Turkmenistan Airlines

[Kevin Farnell]

I have always believed that BHX could be a niche airport for the obscure destinations that the likes of MAN or LHR would not touch.

BHX have tried this, many times and with the exception of Turkmenistan, all have failed.

why did the mainline American carriers pull out,?

Probably a multitude of reasons (and they pulled out of MAN too). The aircraft they used were old and had a poor serviceability record. I reasd that the aircraft didn't have seat back entertainment screens and that fares were higher than the equivalent flights from LHR (which offered multiple departures per day and the use of modern equipment). Had they committed to BHX and used aircraft like the B787, then it's possible the services would have survived (at least until COVID).

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Please note, that I have split and copied parts of some posts to the Daily Direct Links from BHX to the US thread, whilst keeping parts of the massages in the Turkmenistan thread. Posts just discussing American and United airlines have been moved to the Daily Direct Links from BHX to the US thread, but please keep the discussions going.