Saturday 26 April 2008

Adria Canadair CRJ200 S5-AAJ operated a charter flight to Jerez,


in Spain, in connection with the launch of the new Ford Kuga the


name of which was on its nose


. .
Malmo Aviation Avro RJ 100 SE-DSY operated a charter


flight from Hahn and parked up on Terminal 2
.
Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 G-CDZI operated a charter flight from Cork in


connection with Sunday's "Heineken Cup" semi final between Saracens and


Munster which is being played at the Ricoh Stadium in Coventry

Wednesday 23 April 2008 - Danish AT ATR 72 OY-RUB departs back to Billund

Danish Air Transport ATR 72-202 OY-RUB departed
back to Billund in the late afternoon
.
IAI Astra SP D-CABB visited BHX spending the day
parked up on the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 16 April 2008 - First visit of winglet equiped Boeing 737-900 to BHX

KLM used Boeing 737-900 PH-BXR on their mid morning
service from Amsterdam - this was the first visit of
a winglet equiped Boeing 737-900 to BHX
.
Aeronova Metro EC-JCU diverted from Coventry in the early
hours of Wednesday morning due to fog and spent the day
parked up on the Elmdon apron

Monday 14 April 2008 - Air Baltic Boeing 737 YL-BBF flying for SAS

Air Baltic took over the operation of the evening SAS service from
Copenhagen with Boeing 737-548 YL-BBF operating the first flight
.
Turkmenistan Boeing 757-22K EZ-A014 operated their
evening service from Ashgabat

Saturday 12 April 2008 - flybe Dash 8 G-JECL named "The George Best"

flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-JECL which is named after footballer
George Best operated the morning service from/to the Isle of Man
.
Atlantic Airways BAe 146-200 OY-RCB operated the
morning SAS service from Copenhagen

Friday 11 April 2008 - Kenn Borek Air Twin otter C-GKBH departs to Iceland

After spending the night on the Elmdon apron Kenn Borek Air
Twin Otter C-GKBH made an early departure for Iceland on the
next stage of its long journey home to Canada from the Maldives
.

Thursday 10 April 2008 - Ken Borek Air Twin Otter C-GKBH arrives from Brindisi

Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-GKBH arrived from Brindisi, Italy,
in the early evening to night stop at BHX on its journey home
to Canada from the Maldives
.
Royal Air Force BN Islander CC2A ZF573 visited
the Elmdon apron at lunchtime
.
Norwegian Boeing 737-300 LN-KKA is in their
basic colour scheme without titles

Wednesday 9 April 2008 - Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVG now flying in their new colours

Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVG - in their new colour scheme -
operated the morning Swiss service from Zurich
.
Lufthansa Airbus A319 D-AILS operated the
morning service from Frankfurt
.
Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-CSW - which wears additional "Girona"
titles - operated the early morning service from Dublin
.
TAG Aviation Canadair Regional Jet 100SE HB-IDJ which had
arrived on Tuesday evening departed to Geneva

Monday 7 April 2008 - Blue Line MD 83's F-GMLI and F-GMLK visit on charters

Blue Line operated two charter flights from Paris CDG - the first
flight was operated by MD 83 F-GMLI which wears additional
"Livingston Energy Flight" and "Hotelplan" titles....
.
.... with the second flight operated by MD 83 F-GMLK
.

Sunday 6 April 2008 - Snow!! - an overnight snowfall followed by a bright sunny morning!!

Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-CVB operated their
morning Dublin service....
.
.... while Norwegian used Boeing 737-3L9 LN-KKT
on their Warsaw service
.
Augsburg Airways/Lufthansa Regional Dash 8Q-400 D-ADHP
finally departed to Munich as the "LH 9990 "after its extended
stay in the flybe hangar on checks
.

SAS used Atlantic Airways Avro RJ 85 OY-RCE on their service from Copenhagen
.Eurojet's smart new Cessna Sovereign 680 G-CJCC spent the day

parked up on the Elmdon apron after arriving at BHX for the first

time on Saturday evening
. Air Berlin Boeing 737-800 D-ABBX in the first version on their

new colour scheme operated their flight from Paderborn

Sunday 6 April 2008 - Diversions!!

Diversions!! - snow in the South East resulted in
diversions from both Heathrow and Gatwick
British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-CIVI diverted in while
operating the "BA 116" from New York JFK - after taking
on more fuel it continued to Heathrow....
. .... doing its bit to clear the remaining snow from the airfield
.
.
British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUPC diverted in while
operating the "BA 699" from Vienna - after an extended
stay it also continued onto Heathrow

.
First Choice Boeing 767-300 G-DBLA diverted in from Gatwick

while operating the "FCA 071" from Cancun. After offloading the

passengers it positioned out to Manchester
.

Saturday 5 April 2008 - Swiftair MD 83 EC-JQV wearing "Real Madrid" titles

Swiftair MD 83 EC-JQV - which wears "Real Madrid" titles - positioned
into BHX on Friday evening to operate a charter flight to Murcia
.
.
The latest Airbus A321 for Monarch G-OZBR also arrived on Friday
evening and after operating the ZB496/497 to/from Alicante positioned
to Manchester. The aircraft is in the basic colour scheme of
Spirit Airlines it former operator
.
Air Slovakia Boeing 757 OM-ASB positioned in to operate their
weekly flight to Amritsar via Bratislava

Friday 4 April 2008 - Eurowings BAe 146 D-AEWB diverts in from Bristol

Poor weather in the South West resulted in another influx
of diversions - Eurowings BAe 146-300 D-AEWB was operating
the new Lufthansa service from Frankfurt to Bristol when
it diverted to BHX. It later positioned back to Frankfurt
.
Orionair BAe 146-300 EC-JVO operated a charter flight
bringing the Montpellier Rugby team in for their match
against Worcester on Saturday
.
Air Contractor ATR 72 EI-FXG - which is in FedEx colours
- visited the terminal side of the airport to do engine runs
on Taxiway Echo
. Monarch Airbus A300-600R G-MONS visited in the early evening
operating a trooping flight and parking on the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 2 April 2008 - poor weather results in diversions from Bristol and Cardiff

Poor weather in the South West and Wales resulted in a number
of diversions from Bristol and Cardiff including KLM cityhopper
Fokker 100's PH-OFA and PH-OFP which parked up
on the 20's stands

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