Hellenic have cancelled there inaugural service tomorrow (30th may).
Mahan Air restart flights 4x weekly from Birminghan on July 2nd using A310's
Friday 29 May 2009
Tuesday 26 May 2009
26th May 2009
Hellenic Imperial Airways start there flights from Birmingham to Athens using B747's this Saturday (30th May) arriving at 19:40 and departing 21:40. This flight is sold out upto 13th June.
Monday 25 May 2009
Sorry People!
Sorry for the lack of updates! My computer has packed up, new one tomorrow so will start updating again.
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Sunday 17 May 2009
Hellenic update.
You can now book flights from the Hellenic website ( Birmingham to Athens), So if this is so we should see B747 Fying into Birmingham from June 1st.
Tuesday 12 May 2009
12th May 2008
Hellenic Imperial Airways wants to launch its first services from Britain – with direct flights from Birmingham Airport to Athens. Hellenic Imperial Airways also plans to launch flights to Jeddah, the Post reports, with the two routes combined offering midlands passengers a route to the middle east.
Hellenic is so confident of the demand for both destinations it wants to operate four flights per week to the Greek capital using a 456-seat Boeing 747 jumbo jet with a mixture of economy, premium economy, business and first class seats. Two of the weekly flights will have onward connections to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
US Airways operate their inaugural service from Phildelphia tomorrow ( 13th May)
We will uploaded photo's as soon as we get them!
Monday 4 May 2009
4th May 2009
Birmingham Airport boss defends runway plans
The boss of Birmingham International Airport said he has a problem with the science behind climate change as he defended the airport’s plan to extend its runway.
Speaking at The Prince’s May Day Summit on Climate Change, Birmingham International Airport chief executive Paul Kehoe told delegates how he believed the controversial 400m extension was necessary for the city’s future economy.
Although he said he was not a “climate change apologist” Mr Kehoe said he had “a problem with climate change and the science and technology behind it. There is a conditionality to all the claims,” he added.
He said it was not just carbon dioxide emissions that needed to be taken into account but also emissions from nitrous oxides and water vapours.
Mr Kehoe told an audience of local businesses at the event, organised by Business in the Community, that he did not know what the carbon footprint of the airport was.
He said that the extension to the airport by an extra 400 metres would bring a £2 billion contribution to the region’s GDP.
“Great cities need great connectivity. We are going to deliver the global connectivity that this city needs.”
He added: “I’m positive about what we are doing. I would not wish to say to our children that I am rationing you – who is going to make that decision?”
Plans to extend the runway at the airport finally got the go-ahead earlier this month from Solihull Council after the airport had to resubmit its proposed Section 106 agreement, which explained how it planned to counteract noise pollution and to protect the environment.
Measures include limits on night flights, noise control, public transport plans and a 20-year annual £10,000 tree planting scheme.
Expansion of the runway will enable bigger jets to fly non-stop to long-haul destinations, such as China, India and the west coast of America.
But the Government’s drive to extend the capacity of the UK’s airports, which includes plans for new runways at Heathrow and Stansted, has come in for a barrage of criticism from the green lobby, which says they seriously undermine the Government’s own ambitious climate change targets to cut emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
The Prince’s May Day Summit in Birmingham was part of a nationwide series of events bringing together businesses committed to taking action on climate change.
Other speakers at the event, which took place at 11 BrindleyPlace, included Andrew Whitehead, partner and head of energy and utilities at Martineau and Coun Len Gregory, cabinet member for transportation and street services.
The boss of Birmingham International Airport said he has a problem with the science behind climate change as he defended the airport’s plan to extend its runway.
Speaking at The Prince’s May Day Summit on Climate Change, Birmingham International Airport chief executive Paul Kehoe told delegates how he believed the controversial 400m extension was necessary for the city’s future economy.
Although he said he was not a “climate change apologist” Mr Kehoe said he had “a problem with climate change and the science and technology behind it. There is a conditionality to all the claims,” he added.
He said it was not just carbon dioxide emissions that needed to be taken into account but also emissions from nitrous oxides and water vapours.
Mr Kehoe told an audience of local businesses at the event, organised by Business in the Community, that he did not know what the carbon footprint of the airport was.
He said that the extension to the airport by an extra 400 metres would bring a £2 billion contribution to the region’s GDP.
“Great cities need great connectivity. We are going to deliver the global connectivity that this city needs.”
He added: “I’m positive about what we are doing. I would not wish to say to our children that I am rationing you – who is going to make that decision?”
Plans to extend the runway at the airport finally got the go-ahead earlier this month from Solihull Council after the airport had to resubmit its proposed Section 106 agreement, which explained how it planned to counteract noise pollution and to protect the environment.
Measures include limits on night flights, noise control, public transport plans and a 20-year annual £10,000 tree planting scheme.
Expansion of the runway will enable bigger jets to fly non-stop to long-haul destinations, such as China, India and the west coast of America.
But the Government’s drive to extend the capacity of the UK’s airports, which includes plans for new runways at Heathrow and Stansted, has come in for a barrage of criticism from the green lobby, which says they seriously undermine the Government’s own ambitious climate change targets to cut emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
The Prince’s May Day Summit in Birmingham was part of a nationwide series of events bringing together businesses committed to taking action on climate change.
Other speakers at the event, which took place at 11 BrindleyPlace, included Andrew Whitehead, partner and head of energy and utilities at Martineau and Coun Len Gregory, cabinet member for transportation and street services.
Saturday 2 May 2009
2nd May 2009
60 years of flying
Aer Lingus is celebrating 60 years of flying between Dublin and Birmingham. On May 2nd 1949, a Douglas DC–3 aircraft with 26 seats and bearing the name “St Declan” left Dublin airport bound for Elmdon Airport, Birmingham.
To read more click the link on the right.
More updates to come later!
Aer Lingus is celebrating 60 years of flying between Dublin and Birmingham. On May 2nd 1949, a Douglas DC–3 aircraft with 26 seats and bearing the name “St Declan” left Dublin airport bound for Elmdon Airport, Birmingham.
To read more click the link on the right.
More updates to come later!
Friday 1 May 2009
70 today plus new photo gallery
Birmingham Elmdon Airport turns 70
Birmingham International Airport is celebrating its 70th Anniversary and since its first ever flight in May 1939, the Airport has grown from strength to strength to become the Midlands gateway to the world and position of regional pride.
I have added a photo gallery to the site. It's a bit rough at the moment as I'm still getting to grips with it. The photo gallery enables you to uploaded your own photos to the user gallery, So please check it out and help the gallery grow.
Birmingham International Airport is celebrating its 70th Anniversary and since its first ever flight in May 1939, the Airport has grown from strength to strength to become the Midlands gateway to the world and position of regional pride.
I have added a photo gallery to the site. It's a bit rough at the moment as I'm still getting to grips with it. The photo gallery enables you to uploaded your own photos to the user gallery, So please check it out and help the gallery grow.
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