax------89%
COPENHAGEN 7,180 (7663)------76 pax------76%
ISLAMABAD 6,879 (7538)--------265 pax-----73%
NEW YORK (EWR) 6,841 (6287)-143 pax----84%
CORK 6,404 (6494)------------------53 pax----74%
ISTANBUL 6,268 (4487)----------105 pax----68%
HANOVER 3582 (4215)------------ 60 pax-----71% (frequency reduction but a few 195's)
ASHKHABAD 5,251 (5021)-------154 pax-----81%
LAS PALMAS 3182 (4984)--------177 pax-----89%
BERLIN (TEGEL) 5,084 (nil)------88 pax-----64%
ROME (FCO) 4,180 (nil)-----------130 pax-----75%
BARCELONA 4,088 (nil)----------146 pax-----77%
BYDGOSZCZ 4,017 (4113)-------155 pax-----82%
STOCKHOLM (ARN) 3,896 (nil)-75 pax------55% approx
LARNACA 2959 (3644)----------185 pax------86%
VENICE 3,547 (nil)---------------118 pax------60% - quite a few A321's - poor planning (68% A320)
PALMA 3098 (nil)----------------141 pax-------75%
FUNCHAL 2018 (nil)-------------112 pax-------64%
RZESZOW 3,169 (2501)---------144 pax------.76% (possibly 151 pax 80% if one flight diverted)
MALTA 3,096 (2615)------------172 pax-------92%
SHANNON 3,005 (2952)---------50 pax-------70%
BRATISLAVA 2,964 (4007)----165 pax-------87% (reduced 3 to 2 a week)
HAMBURG 2,896 (1608)---------60 pax-------70%
BUDAPEST 2,593 (nil)----------162 pax -------86% (Must be real cheap fares?)
MILAN (MXP) 2,554 (1713)-----46 pax-------50%
KATOWICE 2,527 (2363)-------158 pax-------84%
STUTTGART 2,511 (3204)------31 pax-------39%
KRAKOW 2,272 (nil)-------------162 pax-------86%
KNOCK 2,224 (3451)-------------37 pax--------51% (733 to ATR72)
BERGAMO 2,002 (nil) -----------91 pax--------48% (seems very low)
WATERFORD 1,260 (658)------ 52 pax--------67% (Arann stopped in Nov 11 -)
MURCIA 1,062 (nil) -------------133 pax-------70% (ended 6/11)
GIRONA 722 (2518)--------------120 pax-------64& (ended 5/11 and replaced with BCN)
GDANSK 629 (2607)-------------157 pax-------83% (ended 6/11)
REUS 432 (nil)---------------------108 pax........57%
TRIESTE 563 (nil)----------------140 pax-------75% (ended 4/11)
KAUNAS 354 (2438)-------------177 pax-------94% (ended 4/11)

[neon18]

BHX runway extension works pre-Christmas 2012

[Brum X]

Looking Good.

[cooperman]

Why are they extending the runway?

I thought as technology moves forwards, aircraft require less and less runway to take off and land (eg the dreamliner) and regional airports are going to adopt the strategy of lots of smaller planes going to many destinations rather that large aircraft (like the superjumbo).

Why not build an extra runway identical in length to the existing one?

[hoody]

Originally Posted by cooperman

Why are they extending the runway?

I thought as technology moves forwards, aircraft require less and less runway to take off and land (eg the dreamliner) and regional airports are going to adopt the strategy of lots of smaller planes going to many destinations rather that large aircraft (like the superjumbo).

Why not build an extra runway identical in length to the existing one?

There is no need for a second runway.

in the future there will be more smaller planes, but there will always be the super jumbo's etc. Not forgetting Birmingham is a global manufacturing centre and needs to import/export goods.

[JayPeeDee]

The longer runway will mean:

- aircraft are able to depart with full payloads (i.e. passengers plus full cargo) meaning routes from BHX can be more profitable
- some aircraft can take off at lower power settings meaning it is quieter for local residents and more efficient for airlines
- aircraft are able to take off with more fuel, extending their range and expanding the number of destinations the airport can serve

An additional runway of similar length will not make any difference, since the existing runway is currently underused.

[Brum X]

RUMOUR has it that Air Algerie are looking at BHX and 2/3 weekly frequency. However i fail to see the attraction of these as they offer no onward connections to India and there operation at MAN a few years ago was very unsuccessfull. However they do serve LHR if my memory is good and not sure about the Algerian population in the Midlands/North of England ?????

[Brum X]

For what its worth and if your reading, you are welcome on our forum World_Rep and i hope you still contribute to it.

Was just reading stuff on another cities forum thats all, some people are soooooo childish and rather stupid.

[Hassaan13]

Originally Posted by Brum X

RUMOUR has it that Air Algerie are looking at BHX and 2/3 weekly frequency. However i fail to see the attraction of these as they offer no onward connections to India and there operation at MAN a few years ago was very unsuccessfull. However they do serve LHR if my memory is good and not sure about the Algerian population in the Midlands/North of England ?????

They do indeed serve LHR, with a mix of A330s, 737s and 767s. Maybe people from the Midlands would use it for onward connections to China for example. Could be used for connections to other parts of Africa also.

Originally Posted by cooperman

Why are they extending the runway?

I thought as technology moves forwards, aircraft require less and less runway to take off and land (eg the dreamliner) and regional airports are going to adopt the strategy of lots of smaller planes going to many destinations rather that large aircraft (like the superjumbo).

Why not build an extra runway identical in length to the existing one?

As mentioned, the existing runway is already not long enough to manage several long-haul services. Look at Gatwick, they can handle it all with one runway.

I can't imagine Qatar announcing BHX officially is that far off, they've already taken deliveries of a few 787s. It depends where BHX is on their priority list.

[Brum X]

[Hassaan13]

Just thought I'd share this rather spectacular video of an Emirates 773 landing at BHX:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rTCeVcjw2I

[zoxy]

Hi all,

Im new to this forum and would like to know if there are passenger figures for each year for each destination from bhx. Or would you have to go throug each airlines figures to get this?

Thanks

[faddypainter]

Yes both annual and monthly figures for all scheduled routes from UK airports are available from the CAA going back to about 1994 I think. Just do a search for CAA statistics and it shouldn't be too hard to find.

[zoxy]

Originally Posted by faddypainter

Yes both annual and monthly figures for all scheduled routes from UK airports are available from the CAA going back to about 1994 I think. Just do a search for CAA statistics and it shouldn't be too hard to find.

Oh thats brilliant. THANKS

[justplanecrazy84]

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2...-airport-boss/