Comtel Air cancel all their flights from Birmingham Airport to Amritsar, India

Comtel Air have now cancelled all flights from Birmingham
to Amritsar via Vienna until further notice....
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.... they made the news headlines earlier in the week when
passengers were asked to hand over more cash to complete
their flight to Birmingham when the aircraft stopped for
refuelling in Vienna - video report here
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The flights were being sold by Takhar Travel in Smethwick
but the ATOL holder was a company called Astonbury Limited
- trading as Skyjet - which had an agreement with Comtel Air
who had chartered Mint Airways to operate the flights
.
Astonbury/Skyjet has now ceased to trade with the result the
CAA has now stepped and will be repatriating the passengers
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Friday 18 November 2011

Wednesday 16 November 2011 - Comtel Air making the headlines at Birmingham Airport

Mint Airways Boeing 757-28A EC-LHL arrived on Tuesday evening
after operating the delayed Comtel Air flight from Amritsar via Vienna
and making the news headlines when the passengers were asked to
hand over more cash to complete the flight to Birmingham when
the aircraft stopped for refuelling in Vienna - video report here
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....EC-LHL later positioned out to Madrid - this was its first visit to BHX
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Air Service Leige Citation OO-EDV was a morning visitor....
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.... with Haverfordwest Air Charter Navajo Chieftain G-BVYF
with both aircraft operating transplant flights while....
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....JOTA Aviation Navajo Chieftain G-STHA was an evening visitor
operating a freight charter from Rennes Photos: Mike Hollick

Friday 28 October 2011 - Mint Boeing 757 EC-LBC now flying with Comtel Air titles

Mint Airways Boeing 757-28A EC-LBC now wears additional....

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.... Comtel Air - Vienna Scheduled Airservices - titles and
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.... is used on the Comtel Air service to Amritsar, India, via Vienna
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Tor Air Boeing 737-322 SP-HAA which has been parked up at BHX
since it returned from Avignon on in the early hours of Saturday
22 October 2011 positioned out to Tallinn. The aircraft is leased
from Small Planet Airlines Poland
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SAS Airbus A319-132 operated their morning service to Copenhagen
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Atlantic Airlines Lockheed Electra G-LOFE was an early morning
arrival when it diverted in due to fog at Coventry - after refuelling
it continued its journey
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Suckling Airways Dornier 328-110 G-BYHG positioned in to take
Aston Villa to Newcastle for their Premier league match against
Sunderland on Saturday

Comtel Air plan more flights from Birmingham Airport to Amritsar, India, via Vienna

Comtel Air, who began flights to Amritsar, India, from Birmingham
Airport on the 1 October 2011 and planned to operate two weekly
services each Saturday and Sunday has had so much interest that
the airline plans to double the number of weekly flights
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Thomas Kopetzky, Director Ground Operations for Comtel Air,

said, "We knew there was demand for more flights to India from
Birmingham due to the large Asian community living in the
Midlands and we thought that we’d eventually have to put on
more flights but we never imagined we’d have to make this
decision so soon after launching the first service. It just goes to
show that people want to use their local airport to visit their
friends and relatives out in India rather than travelling to London"
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Since launching the first Birmingham flight, Comtel Air has carried
744 passengers on its four flights between Birmingham and Amritsar.

The flights, which are made on Boeing 757-200 aircraft, have a short
stop in Vienna before flying onward to Amritsar in the Punjab. This
stop is due to restrictions on the number of direct flights permitted
from the UK, imposed by the Indian Government
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Martyn Lloyd, Air Service Development Director at Birmingham
Airport said, "We’re delighted that Thomas and his team have
shown confidence in Birmingham Airport, and indeed the
region, and that they’ve had such an enormous response from
the Midlands community. The success, in such a short period,
proves that people want to fly from Birmingham and shows the

enormous potential that’s available"
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Booking with Comtel Air from Birmingham Airport should contact
Takhar Travel on 0121 5655990 or 0121 5650700 - return flights
from Birmingham start from £450, including all fees and charges

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Comtel Air flight schedule from Thursday 13 October 2011
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1715/1840 COE731/732 from/to Vienna
- flights operate on Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday
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Flights continue from Vienna to Amritsar, India
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Schedule/timings subject to change!!
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Wednesday 12 October 2011

Friday 7 October 2011 - Royal Danish AF Hercules B-538 visits on medevac flight

Royal Danish Air Force C-130J Hercules B-538 was an afternoon
visitor to the Elmdon apron operating a medivac flight....
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.... in connection with the visit of RAF C17 ZZ172
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Eastern Airways Embraer 145MP G-CGWV positioned in
from Humberside to carry Comtel Air passengers to Vienna
via Stansted to connect with their flight onto Amritsar
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Jet2 Boeing 737-377 G-CELS positioned in to operate a charter
flight to Podgorica taking England football fans to the Euro 2012
qualifying match against Montenegro
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Air Go BAe ATP LZ-BPS operated the Atlantic Airlines freight service
to Lille - the last from BHX before these flights move back to Coventry
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Gestair Premier 1 EC-IOZ which had arrived on Thursday spent
the day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Ron Kosys

Sunday 2 October 2011 - Mint Airways Boeing 757 EC-LBC flying for Comtel Air

Mint Airways Boeing 757-28A EC-LBC positioned in from Madrid....
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.... to operate the Comtel Air flight to Vienna after Privilege Style
Boeing 757-256 EC-ISY was delayed at Amritsar on their first service
.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-ESP operated their morning
service to Dublin - its first visit to BHX and the first of the
latest batch of deliveries to Ryanair to visit
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Air Contractors ATR 72-202 EI-SLH was a morning arrival
from Casablanca, Morocco, with a load of priority freight
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King Air F-GMPM was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Saturday 1 October 2011 - Niki Airbus A321 OE-LEZ flying for Air Berlin

Niki Airbus A321-231 OE-LEZ operated the Air Berlin flight
to Hannover in place of their usual Boeing 737-800
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Privilege Style Boeing 757-256 EC-ISY was an afternoon
arrival from Vienna before operating the first Comtel Air
flight to Amritsar, India, via Vienna
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PIA Boeing 777-340ER AP-BHV operated their flight from Islamabad
- with the start of the Hajj season the frequency of their BHX service
has dropped to three a week but 777-300's have replaced the 777-200's
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Suckling Airways Dornier 328-110 G-BZOG positioned in to collect
Newcastle United FC after their match against Wolves - unfortunately
the aircraft went "tech" and was latter replaced by G-BWWT
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AeroMedevac Ireland Citation II EI-MED was an afternoon
visitor to the Elmdon apron

Comtel Air launch new twice weekly Boeing 757 service to Amritsar, India, via Vienna

Comtel Air - Vienna scheduled airservices - launched

a new twice weekly service from Birmingham to Amritsar,
India, via Vienna on Saturday 1 October 2011
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The flights are initially being operated by a Privilege Style
Boeing 757 flying under Comtel Air - COE - flights codes
which should be replace by a Mint Airways Boeing 757
at the end of October 2011
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Comtel Air flights from Saturday 1 October 2011

1715/1840 COE731/732 752 from/to Vienna
- flights operate on Saturday and Sunday
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Flights continue from Vienna to Amritsar, India
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Schedule/timings subject to change!!
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Saturday 1 October 2011