Winter 2011/12 schedules at Birmingham

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 -
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http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/p/schedules.html
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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
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CITY AIRLINE (CF) - no significant changes to daily ex Saturday
Embraer 135/145 service from Gothenburg
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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 -
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1715/1840 COE731/732 752 from/to Vienna and onto Amritsar
- operates on Monday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday
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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.
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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
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MONARCH SCHEDULED (ZB) - no significant changes other than
an all Airbus A321 operation this winter
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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
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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 -
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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
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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