Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[Brum X]

NEWSFLASH DIRECT FROM BRUM X HQ

I am hearing reports of an Interesting write up in the latest Airliner World magazine featuring Emirates, Qatar and Saudia at BHX.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I am hearing reports of an Interesting write up in the latest Airliner World magazine featuring Emirates, Qatar and Saudia at BHX.

It would be interesting to know what's in there

Time to go back to the 90's and stand in Smith's reading the articles

 

[HPsauce]

NEWSFLASH DIRECT FROM BRUM X HQ

I am hearing reports of an Interesting write up in the latest Airliner World magazine featuring Emirates, Qatar and Saudia at BHX.

I used to buy Airliner World but as with all glossy magazines the price got silly. I think it's £5.70 now!!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I used to buy Airliner World but as with all glossy magazines the price got silly. I think it's £5.70 now!!

I still have a copy of the edition titled 'Booming Birmingham'. Sadly, a few of the airlines covered no longer serve BHX.

 

[Matt995]

I still have a copy of the edition titled 'Booming Birmingham'. Sadly, a few of the airlines covered no longer serve BHX.

Me to Kevin, with the EK A380 on the front cover, and an interview with Paul Kehoe!! - it was "airports of the world", May/June 2016 edition, wow where has the time gone, seems like yesterday!!

New to Birmingham then were:-

American Airliines to New York JFK
Blue Air to Bucharest
Czech Airlines to Prague
Hainan Airlines to Beijing
Iberia Express to Madrid
Icelandair to Kefalvik
Norwegian Air Shuttle to Barcelona, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, Tenerife
Qatar to Doha
VLM Airlines to Antwerp, Waterford
Vueling Airlines to Alicante, Barcelona, Tenerife
Wizz Air to Bucharest, Budapest, Poznan, Sofia, Warsaw, Wroclaw

I make it just 6 are currently left now, Qatar to Doha, Vueling to Barcelona, Wizz Air to Bucharest, Budapest, Warsaw, Wroclaw

 

[Ray Finkle]

Iberia Express to Madrid
Icelandair to Kefalvik

I'd love to see these two back.

 

[Brum X]

Me to Kevin, with the EK A380 on the front cover, and an interview with Paul Kehoe!! - it was "airports of the world", May/June 2016 edition, wow where has the time gone, seems like yesterday!!

New to Birmingham then were:-

American Airliines to New York JFK
Blue Air to Bucharest
Czech Airlines to Prague
Hainan Airlines to Beijing
Iberia Express to Madrid
Icelandair to Kefalvik
Norwegian Air Shuttle to Barcelona, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, Tenerife
Qatar to Doha
VLM Airlines to Antwerp, Waterford
Vueling Airlines to Alicante, Barcelona, Tenerife
Wizz Air to Bucharest, Budapest, Poznan, Sofia, Warsaw, Wroclaw

I make it just 6 are currently left now, Qatar to Doha, Vueling to Barcelona, Wizz Air to Bucharest, Budapest, Warsaw, Wroclaw

Yeah but VLM, what a joke they were. Using the Fokker 50, Looooooooooooooooooooooool

 

[JENNYJET]

I wonder when BHX will announce with some flair new routes to Antwerp and Ostend? Possibly using a drive on drive off C17!!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I wonder when BHX will announce with some flair new routes to Antwerp and Ostend? Possibly using a drive on drive off C17!!

That would be something, but it would have to be drive on reverse off as the C-17's nose doesn't open.

 

[rollo]

That would be something, but it would have to be drive on reverse off as the C-17's nose doesn't open.

That's exactly what happened with the Silver City Bristol 170's from BHX to I think Ostend, younger members can look it up. The Carvair (Aer Lingus)was similar but you needed a scissor type lift to load it and only carried regular freight from BHX as far as I remember to Dublin.

Strange looking beasts the both of them.

 

[JENNYJET]

Was it British Air Ferries that operated those aircraft with front loading? I believe Calais has an airport ( airstrip) near the port for nervous tunnelers!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Was it British Air Ferries that operated those aircraft with front loading?

Yes it was British Air Ferries. Aer Lingus also operated them but not sure if it was to Brum.

 

[rollo]

Silver City definitely operated the B170 Bristol freighter from Birmingham in the late 50's or early 60's. There main operating base was Lydd to Le Touquet competing with the cross channel ferries. There is a photograph on Elmdon Over the Years by Roger Chapmen and Roy Kesterton showing one with a BEA Viscount in the background.You can find it on Ian's blog, There is also a good airline history on Wikipedia.

Aer Lingus Carvairs operated for several years from BHX to Dublin and if I recall correctly at times via Bristol for some reason.

Don't know about BAF at BHX

 

[JENNYJET]

At the risk of being off beam in this thread, I remember building a Airfix Bristol freighter and was not a bit happy about it since my brother had a VC-10. He being the boy of the house, he got the best and I got it if it was pink or soft grrrrrr! How interesting life turns out. He got manual work in the bowels of big buildings, I end up with , well, it is documented on this site.

 

[Nethercote2019]

Silver City definitely operated the B170 Bristol freighter from Birmingham in the late 50's or early 60's. There main operating base was Lydd to Le Touquet competing with the cross channel ferries. There is a photograph on Elmdon Over the Years by Roger Chapmen and Roy Kesterton showing one with a BEA Viscount in the background.You can find it on Ian's blog, There is also a good airline history on Wikipedia.

Aer Lingus Carvairs operated for several years from BHX to Dublin and if I recall correctly at times via Bristol for some reason.

Don't know about BAF at BHX

I remember the aer lingus carvair used for freight & remember ‘hundreds’ of lawn mowers being loaded
BAF Bristol 170 used to operate from Cov

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Is the airport preparing for filming episode of X-Files.?

Looks like it with all the tents

 

[HPsauce]

Great to hear the proposed strike at BHX has been called off after a new pay deal was agreed. 9% increase with a one off £750 payment, plus an upgrade of technology used.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Hiya .I’m really interested in where Airport Action stream.I know it’s the mound but what part.Could someone screenshot or show me the actual map spot of the streams

Hiya .I’m really interested in where Airport Action stream.I know it’s the mound but what part.Could someone screenshot or show me the actual map spot of the streams

Anyone gunna bother to answer me?

 

[David Cartwright]

Hiya .I’m really interested in where Airport Action stream.I know it’s the mound but what part.Could someone screenshot or show me the actual map spot of the streams


Anyone gunna bother to answer me?

I haven’t lived in the UK for many years, but looking at the videos , it shouldn’t be hard to work out the location using Google Earth should it .

 

[Ray Finkle]

Gran Canaria with Jet2 in the Feb half term, - £633 from EMA or - £597 from MAN

Can't even look at a self assembly holiday as Ryanair only do once a week on a Friday.