Birmingham Airport Cargo Operations

[CL44]

No idea on the MNG flights but there does seem to have been a slowdown on the freighters in general. I know we have been seeing the Silkway flights but they certainly seem to have been less often than previous months.

 

[rollo]

Silkway B747-400F in from Baku again this afternoon followed by a Star Air 767 from Billund early this evening.

They keep coming

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Silkway B747-400F in from Bacau again this afternoon followed by a Star Air 767 from Billund early this evening.

They keep coming

Baku* Bacău is in Romania

 

[HPsauce]

Mesk Air B744F due in from Budapest 11.17E 9H-MSK MA496. Info from FR24. First visit?.

Out to Tripoli 13.45E

 

[rollo]

I should think it is its first visit the flight looks like it could of originated in Hong Kong routing via Muscat and Budapest on to Birmingham.

The aircraft seems to have had no less than twelve owners since entering service in 1994 with Malaysian Airways including twice with Air Atlantic.

That's todays useless information!

 

[Seasider]

Not useless, I found it interesting, nice to know where a/c have been employed.

 

[HPsauce]

The Maesk Air Cargo B767/777 seems to be a daily service now?.
Great if it is, and so good for growing the cargo side of BHX operations.

 

[rollo]

The movementsblog showing the following due in today÷

Maersk 767 from Bilund due 18:25
National 744 N663CA due 18:50 no origin shown?
MNG A332 TC-MCZ fron Istanbul due19:30

The MNG A332 is currently on the ground at Istanbul according to FR24 so hopefully will turn up and if all three do arrive at the scheduled time I hope the freight handler can cope.

 

[HPsauce]

Silkway B744F due in 06.35E from Baku. 7L391 4K-SW800.

 

[rollo]

Further to my post yesterday.

The National 744 turned up from Dubai DWC departed to Zaragoz.The Maersk 767 arrived from Billund night stopped and departed mid morning.
Meanwhile the MNG A332 never arrived and is down for today but as it seems to have a mind of its own so who knows.

 

[rollo]

The phantom MGM A332 has actually turned up if FR24 is to believed and is due to return to shortly to Istanbul

The Maersk 77L is in again tommorow looks to be a regular now along with the 767s, long may they continue ☺

 

[richard winterbourn]

I understand most things about international trade, but one thing perplexes me about cargo operations at Birmingham.

What on earth fills a 744F from Baku?

Azerbaijan is small in terms of population, about 10 million people, and its main exports are oil and gas. So, there is no way these regular flights into Brum are carrying either of those fuels (I hope!).

So what are they carrying? Is Baku a hub where cago is transmitted on to the UK, or is there some strong link with industry, possibly the motor industry.

If anyone knows or can add to my general question, I would love to know...

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

I understand most things about international trade, but one thing perplexes me about cargo operations at Birmingham.

What on earth fills a 744F from Baku?

Azerbaijan is small in terms of population, about 10 million people, and its main exports are oil and gas. So, there is no way these regular flights into Brum are carrying either of those fuels (I hope!).

So what are they carrying? Is Baku a hub where cago is transmitted on to the UK, or is there some strong link with industry, possibly the motor industry.

If anyone knows or can add to my general question, I would love to know...

Think about stopovers?

 

[CL44]

I understand most things about international trade, but one thing perplexes me about cargo operations at Birmingham.

What on earth fills a 744F from Baku?

Azerbaijan is small in terms of population, about 10 million people, and its main exports are oil and gas. So, there is no way these regular flights into Brum are carrying either of those fuels (I hope!).

So what are they carrying? Is Baku a hub where cago is transmitted on to the UK, or is there some strong link with industry, possibly the motor industry.

If anyone knows or can add to my general question, I would love to know...

Looking at their website, they do offer a number of destinations which all feed into Baku for their network of flights. I would say that there a very high chance that most of the cargo we see here at BHX is originating in China (probably Temu / Shein etc).

 

[IanFarquharson]

100% Temu & Shein on most cargo flights into BHX

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

100% Temu & Shein on most cargo flights into BHX

That’s absolutely tickled me that theirs literally Temu and Shein coming over.Every item must be worth 10p

 

[HPsauce]

Looking at their website, they do offer a number of destinations which all feed into Baku for their network of flights. I would say that there a very high chance that most of the cargo we see here at BHX is originating in China (probably Temu / Shein etc).

Yes, definitely originating from China.
If you follow their flights pattern on FR24, I can almost guarantee an onward flight to BHX.

 

[HPsauce]

MNG A321F due from Istanbul IST at 13.57E MB1782 TC-MYB.

 

[Nethercote2019]

MNG A321F due from Istanbul IST at 13.57E MB1782 TC-MYB.

Also a A300f due according to fr24 a couple of hours apart

 

[Karl C]

Also a A300f due according to fr24 a couple of hours apart

If this one arrives, it will be late as it's still flying from Leipzig to Istanbul