BHX Movements and Heads Up

[HPsauce]

The Gullivair A330 TJJ603 is now due 16.45pm at BHX

 

[Elmdon80slad]

Enter 54LU SP-ENX B738 Just taken off routing South East @00-50.

E.

 

[Elmdon80slad]

Also just seen on ADS-B Enter 53WZ SP-ENO B738 Just about to go feet wet over the Norfolk coast anotther BHX dep.

E.

 

[Elmdon80slad]

And finally (possibly) we have just departed @0105 Enter 56AZ B738 SP-ESD routing South East.

E.

 

[HPsauce]

This afternoons visit of the Boeing E-3 Sentry on a go around Runway 33 was a nice bonus. Overhead me around 4pm.

 

[HPsauce]

Chinook ZH775 just overflew BHX 22.15pm.

 

[HPsauce]

Love Air B737-8 VP-BQR departed runway 33 at 14.14 after work in STS hangar.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Currently showing on the ground at BHX (on FR24), is Titan Airways A320 G-POWM. It's showing as doing BHX - STN. Not sure if this is a positioning flight after a previous flight into BHX, or a charter flight.

Kevin

 

[IanFarquharson]

Currently showing on the ground at BHX (on FR24), is Titan Airways A320 G-POWM. It's showing as doing BHX - STN. Not sure if this is a positioning flight after a previous flight into BHX, or a charter flight.

Kevin

G-POWN arrived from BLQ

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Watching FR24, I noticed a West Atlantic BAe ATP (SE-LPS, SWN901) inbound BHX from IOM. I assumed it was a freight flight, but has so far carried out two missed approaches, so I'm wondering if this is a training flight. It now appears to be heading towards EMA. A DLH CRJ9 landed after the ATP's first approach, so the runway seems to be OK.

Kevin

 

[IanFarquharson]

There was a Qatar A359 tomorrow but now canx !

 

[JENNYJET]

DRAT, DRAT, DRAT!! I thought 2020 was bad but the never ending story continues....Growl says Peggy!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

There was a Qatar A359 tomorrow but now canx !

I'm guessing it was related to the impending ending of travel to/from India. I've seen that LHR are refusing to accept any extra flights from India prior to the ban due to the COVID testing problems. Could BHX step in here?

Kevin

 

[JENNYJET]

The demand clearly exists so I expect another attempt, I hope so that it does not go to London and the quarantine hotels.

 

[thunderchild]

I'm guessing it was related to the impending ending of travel to/from India. I've seen that LHR are refusing to accept any extra flights from India prior to the ban due to the COVID testing problems. Could BHX step in here?

Kevin

I find it bizarre that a country is put onto a red list to stop the risk of new variants entering the country and the response of airlines is to lay on more flights to bring more people in! Let’s be thankful Ryanair don’t fly to India, Pakistan or South Africa!

 

[JENNYJET]

The Government was going to open up to the world post Brexit but despite a risk to national health they doing everything to close UK with it's own variant of Coronavirus being transported globally. Excluding Australia and NZ!

Welcome to the new order of things.

 

[rollo]

It's not really a new order because the UK version is a mutation of the original which originated in China.

Anyway there is in Air India 787 night stopper today from Amritsa/Delhi. Personally I'm with Thunderchild on this and would have preferred earlier government action.

 

[HPsauce]

It seems Cyprus will be a red list destination soon. Their situation currently is the worst it has been throughout the last 15 months. Averaging 850 cases a day on an island with a similar population to Birmingham.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Just seen on FR24 that TUI B787-8 G-TUII has arived at BHX from HAN (Hanoi). Callsign is TOM425P so I'm assuming it's a positioning. At least that was what a 'P' meant on a callsign in the old days.

Kevin

 

[HPsauce]

This was the return flight that left BHX on Tuesday evening to Hanoi as TOM244P. No idea of the reason for this flight.