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757man

RE: MyTravel Lite Expand At Birmingham

Nice to see My Travel Lite are commited to BHX - Despite their parent company and it's problems, the new low cost airline is doing quite well. Long may this continue. Also nice to see PAX figures at BHX have returned to show positive growth since 9/11. As for the MAN vs BHX debate - I won't get invo...

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RE: MyTravel-Lite Load Factors

Advance bookings for GVA are actually ahead of expectations - The outbounds flights are going out with healthy loads, the inbound flight with just 3 people you mentioned - the service had only been operational for only a few days when this occured. I take it you've been reading BANAD?!?!? Good man!!...

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RE: New Runway At BHX Planned

They (BHX top brass) propose that the second 'wide spaced' runway be constructed with 600m lopped off the initial proposal. The existing runway would be extended at the end of 15 and the A45 be routed via a tunnel underneath the extension. The second runway would be built ONLY when demand dictates i...

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RE: No 2 Runway 2 At Ema?

I've heard talk of a second runway at EMA - Couldn't tell you much else. We're getting plenty of anti airport talk and protests around BHX due to the expansion plans here though - the local papers are full of stuff regarding this.

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RE: Pilot Warns Of Birmingham Airport Danger

I've been a visitor to BHX nearly every week since the Summer of 1988, and have flown out of the airport many times, and I have to concur with Rick767...The state of the rwy 15/33 is nothing compared to some of the piss poor airfields that reside on certain Greek islands. Kos and Corfu are two I cou...

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RE: CO EWR-BHX Loads?

Skymonster, you list a number of BHX transatlantic failures in your post, but it doesn't tell the story why some of those carriers withdrew.... British Airways - When the daily JFK started in March 1993 it did indeed suffer from low passenger loads. As time went by, these loads increased (by late 19...

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RE: CO EWR-BHX Loads?

I keep hearing rumours that BHX-ORD will be taken over by VS......I think it's a load of c**p myself - Mr Branson has never showed a very serious interest in any UK airport outside London (and that includes MAN) and they don't have suitable equipment for the route to start with (A340 and 747 types a...

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RE: Mon Dieu! Air France, Wash Your Aircraft!

Agreed, I've seen some downright flithy looking AF speciman's over the years, especilly the 727's they used to have. I actually like it when an aircraft has a grime coated exterior. Is it also true that French girls don't shave their armpits? <img src="/discussions/graphics/spin.gif" ALT="Smil...

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RE: CO EWR-BHX Loads?

Fair play BDRules - At the end of the day we're all aviation nuts here, and it's nice to see the UK regional airports are (slowly) getting recognised - EMA has as much of a bright future as the rest of the pack - though not as bright as BHX <img src="/discussions/graphics/spin.gif" ALT="Smile/...

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RE: CO EWR-BHX Loads?

EMA is still finding it's feet - The introduction of the low cost boys will help it along nicely. I cannot give you an honest answer as to whether or not MAN may interfere with any possible transatlantic ops from EMA, but if it did happen, then it would give the already struggling BHX services somet...

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RE: CO EWR-BHX Loads?

BDRules... Whilst it's possible that EMA may attract a transatlantic service a few years from now, I doubt AA will be the one that gives the airport an ORD service. This is simply due to the fact that they share the OneWorld partnership with BA, the latter already having a large operation at BHX. Th...

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RE: CO EWR-BHX Loads?

It's all very well discussing PAX loads on these services, but I think you'll find that BHX transatlantic services have usually done quite well with the amount of cargo they carry. Certainly the soon defunct AA23/24 daily service BHX-ORD carried a nice amount of gear under the cabin, as did the long...

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757man

RE: A.Netters At BHX..........

There have been several major carriers that have shown an interest in BHX over recent times. The airport management are seeking new services quite a lot at the moment - The EK service (apart from MYT Lite) was the last 'biggie' announced, and that was two years ago! So it's about time we had some mo...

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RE: A.Netters At BHX..........

Ammunition....

I'm sure Uzbek will be starting BHX-YYZ/JFK again soon....if not already - Can someone confirm? I know Turkmenistan were planning routes to the US, but nothing has been heard since last year regarding this...

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RE: A.Netters At BHX..........

Agree with Lekky-Man, there does seem to be a large number of regional jet movements at BHX. If it's not the 146, we have plenty of ERJ-145 and CRJ movements. I'm personally gutted we're getting the Ex LGW based RJ100's here at BHX. Eight (so I'm told) are on the way to BHX.....All our A319's will b...

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RE: A.Netters At BHX..........

I'm sure EMA will expand it's terminal area - Given the fact that there has been a surge in PAX since the introduction of the lo-cost services, this development looks even more likely than ever before. As BDRules will probably tell you, I've been critical of EMA in the past, but a recent visit to th...

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757man

RE: A.Netters At BHX..........

Can I just apologise to Ammunition in advance for my comments regarding Wolverhampton - It was childish and Immature and it won't happen again. Much.

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757man

RE: A.Netters At BHX..........

Whoops, sorry Terra! Cosford is not far from Wolverhampton and I wouldn't dream of entering a pub near that place - it's full of people with faces like smacked bums. Plus they all talk strange.

BHX pubs - Er, 'The Clock' springs to mind but is as dead as a doorpost these days.

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757man

RE: A.Netters At BHX..........

Gosh, over two months away from here and I find a topic about BHX upon my return!!! Now that I've finished fitting kitchens and now got round to fixing my PC I'm glad to be back (I hear groans from the likes of BDRules already). I live very close to BHX, hence my unhealthy devotion - though I live i...

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RE: MyTravel (formerly Airtours) In Trouble

I was led to believe MYT will be offering low cost sceduled services to the popular sun spots in the med - to commence in October time I think isn't it? RE Air Europe (my favourite all time UK airline). AE went bust for a variety of reasons - namely it's parent company (ILG) getting into all kinds o...

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RE: The Matrix? Great Classic, Or Load Of Crap?

The Matrix is a great film, despite Keanu Reeves landing the leading role. Anyway, Morpheus (Larry Fishburne) and that Agent guy (Hugo Weaving) were the two best characters. The lobby scene is indeed fantastic and the soundtrack is excellent. I'm looking forward to the second instalment big time!

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757man

RE: Episode II: Whoa!

I am seeing AOTC within the next 24 hours and can't wait. Many people slated Episode 1 three years ago, but I enjoyed that film. Okay, Jar Jar Binks was annoying and Darth Maul got the chop....Actually I think my big criticism of Ep1 was the fact that Maul got killed - GL could have developed him in...

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RE: Anyone Dislikes The A310 Because It Is Short?

Although the overall length of the A310 is only a few feet shorter than the narrowbodied 757-200, I think it is quite a mean looking mutha'. The cabin length on the Airbus is only slightly shorter than the comparable 767-200, though the Boeing has a narrower body. People seem to constantly bang on a...

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RE: Good BMI Baby News

David, you are quite correct about the Geneva service operated by MSK from BHX...They gave it up a while back claiming Easyjet were taking the PAX away. I was as surprised as you to hear this news - The other routes such as Athens have been in the pipeline for some time. The airline has been recruit...

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RE: Does Anyone Have An Opinion On This?

I'd love to see a Trident up and running. I know the preservation society have an 'airworthy' H.S. 121 down at LHR, hopefully it will fly again one day. Quite often I'll look at Trident photographs on A.net, wishing I could have seen more of them. I became interested in civil aviation at a time when...

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RE: Monarch Corporate Identity - First Photo On A.net

Actually, the reason I mentioned Air 2000 was nothing to do with my opinion on their livery - Rather the fact that there is a strong rumour that they'll be updating their image soon - I was just hoping that they would design a good one. It is true though, I don't like the AMM colours, it looks cheap...

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757man

RE: Monarch's Colours - Old Vs New

My vote goes to the new colour scheme - The old livery wasn't bad, but it was just too old and needed updating badly, especially when every other major UK charter carrier appears to have had an image change over the past few years. The new livery is more of an 'evolution' than a 'revolution', unlike...

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RE: Monarch Corporate Identity - First Photo On A.net

Good Lord!!! Can it be true? A UK charter airline which has introduced an actually quite good livery???? I've lost a lot of faith due to the likes of the Britannia and JMC c/s being designed by a bunch of retards. Congratulations go to Monarch! Well done! Plus, this livery seems to make the 757 look...

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757man

RE: Can This Runway Really Handle A 747?

That photograph is taken at such an angle whereby it deletes the remaining 3000ft or so runway remaining. The PIA 747's used to rotate off BHX's main runway at around the halfway point on average, usually with over 300 passengers on board. The tech stop in CPH enabled them to do this. The runway at ...

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RE: Interesting Article B757, 9/11 At The Pentagon

Quite frankly, this website is the biggest load of bullshit I've seen in a long time. It seems even more riduculous now that official pictures were released taken from the parking lot camera - 5 pictures in all were released, and the first shows the ill-fated 757 ploughing along the ground before im...

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RE: PIA Starts Birminghaam U.K Flights

BTW, PIA are also resuming stopover flights to Toronto from 6/4/02 - 4 flights per week. This will bring a total of 6 PIA flights passing through BHX on a weekly basis.

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757man

RE: Air Transat To Newcastle UK

I thought TS were getting rid of the 757's anyway? The A310 will be their most frequent visitor to European destinations. I know BHX are getting the fat Airbus on Tuesdays, and the L-1011 (500) on Saturdays. Dunno what is happening with the A330 - Are they still restricted following the Azores glide...

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757man

RE: PIA Starts Birminghaam U.K Flights

Passengers can now book on these flight too, as they are now loaded onto the reservation system.

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757man

RE: Cat On MAN Runway Almost Killed!

Rapo, I catch what you're saying - The little moggy was in a catch 22 situation.....We should cat this out now before the joke wears out completely.......

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RE: Cat On MAN Runway Almost Killed!

Brings new meaning to the term 'CAT III' landing

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757man

RE: New Airport For Birmingham?

It's good that small airports are getting looked at - Perhaps the government have finally woken up and realised that LHR is choking to death with congestion. Airports such as MAN and BHX will benefit from extra flights sooner though, and this is because they already have very good terminal facilitie...

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757man

RE: New Airlines At Ema?

There is no chance of BA flights from EMA while they have a large base at BHX. You might see a franchise carrier one day, but not mainline BA. Anyway, why do you want BA to fly from EMA? They never did any favours for either BHX and MAN - they are very London orientated....

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757man

RE: New Airport For Birmingham?

David - Not a word I'm afraid. I've given up on it until something concrete is confirmed. Going away from topic a little bit, I can tell you that early indications for Feb PAX figures are looking very good. CO and EK have had around 86% load factors each during this month. Indeed, all CO flights hav...

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RE: New Airport For Birmingham?

Ammunition - As a regular use of the M6 myself, between J8 and J11, you are right in saying that there is no space. Pehaps they will look at Stonebridge again? After all, it is quite close to the M6. Time will tell.

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757man

RE: Dirty Airplanes

I remember seeing some of the AC L-1011's at LHR during the 1980s - Some of the aircraft were caked in dirt and grime, especially in the tailplane area. They were filthy. Have some of you also noticed the black patch on the 737-200's side, just aft of the JT8D's rear end? You can really see this on ...

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757man

RE: Newark To Lisbon Portugal On A 757?

My hop accross the pond in a 757 was in 1990. Flew on a British charter airline some of you may remember, Air Europe. We departed BHX and flew a 7 hour journey over the North Atlantic then landed for fuel at Bangor, Maine. One hour on the deck at Bangor, then it was a further three hours to Orlando ...

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757man

RE: Take Down Photo ID: 221140?

SQ325 - Totally agree with you...I salute you.

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757man

RE: How Do You Feel When An Airplane Is Retired?

I agree with Heavymetal - But I will say one thing though. It is sad to see so many L-1011's being stored and dismantled. This is one aircraft that could have gone on flying for several more years - Many L-1011's were retired well before their time was truly up.

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757man

RE: Take Down Photo ID: 221140?

Speaking as somebody that has been an aviation enthusiast for the last 14 years, I think this photgraph is excellent. I love shots of airliners flying at airshows, as the pilots can chuck them around with a fighter like agility (often to a totally aghast crowd of onlookers). I appreciate that this p...

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RE: New Airport For Birmingham?

I agree about Birmingham only having the one airport. The market BHX serves is quite large, but two airports could no way operate alongside one another - The market is simply not large enough for two. I recall back in the late 1970's (when the new terminal building was proposed) that a site 3 miles ...

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757man

RE: The Bac 1-11 Saga In USA.

The 1-11 -500 appeared in the late 1960's and was 107ft in length with a slightly increased wingspan. The Rolls Royce Spey engines on these variants were water injected and gave slightly better performance than the older, smaller variants such as the -200. The -500 could seat up to 119 passengers, t...

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New Airport For Birmingham?

The Financial Times has recently printed an article suggesting the the Government is looking at the possibilty of building a new airport for Birmingham, England. The current airport serving the UK's second city (BHX) handles around 8 million passengers a year, but there are concerns regarding the la...

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RE: UK Charter Airlines This Summer.

Going back to UK airports, I can tell you that BHX will see BY basing X1 757, X1 767-200, X1 767-300. AMM will base X2 757-200, X1 767-200. JMC will be basing a pair of 757-200's, and AIH will perhaps (not 100% sure) base X2 A320/21, X1 767-300. Hope that will help. Luckily BHX summer ops not too mu...

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RE: Aerial Break-up Of An Aircraft

I understand that the near legendary Vickers VC10 broke the sound barrier on more than one occasion - by pure accident. The RR Conways were supposed to be 'twitchy' to control and pilots used to take great care with them. However, some pilots who were new to the type didn't take as much care. None o...

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RE: RJ To AMM Now Confirmed!

Strange that the official BHX website still does not mention it - Perhaps they are waiting for a proper start date?

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