Tuesday 9 February 2010

Falcon 900EX N435T which had arrived on Sunday morning

departed to Bangor, Maine, in the US

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Xclusive Jet Citation CJ2 G-TBEA was an afternoon visitor

to the Elmdon apron before departing to Nice
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Learjet 45 EI-WFO "Wind Force One" was an early morning

visitor to the Elmdon apron departing to Farnborough
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SAS MD 82 SE-DFU operated their morning service to Copenhagen

- its first visit since it was re registered from LN-ROS

Monday 8 February 2010

Cessna 510 Mustang F-GMTJ was an afternoon arrival

parking on the Elmdon apron

Sunday 7 February 2010

Gama Super King Air G-SASD which is operated on behalf of

the Scottish Ambulance Service was an afternoon arrival on

the Elmdon apron operating an ambulance flight....
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.... while ADAC - the German "AA" - Super King Air D-CADN

positioned in to operate an air ambulance flight to Hannover

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King Air N554CF which is operated on behalf of Skyclad - an

Irish construction company - was a visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABKG operated their weekly

flight from Paderborn - its first visit to BHX
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Aer Arran ATR 72-500 EI-REO diverted in due to poor visabiliy

at Luton while operating flight "RE 541" from Waterford to

where it positioned back to direct from BHX

Due BHX - interesting movements

go to - http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2000/10/bhx-info.html
last updated Sunday 7 February 2010
Expected movements include -
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Lufthansa will be using a Cityline Embraer 190 on their daily

morning service from/to Frankfurt from Monday 1 February 2010

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Austrian Arrows commence a weekly Fokker 70 IT flight to

Innsbruck for the ski season on Saturday 26 December 2009

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Coventry closure
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Following the closure of Coventry Airport Atlantic Airlines and

Night Express have moved their night freight services to BHX

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For full update on Winter 2009 schedules

at BHX "click" the link above!!

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See the Airbus A380 at BHX!

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See photos of both A380 visits to BHX

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/search/label/0%20-%20A380%20visit

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See a HD video of the Emirates A380 at -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPan2TAf8-Y

- with thanks to Jon Simmons

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NOW AVAILABLE to mark BHX's 70th anniversary!!
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More information at -
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2009/09/past-present-future.html

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To order a copy on-line "click" the link below -

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http://www.airtimepublishing.co.uk/bhx_order.html

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also now available from the "Aviation Experience" at BHX

Saturday 6 February 2010

easyJet Swiss Airbus A319-111 HB-JZS operated their morning

service to Geneva - its first visit to BHX since it was transferred

from easyJet - it was previously registered G-EZBP

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Highland Airways Jetstream 41 G-ISAY departed - in the

early morning fog! - on a charter flight to Guernsey
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Capital Beech Super King Air G-WVIP was a morning visitor

to the Elmdon apron operating a charter to Plymouth

Friday 5 February 2010

Turkish Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JGY operated their service from Istanbul

- its first visit to BHX since it was painted in a special scheme....

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.... to mark their sponsorship of FC Barcelona....
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.... it later departed back to Istanbul off Runway 15
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SAS Canadair CRJ 900 LN-RNL operated their morning service
to Copenhagen - its second visit to BHX
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Highland Airways Jetstream 41 G-ISAY was an afternoon
arrival on the Elmdon apron

Thursday 4 February 2010

Citation Sovereign OE-GMM was an afternoon visitor

to the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 3 February 2010

Lufthansa Regional Candair CRJ 200LR D-ACHC operated

their morning service in place of the new Embraer 190
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Hangar 8 Cessna T303 Crusader G-CYLS was an afternoon

visitor to the Elmdon apron operating a freight charter
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Citation Sovereign D-CHIL arrived from Manchester with German

Rock band "Rammstein" for their concert at the NEC's LG Arena

Tuesday 2 February 2010

Viking Airlines Boeing 737-3Q8 SE-RHT which had been parked up

at BHX since it arrived on Saturday 23 January 2010 departed to

Malmo, Sweden, on their weekly flight to Erbil in Northern Iraq

Koral Blue back for for Summer 2010!!

Koral Blue, the Egyptian charter airline, who last operated

to BHX during 2008 should be back for Summer 2010

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They are planning to operate a weekly IT flight on Thursday's

between May and October 2010 from/to Sharm el Sheikh

- flight KBR 4488 will arrive at 1150 and flight KBR 4489 will

depart at 1240 - all services to be operated by Airbus A320's

.A news update from the "BHX Flight Guide"

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/

Monday 1 February 2010

Lufthansa restarted their morning "LH 4900/4901" service from/to

Frankfurt and introduced their new Cityline Embraer 190's onto the

route with D-AECA operating the first service - more information at -

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/01/news-lufthansa.html

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Eurowings Canadair CRJ700 D-ACSB operated the delayed

morning Lufthansa service to Dusseldorf
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RAF C 17 ZZ175 was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron
operating a Medevac flight before departing to Brize Norton
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECY operated their lunchtime

flight "EK 039" from Dubai - its first visit to BHX and the UK
the aircraft having only been delivered last week
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West Midlands Police Eurocopter EC 135 T1 G-SUFF lifts off

the Elmdon apron - it temporarily replaces G-WMAO which

was destroyed in an arson attack last year

Sunday 31 January 2010

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-443 G-VLIP diverted in while operating

flight "VS 076" from Orlando when the runway at Manchester was

closed following an early morning snow shower....
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.... it later positioned back to Manchester
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Thomas Cook Airbus A330-243 G-MDBD was operating flight
"TCX 034L" from Calgary to Manchester when it also diverted
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Continental Boeing 757-224 N14120 operated their service
to Newark - the aircraft is now in "Star Alliance" colours
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Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-GTKB was a

late afternoon arrival from Dubrovnik - after refueling it continued

on its way to Keflavik, Iceland, and onto Calgary, Canada
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Piper Dakota G-ODAK which had arrived on Saturday evening

departed - it wears a British Airways tail colour scheme

Please scroll down for "BHX 2009 - The Year in Review"

or "click" link below -

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2009/12/review.html

Saturday 30 January 2010

Austrian Arrows Fokker 70 OE-LFI operated their

weekly IT flight from Innsbruck

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Mahan Air Airbus A310-304 F-OJHH operated their service to

Tehran - their flights have now reverted to daylight timings and

a fourth weekly service starts on Wednesday 3 February 2010 -
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-mahan-air.html
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Aeronova Fairchild Metro III EC-JCU which had arrived on

Thursday morning remained parked up on the Elmdon apron

Friday 29 January 2010

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26 HA-TCN which had arrived

on Wednesday morning departed to East Midlands
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Sylt Air Citation 1/SP D-IAWU was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Lufthansa to use new Embraer 190's to BHX!!

Lufthansa will be using the new Embraer 190's of regional
subsidiary Cityline on their morning service from Frankfurt
to BHX effective from Monday 1 February 2010

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The E90's will operate flight LH 4900 - arrive 0905 - and
flight LH 4901 - depart 0945 - daily until 27 March 2010

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A news update from the "BHX Flight Guide"
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/

Thursday 28 January 2010

Solid Air Citation VII PH-MYX which had arrived on

Wednesday evening was a lunchtime departure to Brussels

Mahan Air to add fourth weekly flight!!

Mahan Air are to add a fourth weekly flight to their service

to Tehran effective from Wednesday 3 February 2010
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The additional weekly service will operate on Wednesday's

flight W5 5020 will arrive at 0630 and flight W5 5019 will

depart at 0800 - all services are operated by Airbus A310's

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A news update from the "BHX Flight Guide"

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/

Wednesday 27 January 2010

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26 HA-TCN which had arrived in

the early hours of the morning on a freight charter spent the

day parked up on the Elmdon apron with....

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.... Bin Air Fairchild Metro III D-CSAL which had arrived on

Monday evening and the other based aircraft
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Recently delivered Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EKC

operated their afternoon service from Dublin

flybe adds Perpignan for Summer 2010!!

flybe has added another brand new route from Birmingham

to its growing summer schedule, this time to Perpignan

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Flights will operate on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday effective

for travel from 13 July to 31 August 2010

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Flights can be booked at - http://www.flybe.com/

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A news update from the "BHX Flight Guide"

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/

Tuesday 26 January 2010

Viking Airlines Boeing 737-86N SE-RHX positioned in to operate

their weekly flight to Northern Iraq departing via Malmo, Sweden

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British Airways Boeing 737-436 G-DOCZ operating flight "BA 2902"

from Gatwick was an early morning diversion from Manchester due

landing delays after an earlier emergency landing had blocked one

of their runways. After refuelling it continued onto Manchester

Monday 25 January 2010

Global Express N774KK was an early morning arrival from

Sheboygan County Airport, Wisconsin, in the US. It is operated

by Kohler who market their products as "The Bold Look" which

appears on the tail. After refueling it departed to Abu Dhabi

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