Flybe is back …. from Birmingham Airport

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• Nick says:

  19 Nov19 November 06:28

  What a complex web has been spun in the history of these airlines by their owners/financer’s! It’s my understanding that up to around £650 million is being claimed by more than 900 unsecured creditors against the old company, and that, allegedly, the administrators for the old Flybe (now named FBE Realisations), may still make a claim on the new Flybe Ltd. company, depending on it’s performance.

• Zed says:

  19 Nov19 November 07:19

  Cash plus miles is meant to be a better rate under Skywards+, does anyone know if it is against this promotion?

  • Frank says:

    19 Nov19 November 07:52

    No public information on how good the offers are on skywards+ yet they want 300 USD for lowest membership

  • Will says:

    19 Nov19 November 09:22

    I’d be very interested to know this too. Rob, fancy being the canary in the mine?

    • Zed says:

      19 Nov19 November 11:38

      Just tried a dummy run BHX-DXB return 8-13 Dec. It comes to £3172.63.
      With 10k miles applied as Cash plus miles, it deducts £153.82 to £3018.81.
      With Skywards+ aswell, it adds £84.60 to that sum. It doesn’t deduct.
      So with this promotion AND Skywards+ it comes to £3,103.41.
      That makes no sense…
      Why are you being punished for having Skywards+?
      Why doesn’t Skywards+ provide a benefit?

      • Will says:

        19 Nov19 November 14:13

        If you only signed up for skywards+ for that reason, I’d be screen shotting it and asking for refund and cancel ok basis it was false advertising.

        Presumably skywards+ rates are locked on a particular tariff and the current offer is running separately.

• G says:

  19 Nov19 November 07:22

  Glad to see Flybe is returning in some form. Although, as someone who lived in Exeter for 4 years, it’s a shame it’s not returning to the south west again.

  The connectivity of Flybe from the south west was frankly amazing. I could fly to Schipol or Paris from Exeter and it was cheaper than the GWR to Paddington. I was once able to get from Tunis to Exeter within 6 hours…

• Jimmy says:

  19 Nov19 November 10:24

  This is great news. Birmingham is a great airport. Where the train station actually goes right to the airport.

  • Aston100 says:

    19 Nov19 November 10:45

    Well technically you need to jump on that monorail, but yeah close enough.

    • ADS says:

      19 Nov19 November 13:30

      Last time I was there the monorail was closed, but it’s a pleasant stroll, or there’s a bus

      Maybe the monorail has reopened

      Living in London, I prefer Birmingham to Luton or Stansted

      • Alex Sm says:

        20 Nov20 November 10:42

        Never flew from BHX, but it’s on my list! And the return of BE is a bliss

  • Will says:

    19 Nov19 November 14:16

    Yep Birmingham airport is a joy to get to by train, Manchester pretty good too.

    Heathrow on the other hand, particularly from the west, national disgrace.

• Aston100 says:

  19 Nov19 November 10:46

  Qatar competitions and giveaways are (in my experience) misleading and borderline lies.

• SH says:

  19 Nov19 November 15:50

  HfP team – any plans to run an article on POD Parking at Heathrow T5. The pods are being removed and replaced with a bus service from 22 November ‘until further notice’. Would love to know if this is end of the pods or if they are being replaced. Always found it a convenient place to park.

  • Rob says:

    19 Nov19 November 16:00

    We’ll mention it’s happening but we don’t know why – I imagine it is just due to pathetically low passenger numbers over the Winter.

  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    19 Nov19 November 17:13

    Just booked the Thistle last night so as I could have a play on the pods! Aaarg!

  • Shad says:

    19 Nov19 November 19:00

    Thanks for the tip! I have been looking into staying at the thistle for a Feb 1/2 term trip… Don’t think I will bother now…!

• Track says:

  19 Nov19 November 20:54

  With bad timing, Qatar has now placed the UK on its ‘Red List’.

  The current Gov.uk status is
  “There are currently no countries or territories on the red list for travel to England.”

  • Track says:

    19 Nov19 November 20:56

    OK, it is red list on Qatar side.

    But press says nothing about transit passengers, only the visitors.

    • Rob says:

      19 Nov19 November 23:02

      Gov.uk suggests transit is fine.

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