Recent content by Kevin Farnell

Unless they are going to lease aircraft to operate the routes.

Sleeping on the roof?

Welcome to the forum, unknownbearz and thank you for your contribution. Sorry, that I can't help with your request. Hopefully, a member more familiar with airline operations 'north of the border', will be able to help. Alternatively, there is a 'Search' facility at the top of the page. Regards...

I'm originally from Bloxwich, Walsall and so consider myself a 'Black-Country Lad'. As such, I have no problem with the airport and other transport infrastructure being identified with Birmingham. Also, I would prefer the region to be known as 'Greater Birmingham' than the 'West Midlands'...

The name needs to include the major city of the region, which is obviously Birmingham. That's how people booking a trip from overseas will identify where they are travelling to. ''UK Central' or 'Midlands Central' (don't both words mean the same thing?), would be meaningless to them, in the same...

Routes may have been performing well at LBA, but are other routes on Wizz Air's network performing better? If an airline is encountering difficulties with resources and cuts need to be made, they will cut the lower yielding routes in favour of the higher yielding ones. This would seem to...

The big problem with the WCML, is that Birmingham and the West Midlands aren't really on it. Between Rugby and Stafford, the WCML splits in two, with the line through Birmingham being only 2 tracks (one North, one south). this means that the high speed intercity trains get slowed behind local...

Hello g4ugm and welcome to the forum. Sorry I can't be too much help with your question, but the weather website Windy.com is showing a huge low over the Atlantic with strong winds into the Bay of Biscay.

Were you in Bloxwich? That's where I was born and brought up until I went away to Uni. After Uni, I returned to Bloxwich and lived at my parents for 5 years as I was working at Aston Uni.

I've seen this a lot, on FR24 (and not just with Wizz). If you look, the first flight shows all the info, including registration. The second one, is blank.In my experience, the one showing no info doesn't operate. Although that's not a golden rule.

It will all depend on whether operating into LBA at it's quieter times fits in with the airline's aircraft/crew rosta. An airline will always prioritise it's highest yielding routes.

Would it not be unusual for an airline like PIA to have a dedicated permanent check in desk at BHX. They would only require the desk for 3 hours or so for each departure (3 or 4 times per week). Most check in desks have a large TV screen above them on which the airline logo can be changed. I...

Interesting!

Interesting to note, that the still shot of the A320 that you show at the beginning of the video has a UK registration under the wing and a temporary German registration on the rear fuselage.

I kmow that this is a long way off topic, but I think it's an important issue to address. The cost of hosting the forum has risen significantly in the last few years. This is why a voluntary subscription service was introduced, that supplements the advertising income. So, by using an ad blocker...