Birmingham: Movement Logs and Heads Up

[Kevin Farnell]

Air Algerie B738 due in at 06.55E
7T-VJJ .

It's a cargo aircraft. BHX seem to have had several over the past few weeks.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

FR24 is showing both TK1967 (due at 09:55) and TK1969 (due at 15:35) to be a A330-300s tomorrow,. The outbound flights, TK1968 and TK1970 are also showing as A333's. No details as yet, so we'll have to wait and see what arrives.

 

[Nethercote2019]

It's a cargo aircraft. BHX seem to have had several over the past few weeks.

It's a cargo aircraft. BHX seem to have had several over the past few weeks.

Does any know ? Are these bringing frui & veg

 

[Kevin Farnell]

TC1967 now showing on FR24 as A333 TC-LNG.

FR24 is also showing TK1967 as an A333 on Sunday.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Today's TK1967 is now showing as TC-LNF. I'm sure it showed earlier as TC-LNG, as I always copy and paste from FR24.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Flight radar are usually clueless when dealing with choice of reg aircraft

 

[mullion]

I don`t bother until it ready to taxy as with Turkish they have such a large fleet and so many reasons it could change at last moment

 

[Kevin Farnell]

TK1969 is now en-route, with FR24 showing it as TC-JOI.

If tomorrow's TK1967 is also an A330-300 as indicated by FR24, surely that is the ftrst time BHX will have had 3 x TK A330's in a row.

 

[mullion]

is it end of scool holidays down your way or possibly plenty of cargo for earthquake victims

 

[Kevin Farnell]

is it end of scool holidays down your way or possibly plenty of cargo for earthquake victims

I'm fairly certain that it's the end of school half term holidays. When I was a kid, at school in Walsall our half term was a week different to Birmingham. Now, looking online, Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton all have the same half term dates.

 

[HPsauce]

is it end of scool holidays down your way or possibly plenty of cargo for earthquake victims

Could be a bit of both. End of half term, Earthquake supplies and the TK tie up with PIA still in place.

 

[A330]

Yes, agreed the end of half term will be the main reason for the upgrades.

When searching on flightradar back to November, it's interesting to note the afternoon flight has only been upgraded on 3 occasions prior to today. It seems to be the morning flight that sees a widebody more often. I would have expected the upgrades to be equally split across both flights.

 

[Coathanger16]

I would have expected the upgrades to be equally split across both flights.

Depends where the increase in demand is coming from. The morning flight may offer better/more convenient connections than the afternoon flight.

 

[A330]

The morning flight may offer better/more convenient connections than the afternoon flight.

If we take ISB or DEL as examples, then the most optimum schedule on Turkish is the morning flight for outbound connection and returning via the afternoon flight. To travel on the same flight from/to BHX will involve a 20+ hour stopover in Istanbul on one of the legs! This is because both destinations are once daily from Istanbul.

If anything, it shows Turkish loads are more than just connections to South Asia, there is a good mix of traffic to Istanbul region (outside of the winter months) plus I imagine cargo too.

 

[DarloPlaneBoy]

Smartwings QS4301 737-900ER OK-TSI coming from Palma De Malljorca don't know if there Scheduled but Never seen before also United Nations for Gao operated D-AFAI Bombardier Challanger 600 from rent a Jet on the ground

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Smartwings QS4301 737-900ER OK-TSI coming from Palma De Malljorca don't know if there Scheduled but Never seen before

Searching FR24 for the flight number (QS4301/TVS4301), it seems to be a one off. It's due to depart BHX for PRG at 18:15 as TVS499F.

 

[DarloPlaneBoy]

Searching FR24 for the flight number (QS4301/TVS4301), it seems to be a one off. It's due to depart BHX for PRG at 18:15 as TVS499F.

Charter then or maybe can't think why I Don't know where it parked in the end

 

[Nethercote2019]

Smartwings operated to a charter to a Romanian destination last week

 

[Kevin Farnell]

FR24 is showing Monday's TK1967 as an A330-300. No details yet. I wonder if that's a copy over from Saturday's and Sunday's flights?

I also note that BHX had a Cavok An-12 (UR-CKL, CVK7018) arrive from ALG at 18:17. No departure listed. Seems a while since an An-12 has visited, but always good to see them.

 

[Matt995]

FR24 is showing Monday's TK1967 as an A330-300. No details yet. I wonder if that's a copy over from Saturday's and Sunday's flights?

I also note that BHX had a Cavok An-12 (UR-CKL, CVK7018) arrive from ALG at 18:17. No departure listed. Seems a while since an An-12 has visited, but always good to see them.

Turkish website currently show both monday's flights to be operated by the A321neo, and A321 at present