Birmingham Airport movements report week commencing Monday 15 August 2011

Hifly Airbus A330 CS-TMT replaced the previously planned
Airbus A310 when it positioned in from Brussels on Wednesday
17 August 2011 to take Birmingham City to Funchal for their
UEFA "Europa league" match against CD National of Maderia
- the aircraft returned in the early hours of Friday 19 August
2011 positioning out to Stansted
.
Sky Wings sub chartered a number of aircraft due to technical
problems with their Airbus A320 SX-BTP - BHX based Air Finland
Boeing 757 OH-AFJ operated a couple of flights before positioning
out to fly for Icelandair
.
Air VIA Airbus A320 LZ-MDC operated the Sky Wings flight from/to
Kos on Thursday 18 August 2011 while White Airbus A320 CS-TQS
on its first visit to BHX positioned in from Lisbon in the early hours
of Friday 19 August 2011 to operate their flight to Zakynthos
.
Due to operational issues Airbus A320 CS-TQS positioned back to
Lisbon without operating the planned flight and was replaced by
Privilege Style Boeing 757 EC-HDS which arrived from Madrid at
lunchtime on Friday 19 August 2011
.
Onur Air Airbus A320 TC-OBP arrived from Dalaman via Bodrum
on the evening of Friday 19 August 2011 operating the final CAA
repatriation flight following the collapse of Holidays 4 U earlier in
August. As a result there is now only one weekly Onur Air flight
on a Wednesday for the rest of the summer 2011 season
.
Other first visits included Air France Airbus A320 F-GFKZ, Eastern
Airways Embraer 135 G-CGMC, Nouvelair Tunisie Airbus A320 TS-INO,
Pegasus Boeing 737 TC-AAT and Turkish Airlines Airbus A321 TC-JRT


MONDAY 15 AUGUST 2011

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

TUESDAY 16 AUGUST 2011

0735/0920 TS164/165 332 from/to Toronto C-GTSO
- weekly service - operated by Airbus A330 - Air Transat

WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST 2011

0700/1000 HFY321P/331 333 from Brussels/to Funchal via Lisbon CS-TMT
- charter for Birmingham City for match against CD National - Hifly
0805/0930 AF2064/2065 320 from/to Paris CDG F-GFKZ First Visit
- planned aircraft allocation - Air France
1235/1320 AB3715/3714 73H from/to Hannover D-ABBK
- weekly flight - Air Berlin
1255/1355 EZE1852 142 from Stansted/to Cologne G-ZAPN
- one off charter - Titan flying for Eastern
1305/1405 OHY3843/3844 321 from/to Dalaman + Ercan TC-OAL
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Onur Air
1745/1835 BJ8074/8075 320 from/to Enfidha TS-INO First Visit
- additional weekly peak season IT flight - Nouvelair Tunisie

THURSDAY 18 AUGUST 2011
.
0600/0700 GSW3014/3013 320 from/to Kos LZ-MDC
- sub charter for Sky Wings - Air VIA
1030/1130 TK1967/1968 321 from/to Istanbul TC-JRT First Visit
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A321 - Turkish
1230/1430 W5 5020/5019 313 from/to Tehran - cancelled
- weekly flight - Mahan Air
1805/1930 EZE1853/853P ER3 from Cologne/to Bilbao G-CGMC First Visit
- return of one off charter - Eastern

FRIDAY 19 AUGUST 2011

0030/0600 GSW401P/402P 320 from/to Lisbon CS-TQS First Visit
- sub charter for Sky Wings - White - aircraft it not operate flight
0345/0545 HFY341/251P 333 from Funchal/to Stansted CS-TMT
- return of Birmingham City after match against CD National - Hifly
0925/1025 VKH130/131 320 from/to Heraklion SX-SMV
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Fly Hellas
1030/1130 BGH5595/5596 320 from Bourgas via Edinburgh/to Bourgas LZ-BHE
- additional weekly peak season IT flight - Balkan Holidays
1200/1300 GSW501P/4011 752 from Madrid/to Zakynthos EC-HDS
- sub charter for Sky Wings - Privilege Style
1315/1415 TK1969/1970 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPD
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320 - Turkish
1900/1945 OHY1693/1694 320 from Bodrum/Dalaman/to Dalaman TC-OBP
- final CAA repatriation flight for Holidays 4 U - Onur Air
2115/2215 GSW4012/502P 752 from Zakynthos/to Madrid EC-HDS
- sub charter for Sky Wings - Privilege Style

SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2011

1030/1130 TK1967/1968 321 from/to Istanbul TC-JRH
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A321 - Turkish
1120/1205 AB3715/3714 73H from/to Hannover D-ABKM
- weekly flight - Air Berlin
1810/1910 BGH5537/5538 320 from/to Bourgas LZ-BHC
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Balkan Holidays

SUNDAY 21 AUGUST 2011

0600/0900 W5 5020/5019 313 from/to Tehran - cancelled
- weekly flight - Mahan Air
1315/1415 TK1968/1970 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPP
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320 - Turkish
1455/1540 AB2699/2698 73H from/to Paderborn D-ABKL
- weekly flight - Air Berlin
.
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 -
Air Finland Boeing 757-28A OH-AFJ has now joined OH-AFL
in BHX based and available for sub charter work
.
Sunday 21 August 2011