Birmingham Airport movements report week commencing Monday 29 August 2011

RAF Avia Saab 340 YL-RAG positioned in from Belfast International

in the early hours of Wednesday 31 August 2011 its first visit to BHX
- it joins Antonov 26B YL-RAD in being BHX based and available for
cargo charter flights
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Sky Wings had another challenging week with Tor Air Airbus A320
LZ-BHB positioning on the evening of Monday 29 August 2011 to
operate their delayed flight to Corfu while a number of their other
services were operated by the based Air Finland Boeing 757's

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On Saturday 3 September 2011 they also used one of their Avro

RJ100's - SX-DMA on its first visit to BHX - to operate an additional

rotation with the aircraft making a fuel stop at Milan on both flights

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As the school holidays drew to a close Nouvelair Tunisie Airbus
A320 TS-INO operated their final flight of a short peak season
IT programme on Wednesday 31 August 2011 while Balkan Holidays
Airbus A320 LZ-BHF - on its first visit to BHX - operated the final
rotation of their peak season Friday flights on 2 September 2011

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Other first visits included Farnair Europe ATR 72F HB-AFR,

Turkish Airlines Airbus A319 TC-JLZ and Airbus A321 TC-JRP

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MONDAY 29 AUGUST 2011

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

1640/1730 KL1431/1432 73J from/to Amsterdam PH-BXO

- planned aircraft allocation - KLM - first visit in Skyteam colours

1950/2120 GSW101P/1011 320 from Stockholm/to Corfu LZ-BHB

- sub charter for Sky Wings - Tor Air/Balkan Holidays
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TUESDAY 30 AUGUST 2011

0100/0800 FAT201F/201 AT7 from Cologne/to Zweibrucken HB-AFR First Visit
- freight charter - Farnair
0345/ N/S GSW1012 320 from Corfu LZ-BHB
- sub charter for Sky Wings - Tor Air/Balkan Holidays
0735/0920 TS164/165 332 from/to Toronto C-GTSO
- weekly service - operated by Airbus A330 - Air Transat

WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST 2011

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0500/ N/S MTL306F SF3 from Belfast International YL-RAG First Visit
- positioning flight - aircraft to be BHX based - RAF Avia
N/S /0600 GSW102P 320 to Stockholm LZ-BHB
- positioning flight for Sky Wings - Tor Air/Balkan Holidays
1235/1320 AB3715/3714 73H from/to Hannover D-ABBI
- weekly flight - Air Berlin

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

- final rotation of additional peak season IT flight - Nouvelair

THURSDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2011

0040/1620 FAT202/202F AT7 from Marseilles/to HB-AFR
- freight charter - Farnair
1030/1130 TK1967/1968 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPH
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320 - Turkish

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FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2011

0925/1025 VKH130/131 320 from/to Heraklion SX-SMT
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Fly Hellas
1030/1130 BGH5595/5596 320 from Bourgas via Edi/to Bourgas LZ-BHF First Visit
- final rotation of additional peak season IT flight - Balkan Holidays

1315/1415 TK1969/1970 319 from/to Istanbul TC-JLZ First Visit
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A319

SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2011

0550/ L/S GSW5015 AR1 from Skiathos via Milan SX-DMA First Visit
- additional IT flight for Sky Wings

1030/1130 TK1967/1968 321 from/to Istanbul TC-JRP First Visit
- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A321 - Turkish
1120/1205 AB3715/3714 73H from/to Hannover D-ABBD
- weekly flight - Air Berlin

1810/1910 BGH5537/5538 320 from/to Bourgas LZ-BHD
- weekly IT flight - operates to October 2011 - Balkan Holidays
L/S /2100 GSW6017 AR1 to Rhodes via Milan SX-DMA

- additional IT flight for Sky Wings

SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2011

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1315/1415 TK1968/1970 320 from/to Istanbul TC-JPG

- planned aircraft allocation - Airbus A320 - Turkish
1455/1540 AB2699/2698 73H from/to Paderborn D-ABKS
- 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 -

- http://bhxmovements.blogspot.com/

KLM Boeing 737-9K2 PH-BXO operated their afternoon service

from Amsterdam on Monday 29 August 2011 - its first visit to
BHX since being repainted into "Skyteam" colours in 2010
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Sunday 4 September 2011