Re: Latest 787 Whistleblower Story...

Of course the whistle blower will be slammed and discredited by some on here but I sense there is no smoke without fire This all adds up to a company that is not the great company it once was Wrong choice of words there me thinks when talking about a faulty oxygen system on a plane you would hope f...

Re: Why does MAN get so few BAW international flights and destinies?

I remember in the early 2000s BA flew MAN-JFK 1 daily with 767s. They did BHX-JFK too. Your stating something that I'm sure everything on this thread is already totally aware of. If your going to add something to this discussion rather than just typing one sentence perhaps you could have also added...

Re: Flybe to become Virgin Connect in 2020

So basically, the cynic in me tells me we'll see

LHR - MAN / EDI / DUB ? on Virgin Connect to try and compete with BA and all the other FlyBe 'local routes' killed off?

Virgin Group have zero interest in anything in and out of BHX so that'll be the end of FlyBe / VC ops from there too?

Re: Why does MAN get so few BAW international flights and destinies?

DLHAM wrote:

I remember in the early 2000s BA flew MAN-JFK 1 daily with 767s.

Re: Emirates A380 encounters heavy turbulence

What's the betting that as soon as the turbulence ended, people went to the bar wanting a drink.

Re: Gatwick closed because of 2 drones

peterinlisbon wrote:

And how the hell is this thing staying in the air for that long? It must landing somewhere and recharging. I just can't believe that if they can see the drone, they can't follow it and see where it lands.

Re: EK A380 Abuse?

people assume because BHX is a smaller airport they don't fill the a380 having worked at BHX and worked regularly on the A380 each flight of the 2 a day averages between 5 and 600 passengers per flight that's everyday And I fly from BHX on it regularly because of work at various times of the year, ...

Re: Your Boeing 747 history

I've still never flown on one.

Re: Longest flight from your airport?

Probably Delhi from BHX.

Re: Flights Over Windsor and Royal Wedding

There's a royal wedding?

Re: Winter Break 2016/17 (8): Ultra long haul with Etihad (AUH-ORD, Y, Jan '17)

Awesome trip report.

Re: New BA Club World Service: LHR-JFK (w/pics)

Very enjoyable report - thanks.

Re: Happy 36th birthday to the Boeing 757

United / AA are celebrating by still having those ones in service!

Re: British Airways Cabin Crew Behaving Very Badly During Layovers

jfklganyc wrote:

All kidding aside, maybe a better screening process?

Re: TV crew arrested at EWR smuggling fake bomb to film TSA reaction

Up there with careful how you open my case, there's a bomb in it hahahaha kind of thing some idiots have been known to say...

Re: Buzz Aldrin explodes on Deltas' "Lousy Operation"

Somebody must have put something in his oats... He has gone out of this world ballistic there.

Re: Did a 380 Divert to BHX 5th Jan 2018?

Ah, cool - thank you for that info.

Re: Did a 380 Divert to BHX 5th Jan 2018?

XAM2175 wrote:

FR24's playback shows A6-EUN as EK40 taking off to the north-west at 1357.

Re: Did a 380 Divert to BHX 5th Jan 2018?

Thanks for the info, It really did look in a landing configuration with the wheels down, it didn't seem like it was climbing however if you reckon the departure was at that time (A6-EUN operated EK40) when I checked Flight Radar for EK40, that already seemed to be heading toward Norwich / Great Yarm...

Did a 380 Divert to BHX 5th Jan 2018?

Hi all, I was out on a visit in Solihull, West Midlands today around 14:00 there was an EK 380 on approach into BHX. I looked on Flight Radar thinking it was the EK39/40 rotation but that had left much earlier and at this time was already heading toward the coast of the UK however there was no other...

Re: Emirates to be first airline to take delivery of 777X

777law wrote:

pabloeing wrote:

¿LHR first destination?

I'll bet SEA will be the first destination. I read here sometime ago that EK has not sent the A380 to SEA so as to avoid pissing-off Boeing. It would make sense that they use the 777x DXB - SEA as the first route.

Re: EK to study all-economy A380 to combat low cost carriers

Well, they need to think of something to do with all of them.

Re: First 757 built is flying again

I'm surprised its not in service with United...

Re: Your longest flight

Longest non-stop for me was AKL-DXB at 8,500 odd miles.

Re: UA regional British isles routes cuts

They're down to just one 757 at MAN with IAD cancelled. United/Continental have less capacity at MAN in 2017 than they have for 20 years. The service started in 1995 with a 757, was upgauged to a DC-10 in 1996, and has been either one widebody or 2 757s ever since, notwithstanding the second freque...

Re: UA regional British isles routes cuts

But keep MAN even though that's regional too?

Hmmmmmmm...

Re: $4000+ cash stolen in EK First on CDG-DXB

Well if the advert is anything to go by where you get back from your shower and small boy is playing on his own, unsupervised, in your private suite no wonder this happened.

Even their adverts give the impression its a free for all.

Re: Airports that had potential that never made it

BHX, BHX, BHX, BHX, BHX, BHX...

Re: EK to announce new First Class product: November 17

Chances of anyone flying on one of these any time soon is slim - the initial deliveries will go on specific routes (like the newer RR EU* 380 frames that seem to be in an endless cycle of DXB-BKK-DXB) and I doubt they will be retro-fitting the old frames, so they'll initially have 4 to 6 of these th...

Re: Emirates downgrades SFO to 77W effective 5NOV17

It is possible this is just a seasonal down-gauge? Any idea what EK would do with the 2+ extra A380 frames this would free up? Also with QR starting up SFO service next year, wouldn't keeping the A380 provide a competitive product advantage? Would be curious about load factor numbers, if anyone has...

Re: What is the Nonstop Route of your Dreams?

BHX to ...

Well, anywhere basically other than Doha and Dubai...

Re: Qantas considering 777-8 or A359ULR to replace 744ER's to fly SYD-JFK and SYD-LHR non-stop

What's the point of such a non-stop flight? Anyone on such a flight (including both crews) would arrive at destination in no state to do much other than stumble and mumble about and go to bed, not sit down at a meeting table and negotiate future business contracts! The operational costs would be ho...

Re: BA Considering Long Haul Buy on Board

PatrickZ80 wrote:

If BA gets into financial trouble because nobody flies them anymore they can only blame themselves.

Re: AA new routes and cancellations announced

Why do people keep blaming brexit for the JFK-BHX route, it has nothing to do with it whatsoever seeing as Loads have been rubbish since it started Last time I looked, the UK was and still is firmly attached to Europe, and will be for at least the next two years. Pull the route in two years time if ...

Re: AA new routes and cancellations announced

Not surprised in the slightest about BHX.

Re: Emirates Pulls A380 Out of BHX

In one of those 'nothing to see here' moments, it has been identified as a glitch on the Emirates booking system and they are not removing the 380 from the 37/38 flight afterall...

Re: Emirates Pulls A380 Out of BHX

dubaiamman243 wrote:

Lentini2001 wrote:

BHXLOVER wrote:

Please post a link.

I'm also wondering which website however it is true they are pulling the service.

Emirates website. MAN will be going 3 daily A380s from 28MAR16

Re: Emirates Pulls A380 Out of BHX

BHXLOVER wrote:

dubaiamman243 wrote:

According to the website, the A380 will be pulled off the route from 27MAR17

Please post a link.

Emirates Pulls A380 Out of BHX

Hi, It started off a speculation and rumour but from April 2017, Emirates will no longer be offering the A380 on the DXB-BHX-DXB route. Intitially,the two class A380 is being moved from the lunchtime 39/40 service to the evening 37/38 service, this will run from 31st December until end of March 2017...

Re: EK521 TRV-DXB (777-300 A6-EMW) currently on fire at DXB