Recent content by nwoody2001

And who'd have guessed, this was actually BHX! So for Summer 2027, BHX will be welcoming 3 NEW (long-haul?) Airlines to our departure board which is the first time in a long time we've been able to say that! Air Transat Egyptair Pakistan International The loss of SV is a hit (though they...

In the curve call that I suspect most of us didn’t have on our bingo card! Great news BHX!

Having looked through EasyJet's Summer'27 Schedule, as it currently stands, not much change in capacity but hopefully more capacity will be added in the next few weeks... At present, 38x routes on sale (same as 2026) and 157x weekly departures (-1 from last year) New Routes MXP: +2x weekly...

In short.... RYR like BHX, but are not a fan of the UK Govt!

FYI REU and GRO are now back on sale, 3x weekly each... both down from 4x weekly but BCN is up 2x weekly so same as last year in reality. As the current Summer 27 Schedule stands (Peak Aug Week), there are a total of 255x weekly departures (-2 on last years) over 49 routes (-1 on last year)...

But interestingly… no cuts have occurred - since the war… slow and cautioned growth/recovery yes! Yes, I think all(?) uk airports have less capacity than they did before the start of the Iran crisis, but I imagine EK would be at pains to cut their existing capacity, especially when QR seem to...

EK Load Factors from BHX July EK37/38 = 62.0% (first month back at BHX) EK39/40 = 76.3% August EK37/38 = 79.0% EK39/40 = 79.1% September EK37/38 = 67.3% (so far) EK39/40 = 70.4% (so far) I think these figures are pretty decent so far, given that August was the first full month back at the...

Not bad given there were fear they were pulling out of bhx just a few months back!

If you think LHR and BHX serve completely different markets, you clearly have very little understanding of how catchments actually work - particularly when LHR is one of the biggest drains on the BHX catchment. Airlines, including Air India, have repeatedly retrenched to LHR when times are...

Who said anything about the cuts being because of “the war”? I assume you mean the USA/Iran conflict. The primary reason for Air India’s network-wide cuts has been the 787-8 refurbishment programme, followed by the operational and political impacts of the India–Pakistan tensions and subsequent...

Was it quietly dropped? No. The 7th weekly rotation was planned to be reintroduced once the schedule returned to an all-787-8 operation. The refurbishment programme - as has been widely reported - has been significantly delayed, meaning the 777s are continuing to operate at BHX and, as a...

Thats a long standing cut that was made as a result of the pandemic and since then has only been reinstated for 8 months and ended as a result of the AI crash. BHX has not seen any cuts as a consequence of the 788 refurbishment process unlike all of the routes listed above! And if you want to...

I really would not read anything into Air India first class being empty, it often is even from LHR. The First Class - and to a degree Business Class - on these old 777 are some of the worst and outdated products in the sky and are rarely sold, especially at the prices Air India charge. if you...

not according to BHX - this is due to the a Year-Round service https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/latest-news/new-direct-flights-to-cairo-set-to-launch-from-birmingham-airport/

I have no idea what you think Saudia is trying to serve from BHX. Saudia is also targeting connecting traffic more than O&D traffic. A vast majority of the passengers using the Saudia route are not ending their journey in Saudi Arabia. I remember an article released a year or so after the launch...