Iberia

[Llandudno]

According to a post on the other forum Iberia are looking to increase frequency at MAN possibly utilizing the BHX aircraft.

This isn't quite true. Yes, MAN is being increased by 1 weekly, but, this was put on sale a long time ago so as far as I'm aware, the MAN increase is nothing to do with BHX being cut.

 

[Nethercote2019]

Strange for a route to be cut just before peak season ?

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there all, as I have said before, the reason why airlines leave Birmingham Airport after just 12-15 months, is that once the deal with the airport comes up for review, the airline knows that if they were paying say £6.00 per tonne, so mtow is 400 tonnes, then using times table, £6.00 x 400 = £2,400, but once deal ends, it's £12.00 per tonne, well that's £12.00x 400 tonnes = £4,800, that's a lot more than they were originally paying. That's why they then decided, too expensive, then pull out. Andyc

 

[Matt995]

except Andy, Iberia Express have been operating from BHX since the end of March 2016!

I am sure it's related to BHX's pricing and costs, but what can the airport do, when the 7 local councils that own the airfield are not prepared to lower the costs, have you ever know a council ever lower costs? They don't care about airlines or routes, they just want their large profit from the airport every year! It's a catch 22 situation.

 

[thunderchild]

The rate at which BHX is bleeding airlines and routes there won’t be any profits to be had and it’s certainly nothing to do with passenger numbers as to why Iberia are pulling out. How the management think BHX can pick up the slack from no third runway at LHR is quite honestly baffling.

 

[HPsauce]

This is certainly not good news. Losing flag carriers is a blow to BHX. Perhaps an opportune moment for someone like easyjet or even Jet2 to step in ?. I can't see Vueling being interested as they are in the same group. Maybe Ryanair will increase flights, although not everyones favourite.

 

[Ryan Kirkpatrick]

Reported by @seanm1997 on Twitter tonight that Iberia Express will cease their Madrid flights on 30th June.

Another flag carrier to leave Birmingham this year, airport costs to high again no doubt?

Yep my flight is August is cancalled.... was doing LHR-MAD-MAD-BHX looks like I need to look at another way of getting home. Yes I could take Ryanair but the time is crap 7am. I booked my flight times so I could get enough sleep get up make way to the gate. I might make my way back into LHR. I will look into it once I get back from NYC.

 

[IanFarquharson]

IB pull out is nothing to do with cost

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there Ian, so what is the reason then.

 

[mullion]

You just beet me to it Andrew

 

[IanFarquharson]

I cannot say but the likes of Wizz, Ryanair and easyJet would have been long gone if cost was the issue !
Plus Aegean are coming back !

 

[thunderchild]

Plus Aegean are coming back !

Yes but for how long?

 

[David_itl]

Potentially Iberia is quitting for the usual reason why airlines pull out. one-way BHX-MAD on 30th June only £42.

 

[Angie88]

Maybe we are getting a new competitor on the route & Iberia are jumping ship early? Not like this hasn’t happened before

 

[Jerry]

Hi there all, as I have said before, the reason why airlines leave Birmingham Airport after just 12-15 months, is that once the deal with the airport comes up for review, the airline knows that if they were paying say £6.00 per tonne, so mtow is 400 tonnes, then using times table, £6.00 x 400 = £2,400, but once deal ends, it's £12.00 per tonne, well that's £12.00x 400 tonnes = £4,800, that's a lot more than they were originally paying. That's why they then decided, too expensive, then pull out. Andyc

You won't know the real reason for the cut. It's qui

Maybe we are getting a new competitor on the route & Iberia are jumping ship early? Not like this hasn’t happened before

Maybe they'll pass the route onto Air Europa?

 

[andrew.clarkson]

Hi there all, so how much would it cost to buy out the seven councils.

 

[Brum X]

IB pull out is nothing to do with cost

What ever it is, it is still rubbish that IB are pulling out. BHX is going backwards and I am losing interest in this airport.

In fact the airport is embarrassing for a city of this size.

 

[Brum X]

And we all keep thinking why the likes of TAP, Finnair, Air Baltic keep passing us by, we haven't got a cat in hells chance of getting these airlines.

We are all living in cloud cuckoo land.

 

[Creguk]

It's just not the airport we all want it to be. I'm starting to think it never will be.

 

[Brum X]

It's just not the airport we all want it to be. I'm starting to think it never will be.

Yeah me too Creguk, BHX is fast becoming a glitzy bucket and spade airport that happens to have a few long haul routes. And most of these are bucket and spade routes.