Birmingham Airport movements report week commencing Monday 1 August 2011

Jetairfly - TUI Belgium - Boeing 737 OO-JAA made its first visit
on Saturday 6 August 2011 when it positioned in from Brussels
to operate a return student charter flight to Rome

Mistral Air Boeing 737 EI-DVC, also on a first visit, operated their
final student charter flight to Rome on Tuesday 2 August 2011
while the Blue Panorama flight on the same day was operated by
Blu Express
Boeing 737 EI-DXB

Holidays 4 U, an independent tour operator specialising in Turkey,
ceased trading on Wednesday 3 August 2011 which is going to
result in a reduction in Onur Air flights to BHX in the coming weeks

Farnair Europe ATR 72F HB-AFS and ATR 42 HB-AFD both visited
on freight charter flights

Luxair Embraer 145 LX-LGW positioned in from Luxembourg on
Saturday 6 August 2011 to take Real Zaragosa home after their
pre season friendly match against Wolverhampton Wanders

Star movement of the week was Air Moldova Embraer 190 ER-ECB
which arrived from Frankfurt at lunchtime on Sunday 7 August 2011
for attention by flybe

Other first visits included Emirates Boeing 777 A6-EGD and
Lufthansa Cityline Embraer 195 D-AEBH


MONDAY 1 AUGUST 2011

1030/1130 TK1967/1968 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPV
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320
1230/1325 PGT1481/1482 73H from/to Dalaman TC-AAY
- weekly IT - operates to October 2011 - Pegasus

TUESDAY 2 AUGUST 2011

0735/0920 TS164/165 333 from/to Toronto C-GCTS
- weekly service - operated by Airbus A330 - Air Transat
1000/1100 BV9800/801 733 from/to Rome EI-DXB
- student exchange charter - Blu Express
1205/1255 7M9835/1836 733 from Milan/to Rome EI-DVC First Visit
- student exchange charter - Mistral Air

WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST 2011

0145/1830 FAT805/7806 AT7 from Ostrava/to Cardiff HB-AFS
- freight charter
1235/1320 AB3715/3714 73H from/to Hannover D-ABBC
- weekly flight - revised timings for summer
1305/1405 OHY3843/3844 321 from/to Dalaman + Ercan TC-OAL
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Onur Air
1935/2120 EK 037/038 77W from/to Dubai A6-EGD First Visit
- planned aircraft allocation

THURSDAY 4 AUGUST 2011

0300/1830 FAT209/7808 AT4 from Ostrava/to Cardiff HB-AFD
- freight charter
0845/0945 OHY1695/1696 320 from/to Dalaman TC-OBI
- weekly IT flight - operates to September 2011 - Onur Air
1030/1130 TK1967/1968 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPT
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320
1230/1430 W5 5020/5019 313 from/to Tehran - cancelled
- weekly flight

FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2011

0830/0930 OHY1693/1694 321 from/to Bodrum TC-OAE
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Onur Air
0925/1025 VKH130/131 320 from/to Heraklion SX-SMV
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Fly Hellas
1315/1415 TK1969/1970 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPP
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320

SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 2011

1030/1130 TK1967/1968 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPS
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320
1120/1205 AB3715/3714 73H from/to Hannover D-ABBI
- weekly flight - revised timings for summer
1305/1355 JAF607P/9608 73H from Brussels/to Rome OO-JAA First Visit
- student exchange charter - Jetairfly
1810/1910 BGH5537/5538 320 from/to Bourgas LZ-BHD
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011
1900/1930 LG7725 ER4 from Luxembourg/to Zaragosa LX-LGW First Visit
- one off charter for Real Zaragosa after match with Wolves - Luxair
1925/2025 OHY7619/7620 321 from/to Dalaman TC-OAK
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Onur Air
2150/2235 BA4524/CJ102P E90 from Palma/to Glasgow G-LCYK
- peak season IT flight - BA Cityflyer
2230/ N/S LH2510 E95 from Munich D-AEBH First Visit
- planned aircraft allocation

SUNDAY 7 AUGUST 2011

0600/0900 W5 5020/5019 313 from/to Tehran - cancelled
- weekly flight
0725/0820 OHY7619/7620 321 from/to Dalaman TC-OBI
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Onur Air
1200/ N/S 9U864F E90 from Frankfurt ER-ECB First Visit
- positioning flight for visit to flybe hangar - Air Moldova
1315/1415 TK1968/1970 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPM
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320
1455/1540 AB2699/2698 73H from/to Paderborn D-ABKL
- weekly flight
2000/2100 BD9472/8931 ER4 from Heathrow/to Parma G-RJXC
- one off charter for Parma FC after match with West Bromwich

This listing only covers interesting airliners movements
that have previously appeared in the weekly "Whats due
at BHX" summary together with notable first visits

Photographs of many of these visitors to BHX can be seen
on this photo blog while a comprehensive listing of visitors
to Birmingham Airport can be found at -
Onur Air Airbus A320-233 TC-OBI positioned out empty on Sunday
7 August 2011 following the failure of tour operator Holidays 4 U
.
Sunday 7 August 2011