Birmingham Airport Cargo Operations

[HPsauce]

Yes, strange that the Zimex flights are not showing on FR24, but definitely operating. FR24 is usually so reliable recently for showing all flights.

 

[HPsauce]

Zimex flights have re appeared on FR24. They must have read our remarks!.

 

[jfy1999]

ASL Airlines Belgium currently have a regular Sunday evening flight with a 737-800 (callsign 3V4006/TAY4006). According to Ian’s blog the flights have been running for less than a month. Arrival from CDG is scheduled for 1934 and departure to GDN at 2040.

 

[JENNYJET]

I notice traffic at cargo has been getting interesting recently suggesting passenger stuff has become boring somewhat! Am I alone with this opinion?

 

[deprived]

I notice traffic at cargo has been getting interesting recently suggesting passenger stuff has become boring somewhat! Am I alone with this opinion?

Yeah, I have noticed this; the cargo stuff I atm is excellent, I went for a walk in Marston Green just for National to take off, and the area under the runway was packed with people taking photos and videos; I cant say it was all for National, but people left as soon as it took off.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I notice traffic at cargo has been getting interesting recently suggesting passenger stuff has become boring somewhat! Am I alone with this opinion?

I think that the cargo operations have been interesting and varied over the past couple of years, from the 'coal burning' An-12's to the recent B747 flights. I'm intrigued as to what the B747 flights are for, but understand that this information could be sensitive.
Obviously, passenger flights are always going to be mostly routine scheduled/regular services and with what the World has been through recently, their number plummeted, making unusual visitors less likely. Hopefully things are on the mend now and we will start to see more variation when it comes to one off flights.
Much as I enjoy noting the cargo movements at BHX, there is one big problem with them - you can't book to go on them.

Kevin

 

[jfy1999]

FR24 shows there are plenty of small cargo flights scheduled to arrive today, including Express Air, RAF-Avia, Businesswings, Air Taxi Europe, RVL Aviation, and a midday Zimex arrival from LEJ (usually they only have night flights to FRA and MST).

 

[Nethercote2019]

FR24 shows there are plenty of small cargo flights scheduled to arrive today, including Express Air, RAF-Avia, Businesswings, Air Taxi Europe, RVL Aviation, and a midday Zimex arrival from LEJ (usually they only have night flights to FRA and MST).

& 737

 

[Ray Finkle]

Decent cargo addition, weekday Lufthansa A321F.

Full credit to Pete for the heads up.

To the UK and Ireland, for example, we will offer daily weekday flights to Birmingham and Dublin, enabling our customers to build reliable, scalable and fast supply-chains.

Lufthansa Cargo continues to grow its intra-European route network with additional Airbus A321 freighters

Second A321 freighter enters service in October 2022 Expansion of the European network with inclusion of Birmingham, London and Madrid Daily weekday

www.aviation24.be

 

[Kevin Farnell]

That's great news, but the destination list for two aircraft seems too much for daily weekday services. I hope I'm wrong, and they'll serve BHX at the frequency quoted. It reminds me of my younger days, when there was a regular Lufthansa Cargo B737-200 to BHX.
The dedicated cargo operations at BHX seem to have come on leaps and bounds over the last couple of years.

Kevin

 

[jfy1999]

I believe that makes 3 cargo carriers with regular services on BHX-FRA (the others being Airest and Zimex).

 

[Nethercote2019]

here is article I found … mentions BHX DUB daily

Lufthansa Grows European Cargo Operations With New A321 Freighters

Following on from a successful inauguration of an Airbus A321 freighter in March 2022, Lufthansa Cargo will expand its fleet from October 2022.

aviationsourcenews.com

 

[rollo]

As the Bhx part of the forum is fairly quiet recently I've been looking at the cargo movements for today.

Fleetair have five aircraft on the ground over the day including three nightstoppers three SF340 one each AT343, AT372.
All smaller stuff apart from a Cavok AN12, and a n/s West Atlantic 737 plus the regular Lufthansa A321 in later tonight.

Freight goes under the radar but helps keep the airport ticking over the total of aircraft on the ground today is fifteen.

Info from Ian's blog.

 

[JENNYJET]

Freight is interesting because many different types drop by. Love it!

 

[rollo]

Yes plenty of variation.

Yesterdays types were three SW4s, twoC208s, and single examples of a AN26 and aPC12. Also two ATR72s of Zimex all regular flights for BHX except the AN12 and the AN26 which both pretty frequent visitors on a more random basis.

 

[Nethercote2019]

Well done to Blue city for handling most of it

 

[Nethercote2019]

Busy again in the little freighter department & according to fr24 we had 9 flights to Ostend yesterday

 

[rollo]

The Ostend freighter count for today looks like ten departures all small stuff the largest aircraft is a AN26 of Vulkan Air.

 

[HPsauce]

The Sunday evening ASL/FedEx B734 from Paris and on to Gdansk seems to have disappeared since Christmas.
Anyone know the reasons behind this?.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

The Sunday evening ASL/FedEx B734 from Paris and on to Gdansk seems to have disappeared since Christmas.
Anyone know the reasons behind this?.

Ian's blog has it listed as operated by TNT last Sunday 29 Jan and 22 Jan and by ASL the week before that.