Birmingham: Airport Nostalgia

[Nethercote2019]

Friday’s were always a great day in the late 80’s & early 90’s
I remember we had a pair of Spantax Dc8-61early evenings.
On the subject of the Friday Tristar … I remember Peach air ?

 

[Karl C]

Thursday afternoons for the Cyprus A310 were good too!

 

[wolfheze]

Thanks Simon. I really love the memories these reports bring. Many of the registrations are etched in my mind forever!. It also highlights how many diversions there were back in those days. A spotter's delight and so many tuned in to our airband radios in those days waiting for a rare goodie to drop in.

I often used to go to bed with the radio tuned to Birmingham approach in the hope I'd get woken by something interesting. Mostly I'd wake up having heard nothing!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Great to see you here again, Wolfheze!

I checked your avatar recently and it said you hadn't been here in quite a while. Hope everything is OK, and please keep visiting.

Kevin

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I often used to go to bed with the radio tuned to Birmingham approach in the hope I'd get woken by something interesting. Mostly I'd wake up having heard nothing!

I used to do the same thing. I often fell asleep and would get woken with the fright of my life, as the radio suddenly blared into action. I also remember that there used to be a a late flight (around midnight - papers or something like that), which had the callsign 'Woodair'. The first couple of times I heard it, had me thinking 'what on earth are Wardair doing flying into BHX at this time of night'.

Kevin

 

[wolfheze]

Great to see you here again, Wolfheze!

I checked your avatar recently and it said you hadn't been here in quite a while. Hope everything is OK, and please keep visiting.

Kevin

Hi. Yes everything is okay. Just been preoccupied with trying to work in the pandemic and moving house. Nice to see the same people are still here

 

[elmdon74]

LOG/INFO BHX April 1972,

BMA`s Frankfurt/Brussels service was inaugurated on 10/4 with Viscount G-AZLT operating it.Also on the same date Dan Air`s Newcastle/Liverpool/Manchester/Bournemouth service stared using HS748 G-ASPL.An exotic visitor on 15/4 was Royal Dutch Flight F-28 PH-PBX from Soesterberg to Edinburgh carrying Prince Bernhard,also operating AMS-Soesterberg on 17/4.Visitors-

1/4 G-AZLP VISCOUNT BMA EMA-Beauvais,G-AYMW JETRANGER
2/4 G-AZFB B720 MON LTN-IBZ,EC-BTE CV990 BX F/T PMI,G-AZKM B720 MON LTN-PMI also 9/4,G-AZLS VISCOUNT BMA EMA-JERSEY
3/4 G-APDC COMET 4 DA F/T FAO,D-AILY 1-11 BAVARIA F/T MUC also10/4
4/4 G-APDG COMET 4 DA LGW-FAO,G-AXOV BARON,G-AKEL GEMINI,G-AXZN TEAL TSC-1A F/T EGBO
5/4 G-ALFT DOVE 6 CAFU F/T STN,G-ARFZ DOVE 6 BIGGIN HILL-CGN
6/4 LN-RLW DC9F SAS MAN-CPH,,G-AZNZ 737 BY F/T PMI,G-AWZN TRIDENT 3 BEA F/T MLA,G-AMFV DC3 KESTREL COV-CGN,LX-AIR CHEROKEE
7/4 D-ALFA 1-11 BAVARIA F/T MUC,G-AWMZ C172H
8/4 XP822 BEAVER AAC
9/4 D-IEWR AZTEC
10/4 F-BPJB FALCON 20 F/T PARIS,G-APDD COMET 4 DA LGW-FAO
11/4 N720G GULFSTREAM 1 F/T RTM,XR232 ALOUETTE AAC
12/4 G-AMRA DC3 BIA LGW-CGN
13/4 G-AWYZ TRIDENT 3 BEA F/T MLA
13/4 G-ANCD BRITANNIA LLOYD F/T RTM,CP.22/OT-CBB C119G F/T BRU
14/4 G-AVFG TRIDENT 2 BEA TLV-LHR,D-AISY 1-11 BAVARIA F/T MUC
16/4 EC-BQA CV990 BX F/T PMI,D-ILKA KING AIR F/T CGN
17/4 G-ARAY HS748 DA LPL-HURN,G-AYLG HS125 GLA-HAWARDEN
20/4 G-AWZF TRIDENT 3 BEA F/T MLA,XT250 SIOUX AAC
21/4 G-AZNA VISCOUNT BMA EMA-JER,D-AMUC 1-11 BAVARIA F/T MUC
25/4 PH-IND KING AIR TO KEEDS,G-AMSM DC3 AIR FREIGHT TO CGN
26/4 N228W AERO COMMANDER,F-BNBK CESSNA 310,YR-IMC IL18 TAROM F/T BUH
28/4 G-APEF VANUARD BEA MERPATI NUSANTARA COLOURS BASED FOR TRAINING UNTIL 15/5 TO BE PK-MVJ,198/64-IZ NORATLAS FAF,G-AXYJ HS125
29/4 EI-AVH CHEROKEE
30/4 G-AOKH PRENTICE

Regards,Simon.

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[elmdon74]

BHX LOG/INFO April 1982,

Passenger figures for April 1982 were down 3.9% partly due to bad weather and night runway closures.Total was 106,826 (51,180 arr,53,271 dep,2375 transit).Aston Villa beat Anderlecht of Brussels to secure a place in te European Cup Final in Rotterdam in May.Anderlecht team used Sobelair 707 OO-SBU from BRU on 6/4,laying over till 8/4,but supporters used Coventry in 2 TEA and 1 Sobelair 737`s as the aircraft were day-stopping and departing after the airport closed for the night.For the second leg BMA flew the team out on 707 G-BFLD on 21/4,returning into EMA.
The best charter was the first ever Malev TU154 HA-LCN arriving from Budapest on 26/4 with an orchestra.They returned from Newcastle.Other charters were mainly Dutch.NLM used F-28 PH-ZBL on 17/4 from AMS to take a party back,with PH-CHF positioning from Teeside for the rest of the passengers.PH-ZBL again flew the return on 24/4,with the balance on F-27 PH-KFL both f/t AMS.Martinair used MD80 PH-MBY on 28/4 f/t AMS for the NEC,and also operated an IBM charter on 19/4 using DC9 PH-MAO AMS-VIE,with PH-MAR the return on 22/4 VIE-HAJ.IBM also used EI 737 EI-ASB for the return of a Nice charter on 3/4 NCE-DUB.Scanbee Convair 580 SE-IEY arrived from Bromma on 28/4 with 3 pax,took a party of UK customers to dinner in Dublin,returned to EMA due night closure.Only other foreign flight was Air Select/NFD Flug Metro D-IKOO which routed RTM-N/S-CGN 29/30.4.Dan Air freighter HS748 G-BIUV positioned from CGN 1/4 to pick up 48 seats and pax to fly them to NCL,returning 2/4.
Diversions were very few,
17/4 G-BECG 737 BY LTN
22/4 G-BGJM 737 KT MAN
G-AYEX 707 BCAL LGW from Banjul
25/4 G-BGTW 737 ORION EMA

BA suceeded in bending 1-11 G-BGKG at LHR on 17/4 in an argument with some hangar doors,as a result 737`s were used on some BHX services for most of that week,starting wiyh G-BGDF to GVA and back on 17/4.

I.T Flights,
AE 737 3/4 MJP,10/4 MEC,17/4 MJP,24/4 MHG
AI 707 6/4 DSI,13/4 DVB,20/4 DPM,27/4 DXT
AI 707 4/4 DPM,11/4 DVA,19/4 DXT,25/4 DXT
RAM 727 5/4 CCH,12/4 RMR,19/4 RMP,26/4 CCH
SPANTAX DC9 EC-CGY/CGZ
CY 707 1/4 DAK,8/4 DAL,15/4 DAL,22/4 DAO,29/4 DAL
KM 737 TVC 5,12,19/4 TVP 26/4
Aviaco used Iberia 727 EC-CBK on 25/4
BMA 707 G-BFLD was the resident Boeing for the month,operating BD9105/6 to PMI every Saturday morning and not a lot else,apart from some flights for International Caribbean,when LD positioned to LUX on Saturday afternoons as IQ3F returning Sunday afternoons as IQ4F,and being parked up all week.BD9107/8 to IBZ and back were subchartered to BIA who used 1-11`s on UK2014/5 on 3/4 BIA,10/4 BIA,17/4 XOX,24/4 XBB.

GA/Military/Biz-jets,
1/4 PH-AST,PH-ASU PA31,OY-BTR BE200
2/4 OT-ALJ/B-10 BN2 BELGIAN ARMY
4/4 G-ONPN HS125,F-GAJC CHEYANNE
5/4 G-ATAI DOVE,EI-BFM RALLYE
6/4 XV732 WESSEX
7/4 PH-PAD CHEROKEE,G-BCKM CITATION
9/4 G-AXDH BN2 RED DEVILS also 10-18/4
11/4 OO-RTI COUGAR
12/4 XZ193,XZ194 LYNX AAC
13/4 HB-VEM LJ 35,G-BAZA HS125
14/4 G-BETV HS125
15/4 G-BJVP CITATION
16/4 OO-GMH SENECA,EI-BMK CESSNA 310,EI-BJY BE200,G-BFAR CITATION
17/4 OO-BWA CESSNA 172,XZ348 GAZELLE AAC
18/4 N809LS GULF 2 GANDER N/S HAJ on 20/4
19/4 OO-MRT RC690B,F-GDAL CHEYANNE,G-BRAL GULF 1 FORD,SE-GLA CHEYANNE,G-BAZA HS125
20/4 HB-VFZ LJ 35,YV-434CP LJ 35 F/T LBG N/S,EI-BMF FALCO
21/4 EI-BKR CESSNA 172,OO-FLH CHEROKEE,HB-LIR PA31
22/4 PH-WWG CHEROKEE,OY-BEJ RC690B,G-ZEAL LJ 35,PH-LPS FALCON 20
23/4 67-18058 U-21A US ARMY
25/4 G-FERY CITATION II,G-CNSI BE200
26/4 D-CONO LJ 35,N71AF RC690B,G-JETC CITATION II,F-GDIB CESSNA 172,XW930 HS125 RAF
27/4 OO-LFH CESSNA 421,PH-SRZ CHEROKEE,D-EIYA CESSNA 172,OO-SXC XINGU BRU-LBG
28/4 65-LW PARIS FRENCH NAVY
29/4 EI-BMK CESSNA 310,EI-BGP CESSNA 414,OO-MRT RC690B,F-GBTI FALCON 10,HB-VBS FALCON 20,D-IFCP CONQUEST,N231RH MOONEY 201,G-ARUM DOVE
30/4 N24G SABRE 65 GOODYEAR FROM LUX N/S,D-IHLK CESSNA 421,EI-BIR CESSNA 172

Regards,Simon

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[elmdon74]

BHX LOG/INFO April 1992,

Passenger figures for April 1992 were 274,617 +22% on 1991.
Scheduled services,
Air France used new 737-500 F-GJNH on 29/4 and an A320 F-GFKU on 8/4 f/t CDG.KLM used a Transavia 757 PH-TKZ f/t AMS on29/4 due to high passenger loads foe an NEC show.New Lufthansa aircraft were 737-300 D-ABES 22/4 and 737-500 D-ABJE 25/4 and A320 D-AIQC on 5/4.Ex BRAATHENS 737-500 showed up on 3/4 D-ACBA and 23/4 D-ACBC.The Newair servive from Billund was upgraded to a Fairchild F-27 from 20/4 using OY-MUF.Swissair used a new MD81 HB-IUH f/t ZRH on 25/4.

I.T. Flights,
Air Atlantis 737-300 CS-TII 5,12,19,26/4,CS-TIG 5,18/4,CS-TIH 19/4,CS-TIJ 24/4 F/V
BALKAN TU154 LZ-BTU 5/4
EUROCYPRIA A320 5B-DBB 8,12,15,19,29/4 5B-DBC 22/4
AIR COLUMBUS 727 CS-TKA 11,25/4
AMERICAN TRANSAIR L1011 N191AT 12/4,N186AT 26,27/4
The Unijet Sunday morning service to Orlando has been transfered from TZ L1011 to a Air 2000 757ER for the rest of the season as TZ said they had no suitable equipment available.The flights in April positioned up from LGW.

Freight flights,
DHL CV580 1/4 OO-DHG,2/4 DHH,3/4 DHF
replaced by Fred Olsen Electra LN-FOH 4,15,16,17,24,28,29/4,LN-FOI 8,910,14,22/4,LN-FOL 23/4
MALMO 146QT SE-DIT 2,28/4,SE-DEI 7,9,14,16,20,30/4
The Fedex feeder service to STN and back via SEN operated in April by Falcon Express Electra SE-IVT and Channel Express N343HA.On 3/4 Alpenair F27 OE-IGN was used by Fedex,whilst on 6/4 F27 OO-FEI was used.On 16/4 Fedex used another `new` F27 OO-FEG.Star freight charter visitor was Cargolux 747F LX-ECV on 8/4 on a 2 hour stopover en-route SEA-LUX to deliver 50 tons of equipment for a pop group European tour.

Charter flights,
New Airtours MD83`s visited on 1/4 with G-RJER from Rhodes and G-GMJM from IBZ,with G-TONW visiting late March..Meridiana MD83 EC-CFU visited on 4/4 and 7/4.Sobelair 737 OO-SDD visited on a NEC charter f/t BRU on 7/4.2 1992 delivery British Midland 737`s on IT`s visited for the first time,737-400 G-OBMM on 11/4 on an Air 2000 flight f/t AGP,then next day 737-300 G-OBMP arrived.
Concorde G-BOAA arrived on Good Friday from LHR,did a supersonic charter,departing to EMA the following day.
On 22/4 Maersk Air 737-300 OY-MAL arrived on a Birmingham European flight from CPH for a spell for them.Ryanair 1-11 EI-CCU was also used by Birmex from 30/4,staying 2 days.JEA had to charter a new Brymon DHC8 G-BRYG on 25/4 for 3 flights.Due to a U/S BAE ATP Manx used a BAF 1-11 G-OCNW on 26/4.Also on 26/4 ex Air 2000 737-300 G-KKUH arrived in its new guise as G-OBML with British Midland f/t JER.
Another rare visitor to BHX arrived on 28/4 in the form of Aeroflot TU154 CCCP-85575 which stayed for 5 days.It brought in officials from Uzbekistan for trade talks in Birmingham.Beech 1900 SE-KOH was a type first visit on an NEC charter from Stockholm on 29/4 nighstopping.Also on 29/4 brand new 737-400 G-UKLG of Air UK Leisure arrived from STN to commence the summer season for Unijet.

Diversions,
18/4 G-BSIW,G-WENT JETSTREAM 31 MANX CWL
G-IEAD 757 INTER EUROPEAN BRS N/S
30/4 G-IEAA INTER EUROPEAN 733 BRS
CS-TIH 733 AIR ATLANTIS LGW
C5-GOA 707 AIR GAMBIA LGW N/S

GA/Military/Biz-jets,
1/4 D-CAWU C560,G-OMGA 125-600B,XZ587 SEA KING RN
3/4 F-GBPZ BEECH 90,XZ598 SEA KING RN
4/4 F-GHFS BEECH 90
6/4 OO-IBC SABRE 65,G-BGYR 125-600B
7/4 G-OMCL CIT 550,N161EU FALCON 20,PH-ABD,PH-IDA PA31,VR-CSB S-76
8/4 D-CBMW 125-800,SE-IFT CESSNA 337
9/4 D-CFVG LJ 24,F-GEFS FALCON 20F,G-BLNW BN2 LOG,I-CAFE FALCON 50,I-CIPA CIT 501
10/4 G-BLNW BN2 LOG,G-BRBZ BEECH 400,OO-CAR ROBIN
12/4 EI-CAX CESSNA 210,
13/4 HB-VGG 125-700B
14/4 OY-PAL BE 200,VR-BJE GULF 3
15/4 PH-GYN PA31,G-PASY BN2
16/4 F-GFHB MU2,F-GIFK BE 90,G-ARHW DOVE,G-BLNW BN2 LOG,I-ADAG FALCON 50,OY-BIR CESSNA 402,G-ICED CIT 500
19/4 G-BMXW DHC6 LOG
20/4 G-RAFF LJ35
21/4 G-BLKP JETSTREAM 31
22/4 240 BEECH 200 IAC,XV191 C130 RAF O/S
26/4 D-IAAT CESSNA 421,N421WF CESSNA 421
27/4 F-GICV BE 200,F-GJJJ BE 100
28/4 SE-DDG LJ 35
29/4 D-ICAB CIT 550,VR-BKZ 125-700B,ZG846 BN2 AAC,B11/LK BN2 BELGIAN ARMY
30/4 F-GBLU BE 90,F-GJXX CIT 560,I-CAFB FALCON 50

Regards,Simon.

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[elmdon74]

BHX Summer I.T. Airlines survey 1970-2019 Part1 1970-1995

Hi all,inspired by this years increase in Turkish charter airline flights I got thinking as to which was the best time in the past for variety of Airlines during the Summer season at BHX,it always seemed that there was more variety of aircraft types and colour schemes in the "good old days".So with the help of my Airstrip magazines from 1970 to 1998,LAAS magazines from 1999 to 2019,and also using the "Logs to Blogs" pages and Gordon`s BHX Photo Blog I set about compiling a year by year list of overseas and based Summer I.T charter carriers from May to October each year.I have included any overseas Airline that operated for at least one month during each year,but excluded any one off sub-charters.I have also excluded some Airlines such as Air Berlin,Hapag Lloyd,Hamburg that operated semi-scheduled flights to Germany.I have grouped them by geographic region as follows-Eastern Europe/USSR//Spain//Portugal//Malta//Cyprus//Turkey//Greece//North Africa//Other European countries//Canada/USA//China.Part 1 covers 1970 to 1990,Part 2 1991-2019 and Part 3 stats for the busiest year,most years operated by Airline and by country.I hope you find it interesting and welcome any comments and corrections,I certainly had forgotten a lot of the short lived carriers that came and went. 1970 AVIOGENEX,ADRIA//,AVIACO//,SAM ITALY,BAVARIA GERMANY 1971 AVIOGENEX,ADRIA//,AVIACO,SPANTAX,IBERIA//,SAM ITALY,BAVARIA GERMANY,BRAATHENS SAFE 1972 AVIOGENEX,TAROM//,AVIACO,SPANTAX,AIR SPAIN//,BAVARIA GERMANY,BRAATHENS SAFE 1973 AVIOGENEX//,AVIACO,SPANTAX,AIR SPAIN//,CYPRUS A/W//,BAVARIA GERMANY 1974 AVIOGENEX,JAT,TAROM//,AVIACO,AIR SPAIN//,AIR MALTA 1975 AVIOGENEX,JAT,TAROM,BALKAN//,AVIACO,SPANTAX 1976 AVIOGENEX,JAT,BALKAN//,AVIACO//,AIR MALTA//,TWA 1977 JAT//,AIR MALTA//,CP AIR,PAN AM 1978 JAT//,AVIACO,SPANTAX,TRANSEUROPA//,AIR MALTA//,CP AIR 1979 AVIOGENEX,JAT,TAROM,BALKAN,LOT//,AVIACO,SPANTAX,TRANSEUROPA//,TAP AIR PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CP AIR 1980 AVIOGENEX,JAT,TAROM,BALKAN,LOT//,AVIACO,SPANTAX//,TAP AIR PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CP AIR//,BY used TEA 737 on some flights. 1981 AVIOGENEX,JAT,TAROM,BALKAN//,AVIACO,TRANSEUROPA//,TAP AIR PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,NOR-FLY (Early season only),WDL GERMANY//,CP AIR,WARDAIR. 1982 AVIOGENEX (Early season only),JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN//,AVIACO,SPANTAX//,TAP AIR PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,RAM (High season only)//,NOR-FLY (Early season only)//,CP AIR,WARDAIR. 1983 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN//,AVIACO,SPANTAX//,AIR PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,TUNIS AIR//,WARDAIR. 1984 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN//.AVIACO,SPANTAX//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,TUNIS AIR (High season only)//,BUSY BEE NORWAY//,WARDAIR 1985 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN//,AVIACO,SPANTAX (High season only),HISPANIA//,AIR PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,TUNIS AIR//,A.T.I. ITALY (High season only)//,WARDAIR,WORLDWAYS CANADA. 1986 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN,AEROFLOT//,AVIACO,SPANTAX,HISPANIA//,AIR PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,WARDAIR,WORLDWAYS CANADA,AMERICAN TRANSAIR. 1987 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN,AEROFLOT//,AVIACO,SPANTAX,HISPANIA//,AIR PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,TUNIS AIR//,WARDAIR,WORLDWAYS CANADA. 1988 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA,HISPANIA,LINEAS AEREAS CANARIAS//,AIR ATLANTIS//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,TUNIS AIR//,WARDAIR,WORLDWAYS CANADA. 1989 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA,AIR SUR(Late season only),HISPANIA (Ceased trading July),LINEAS AEREAS CANARIAS,OASIS,SPANAIR (Late season only)//,AIR ATLANTIS//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,TUNIS AIR//,TOROS AIR TURKEY//,WARDAIR,WORLWAYS CANADA//,AEROMARITIME FRANCE (737-300 operated flights for BY),AMERICAN TRANSAIR 727 operated flights for PARAMOUNT. 1990 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA,LINEAS AEREAS CANARIAS,OASIS,SPANAIR//,AIR ATLANTIS,AIR COLUMBUS//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,TUNIS AIR,ROYAL AIR MAROC//,NATIONAIR (Operated most flights with ex Odyssey Int 757),WORLDWAYS CANADA,AMERICAN TRANSAIR//,AERO LLOYD GERMANY (operated flights for BY). 1991 AVIOGENEX,JAT,ADRIA,BALKAN (All Yugoslavia flights ended July due to civil war)//,AIR EUROPA (October only),OASIS,SPANAIR//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,CANADA 3000,NATIONAIR. 1992 BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA,SPANAIR//,AIR ATLANTIS PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA//,ROYAL AIR MAROC//,CANADA 3000,NATIONAIR. 1993 BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA (Late season only),FUTURA (High season only),SPANAIR//,AIR COLUMBUS PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,PEGASUS (May only),TUR TURKEY//,ROYAL AIR MAROC (Early season only)//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT. 1994 BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA (Early season only),CENTENNIAL,FUTURA,LTE (Early and late season only),OASIS (Some flights operated by TRANSLIFT EIRE A320),SPANAIR (MD80 Based),VIVA AIR (October only)//,AIR COLUMBUS//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,ROYAL AIR MAROC//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT//,FINNAIR MD80 operated some flights for AIRTOURS,AMBASSADOR GREECE A320 (Based),STERLING EUROPEAN 727 DENMARK (Based). 1995 AIR EUROPA,CENTENNIAL (High season only),FUTURA,SPANAIR,VIVA AIR (High season only)//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA//,SUNWAYS TURKEY//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT//,TRANSWEDE. -- view my aviation photographs at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/antonov22/albums

 

[elmdon74]

BHX Summer I.T. Airlines survey 1970-2019 Part 2 1996-2019

1996 AIR VIA,BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA,FUTURA,SPANAIR//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,ONUR AIR,SUNWAYS//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT,AMERICAN TRANSAIR//,TRANSWEDE.

1997 AIR VIA,BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA,FUTURA,SPANAIR,VIVA AIR (High season only)//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA//,SUNWAYS//,NOUVELAIR TUNISIA//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT,ROYAL AIRLINES CANADA//,NORDIC EUROPEAN SWEDEN TRISTAR (High season only),AIRTOURS used SPANAIR 767 for Caribbean flights.

1998 AIR VIA//,AIR EUROPA,FUTURA,IBERWORLD (High season only),SPANAIR,VIVA AIR//,SATA AIR AZORES PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA//,NOUVELAIR//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT,ROYAL AIRLINES//,TYROLEAN AUSTRIA.

1999 AIR VIA//,AIR EUROPA,FUTURA,SPANAIR (Some flights operated by BELAIR FRANCE MD80)//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA (High season only)//,NOUVELAIR//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT,ROYAL AIRLINES//,TRANSAER EIRE,TYROLEAN.

2000 BALKAN//,AIR EUROPA,FUTURA,SPANAIR,SEVEN AIR//,EUROATLANTIC PORTUGAL//,CRONUS GREECE (October only)//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A.W,EUROCYPRIA,HELIOS//,NOUVELAIR//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT,ROYAL AIRLINES//,TRANSAER (High season only),TYROLEAN.

2001 AIR EUROPA,FUTURA,LTE (VOLAR),IBERWORLD,SPANAIR//,SATA AIR AZORES//,PEGASUS//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA,HELIOS//,CANADA 3000,AIR TRANSAT//,AERO LLOYD GERMANY,ISLANDFLUG ICELAND,TRANSAVIA HOLLAND,TRANSJET SWEDEN (Late season only),TYROLEAN.

2002 HEMUS AIR BULGARIA//,AIR EUROPA,FUTURA,HOLA,IBERWORLD,LTE (VOLAR),SPANAIR//,EUROATLANTIC (Used BRA BRASIL RODO AEREO 737-300)//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA,HELIOS//,PEGASUS//,MACEDONIAN A/L GREECE (May only)//,AIR TRANSAT//,AERO LLOYD,AZZURRA AIR ITALY,ISLANDFLUG,MD AIRLINES ICELAND,TRANSJET,TYROLEAN.

2003 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,FUTURA,IBERWORLD,LTE(VOLAR),SPANAIR//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA//,AEGEAN GREECE//,AIR TRANSAT,ZOOM CANADA//,TYROLEAN.

2004 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,IBERWORLD,LTE(VOLAR)//,EUROATLANTIC//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA//,FREEBIRD TURKEY//,AIR TRANSAT,SKYSERVICE CANADA (July only)//,TYROLEAN.

2005 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,AIR EUROPA,LTE,SPANAIR//,AIR MALTA,BRITISH JET (Used FLYHELLO SWITZERLAND MD90)//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA,HELIOS//,FREEBIRD,ONUR AIR (October only),PEGASUS//,ATLAS BLUE MOROCCO (High season only)//,AIR TRANSAT//,AERO LLOYD,AUSTRIAN A/L,VIKING SWEDEN,AIR SCANDIC used JETX AIRLINES ICELAND MD80 August only.

2006 ADRIA,BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,AIR CLASS SPAIN,FUTURA,LTE//,AIR MALTA,BRITISH JET (FLYHELLO MD90)//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA (AJET),HELIOS//,ONUR AIR,PEGASUS//,GREECE AIRWAYS//,AIR TRANSAT//,VIKING.

2007 ADRIA,BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,LTE//,AIR MALTA (Some flights operated by LAT CHARTER A320)//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA,KTHY NORTH CYPRUS//,FREEBIRD,ONUR AIR//,AIR TRANSAT.

2008 ADRIA,BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,IBERWORLD,LTE,SPANAIR//,AIR MALTA//CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA,KTHY NORTH CYPRUS//,FREEBIRD,ONUR AIR//,AMC EGYPT,KORAL BLUE EGYPT//,AIR TRANSAT//,AIR BEE ITALY,AUSTRIAN A/L,VIKING.

2009 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA,KTHY NORTH CYPRUS//,ONUR AIR,TURKUAZ//,AIR FINLAND 757 (Based).

2010 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W,EUROCYPRIA,KTHY NORTH CYPRUS//,ONUR AIR,PEGASUS,SAGA (High season only),SKY,TURKUAZ//,KORAL BLUE//,TRAVEL SERVICE (High season only),VIKING,AURELA 737-300 based operating for TCX.

2011 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,SKYWINGS GREECE,VIKING HELLAS//,ONUR AIR,PEGASUS//,NOUVELAIR (August only)//,AIR TRANSAT//,AIR FINLAND 757 (Based).

2012 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,AIR MALTA//,AEGEAN//,AIR TRANSAT//,MISTRAL AIR ITALY (High season only),STRATEGIC A/L LUXEMBOURG,AIR EXPLORE 737-400 and AURELA 737-300 Based operating for MON.

2013 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,AIR MALTA//,CYPRUS A/W//,FREEBIRD//,AIR TRANSAT//,ENTER AIR,MISTRAL AIR (High season only),SMALL PLANET POLAND.

2014 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,EVELOP SPAIN//,HIFLY PORTUGAL//,AIR MALTA//,AEGEAN//,AIR TRANSAT//,CHINA SOUTHERN//,TUIFLY GERMANY.

2015 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,EVELOP,VUELING//,AEGEAN//,CORRENDON (Late season only),FREEBIRD//,AIR TRANSAT//,HAINAN CHINA//,ENTER AIR,GERMANIA,MISTRAL AIR (High season only),NORWEGIAN,TRAVEL SERVICE//,DANISH AIR TRANSPORT MD80 (Based),JETTIME 737 (Based operating for MON),SMARTLYNX A320 (Based operating for TCX).

2016 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,ALBASTAR,EVELOP,VUELING//,AIR MALTA//,AEGEAN//,AIR TRANSAT//,NORWEGIAN,SMALL PLANET//,SMARTLYNX A320 (Based operating for TCX).

2017 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,EVELOP,VUELING//,AIR MALTA//,COBALT CYPRUS//,AEGEAN//,FREEBIRD//,AIR TRANSAT//,NORWEGIAN//,SMARTLYNX A321 (Based operating for JET2).

2018 BALKAN HOLIDAYS//,AIR MALTA//,FREEBIRD//,PRIMERA DENMARK//,AVION EXPRESS A320 (Based operating for TCX),AIR EUROPA 738 (Based operating for JET2),SMARTLYNX A321 (Based operating for JET2).

2019 AIR MALTA//,AIR ARABIA MOROCCO//,AVION EXPRESS A320 (Based operating for TCX),OLYMPUS GREECE A321 (Based operating for TUI),SMARTLYNX A321 (Based operating for JET2),SMARTLYNX ESTONIA A320 (Based operating for TUI).

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[elmdon74]

BHX Summer I.T. Airlines survey 1970-2019 Part 3 Stats (long)

Number of Airlines each year,
Worst year 4 Airlines 1977
6 Airlines 1970,1973,1974,1975,1976,1978,2019
7 Airlines 1972,2018
8 Airlines 1971,2009,2011,2012,2013,2014
10 Airlines 1992,2016,2017
11 Airlines 1979,1980,1983,1984,1991 2004,2007
12 Airlines 1993,1995,2003
13 Airlines 1981,1982,1988,1996
14 Airlines 1985,1986,1987,1999,2010
15 Airlines 1997,1998,2006
16 Airlines 2015
17 Airlines 2000,2008
18 Airlines 1990,1994,2001,2005
19 Airlines 1989
Best year 21 Airlines 2002

Having plotted these on a graph it shows the 1970`s were very low,slowly inceasing every year to a peak of 19 in 1989,then dropping sharply due to the civil war in Yogosalvia,increasing again to 17 in 1994,then from the mid 1990`s to 2011 large inceases and decreases probably due to countries like Greece/Turkey/North Africa becoming more popular,and the fact that Airlines came and went very often.From 2011 there is a steady decline with the exception of 2015 due to the rise of the UK Airlines resulting in the very low numbers of the last few years.

Number of Airlines per country,

SPAIN 22
TURKEY 10
CANADA 9
GREECE 8
PORTUGAL 6
ITALY 5
GERMANY 5
BULGARIA 4
CYPRUS 4
DENMARK 4
NORWAY 4
SWEDEN 4
ICELAND 3
LITHUANIA 3
MOROCCO 3
POLAND 3
USA 3
YUGOSLAVIA 3
AUSTRIA 2
CHINA 2
EGYPT 2
FINLAND 2
FRANCE 2
MALTA 2
TUNISIA 2
BELGIUM 1
CZECH REP 1
EIRE 1
ESTONIA 1
HOLLAND 1
LATVIA 1
LUXEMBOURG 1
N.CYPRUS 1
ROMANIA 1
SLOVAKIA 1 SLOVENIA 1
USSR 1 Number of years operated,

One season wonders,

AEROMARITIME FRANCE
AIR ARABIA MOROCCO
AIR BEE ITALY
AIR CLASS SPAIN
AIR EXPLORE SLOVAKIA
AIR SUR SPAIN
ALBASTAR SPAIN
AMBASSADOR GREECE
AMC EGYPT
ATI ITALY
ATLAS BLUE MOROCCO
AUSTRIAN A/L
AZZURRA AIR ITALY
BELAIR FRANCE
BUSY BEE NORWAY
CHINA SOUTHERN
COBALT CYPRUS
CORENDON TURKEY
CRONUS GREECE
DANISH AIR TRANSPORT
FINNAIR
GERMANIA
GREECE A/W
HAINAN CHINA
HEMUS AIR BULGARIA
HIFLY PORTUGAL
HOLA SPAIN
IBERIA
JET TIME DENMARK
JET X ICELAND
LAT CHARTER LITHUANIA
MACEDONIAN GREECE
MD AIRLINES ICELAND
NORDIC EUROPEAN SWEDEN
OLYMPUS GREECE
PAN AM
PRIMERA DENMARK
SEVEN AIR SPAIN
SKY TURKEY
SKYSERVICE CANADA
SKYWINGS GREECE
STERLING EURO DENMARK
STRATEGIC LUXEMBOURG
TEA BELGIUM
TOROS AIR TURKEY
TRANSAVIA
TUIFLY GERMANY
TUR TURKEY
TWA
VIKING HELLAS GREECE
WDL GERMANY
ZOOM CANADA

2 Years,

AEROFLOT
AIR FINLAND
AIR SPAIN
AURELA LITHUANIA
AVION EXPRESS LITHUANIA
BRAATHENS SAFE NORWAY
BRITISH JET MALTA
CENTENNIAL SPAIN
ENTER AIR POLAND
ISLANDFLUG ICELAND
KORAL BLUE EGYPT
LOT POLAND
NOR-FLY NORWAY
SAGA TURKEY SAM ITALY SATA AIR AZORES PORTUGAL TRANSAER EIRE TRANSJET SWEDEN TRANSWEDE TRAVEL SERVICE CZECH REP TURKUAZ TURKEY VUELING SPAIN 3 Years, AERO LLOYD GERMANY AIR COLUMBUS PORTUGAL EUROATLANTIC PORTUGAL LAC SPAIN MISTRAL AIR ITALY NATIONAIR CANADA NORWEGIAN A/L SMALL PLANET POLAND SUNWAYS TURKEY TRANSEUROPA SPAIN 4 Years, AIR ATLANTIS PORTUGAL AIR VIA BULGARIA AMERICAN TRANSAIR BAVARIA GERMANY EVELOP SPAIN KTHY NORTH CYPRUS OASIS SPAIN ROYAL A/L CANADA VIKING SWEDEN VIVA AIR SPAIN 5 Years, HELIOS CYPRUS HISPANIA SPAIN NOUVELAIR TUNISIA ROYAL AIR MAROC SMARTLYNX BALTIC STATES 6 Years, CP AIR CANADA IBERWORLD SPAIN TAROM ROMANIA WORLDWAYS CANADA 7 Years, AEGEAN GREECE PEGASUS TURKEY TUNIS AIR 8 Years, AIR PORTUGAL FREEBIRD TURKEY ONUR AIR TURKEY TYROLEAN AUSTRIA 9 Years, LTE/VOLAR SPAIN WARDAIR CANADA 11 Years, CANADA 3000 12 Years, FUTURA SPAIN 13 Years, SPANTAX SPAIN 15 Years, ADRIA YUGOSLAVIA/SLOVENIA BALKAN HOLIDAYS BULGARIA EUROCYPRIA CYPRUS 17 Years, AIR EUROPA SPAIN AVIACO SPAIN SPANAIR SPAIN 18 Years, JAT YUGOSLAVIA 20 Years, AVIOGENEX YUGOSLAVIA 22 Years, BALKAN BULGARIA 23 Years, AIR TRANSAT CANADA 32 Years, CYPRUS AIRWAYS 44 Years AIR MALTA Regards,Simon. view my aviation photographs at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/antonov22/albums

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Thanks, Simon you've obviously put a lot of work into those tables. There are many airlines that I remember well. One standout memory I have was from when I was around 14. I was thinking of Air Traffic Control as a future career and managed to arrange a visit the the BHX control tower. I went along with my Dad (I'm pretty sure it was a Sunday) and whilst in the tower, I was amazed to see a JAT B727 land, followed immediately by a JAT B707. I never did get to be a Controller.

Kevin

 

[elmdon74]

Thanks Kevin,that was my ambition too but my lack of skills in maths put paid to that.Settled for a Travel Agents job in the end which enabled me to travel to a few far away places !.Regards,Simon.

 

[Matt995]

Simon, I have a lot of the Airport Timetables UK books from 1984 onwards, if you need any help with the foreign UK IT flights, I have the 1985, 1986, 1988, &1989 in excel format if you want a copy? I also have a spreadsheet of the summer IT flights from 1985 up to present day if you find it useful! Send me a message if you want a copy?

 

[elmdon74]

Hi Matt,thanks for the offer,yes I would be very interested to see all of those if you could email them,love seeing the old schedules and logs.Regards,Simon.

 

[elmdon74]

BHX LOG/INFO May 1972,

The Alitalia DC-9F freight service to Milan reverted to a twice-weeekly schedule from 28/5.BOAC `s VC10 service to New York restarted on 29/5 nowstopping at PIK rather tan Manchester as before,and operating on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays.The AA Navajo G-AXAZ was based from 1st May for a few days in connection with the opening of the Aston expressway,and again from 22/5 for the Midland Links Motorway.BEA Vanguard G-APEF painted in Merpati Nusantara c/s used Elmdon as a training base from 28/4 to 15/5,making sorties to other airfields.It returned to LHR on 15/5 for delivery as PK-MVJ.BEA Trident 1E G-AVYE commenced training on 8/5 after the pilots dispute,with non-stop round trips between BHX and Glasgow,entering passenger service on 10/5,but one engine went u/s on the first flight and it was flown to London for repairs.Temporary replacement was G-ARPU,but VYE is now back in service.

1/5 G-AXXO JETRANGER,G-APDP COMET 4 DA F/T FARO
2/5 F-BRSM CESSNA 421,I-DIBK DC9F AZ F/T MILAN,YR-IMC IL-18 TAROM
3/5 G-AYBE JETRANGER,G-ARLD HELIO COURIER
4/5 G-AWZJ TRIDENT 3 BEA F/T MLA,G-AZNZ 737 BY F/T PMI,also 5-18/5
6/5 G-AZOA MONSUN
7/5 EC-BJC CV990 BX F/T PMI also EC-BXI,D-AMUC 1-11 BAVARIA F/T MUC
9/5 YU-AHX YU134 JJ F/T DBV,954/BW-C C-130H NORWEGIAN A/F returning worn tyres to Goodyear dep to LUX
11/5 HB-VCB FALCON 20 VIE-PARIS
12/5 EI-ASW JETRANGER,G-AWGT CL-44 TRADEWINDS from Lusaka with a cargo of exotic birds for a local pet store
13/5 XS641 ANDOVER THORNEY-MILDENHALL,OY-BCO NORD 262 CIMBER AIR F/T FLENSBURG,EC-CAD DC8-63 AIR SPAIN F/T PMI also 27/5,45472/64-PK DC-6B FRENCH A/F arrived from Evreux with members of the wartime Free French forces onboard,departing next day to EDI.
14/4 D-ANUE 1-11 BAVARIA
15/5 F-BRUK TWIN COMM,OK-OAC IL-18 CSA took City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to Budapest.
16/5 XR385 ALOUETTE AAC,I-DIKF DC9F AZ
17/5 EC-CAE CARAVELLE F/T PMI,YR-IMF IL18 TAROM
18/5 SE-DAE CARAVELLE SAS
20/5 XT206 SIOUX AAC,EC-BZQ CV990 BX
23/5 HB-OTW COMANCHE,YU-AHY TU134 JJ
24/5 SE-FPF PA31,G-AWRI JETRANGER
25/5 CP-44/OT-CED C-119G F/T BRU,G-AVVB CHEROKEE
26/5 G-AYLG HS125
27/5 N466AS BARON
28/5 EC-BZP CV990 BX,LN-SUO F28 BRAATHENS F/T BERGEN,OK-OAC IL18 CSA KOSICE-PRAGUE
29/5 D-EKRS CESSNA 210,G-AXNA ,G-AXNC 737 BY

Regards,Simon.

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[elmdon74]

BHX LOG/INFO May 1982,

Passenger figures for May 1982 were down 0.9% a drop of 1279 to 148,789,not a bad figure as night closures led to many flights going to EMA and Coventry.

I.T. Flights,

Started with a vengence in May with the highlight being a Balkan TU134 which started the service,tech-stopping in Bratislava.The normal TU154 took over 2 weeks later when loads picked up.CP Air commenced DC10 services to Toronto on 9/5,but were upstaged by Wardair who used 747 C-GXRA on 19/20.5 instead of the usual DC10.

Air India 707 4/5 DVB,5/5 DVA,9/5 DVB,11/5 DVB,18/5 DPM,19/5 DXT,23/5 DXT,25/5 DPM,30/5 DXT
Aviaco used a mixture of their own and Iberia DC9`s with ex Finnair DC9-41 EC-DQT was a first visit on 22/5.
RAM 727 31/5 CCG
Spantax CV990 7/5 BQA,14/5 BQA,21/5 CNF,28/5 BQA
Spantax DC9 12/5 CGZ,19/5 CGY,26/5 CGZ
CP Air DC10 CPI 9,16,23,30/5
Cyprus 707 6/5 DAP,13/5 DAP,20/5 DAO,27/5 DAK
Aviogenex TU134 1/5 AJW operated later flights to EMA
Adria DC9 23,30/5 AJP
JAT used 727`s all month
Air Malta 737`s all month
Balkan 15/5 TUS,29/5 BTR
TAP 707 9/5 TBA,16/5 TBA,23/5 TBH,30/5 TBA
Wardair DC10/747 5/5 XRC,6/5 XRB,12/5 XRB,13/5 XRC,19/5 XRA,20/5 XRA,26/5 XRB,27/5 XRC
Nor-Fly CV580 9/5 BWN,16/5 BWG,23/5 BWG
First visits from UK Charter Airlines were Monarch 737 G-DGDP 14/5 CFU-GRO,BY 737 G-BJCV 15/5 F/T PMI.Aer Lingus 737 EI-BDY 27/5 F/T DUB and Loganair Twin Otter G-BGPC appeared on Metropolitan`s Dan-Air service the same day.Problems with 1-11`s lead BA to use Trident 3`s on 20/5 G-AWZP CDG and AMS,and G-AWZK 28/5 DUB and AMS.
Having covered BA`s last Viscount service through BHX last month,they went and spoilt it in a nice way by using G-AOYM for a charter f/t GLA on 6/5.Dan-Air won the most charters in a month award with 727 G-BCDA starting the ball rolling talking Aston Villa to play a friendly against the Moroccan national team in Rabat on 2/5,postioning from LGW and returning on 3/5 ferrying to NCL.G-BAJW then flew a split charter LGW-ABZ-LGW on 10/5.A 1-11-400 was next,G-AXCP 18/5 LGW-Cognac and return,with a -500 on 20/5 positioning from LGW to operate to Oslo,with G-AWWX working the return 24/5,going back to LGW.Finally on 25/5 HS748 G-BHCJ was f/t NCL.
Aston Villa`s Rotterdam European Cup victory again brought a number of charters.Taking supporters out on 26/5 were Transavia 737 PH-TVH f/t AMS,Martinair DC9 PH-MAO f/t AMS,KLM DC9 PH-DNY f/t AMS,BMA 707 G-BFLE to RTM,and BAF Viscounts G-AOYH SEN-RTM,G-AOYI and G-AOYP both CWL-RTM.The BMA returned to EMA,joining G-BFLD which operated from there,as did KLM DC8-63 with the team due to reduced runway length at BHX.All 3 BAF`S returned to Coventry after the game,but on 27/5 Transavia 737 PH-TVH and KLM DC9`s PH-DNN,PH-DNY were all f/t AMS.
PH-DNY was operating for Martinair.Martinair also subchartered Transavia 737 PH-TVI on 25/5 for an NEC flight.Others for the same exhibition were TAT F-27J F-GBRU F/T LBG for Uni-AIr,E.A.T. Metro OO-JPK F/T RTM n/s on 26/27.5,delta FH-227 OO-DTE 27/5 F/T BRU,and WDL F-27 D-BAKA 27/5 DUS-SEN.
Finally Italian Air Force DC9 MM62013 flew f/t Ciampino late on 19/5 to collect a Kidney that had been affected by an Italian ATC strike.

Diversions were few but with another RR powered 747 from J`oburg and NBO,

5/5 G-BDXC BA054 NBO-LHR
D-ABHH 737 LH062 STR-LHR
16/5 G-BJCV 737 BY PMI-EMA

G.A./Biz-jets/Military,

3/5 PH-IET SEMINOLE,XV210 C130 RAF,SE-FMZ CESSNA 182,D-IBRI AZTEC
4/5 OO-VER COUGAR,G-ATAI DOVE
5/5 EI-BMF FALCO,D-IKEW CHEYENNE
6/5 F-BUQP CORVETTE,OO-MRU RC690B,G-BJIL CITATION II
8/5 D-EJYJ HR.100,N2729Y C414,G-BHSU HS125
9/5 EI-BKR CESSNA 172,XW852 GAZELLE
10/5 No.75 NORD 262
12/5 OO-TPN P.68,I-FLYC LEAR 35,N121EU,N121AM FALCON 20
13/5 N1823G F-27J CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS BRU-MAN,N7245G C421
14/5 OO-RTG COUGAR,OO-SXD XINGU BRU-LPL,OO-SXA XINGU MAN-BRU,N121AM FALCON 20,D-EKDW MOONEY 201,XV732 WESSEX
15/5 OO-LIZ AA-5,I-CHOC FALCON 10
17/5 OY-DZZ AZTEC
18/5 F-GAMU C402,OO-LFG C402
19/5 OO-SXA XINGU BRU-MAN,D-EMPV CHEROKEE,G-BAZA HS125
20/5 I-CHIC FALCON 10
21/5 D-IFKJ CITATION,D-ICAP LEAR 24,HB-VGK CITATION II,G-ONPN HS125,904 PA31 FRENCH NAVY
22/5 EI-BKY BEECH 99,G-UESS CITATION 1
23/5 D-GMOH SENECA
24/5 OY-BLG LEAR 35,G-TJCB HS125,XS790 HS748,SE-GDB CHEROKEE,F-GBGZ CESSNA 210,OY-BDS FALCON 20,OO-TNT SENECA
25/5 OY-BDS FALCON 20,234 KING AIR 200 IAC,N372CC CITATION II N/S
26/5 OY-BDS FALCON 20 and 27.28/5,EI-AWW C414,F-BRNS PA31,F-BVEZ KING AIR,D-ILSE AZTEC,PH-BOS CHEROKEE
27/5 G-BAZA HS125,G-AVXI HS748,PH-WLH CESSNA 172
28/5 OO-LFG CESSNA 421,EI-BMO R.1160.G-FOUR HS125,G-BMCL CIT 2

Regards,Simon.

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[elmdon74]

BHX LOG/INFO May 1992,

Passenger figures for the month were 374,010 up 17.6% on 1991.

Scheduled flights,
Air France`s BHX services settled to a 737-500 in the morning,but continued to be a series 200/500 mix for the other 2 services.There were several cancellations in late May due to a continuing pilots dispute over the original A320 crash in a forest in 1990.Dan-Air 727 G-BNNI was used on both evening services on 27,28/5.Lufthansa started a daily service to the new Munich airport from 17/5 using a 737-200.The Sunday evening Frankfurt flight continues to provide the odd A320.3/5 D-AIQD.Stuttgart is still served by Dash 8 D-BELT,BEYT,BEAT.KLM Cityhopper used an Air Holland 737-300 PH-OZA on 27/5 (ex BA G-BOZA).Swissair continue to use a mix of CTA MD87 and Swissair MD80`s.Aer Lingus are increasingly using SAAB 340`s again,EI-CFA on 28/5 for an extra DUB and EI-CFB on 25/5 in place of a F50.
British Airways Regional came into being on 1/4/92 but there is a staff dispute to be sorted out satisfactorily.There is a second vote on industrial action by cabin crew.The good news is that BHX will be the admin HQ of the new Airline rather than MAN.The BAC 1-11 replacement is now confirmed as being 737-200`s from BA LHR as more 737-400`s are delivered.Our first is expected in mid-October.Meanwhile we have a MAN 1-11 permanently stationed here as a backup to the ex BCAL fleet.May saw 3 different ones ,G-AVMH/N/W at various times.

I.T.Flights,
Air Malta f/t MLA 2115/2205 FRI 1/5 ABF,8/5 ABG,15/5 ABG,22/5 ABP,29/5 ABC
Air Malta f/t MLA 2015/2104 THU 7/5 ABE,14/5 ABC,21/5 ABX,28/5 ABX
Air Malta f/t MLA 2000/2050 THU 21/5 ABA 28/5 ABC
RAM f/t RAK 0935/1045 SAT 2/5 RMY,9/5 RMK,16/5 RMK,23/5 RMJ,30/5 RMK
Air Atlantis f/t FNC 1200/1245 MON 4/5 TIH,11/5 TII,18/5 TII,25/5 TIJ
Spanair f/t TFS 0105/0205 WED 6/5 EJU,13/5 EIG,20/5 FJQ,27/5 EIG
Spanair f/t PMI 2230/2330 WED 6/5 FJQ,13/5 EPL,20/5 EIG,27/5 ESJ
Spanair f/t PMI 2300/2400 THU 7/5 EIG,14/5 ESJ,21/5 EIG,28/5 EHT
Eurocypria f/t LCA 1000/1100 WED 6/5 DBB,13/5 DBB,20/5 DBB,27/5 DBC
Canada 3000 f/t YYZ 1940/2055 THU 28/5 FXOF
Balkan f/t VAR 1740/1850 SAT 9/5 BTU,16/5 BTK,23/5 BTS,30/5 BTO
Balkan f/t BOJ 0710/0755 SUN 10/5 BTU,17/5 BTC,24/5 BTU,31/5 BTE
Nationair f YYZ T CWL/YYZ 0720/0830 WED 13/5 GNXC,27/5 GNXC
Air Europa f/t PMI 0035/0125 SUN 17/5 996,24/5 996,31/5 FJR
Air Malta started to use A320`s on the second THU evening service from 21/5,and both have now visited.The Air Atlantis f/t Funchal is the first time that Madeira has been served from BHX.Both Eurocypria A320`s have visited and a 3rd is due in July.Spanair have 3 weekly MD83 flights at unsocial hours.

Diversions,
7/5 EC-996 737-300 UX BRS
17/5 G-DCAC MD83 AIH EMA
23/5 G-BECH 737 BY LTN
G-TNTB 146QT TNT LTN
25/5 EI-CFC SAAB 340 EI EMA
G-DCAC MD83 AIH EMA

Freight flights,
Malmo 146F 5/5 DIT,12/5 DEI,14/5 DEI,19/5 DEI,26/5 DIT,28/5 DIT
Fred Olsen LOF LN-FOH,FOL,FOI used
On 6/5 TNT/Air Foyle 146QT G-TNTD operated an extra service from CGN,followed by the Heavylift Hercules PK-PLR on 7/5.The Falcon Cargo Electra SE-IVT was replaced by Channel Express Electra N343HA on 8/5,and this did the STN/SEN run for UPS for the rest of the month..Newish TNT/Air Foyle 146-300QT G-TNTM was used on the BFS-BHX-CGN service 19/5.

Charters,
On 1/5 Caledonian Tristar G-BBAH visited from LCA to MAN doing the last Winter inbound charter for IEA.Britannia/Air Aruba 767 G-BYAA also arrived for a 7 day stay to do Britannia`s 757 programme ffom BHX,due to late availability of it`s new fleet of 3 757`s G-BYAC/D/E,still having Air Aruba titles.AC first visited from EMA,AD appeared on 19/5 from Reus,and AE from TFS 28/5.New BMA 737-400 G-OBMO first visited on an Air 2000 subcharter on 7/5.The first visit by an Excalibur A320 was on 8/5 when G-HAGT was in for publicity purposes,then went to JER on a weekend "jolly",the return being flown by G-KMAM on 10/5.G-HAGT was again in use on 28/5 for another travel agents trip.
An extra Air France service was operated on 10/5 when F-GJND called in en-route MAN-CDG as AF995 to collect extra pax.On the same day BAF 1-11 G-OCNW operated a Hannover charter,returning the next day.There were several NEC related charters,17/5 Transavia 737-300 PH-HVJ f/t AMS,,24/5 Air Charter 737 F-GCJL from ORY,27/5 Sobelair/SN 737 OO-SDD visited from BRU,28/5 Aberdeen A/W HS748 G-ASZU arrived from EDI to daystop and Air Provence Caravelle F-GCVL f/t ORY.
Biggest surprise of the month was an unannounced visit by a Czech government TU134 1407 on 28/5,bringing in athletes for a meeting here.It was here until late on the Sunday evening parked on the 70`s.On 30/5 Air Charter 737 F-GCJL was in again on a Tarbes charter with EuroBelgian 737-300 OO-LTM f/t BRU.Finally on 31/5 Transavia 737-300 PH-HVJ was in again from AMS with NEC visitors for PACKEX.
Air 2000 base 2 757`s for the Summer,so far G-OOOC/V have been most in evidence,but G-OOOB/D/W hava all been in at least once.Star visitor was the use of Sterling 757 OY-SHB on 18/5 to CFU,due to 2 757`s being heavily delayed by bad weather in the Caribbean.757 C-FOOA has also visited once from MAN to ZTH picking up at BHX.
Airtours have one MD83 based here,it is exchanged with a MAN based aircraft about once a week.IEA also have a BHX programme this Summer,but the first two weeks were a shambles,with huge delays and much use of coaches to and from BRS and MAN.New IEA aircraft visitng were 757 G-IEAC on 8/5 f/t MAH,and 737-400 G-IEAE from EMA to HER,G-IEAD 757 19/5.Lastly Air UK Leisure`s new 737-400 G-UKLG has been based since 29/4 when it positioned in from Lasham.
Other UK operators into BHX are Dan-Air with a 737-400 on Saturday afternoons f/t AGP (G-BSNW 16/5),and a 1-11-500 f/t ALC on Tuesdays.

G.A./Military/Biz-jets,
1/5 OY-PAM BEE200,VR-CHR CESSNA 340
2/5 G-BIBG S-76,PH-BAD CESSNA 172,XV733 WESSEX,G-GAUL CIT 550
3/5 G-BKRA HARVARD
5/5 I-FTJO CIT 550,N900SB F900
6/5 D-CHDE CIT 560,D-ILOH BE200,F-GJCD BE300,HZ-MS4 GULF 2 dep 9/5,OH-CHH CESSNA 310
7/5 F-BNTA AZTEC,F-GIHY MALIBU,,G-BLEC BN2,N900BR GULF 2,PH-VCM CESSNA 421
8/5 N14VP BEECH STARSHIP (1 of only 3 in Europe),N31309 BARON
9/5 N96WC 125-700A,G-TSAM 125-800B
10/5 I-CAFB FALCON 50,XX440 GAZELLE AAC
11/5 G-GONE VENOM,I-CAFE FALCON 50,N60GG CL601,OO-ASA CIT 550,OY-CYT CIT 550,VR-BRS 125-600A,VR-CSH DUCHESS
12/5 D-IAED C414,G-BLEC BN2,HB-VGP CIT 550,HB-VGS CIT 550,N55UK LJ 55
13/5 F-GJCD BE350,G-BGRE BE200,HB-VJI LEAR 31,I-CAFB FALCON 50,N4UP GULF 4,PH-GJD SENECA,VR-BLK RC695
14/5 D-ICBH CHEYENNE,F-GETJ BE90,ZE411 A109,I-LIAT T/CHEYENNE
15/5 F-GJXX CIT 560
16/5 D-ENDC CESSNA 172,VR-CSB S-76
18/5 F-GILI BE200,OO-IBJ HP137 JETSTREAM,OY-PAL BE200
20/5 F-GJXX CIT 560,N88AT AEROSTAR
21/5 F-GFHB MU2,G-BLNJ BN2,G-BRBZ BE400,N58JF GULF 2
22/5 G-BKRA HARVARD,VR-BKZ 125-700A
23/5 D-INKA BE200
24/5 G-AZBN HARVARD,G-AXEV PUP,,G-BAVO,BNIW STAERMAN,G-GAZZ GAZELLE,OY-CTR PA31,N1344,N56421 RYAN PT-22,N49272 HOWARD PT-23A,N58566 VULTEE BT-15
25/5 G-BSZP BE400,HB-VJK LJ 35,N624CB C441
26/5 N660F MALIBU,OY-FRE PA31
27/5 F-GICV BE200,G-BUFL JETSTREAM 31,G-SWET CIT 500
28/5 N12318 CESSNA 340
30/5 D-CCCB LJ 35,D-IADH RC695,VR-CCQ FALCON 200

Regards,Simon.

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INFO BHX Summer 1992 UK Based Airlines Part 1 BA/BA Regional​

British Airways,have a fleet of 13 1-11-500`s attatched to BHX,allowing one spare and one on overhaul at either BHX or LHR.Overnight the fleet is dispersed,with 2 at GLA,one each at EDI,FRA and ZRH,with the rest normally at BHX.A look at the Summer programme from BHX shows how destinations have increased and frequency improved :-
Aberdeen....Twice daily Mon-Fri by ATP
Barcelona ...Daily except Thurs
Berlin...........Daily except Weds
Brussels......Twice daily Mon-Fri,plus one each Sat/Sun
Cologne.......Daily Mo-Fri
Dusseldorf...Thrice daily Mon-Fri,plus 2 each on Sat/Sun
Edinburgh....Six daily Mon-Fri,plus 2 on Sat and 4 on Sun
Faro.............One each on Sat/Sun
Frankfurt......Thrice daily Mon-Fri,plus 1 on Sat,and 2 on Sun
Glasgow.......Five daily Mon-Fri,plus 2 on Sat,3 on Sun
Hamburg......Once daily Mon-Fri
Hannover.....Once daily Mon-Fri by ATP
Malaga.........Once daily Thur/Sat/Sun
Munich ........Daily service
Nice.............Once daily Thur/Sat/Sun
Paris CDG...Six daily Mon-Fri,plus 2 on Sat,3 on Sun
Zurich..........Daily except Sat.n/s
All flights are 1-11 operated except ABZ and HAJ by ATP.There has been an increased frequency to Paris and the 2 Scottish cities this Summer,aswell as increases to Nice and Malaga,compared to last Summer.Berlin now has a Saturday service,and Barcelona goes up to 6 a week to take account of the withdrawl of Iberia from BHX last Winter.
There are also some I.T. flights again.On Saturdays a 1-11 does BHX-JER-BHX,and whilst at Jersey operates JER-SOU-JER before returning to BHX.Tha same aircraft is normally then used to operate BHX-PMI-BHX,leaving at 15.15,getting back at 21.15.Meanwhile the nighstopping ATP from ABZ is used on several Jersey flights,leaving BHX at 09.05,returning at 17.50.In the intervening period it does JER-BOH-JER,then to/from SOU,and the back to BHX.On Sundays the same ATP is used on BHX-JER-BHX,with JER-SOU-JER in between.
In 1992,mainly since late March,a MAN based 1-11 has been regularly based here as backup to the BHX fleet.This may be due to increasing maintenance on the aged 1-11 fleet needing an extra aircraft being available,or it may be the start of the gradual transfer of redundant 1-11`s to BHX to see out their final days,as MAN is to begin receiving it`s 737-200`s from LHR this month.At the moment our visiting 1-11 is restricted to out/back services from here,with no through flights to GLA or EDI.It normally resides on the 70`s stands during the day.

BA Regional was originally set up to operate from 1/4/92,incorporating the services from the bases at MAN,BHX and GLA.BA at LHR had decided to separate it`s provincial ops from the main business,mainly for economic reasons,as,for instance,the BHX operation was losing £4.6 million in 1991/92.A package of cost savings valued at £8.25m was implemented this year,and already break-even targets are in sight.There has however been one obstacle for BA Regional in that pay cuts were a major part of the plan.
BA pilots were able to minimise the effect on them by remaining as LHR staff,whilst groundstaff reluctantly had to accept the new pay cuts.The third group of staff,the cabin crew,represented by BASSA,their union,took a much harder line.They ballotted their members and declared an intention to strike in mid-April.BA quickly took out a court injunction on the grounds that the ballot terms were misleading.BASSA had to re-ballot its members again,and we hear it was again in favour,with a reduced majority.A one day strike is planned for late July or early August to show it`s opposition to the new pay and conditions.
BA Regional cabin staff have had a 15% cut in pay,made up of 4% cut in basic pay,cuts in variable pay,loss of a year`s increment,loss of a week`s Christmas Holiday bonus,and a reduced profit share.Pending the strike staff have taken out writs on BA Regional on the grounds of loss of pay since 1/4/92.
A one day strike was chosen,but at the last minute talks took place and it was called off.However,the cabin staff did not get an improved offer,and so two short term strikes were called at short notice.The 1st took place on 7/8 from 00.00 to 08.30,and the second on 11/8 between 15.30 and 21.00.As a consequence all outbounds were cancelled,passengers being carried by other airlines or coached to LHR,with two BAF 1-11-200`s and a Ryanair 1-11-500 being brought in on the second date.
During July BA Regional were having equipment problems.A MAN based 1-11 is still loaned to BHX,but in addition Ryanair and BAF 1-11`s were in use on BA services.On 29/7 BAF had 2 1-11`s and a BAE 146 flying for BA at BHX.G-AZPZ was engineless at LHR,awaiting attention,G-AXLL was u/s after striking the airbridge on stand 13,and a 3rd 1-11 was out of service with a serious hydraulic leak.During August a pair of MAN based 1-11`s were based as Regional were so short of aircraft.Also BAF 146 G-BTIA was used on BHX-MUC-BHX for 2 weeks,on all days operating BHX-GLA-BHX before and after the MUC flights.By late August this 146 had been replaced by BAE`s demonstrator 146-300 G-BRAB in an all-white scheme,flown by BAF crews.
Meanwhile,in early July,BA Regional did announce more details about the financial problems of the old setup.Rod Hoare,the new MD of Regional,said that if the new company had not been given BA Heathrow approval,then BA was likely to cut it`s BHX operations drastically,leaving only 4 profitable routes.BA Regional claims it is returning to profit fairly quickly,and will be starting the replacement of it`s 1-11`s in December,with the first of 13 737-200`s from LHR,displaced by new 737-400`s.The company will have 3 divisions,at BHX/MAN and GLA,each base`s aircraft will carry the cities title after the BA logo.There will be 13 737-200`s at BHX,10 at MAN,and 13 ATP`s at GLA.Half of the BA Regional staff of 1,000 will be based at the Eurohub.
Around mid September BA Regional reached a settlement with its cabin staff over the new Terms and Conditions of Service following transfer from BA to Regional.Briefly they had been offered a better one-off payment as compensation for loss of earnings in the new company.Thet were ballotted again and accepted the offer.Quickly it was then announced that BA Regional would start daily transatlantic schedules from 28/3 /93 from BHX.They will be using 767-300`s with 4 services going direct,and 3 via GLA.Flights will depart at 11.00,returning at 06.45.New York Newark was initially chosen as it had a larger range of onward connections,but was changed to JFK later due to ongoing construction work at Newark and availability of slots at JFK.Manchester also gained a 5 weekly 767 service to LAX.
BA Regional will take over all the Transatlantic services from BHX/MAN/GLA from BA,and were allocated 3 767-300`s G-BNWN,BNWO and BNWU,all configured for Business and World Traveller/Economy only with no First Class seats.
G-BNWU operated the first BHX-JFK service on 28/3/93.

BA 1-11 Histories,
G-AWYR (174) Delivered BUA 4.69
Became Caledonian/BUA 11.70
Became Caledonian 9.71
Merged into BA 4.88
G-AWYS (175) Delivered BUA 4.69
Then as for G-AWYR
G-AWYT (176) Delivered to BUA 5.69
Then as for G-AWYR
G-AWYU (177) Delivered BUA 6.69
Then as for G-AWYR
G-AWYV (178) Delivered BUA 6.69
Then as for G-AWYR
G-AXJK (191) Delivered BUA 3.70
Became Caledonian/BUA 11.70
Became British Caledonian 9.71
Leased Austral 12.75 to 4.76
Merged into BA 4.88
G-AXJM (214) Delivered BUA 3.70
Became Caledonian/BUA 11.70
Became British Caledonian/BUA 9.71
Merged into BA 4.88
G-AXLL (193) Delivered British Midland 2.70
Sold TransBrasil 5.73 PP-SDT
Sold via BAE to Faucett 8.77 as OB-R1173
Sold BAE 11.83
Sold British Caledonian 12.83
Merged into BA 4.88
G-AYOP (233) Delivered Court Line 3.71
Returned to BAE 4.73
Sold to British Caledonian 4.73
Leased Air Malta 4.75 to 10.75
Merged into BA 4.88
G-AZMF (240) Delivered British Caledonian 3.72
Leased TransBrasil 2.74 to 12.74
Leased Austrian A/L 3.75 to 9.75
Leased BA 10.78 to 4.79
Leased Air Malawi 10.79 to 4.80 as 7Q-YKJ
Merged into BA 4.88
G-AZPZ (229) Delivered PanInternational 3.71 as D-ALAQ
Sold BAE as G-AZPZ 3.72
Sold Germanair 5.72 as D-ANAM
Merged into Bavaria Germanair 77
Merged into Hapg Lloyd 1.79
Leased Dan Air as G-AZPZ 4.81 to 2.82
Sold British Caledonian 3.82
Merged into BA 4.88
G-BJRT (234) Delivered Bavaria Flug 2.71 as D-ALFA
Merged into Bavaria Germanair 77
Merged into Hapag Lloyd 1.79
Sold British Caledonian 10.81
Merged into BA 4.88
G-BJRU (238) Delivered Bavaria Flug 3.72 as D-ANUE
Merged into Bavaria Germanair 77
Merged into Hapag Lloyd 1.79
Sold British Caledonian 10.81
Merged into BA 4.88

Regards,Simon.

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