Birmingham: Upcoming Flights & Passenger Travel Plans

[elmdon74]

Flying from Brum next Monday on Swiss am flight to Zurich,back following Friday routing ZRH-FRA-BHX Swiss/LH.Few days spotting at ZRH for visitors to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos with 40 heads of state due.Hopefully the outward flight will be the new CSeries.Temps ranging from minus 1 to minus 7 during the day so will be packing the thermals!Regards,Simon.

 

[nwoody2001]

I try hard to fly BHX when it comes to short-haul as having parents in the city mean free parking, though it's not always easy with LBA, DSA, MAN and EMA all closer than BHX.

However, as an air miles collector, I really struggle with long-haul from BHX ...over the last 12 months I've collected just short of 400,000 Virgin Flying Club miles, and by the end of this year, hope to have collected 250,000 avios. Is I've had a taste of first class, I don't want to go back to the cattle shed for long-haul flights if I can avoid it. Consequently, in the UK, VS & BA are the easiest to collect, just none fry from BHX!!!

I was able to fly first class from LHR-LAX (Virgin) and then LAX-KOA (Delta) all for £520 rtn!!! ...gotta love air miles!

 

[Daza]

Innsbruck with Inghams in June with Cityjet one of the most beautiful settings for an airport in the world then Bordeaux to my parents house in the Charante in October. I would love to fly to Nuremburg in December for Christmas markets if the tickets aren't too expensive.
Daza

 

[Ray Finkle]

Porto with Monarch in May and Menorca with Thomson in August.

I also fancy a European Christmas Market but it's difficult this year with the schools breaking up so late.

 

[thunderchild]

Madrid with Monarch and Dublin with Ryanair in May and Kefalonia with Thomas Cook in July.

 

[Barry Beeth]

Just back from FUE, courtesy of TOM7327, aka G-OOBG. I'll let the times speak for themselves:
Touchdown 18:24
Blocks 18:27
Off the a/c 18:32
Arrived immigration 18:34 (stand 40!)
Through immigration 18:38 (glad to see the AI was still taxying in though!)
First bag, wait for it, ...18:50!
We were landside by 19:02, so excellent times really. BUT, the carousel was too small for a fully loaded 752 and my impression of the arrivals area as a whole (especially immediately post customs): grotty and desperately needing a refresh.

So, in summary, overall good experiences both outbound and inbound, though I suspect had we arrived an hour earlier, we'd still be out the door around the same time!

Departure gets an "A-" from me, arrival a less impressive but still ok "C+".

 

[finchy168]

Going out with Lufthansa to KRK via MUN in May and with Iberia to MAD in June.
Its great to be getting to use BHX as I'm normally having to make the trip down to LHR for the west coast.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Malaga with Monarch in June & late August.

Tried to book Krakow in March, but due to flight times / costs, have had to travel from Staaynsted

 

[Vile8er]

Palma in early June flying on a TBA flight with Thomson

 

[Barry Beeth]

Oh no! Not Tibet Airlines again! 😛

 

[JF57]

We have just booked a holiday in Sri Lanka via Dubai from BHX. We have booked it as a package but as part of the process I checked Emirates prices.
Return economy in September BHX to Colombo £385 each!! It is sale time but a very good price.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Off to Knock for Easter weekend on a FlyMayBe boneshaker with two nervous fliers!!

 

[58terminus]

Off to Knock for Easter weekend on a FlyMayBe boneshaker with two nervous fliers!!

Flew to Knock last year,.First time on a "boneshaker." Very smooth flight and surprised by the leg room.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Flew to Knock last year,.First time on a "boneshaker." Very smooth flight and surprised by the leg room.

I've flown on them a few times, especially on the early morning service to Edinburgh.

Quite entertaining when landing on a windy day.

 

[Ashley]

Flying out with Turkish Airlines for the first time next month. Looking forward to something different rather then the usual Emirates flight.

 

[hishaq96]

Flying to Pakistan with Emirates this Wednesday for 2 weeks. Looks like the a380 will be nearly full as I just checked the seat map and only a few seats remain.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

I've been told that there is more personal space if you can manage to get a seat upstairs, Hishaq.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Just booked flights to Malaga for a short break in October.

I came very close to booking a package with Jet2 Holidays but eventually decided on Monarch.

With so much competition it's been interesting looking at various airlines and their prices. BA are the cheapest but the times are shocking and they only offer one day per week, there's really not much in it between the other locos. I can only imagine that Thomson don't want flight only, preferring to sell the holidays?

Vueling £197.44
Jet2 £189.90
Monarch £188
Norwegian £214
Ryanair £193.98
Thomson £494
British Airways £167.73

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Picking up a French friend on Friday who is arriving on Flybe from Paris. Also hoping to head out to France myself later this year, not sure exactly where yet 🙂

 

[Daza]

Lots of places to choose from jfy1999 ex BHX. I can recommend the Charente my parents have a place near Angouleme. La Rochelle/Bordeaux/Bergerac all make the area quite easy to get too. I noticed that Thomson holidays are selling holidays to Cote D'Azur with Monarch on their Mon and Fri flights.
Daza