RE: Birmingham International Airport (UK)

I’ve seen the plans of the satellite terminal and it does look as though the big jets will be catered for, which is good news. The international pier currently in use will also be demolished and replaced with a new bigger pier. This will have dedicated wide bodies stands too, hopefully. 2001 will be the last year that BHX will suffer from this problam of not having suitable stands, and when the work has been completed, it will be a very impressive airport. If you want to find out more about Birmingham, check out the official web site, http://www.bhx.co.uk – the site is worth a visit and contains plans of what the finished airport will look like in 2005.

It is interesting to note that Air India are intending to start a new service from BHX when they have more spare aircraft available. The flight will route from Bombay or Delhi to BHX via Paris CDG. I have heard that the A310 may be used.

Turkmenistan are starting a BHX Toronto twice weekly service from 23rd Jan as well.

I am currently in the process of constructing a web page devoted to BHX, although I have only just started work on this and I will let you know the address when it is finished, hopefully in February/March.