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BrownhillsBob 5 Feb 11
The Superalloys foundry is now long gone – demolished in the eighties – but was situated on the Lichfield Road next to the canal, many Brownhills lads will remember the piles of war scrap that could be seen from the canal towpath opposite the yard.
Old military ambulances, searchlights and extraneous metalwork rotted away unloved next to whole aircraft bodies, all being dismantled and melted down for scrap. There were regular fires here, and many of us have memories of trying to get into the yard from the canal. Daring tales exist of yound lads in canoes, rafts and braving canal ice, either to explore or scavenge metal…
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BusinessDesk 20 Sep 10
Birmingham Airport has appointed Wolverhampton marketing agency, Connect Group, to manage its rebrand.
The image change will coincide with the opening of the airport’s £13m project to merge its two terminals into one next Spring…
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B'ham Post 20 Sep 10
Regional airline Flybe today said it will continue its expansion into continental Europe after becoming one of only three major European airlines to report profits throughout the recession.
The privately-owned carrier, which operates more than 20 routes from Birmingham, said it is looking at potential acquisitions of regional airlines in Europe after weathering the economic storm…
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Graeme Brown B'ham Post 8 Jul 10
A team of local bankers have refinanced Birmingham International Airport, in a £45 million deal that will support development including the proposed runway extension.
The £45 million revolving credit facility has been arranged with Santander and RBS, after the airport’s original financing agreement started to come close to expiring…
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Express & Star 21 Jun 10
A 32-stone Wednesfield man told today how he was thrown off a transatlantic flight for being too big.
Sandy Russell, who is registered disabled, burst into tears after being ordered off the packed jet by a stewardess minutes before take-off because he was taking up too much room…
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B'ham Mail 11 May 10
The volcano which caused so much heartache for thousands of travellers could have erupted just in time for an airline which starts a new route from Birmingham next month.
Iceland Express, which starts a weekly service to Reykjavik in early June, is already reporting a surge in interest from people curious to see the cause of all the trouble…
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Mark Cowan B'ham Mail 22 Apr 10
Thousands of pounds have been spent upgrading security to protect the new police helicopter after the last one was destroyed in an arson attack. The cabin of the £4.3 million Eurocopter EC-135P2i was “extensively damaged” and two of the rotors broken in a major security breach at Elmdon airbase, near Sheldon, in June last year.
The new force helicopter, an identical replacement, is due to come into service in July…
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B'ham Post 18 Apr 10
Thousands of British passengers were last night still stranded overseas as the ash cloud from Iceland’s erupting volcano continued to ground all flights across most of Europe. And the situation could get worse because the ash refuses to budge, held in place over the British Isles by a high pressure weather system. Some experts warn it could last all week…
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Business Desk 7 Apr 10
Low cost airline Flybe has announced new routes from Birmingham and Manchester as part of its 2010 summer schedule. From Birmingham, the company has announced it will be operating new services to Bordeaux (four times a week), Avignon, Limoges, Perpignan and Rennes (all three times a week).
It will also be operating flights to..
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Express & Star 23 Mar 10
British Airways flights will start to return to normal today following the end of a three day strike by cabin crew which cost the airline around £21 million with further disruption planned. Despite the end of the action by thousands of Unite members there will be a knock-on effect on services, especially at Heathrow, which was worst affected by the walk-out…