Monday 30 November 2009 - RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 operates a medevac flight

RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 was an early morning visitor to the Elmdon

apron operating a medevac flight before departing to Brize Norton

Sunday 29 November 2009 - Maldivian Air Taxi Twin Otter C-FBBW departs to Keflavik

Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBW which had

arrived from Dubrovnik back on Thursday 19 November 2009

- minus some of its titles! - finally departed to Keflavik, Iceland,

and onto Calgary, Canada
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Saturday 28 November 2009 - Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ABFA makes its first visit to BHX

Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ABFA operated their flight

from Hannover - its first visit to BHX

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RAF Tristar KC 1 ZD953 was an afternoon visitor to the

Elmdon apron operating a medevac flight

Friday 27 November 2009 - bmibaby Boeing 737 G-BVKB flying for "Pudsey Bear"

bmibaby Boeing 737-59B G-BVKB - "Pudsey Bear" - operated

their morning service from Glasgow

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Turkish Airbus A319 TC-JLO operated their flight to Istanbul

Thursday 26 November 2009 - Maldivian Air Taxi Twin Otter C-CBBA spends day parked up

Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBA which

had arrived from Dubrovnik on Wednesday evening spent the

day on the Elmdon apron
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLU which had arrived on

Wednesday departed back to Paris CDG

Mahan Air to use Boeing 747-400's to Tehran!!

Update - the Iranian authorities have declined to grant

permission for the Boeing 747-400's to operate to the UK

- additional flights will now be operated by Airbus A300-600R's

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Mahan Air (W5) are planning to use their Boeing 747-400's

on selected flights to BHX from Tehran over the Christmas and

New Year holiday period

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These flights offer onward connections to Amritsar, Delhi and

other Middle and Far East destinations and have proved to be

very popular since the service was relaunched on 2 July 2009

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Details of the revised schedule to BHX over this period will

appear here in due course

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A news update from the "BHX Flight Guide"

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/

Wednesday 25 November 2009 - Maldivian Air Taxi Twin Otter C-FBBA arrives from Dubrovnik

Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBA

was an early evening arrival from Dubrovnik joining

C-FBBW which remains parked up on the Elmdon apron

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Emirates Boeing 777-21H A6-EMF operated their lunchtime

service to Dubai in place of the usual 777-300ER
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLU operated a charter flight

from Paris CDG parking up to night stop on Stand 86C

Tuesday 24 November 2009 - Viking Boeing 737 SE-RHV operates inaugural service to Iraq

Viking Airlines Boeing 737-36N SE-RHV which had been parked
up at BHX since last Thursday departed on the inaugural service
to Stockholm Arlanda and onto Erbil in northern Iraq

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For more information on this new weekly service

either scroll down or go direct to -

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http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-viking.html

Monday 23 November 2009 - Boeing BBJ N500LS spends day parked on the Elmdon apron

Boeing 737-73T BBJ N500LS which had arrived on Saturday

evening remained parked up on the Elmdon apron

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Cega Air Ambulance Super King Air G-CEGP was a

morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Saturday 21 November 2009 - Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPA departs on charter flight

Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPA which had arrived on

Wednesday evening departed on a private charter
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Global Express N900LS was an early morning arrival spending

the day parked on the Elmdon apron before departing

Friday 20 November 2009 - "New Yorker" Falcon 200 VP-CCL visits the Elmdon apron

Falcon 200 VP-CCL which arrived on Thursday evening spent

the morning parked on the Elmdon apron before departing

- like Global Express VP-CNY it is operated for "New Yorker"

the German fashion company
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RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 operated a medevac flight
before departing off Runway 15 to Brize Norton
.
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Turkish Airbus A321 TC-JRB operated their flight from Istanbul in
place of the usual 320/73H due high loads for the Hajj pilgrimage
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Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBW which
had arrived from Dubrovnik on Thursday evening spent the day
parked up on the Elmdon apron

Thursday 19 November 2009 - Thomson Boeing 757 G-OOBA now flying in their new colours

Thomson Boeing 757-28A G-OOBA which was until recently
in First Choice colours has been repainted into the
"new" Thomson colour scheme

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Eurowings BAe 146-300 D-AHOI operated the morning

Lufthansa service to Frankfurt
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Viking Airlines Boeing 737-36N SE-RHV was an early morning
arrival from Dublin parking up on the 80's stands. It is planned

to operate their inaugural service to Stockholm and onto Erbil

in northern Iraq next Tuesday, 24 November 2009
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Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPA which had arrived on Wednesday
evening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Falcon 900EX VP-BMS was a morning arrival spending
the day parked on the Elmdon apron
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Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBW
arrived from Dubrovnik - minus some of its titles! - and
parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Viking to launch weekly service to Iraq!!

Viking Airlines (VIK) will be commencing a weekly flight

from Birmingham to Stockholm and onto Erbil in northern Iraq

on Tuesday 24 November 2009 - initial schedule is -
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TUESDAY - weekly from 24 November 2009
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0700/0815 VIK087P/687 733 from Gatwick/to Stockholm
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WEDNESDAY - weekly from 2 December 2009
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0340/0440 VIK688/088P 733 from Stockholm/to Gatwick
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The flights are organised by Swedish travel agent Aer Olympic - http://www.aerolympic.se/showIndexPage.do
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It is also possible to just book the BHX-Stockholm sector so
from 1 December 2009 (when the first return operates) a
(long!) day return to Stockholm from BHX costs under £100!!
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Thursday 19 November 2009

Wednesday 18 November 2009 - Citation XLS D-CAWU visits the Elmdon apron

Citation XLS D-CAWU was a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 17 November 2009 - Boeing BBJ N500LS makes brief stop on the way to Dubai

Boeing 737-73T BBJ N500LS was an early morning arrival....

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.... after refueling it continued onto Dubai
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Citation CJ3 OO-LIE was a lunchtime arrival on the Elmdon apron....
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.... while Lear Jet 45 N66SG was a morning visitor
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Quinn Group Agusta A-109E EI-SQG was a morning visitor
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Jet Ranger G-TOYZ was an early morning visitor on a filming sortie

Monday 16 November 2009 - Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 G-VROS diverts from Manchester

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-443 G-VROS was a morning diversion

due to weather related landing delays at Manchester while operating

flight "VS 078" from Barbados - it parked on Stand 86C and after

refuelling it continued to Manchester

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Sunday 15 November 2009 - Eurowings BAe 146 D-AQUA operates Lufthansa service to Frankfurt

Eurowings BAe 146-300 D-AQUA operated the morning

Lufthansa service to Frankfurt

Saturday 14 November 2009

Update in progress!!

Friday 13 November 2009

Thursday 12 November 2009 - Atlantic BAe ATP G-MANH morning arrival on freight charter

Atlantic Airlines BAe ATP G-MANH was an early morning

arrival operating a freight charter

Wednesday 11 November 2009

Tuesday 10 November 2009

Monday 9 November 2009 - Gulfstream IV HB-IWY diverts in from Luton

Gulfstream IV HB-IWY was an early morning arrival

when it diverted in due to poor weather at Luton

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Challenger HB-JRT was a morning arrival parking on the Elmdon apron

Sunday 8 November 2009 - KLM Boeing 737 PH-BGE operates their afternoon service

KLM Boeing 737-7K2 PH-BGE operated their afternoon

service from Amsterdam

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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECB operated

their lunchtime service to Dubai

Saturday 7 November 2009 - Eurowings BAe 146 D-AEWE operates Lufthansa service to Frankfurt

Eurowings BAe 146-200 D-AEWE operated the morning

Lufthansa service to Frankfurt