Saturday, 29 October 2011
Monday, 24 October 2011
A day at BHX
Some pics of RWY15 ops at BHX yesterday:
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
New service to Amritsar from BHX
Comtel Air (ICAO:COE, Callsign:Comtel Air) have commenced flights from Birmingham to Amritsar, India, via Vienna. The route is flown by a Boeing 757-200 leased from Privilege Style. This a welcome return of flights from Birmingham to India following Air India's withdrawal of their Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham-Toronto route a few years ago. That was operated by a 777, and loads are good on Comtel's route so far, so there clearly is demand for BHX-India services.
Comtel's website: http://www.flycomtelair.com/
For more info: http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2011/10/news-comtel_02.html
and: http://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/meta/news/2011/10/comtel-news-article.aspx
Comtel's website: http://www.flycomtelair.com/
For more info: http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2011/10/news-comtel_02.html
and: http://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/meta/news/2011/10/comtel-news-article.aspx
...and a few other bits and bobs
Thursday, 6 October 2011
First biofuel flight in the UK is BHX-ACE!
The first ever biofuel flight in the UK, TOM7446, departed Birmingham today!
The Thomson Airways flight to Lanzarote (ACE) was operated by a Boeing 757-200 with Rolls-Royce RB211 engines, which required no changes to be able to use the new fuel. Although biofuels produce CO2 like standard aviation fuel, it has been produced from plants, so the CO2 released was taken from the atmosphere by the plants anyway. This makes biofuel, in theory, carbon neutral.
EDIT: This was actually the first biofuel flight in the UK, the biofuel Palma flights earlier this year did not go ahead.
For more info on this landmark flight see:http://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/meta/news/2011/10/biofuels-news-article.aspx
And:http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2011/10/news-biofuel.html
The Thomson Airways flight to Lanzarote (ACE) was operated by a Boeing 757-200 with Rolls-Royce RB211 engines, which required no changes to be able to use the new fuel. Although biofuels produce CO2 like standard aviation fuel, it has been produced from plants, so the CO2 released was taken from the atmosphere by the plants anyway. This makes biofuel, in theory, carbon neutral.
EDIT: This was actually the first biofuel flight in the UK, the biofuel Palma flights earlier this year did not go ahead.
For more info on this landmark flight see:http://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/meta/news/2011/10/biofuels-news-article.aspx
And:http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2011/10/news-biofuel.html
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