Blue City Aviation Metro G-CEGE visits Birmingham on training flight

Blue City Aviation Metro G-CEGE dropped into Birmingham

while on a training flight out of Coventry
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It has been undergoing maintenance in preparation for
its return to service and will shortly become Birmingham
based again and available for general charter work
Photo: Mike Hollick
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Wednesday 29 February 2012

Tower Watch - Saturday 25 February 2012

The setting sun is reflected on Birmingham Airport's new ATC Tower
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Saturday 25 February 2012

New Air Traffic Control Tower - new view of Birmingham Airport!!

This will be the view the Air Traffic Controllers will have when
Birmingham Airport's new ATC Tower is completed in 2013....
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.... going outside gives a much better view of the Terminal site
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.... want to see everything? - you will need to "click" on this photo to
see the full size image which goes from the 80's stands on the left all
the way to the 20's stands on the right with the Terminal in the middle
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The Emirates Boeing 777 taxies past the end of the new
International Pier as it prepares to depart to Dubai....
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.... another view as it makes its way along Taxiway Echo
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.... and then departs off Runway 33
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The Elmdon apron/site with two Antonov 12's, an Antonov 26 and
a Hercules are on the apron - the new Eurojet hangar is on the left
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Where did he come from!? - the structure of new ATC Tower
is now nearing completion - it will then be fitted out with the
ATC equipment and after training will be operational in 2013
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Some more photographs will follow in due course!
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Thursday 23 February 2012

Thursday 23 February 2012 - ATR 72 SX-BIG makes a visit to the flybe hangar

Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-202 SX-BIG made a visit
to Hangar 2 for attention by flybe.... Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... returning later to Stand 506 on what was Taxiway Lima
/the old cross runway Photo: Mike Hollick
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CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO which had arrived
on Wednesday morning spent the day parked up
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Meridian Aviation Antonov An 12BK UR-DWF was an afternoon
arrival from Graz before positioning out to Basle/Mulhouse
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Learjet 45XR D-CRBE was an evening visitor Photo: Mike Hollick
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Britten Norman BN-2T Islander F-HFIT was a morning visitor as it
stopped at BHX for fuel on its way to Cumbernauld for maintenance

Wednesday 22 February 2012 - Thomson Boeing 737 G-THOO operates weekly IT flight

Thomson Boeing 737-33V G-THOO operated their weekly IT flight....
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.... from Enfidha, Tunisia - Thomson will be ending "733"
- Boeing 737-300 - operations at the end of April 2012

Air France to use Brit Air Canadair CRJ 1000's from Paris CDG to Birmingham

Air France (AF) are planning to use Brit Air Canadair CRJ 1000's

on their evening Paris CDG service from the start of the summer

schedules on Sunday 25 March 2012

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This will be a new sub type of the Canadair Regional Jet to visit
Birmingham - its three letter type code is "CRK"
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Brit Air currently have 11 CRK's in service - F-HMLA is in their

scheme - the rest of the fleet are in Air France colours

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Please see below for the Canadair CRJ 1000 schedule - the

morning and evening Air France Paris CDG services will
continue to be operated by Airbus A318's
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Air France have also confirmed that their Lyon service which
is currently operated twice daily by Brit Air Canadair CRJ100's

will cease on Friday 23 March 2012

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Air France/Brit Air Canadair CRJ 1000 schedule to BHX

from Sunday 25 March 2012

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1910/2000 AF1564/1565 CRK from/to Paris CDG
- operates daily - Brit Air
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Wednesday 22 February 2012

Tuesday 21 February 2012 - Another busy Antonov 12 day at Birmingham!!

A view of three Antonov 12's at the start of another busy day....
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.... while Aero-Charter Airlines Antonov 12BP UR-CJN which had
arrived on Monday spent the day parked up.... Photos: Mike Hollick
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.... Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CGV was a morning
departure to Graz Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... with Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CAK following later
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Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CUTT which had arrived
on Monday was a morning departure
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Brit Air Canadair CRJ 700 F-GRZI operated the morning
Air France service to Lyon in place of the usual CRJ100
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bmi Airbus A320-232 G-MIDO is currently based operating
the Lufthansa service to Frankfurt replacing G-MIDS
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Citation Mustang N363MU which had arrived on Monday
was an afternoon departure to Caen
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Diamond DA-42 Twin Star G-DJET was an early morning visitor to
the Elmdon apron operating a transplant flight Photo: Mike Hollick

Tower Watch - Monday 20 February 2012

The contractors have almost finished fixing the external cladding
to the structure of the new ATC Tower....
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.... just a few panels at the top to be added now!
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Monday 20 February 2012

Monday 20 February 2012 - Aero-Charter Antonov 12BP UR-CJN arrives from Graz

Aero-Charter Airlines Antonov 12BP UR-CJN was
an afternoon arrival from Graz
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Cessna 182T Skylane G-CEFV was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 19 February 2012 - Monarch Airbus A330 G-EOMA with new style billboard titles

Monarch Airbus A330-243 G-EOMA was a lunchtime arrival
from Akrotiri operating a trooping flight.... Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... it wears the new style billboard Monarch titles
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Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EVG operated their midday service
to Dublin - its first visit to BHX and the first visit of a Ryanair
aircraft in the "EI-EV-" series of registrations
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easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDE operated their service
to Grenoble - another first visit to BHX
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Global Express D-AXTM was an early morning arrival
parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Saturday 18 February 2012 - Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 arrives in the rain!!

Turkmenistan Boeing 717-22K EZ-A106 was a morning arrival
at a very wet Birmingham Airport! - this is the second of seven
Boeing 717's being ferried to the United States for storage at
Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona....

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.... it had earlier been diverted to Minsk while en route to BHX
due to poor weather at Kiev - after refuelling it was soon on its
way to Keflavik, Iceland, and onto Goose Bay, Canada Photo: Ron Kosys
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The weather soon improved with both Meridian Aviation
Antonov 12BP UR-CAK and....
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.... Antonov 12BP UR-CGV basking in the afternoon sun!
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Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXV operated their afternoon
service to Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX
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Austrian Airlines Boeing 737-8Z9 OE-LNR operated their
weekly IT flight from Innsbruck
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Swiss again upgraded their flights as the "Half term" holiday came
to an end - Airbus A319-112 HB-IPX operated their morning service
to Zurich with Airbus A320's HB-IJO and HB-IJR also visiting
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Beech Baron D-IIHS which had arrived on Friday
was a morning departure