The winter 2011/12 schedules started on Sunday 30 October 2011
and set out below is a summary of the charter and scheduled airlines
operating to Birmingham including the significant changes
.
"New" at Birmingham Airport this winter are -
.
Air France will be using Airbus A318's
on all their service from Paris CDG
.
Austrian are planning to operate a weekly Boeing 737-800 IT flight to
Innsbruck (from Friday 16 December 2011)
.
Comtel Air are now using a
Mint Airways Boeing 757 to operate their
service to Amritsar, India, via Vienna, with the frequency planned to
increase to 5 times weekly
.
flybe still plan to use their new Embraer 175's on their services to
Dusseldorf when they are eventually delivered
.
SAS are adding a Saturday morning CR9 service from Copenhagen
.
A detailed overview of all the scheduled, charter/IT and
freight services at Birmingham Airport for the winter 2011/12
season can now be found at -
.http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/p/schedules.html.The winter 2011/12 schedules started on Sunday 30 October 2011
and set out below is a summary of the charter and scheduled airlines
operating to Birmingham including the significant changes
.
"New" at Birmingham Airport this winter are -
.
Air France will be using Airbus A318's
on all their service from Paris CDG
.
Austrian are planning to operate a weekly Boeing 737-800 IT flight to
Innsbruck (from Friday 16 December 2011)
.
Comtel Air are now using a
Mint Airways Boeing 757 to operate their
service to Amritsar, India, via Vienna, with the frequency planned to
increase to 5 times weekly
.
flybe still plan to use their new Embraer 175's on their services to
Dusseldorf when they are eventually delivered
.
SAS are adding a Saturday morning CR9 service from Copenhagen
.
As always details interesting movements, one off flights and
planned upgrades for the week ahead can be found at -
..Please note all flight information is subject to change!!
.
HIGHLIGHTS AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO BHX's REGULAR CHARTER AND SCHEDULED OPERATORS -.
AER ARANN (RE) - plan to end their 4 times weekly ATR 42 service
from Waterford on Monday 14 November 2011
.
AER ARANN flying as
AER LINGUS REGIONAL (EI/RE) - no significant
changes - continue to operate from Cork twice daily and Shannon
dailyusing ATR 72's although some flight numbers change - schedule -
.
0815/0845 EI3700/3701 AT7 from/to Cork
- operates daily
1625/1655 EI3634/3635 AT7 from/to Shannon
- operates daily
1645/1715 EI3706/3707 AT7 from/to Cork
- operates daily
.
AER LINGUS (EI) - Dublin goes up to 4 Airbus A320 flights
on Thursday/Friday when an additional late evening service
will operate - no significant changes to other timings while
Cork and Shannon services will continue to be operated by
Aer Arann flying as Aer Lingus Regional - see above
.
AIR BERLIN (AB) - continue to operate a twice weekly service
to Hannover - which is again planned to become an Airbus A320
operation - and a weekly Boeing 737-800 flight to Paderborn
although other types maybe substituted at short notice - schedule -
.
WEDNESDAY
1135/1220 AB3714/3715 320 from/to Hannover
SATURDAY
1450/1535 AB3714/3715 320 from/to Hannover
SUNDAY
1455/1540 AB2698/2699 73H from/to Paderborn
.
AIR FRANCE/BRITAIR (AF/DB) - no significant changes - continue
to operate from Lyon twice daily on weekdays and once on Sundays
using a Canadair CRJ100
.
AIR FRANCE (AF) - plan to use Airbus A318's on all their three daily
flights from Paris CDG which are operated on a code share basis with
FLYBE. As a result
CITYJET Avro RJ85's will no longer operate to BHX
- schedule -
.
0800/0930 AF2064/2065 318 from/to Paris CDG
- operates daily
1330/1530 AF1064/1065 318 from/to Paris CDG
- operates daily
1905/2000 AF1564/1565 318 from/to Paris CDG
- operates daily
.
AUSTRIAN (OS) - plan to operate a weekly Boeing 737-800 IT flight
to Innsbruck from Friday 16 December 2011 - after the Christmas
/New Year holiday period this flight will operate on a Saturday
.
BMIBABY (WW) - operating reduced winter schedule using three
based Boeing 737's - flights to Prague have already resumed and
Geneva returns for the ski season
.
BRUSSELS (SN) - no significant changes - continue to operate a
5 times weekday Avro RJ85/100 service from Brussels. While the
Saturday morning bmi regional Embraer 145 service no longer
operates they will continue to use a
TYROLEAN Dash 8 on Sunday
afternoons
.
CITY AIRLINE (CF) - no significant changes to daily ex Saturday
Embraer 135/145 service from Gothenburg
.
COMTEL AIR (COE) - plan to increase the frequency of their service
to Amritsar, India, via Vienna to 5 times weekly with flights operated
by a
MINT AIRWAYS Boeing 757 - schedule -
.
1715/1840 COE731/732 752 from/to Vienna and onto Amritsar
- operates on Monday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday
.
CONTINENTAL (CO) - operates 6 times weekly - no Wednesday
flight - with Boeing 757's from Newark - flight numbers will change
to UA026/027 in due course when integration with
UNITED (UA)is completed
.
EASTERN (T5) - no significant changes - continue to operate a
Jetstream 41 service to Newcastle three times daily on weekdays
.
EASYJET (EZS/EZY) - seasonal ski services to Geneva and Grenoble
resume in December 2011 - their flights will be operated by a mix of
"EZS" HB- Airbus A319's and "EZY" G- Airbus A319's
.
EMIRATES (EK) - no significant changes to their twice daily
Boeing 777-300ER service from Dubai but timings one hour earlier
for the winter as the UAE does not change clocks - schedule -
.
1145/1325 EK039/040 77W from/to Dubai
- operates daily
1845/2025 EK037/038 77W from/to Dubai
- operates daily
.
FLYBE (BE) - no significant changes to usual reduced winter
schedule with Paris CDG now served on code share basis
with
AIR FRANCE. Chambery returns for the ski season.
.
Their new Embraer 175's are planned to operate to Dusseldorf
three times daily when delivered and they will also be operating
a large programme of ski IT flights using E95's
.
KLM (KL) - no significant change to the 5 times daily schedule
but the morning service from Amsterdam becomes an Embraer
190 operation (replacing a Fokker 70) and they will be making
more regular use of their Boeing 737-700's although all aircraft
types are subject to change at short notice
.
LOGANAIR flying as
FLYBE (BE/LC) - no significant changes to
twice daily on weekdays and once on Sunday Saab 340 service
to Dundee
.
LUFTHANSA (LH) - some significant changes to the timings of
the Frankfurt flights as a result of the recent opening of the fourth
runway at Frankfurt and the resulting additional slots that have
now become available. The early morning inbound service - operated
by a Lufthansa aircraft - is nearly an hour earlier while the other
flight - which are operated by a BHX based
BMI Airbus A320 have
also been updated - revised schedule
.
N/S /0700 LH959 320 to Frankfurt
- operates daily - bmi aircraft
0820/0900 LH952/953 733 from/to Frankfurt
- operates daily - Lufthansa aircraft
1115/1230 LH954/955 320 from/to Frankfurt
- operates daily - bmi aircraft
1705/1750 LH956/957 320 from/to Frankfurt
- operates daily - bmi aircraft
2220/ N/S LH958 320 from Frankfurt
- operates daily - bmi aircraft
.
No significant change to the 3 times daily Dusseldorf service
other than it reverts to a mostly
EUROWINGS Canadair CRJ900
operation while the 3 times daily Munich service continues to see
a mix of
LUFTHANSA CITYLINE Canadair CRJ900's and Embraer 190's
.
MAHAN AIR (W5) - service remains suspended until further notice
.
MONARCH SCHEDULED (ZB) - no significant changes other than
an all Airbus A321 operation this winter
.
PAKISTAN (PK) - frequency reduced to three flights a week until
after the Hajj pilgrimage but operated by a Boeing 777-300. When
the fourth service restarts on Sunday 18 December 2011 three of
the flights will be operated by Boeing 777-200's
.
RYANAIR (FR) - the based operating fleet is back down to three
aircraft but further aircraft maybe based on a "standby" basis.
The only flights operated by non based aircraft are some Dublin
services and flights from Faro -
.
0735/0800 FR662/663 73H from/to Dublin
- operates daily except Sunday
1025/1050 FR3712/3711 73H from/to Faro
- operates on Saturday only
1050/1115 FR3712/3711 73H from/to Faro
- operates on Tuesday only
1155/1220 FR662/663 73H from/to Dublin
- operates on Sunday only
1305/1330 FR666/667 73H from/to Dublin
- operates on Thursday only
2025/2050 FR668/669 73H from/to Dublin
- operates on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday only
.
All other Dublin flights are operated by a BHX based aircraft
.
SAS (SK) - are restoring their Saturday morning service to
Copenhagen - other than that no significant changes but
most morning services will be operated by MD 81's with the
evening and Saturday service flown by Canadair CRJ900's
.
SWISS (LX) - no significant changes to three times daily service
from Zurich which is operated by a
HELVETIC Fokker 100
.
THOMAS COOK (TCX) - two Boeing 757's are based to operate
IT flights to a range of sun and ski destinations
.
THOMSON (TOM) - no significant changes other than this year
the based Boeing 737-800 will remain at BHX until to the start
of December when it is off on lease to
SUNWING (of Canada) and
is replaced by a further Boeing 757
.
A new route for the based Boeing 757's is Boa Vista in the Cape
Verde islands while the long haul flights this winter will mostly
be operated by a
FIRST CHOICE Boeing 767-300
.
In addition a Boeing 737-300 will operate a weekly Wednesday flight -
1430/1555 TOM677/676 73C from/to Enfidha
.
TURKMENISTAN (T5) - no significant changes - 4 times weekly
Boeing 757 service to Ashkhabad and onto India
.
TURKISH (TK) - while their schedule remains the same at
5 weekly the aircraft types change again from Airbus A320's
back to Boeing 737-800's - as always aircraft type is subject
to change and Airbus A319/320/321's and Boeing 737-700's
can still be expected to operate to BHX. Schedule -
.
1030/1130 TK1967/1968 73H from/to Istanbul
- operates on Monday/Thursday/Saturday
1320/1420 TK1969/1970 73H from/to Istanbul
- operates on Friday and Sunday
.
SCHEDULED FREIGHT .
Air Contractors/FedEx (ABR/FX) - operate week night ATR 72
services to Paris CDG
.
Please note all flight information
is subject to change!!
.
Sunday 30 October 2011
As always details interesting movements, one off flights and
planned upgrades for the week ahead can be found at -
.http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/p/due-bhx.html.
Please note all flight information is subject to change!!
.
Sunday 30 October 2011
The crane returned to lift the four supports for
.... the second support is lowered into place
The crane is prepared for use with weights arriving
.... when ready it just goes straight up!!
Britten Norman BN-2T Islander F-HFIT was a morning visitor to the
Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDA positioned in to operate
Ryanair Boeing 737's here, there and everywhere!!
.... the end of the summer schedules saw an influx of Ryanair aircraft
.... for short term parking
.... including Boeing 737-8AS EI-ESL which was on its first visit to BHX
Sky Wings Airbus A320-231 SX-BTP was a morning departure to
Air Hamburg Citation XLS D-CFLY which had arrived on Saturday
The winter 2011/12 schedules started on Sunday 30 October 2011
Sunday 30 October 2011
Falcon 900 N100UP which had arrived on Friday was a morning departure
Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLV positioned in from Aberdeen
Aer Lingus Airbus A321-211 EI-CPH was an afternoon visitor
CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJJ operated all three Air France flights
Mint Airways Boeing 757-28A EC-LBC now wears additional....
.... Comtel Air - Vienna Scheduled Airservices - titles and
.... is used on the Comtel Air service to Amritsar, India, via Vienna
Tor Air Boeing 737-322 SP-HAA which has been parked up at BHX
SAS Airbus A319-132 operated their morning service to Copenhagen
Atlantic Airlines Lockheed Electra G-LOFE was an early morning
Suckling Airways Dornier 328-110 G-BYHG positioned in to take
Work started on lifting the materials needed to construct
.... with a large crane in attendance
Birmingham City play Club Brugge KV of Belgium at home
Thursday 27 October 2011
CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO positioned in
.... with based RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAD also operating a flight
Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBT which wears their
.... while bmibaby Boeing 737-36N G-TOYH climbs through
Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-FDZT was an afternoon
Before we look at the winter 2011/12 schedules in detail it
Friday 28 October 2011
Air Transat Airbus 310-308 C-GLAT operated their final service
.... is in their new "Welcome" colour scheme
CitationJet CJ3 F-GSGL was a day stopping visitor
Contractors work at the top of the new ATC Tower in preparation
.... meanwhile at the base of the tower the service building
.... and its starting to look like the artists impression!
Learjet 35A C-GAJS was a morning arrival operating an air ambulance
Titan Boeing 757-256 G-ZAPX positioned in from Stansted
Jet2 Boeing 757-236 G-LSAJ positioned in to operate the first
Austrian Arrows Dash 8-402Q OE-LGB operated the afternoon
Titan Boeing 737-3L9QC G-ZAPW positioned in to operate
Netjets Falcon 2000EX CS-DLH was a morning visitor
Regional Embraer 170 F-HBXG operated the lunchtime
.... while Regional Embraer 190-100LR F-HBLC operated their
bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXE operated the Brussels Airlines flight
West Air Europe BAe ATP G-MANO was an early morning arrival
Flairjet Embraer Phenom 100 G-NUDD was a morning arrival