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  1. rollo

    BHX Movements and Heads Up

    Posted elsewhere by a reliable poster that Saudi will not operate several Tuesday and Saturday services up to end of June additionally Turkish have seven cancelled up to end of May and eleven by Pegasus for May and June.
  2. rollo

    Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

    Gloomy outlook today and for the forseable with non ops.today as far as I can see. In no particular order : LHH three Frankfurt cancelled down to a single A320. Eurowings Dusseldorf one cancelled Sunwings todays flight cancelled Saudi cancelled Vueling cancelled Turkish one cancelled...
  3. rollo

    Birmingham Airport Cargo Operations

    Silkway 744 due in t/f Baku later this afternoon and in the early hours of this morning a Jet2 A321 bough SLF in from Reykjavik after the England Women's footy teams victory yesterday against Iceland. As reported elsewhere on the forum Jet2 have moved into the charter market particularly with...
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    Route Development & Rumours

    I haven't even got a metric for" better beyond better" but anyway as said it's obvious the reality of the current worldwide political climate and looming fuel shortages we are looking at hanging on to what we have and getting suspended routes back rather than dreaming of ever expanding route...
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    Birmingham Airport - Retail and Food & Drink Outlets Thread

    Passed by it a couple of weeks ago looked very nice but not open as it was 5am. disappointing that they have removed some of the seating from the pier particularly at the far end where you get the best view across the airport. While I'm at it the departure process was excellent 9/10 only...
  6. rollo

    CAA Provisional Statistics Update

    Excellent result given the Middle East shenanigans.
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    BHX Movements and Heads Up

    RAF A400 ZM415 due in from Tallin 17:44 out to Brize est. 17:44. Side note : The Wedgetail supposedly to be delivered to Lossiemouth by now unsurprisingly still here so STS have five of them now all nestling in the hanger presumably over Easter three for the RAF and two for the USAF.
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    STS Aviation Hangar and Expected Movements

    As far as i know the first Wedgetail is slated for delivery this month to Lossiemouth for crew training to achieve Initial Operating Capability (IOC) by end of 2026 three or is it four years late, way over budget and three aircraft instead of five originally ordered although somehow the MOD...
  9. rollo

    Qatar Airways

    Indeed that is very much the longer game.
  10. rollo

    Jet2.com

    Taking information from the last annual accounts July 25 forJet2 they report that that 66.5% of passengers were on their package holidays and 18% seat only. I assume the remainder are charters or block bookings for others. As it happens we are on one of the latter next week on a P&O cruise trip...
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    Cardiff Airport - General Thread

    Winter 27/28 P&O will replace one of its ships they base in the Carriabean (Brittania) for winter with the larger Iona giving a requirement to fly approximately 30% more passengers out, equates to 6/7 additional flights fortnightly. Regional airports like Cardiff along with others may benefit...
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    Qatar Airways

    Exactly, its not just the current conflict the inflation rate in Turkey is over 33% on top last years at over 40% means its no longer the bargain for tourists it used to be. TUI for example had already reduced this years offering before the conflict and its widely reported bookings accross the...
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    BHX Movements and Heads Up

    Air Tanker A332 positioning in today from Brize then departs Milan MXB. Saudi putting in a 787X on todays flight. The first Wedgetail for the USAF for STS has landed as per pianokeys post and I believe the the first Wedgetail for the RAF should be be delivered to Lossiemouth by end of March...
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    BHX Movements and Heads Up

    Air Atlanta 744F due in from Liege 14:40 at departs 16:30 to N'Djamena (look it up) Qatar due to restart today revised 4 weekly to 29th March arriving at 19:20 then reverting to the regular daily schedule. Meanwhile Emirates evening B 777 now also showing as starting 29th March very much...
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    STS Aviation Hangar and Expected Movements

    This thread has gone quiet so I thought I'd put out an update on things as I understand them. The first Wedgetail WT001 is due for delivery to Lossiemouth for IOC sometime this year no actual date given its long overdue and the second aircraft WT002 due out shortly for painting at Southend then...
  16. rollo

    Birmingham Airport Cargo Operations

    Hi, I don't usually put the reg. on as my spotting days are long gone. Piano Keys has answered your question and for info the Sky Vision A321 is SU-SKG. I'll try putting them on in future if I remember 😔 Info is taken from Ian's BHX movementsblog.
  17. rollo

    Birmingham Airport Cargo Operations

    In addition to the above mentioned Icelandair 767 f/t Keflavick their is a Sky Vision A321 from Cairo to Larnica and Cargojet 767V from Chicago to Hamilton in today along with the regular Maersk 777 and Lufthansa A321F plus the usual smaller stuff-busy day on the freight side.
  18. rollo

    BHX Movements and Heads Up

    Busy day for Ryanair total of 42 departures maybe a record boosted by the start of Cheltenham tomorrow with 10 from Dublin and two each from Cork and Shannon. Aer Lingus upped capacity from Dublin to 8 including 4 A320's.
  19. rollo

    BHX Movements and Heads Up

    No idea why you are asking this Andrew. Today BHX has 116 flights scheduled two of which are cancelled Qatar and one Emirates service or two if you count the A388 which will come in full and depart empty, so overall relatively unaffected.
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    Birmingham Airport Cargo Operations

    In addition to todays lunchtime Silkway 744 from Baku their is also a One Air 77L this evening from the same destination.
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