BHX Movements and Heads Up

[Birmingham Aviation]

It's coming from Stuttgart (STR), as it has done every Monday for the last couple of months or so.

Alright sorry

 

[rollo]

Nothing to be sorry about it's factually accurate, we did have a discussion about it on here a while back and established its on behalf of Mercedes arriving every Monday and returning to Stuggart Friday afternoons thanks to info from Ian .

Its a pity we have not got back our old Stuggart service not to mention no Hamburg (2nd biggest city in Germany) and Hanover. Germany is becoming a bit of a black hole with both Frankfurt and Munich looking to have permanent reductions including no Munich nightstopper.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

RAF C17 due in tonight at 23.56pm from Ascension Island .No departure

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Draken Europe BN-2T Islander (G-BJYT, FRA31) due in from BFS at 13:59. No outbound info from BHX avialable. I believe that Draken Europe were formally Flight Refueling (hence the FRA call sign). I love the Islander. I had a pleasure flight in one many years ago at the RAF St Mawgan airshow. A wonderful little aeroplane.

 

[DarloPlaneBoy]

That Loganair taking Wolves to Brighton and Back is a bit risky ay it with this weather. They won't have this issue when they face the proper Albion on Sunday

 

[tompo]

Could you please expand on your comment: “is a bit risky”. Is this reference to the fact that the airline is not safe /weather conditions are not conducive or other factors?

 

[Kevin Farnell]

RAF C17 due in tonight at 23.56pm from Ascension Island .No departure

I didn't think that this was coming, as no info about the flight was showing onFR24, other than it's call sign Also, I couldn't find it on Ian's blog. FR24 is now showing it en route and is ZZ173, RRR6657. It's delayed until 03:05.

 

[rollo]

For Milatry aircraft the FlightBox Radar Tracker site is usually better than FR24 the C17 was showing on there last night.

It's destination from BHX is unsurprisingly BZZ.

 

[Westland Wessex HC2]

Draken Europe BN-2T Islander (G-BJYT, FRA31) due in from BFS at 13:59. No outbound info from BHX avialable. I believe that Draken Europe were formally Flight Refueling (hence the FRA call sign). I love the Islander. I had a pleasure flight in one many years ago at the RAF St Mawgan airshow. A wonderful little aeroplane.

I used to fly nightly to Maastricht from Bhx in a Trislander in the 80/90's, was awful in the weather like it is currently, so slow in a headwind.

 

[Seasider]

Surely, if flying from BHX to Maastricht, at this time, you would have a tailwind.

 

[HPsauce]

It was there and back 5 nights a week, I should have said

It used to be the XP Trislander if anyone remembers that?

I remember those!!.

Air India Express B738 is due back from Toronto 07.35 tomorrow IX126 according to FR24.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Apparently according to FR24 there is a B744 due out at 8.30am to liege

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Apparently according to FR24 there is a B744 due out at 8.30am to liege

Fly Meta (TF-WFF, ABD343P), ETD 08:45. However, it needs to arrive first and nothing currently is showing on FR24.

 

[A330]

Fly Meta (TF-WFF, ABD343P), ETD 08:45. However, it needs to arrive first and nothing currently is showing on FR24.

Despite the lack of information on FR24, it's still possible to search by the registration. Planefinder app shows the correct routing, however no arrival time for Birmingham!

The flight is currently en route from Dubai World Central (DWC) about 15 minutes behind the Qatar. Based on Qatar's arrival time we can estimate landing at BHX about 06:30. This makes sense with the ETD posted above as the 744 is typically on the ground for 2 hours.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Fly Meta B747-400F (TF-WFF, ABD392) now showing on FR24, with an ETA of 06:43.

No sign of the Air India Express B737-800.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

FR24 is showing Air India A319 (VT-SCC, AIC6319) due from Tblisi (TBS) tomorrow at 11:44. No departure from BHX showing.

 

[rollo]

I belive via another site the Air India Express 737 is currently now due from Toronto next Tuesday.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

FR24 is showing Air India A319 (VT-SCC, AIC6319) due from Tblisi (TBS) tomorrow at 11:44. No departure from BHX showing.

Delayed until 12:04. Due to depart for Reykjavik (KEF) at 13:30, same flight number. So, it's not on the ground long, for anyone that wants to see it.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

A321 privilege due in from Madrid at 17.07pm or 17.17pm
No outbound

 

[HPsauce]

Wamos A333 EC-NHM is showing due in from SID at 01.27E on FR24. Covering for TUI.