KLM pulling out of BHX (Birmingham, UK)?

23rd January 2008, 11:21 AM

In message <G9-dnZSiYrRU6AranZ2dnUVZ8surnZ2d@pipex.net>, at 17:13:55 on
Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Martin Sylvester
<remove-before-flight__newsgroups@syl.gotadsl.co.uk> remarked:
>Just had a marketing email from KLM with the subject "Dear Martin, this is
>your last chance to Break Away from Birmingham" with exhortations to book
>today, and a footnote "Book before 31 January 2008. Travel periods may
>vary."
>
>Is this KLM's last season flying from BHX?

Or just the end of some "Special Offer" period?

The flights seem well patronised when I've used them - and I was looking
at booking one a week ago, and the price was something outrageous like
£500 return, which surely must reflect that they are oversubscribed.
--
Roland Perry

23rd January 2008, 01:02 PM

On 23 Jan, 17:13, "Martin Sylvester" <remove-before-
flight__newsgro...@syl.gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> Just had a marketing email from KLM with the subject "Dear Martin, this is
> your last chance to Break Away from Birmingham" with exhortations to book
> today, and a footnote "Book before 31 January 2008. Travel periods may
> vary."
>
> Is this KLM's last season flying from BHX?

Much more likely would be BA pulling out (if not already) to make way
for KLM and Lufthansa.

Not sure why BA (and latterly BA disconnect) are so abysmal with short-
haul, maybe those BAe 145s are just too uneconomic.