Birmingham: EasyJet Flights, New Routes & Base Updates

[thunderchild]

Lets get the orange party started 🙂

Have I missed anything?!?!

 

[Brum X]

Have I missed anything?!?!

The small fact that Easyjet are increasing there presence at BHX in my eyes deserves a dancing zebra. 😉

You are aware they have launched another new route from BHX today ?

 

[58terminus]

We need a Dancing Zebra thread. When we see it updated we will know it will mean confirmed good news🙂

 

[Ianbutty]

I was hoping for more than more seats on an existing route to be honest. But 360,000 additional seats to Scotland will lead to a widening on BHX's catchment for forward routes to Europe particularly where they are poorly or under served in Scotland.

As for Calder, train travel is part of the overall balanced transport package but the impact of switching domestic flights in the UK to rail is, well intended, but insignificant on the environment compared with reassessing the need to travel, and nothing compared to stopping the breeding of farting cows!

 

[Coathanger16]

Interesting the environmental argument has come out for the Edinburgh route but not for the Glasgow route (which is only 9 miles further as the crows fly).

 

[Jerry]

Interesting the environmental argument has come out for the Edinburgh route but not for the Glasgow route (which is only 9 miles further as the crows fly).

I don't even remember a Simon Calder article about the Glasgow route? It maybe because the EDI route is now EZYs shortest UK domestic route that prompted the article?

 

[IanFarquharson]

Summer 20 now on sale

But no EDI or GLA yet

Might be a few weeks yet according to yesterday’s press release

 

[Jerry]

BHX-EDI is getting plenty of press!
"Climate scientists and environmentalists have slammed easyJet for creating the shortest mainland UK link, describing it as a “pointless waste of carbon”."

Climate scientists slam easyJet for creating shortest mainland UK flight

‘One of the great challenges of this century will be how we allocate that limited carbon budget amongst vitally important industries’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[rollo]

BHX-EDI is getting plenty of press!
"Climate scientists and environmentalists have slammed easyJet for creating the shortest mainland UK link, describing it as a “pointless waste of carbon”."

Climate scientists slam easyJet for creating shortest mainland UK flight

‘One of the great challenges of this century will be how we allocate that limited carbon budget amongst vitally important industries’

www.independent.co.uk

Wells I suppose it gives them something to do but when the likes of the BBC's favourite S.Calder joins in the criticism I turn off as he probably clocks more air miles than anyone on this whole forum and makes a personal financial killing at the same time, do as I say not as I do the man is a hypocrite, moan over.

 

[GliderPilot]

Have the media forgotten to mention BA's Heathrow to Manchester flight which is shorter than BHX-EDI by far? There are train links between london and manchester

No sorry, that would bad mouth BA and London and they don't like doing that...

 

[58terminus]

Simon Calder referred to Easyjets shortest mainland route. This has been spun to read the UK''s shortest.
How can they have created something that has existed longer than i can remember?.
That is what people with agendas do and it is made easy for them by our lazy national press.

 

[Jerry]

Have the media forgotten to mention BA's Heathrow to Manchester flight which is shorter than BHX-EDI by far? There are train links between london and manchester

No sorry, that would bad mouth BA and London and they don't like doing that...

And that's not the shortest UK mainland route. Aberdeen to Wick is with Eastern Airways.

 

[smithy108]

Have the media forgotten to mention BA's Heathrow to Manchester flight which is shorter than BHX-EDI by far? There are train links between london and manchester

No sorry, that would bad mouth BA and London and they don't like doing that...

Certainly smacks at lazy journalism. There are a number of current routes that are shorter including Manchester to Edinburgh flown by Flybe. The headline has been created from the statement that this is EasyJets shortest domestic route, not the UK's shortest flown domestic route but thats been lost in the headline

 

[Ray Finkle]

I was hoping for more than more seats on an existing route to be honest.

There will be more 🙂

 

[Ray Finkle]

As said S20 is now on sale.

Geneva continues at the usual 3x weekly on Mon, Wed and Fri.

Belfast has 3 flights on Sun, Mon, Thur and Fri, 2 flights on Tue and Wed and 1 flight on Sat.

As for the climate argument, would they rather have 180 people travelling all at once on a fuel efficient aircraft that is only in the air for a little over 30 mins, or 90 different cars (assuming the pax travel in twos) chugging up the motorway for 5 1/2 hours spewing out fumes?

 

[Silvercity]

I don't even remember a Simon Calder article about the Glasgow route? It maybe because the EDI route is now EZYs shortest UK domestic route that prompted the article?

LPL - IOM might be shorter ?

 

[Ray Finkle]

LPL - IOM might be shorter ?

According to Google Maps it's only 90 miles, as the crow flies.

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there all, and hopefully easyJet announce Paris Charles De Gaule, Schipol Amsterdam, Madrid and Lisbon, then a bit stretching it, they could announce bhx to either jfk or Newark liberty next year on a 777-300, but that's a pipe dream I know, but you never know, with the surprise announcements of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Andyc

 

[Brum X]

There will be more 🙂

Get that Dancing Zebra thread open Ray 😉

 

[IanFarquharson]

Hi there all, and hopefully easyJet announce Paris Charles De Gaule, Schipol Amsterdam, Madrid and Lisbon, then a bit stretching it, they could announce bhx to either jfk or Newark liberty next year on a 777-300, but that's a pipe dream I know, but you never know, with the surprise announcements of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Andyc

Easyjet have no plans to serve the US at all from their network, why would they buy 777's ?
Now if you said Wizz, I could see it happening on a A321