KLM pulling out of BHX (Birmingham, UK)?

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?

Martin.

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In message , at 17:13:55 on
Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Martin Sylvester
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

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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Or just the end of some "Special Offer" period?

I wondered, but wouldn't that be expressed something like, "Last chance to
break away from Birmingham at these prices"?

Oh, wait. It *was* personalised with my name in the subject field. Maybe
they know I'm a pauper, and they're saying, "This is the last chance *you*
will have to break away from Birmingham, 'cos when these offers end it'll be
out of your price range, boyo."

You may be onto something, Roland.

Martin.

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On 23 Jan, 17:13, "Martin Sylvester" remove-before-
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.

In message
, at
11:02:19 on Wed, 23 Jan 2008, remarked:
Much more likely would be BA pulling out (if not already) to make way
for KLM and Lufthansa.

BA sold their regional airline business to Flybe over a year ago.
--
Roland Perry

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:35:17 -0000, "Martin Sylvester"
wrote:

You may be onto something, Roland.

He likely is - I got one saying "Your last chance to break away from
London", and I would be amazed if KLM were to pull out of both LHR and
LCY.

Neil

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isn´t everyone wanting to leave birmingham? ;-)

bye


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On 23 Jan, 17:13, "Martin Sylvester" remove-before-
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.

Within the UK flying has become a 'not very nice' option with long check-in
delays and invasive security.

Anywhere south of Newcastle and it's faster to take the train to London...

So anyone operating UK domestic flights is having a hard time making any
money.

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Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

Neil Williams wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:35:17 -0000, "Martin Sylvester"
wrote:

You may be onto something, Roland.

He likely is - I got one saying "Your last chance to break away from
London", and I would be amazed if KLM were to pull out of both LHR and
LCY.

KLM have plans to use their LHR slots for LHR USA routes

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:16:10 +0100, me wrote:

KLM have plans to use their LHR slots for LHR USA routes

Not all of them and AF/KLM also plan to try and use some of AF slots currently
used for flights to Paris for US routes
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