Historic BHX - Tuesday 11 January 2005

Britannia Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYJ was a morning departure to Bridgetown, Barbados

Historic BHX - Monday 10 January 2005

Eirjet Airbus A320-212 EI-DIJ operated the morning Aer Arann flight from Cork in place

of their usual ATR 72 - its first visit to BHX. It departed back to Cork via Edinburgh

Historic BHX - Sunday 9 January 2005

Titan BAe 146-200QC G-ZAPO was an afternoon arrival from Fagernes in Norway operating
the weekly ski IT flight on behalf of Crystal Holidays whose titles appear on the nose

Historic BHX - Saturday 8 January 2005

Tyrolean Dash 8-402Q OE-LGB operated the first flight of a new weekly ski IT flight to Bolzano in Italy

First Choice Airbus A321-211 G-OOAE operated the first flight of their weekly ski IT flight to Innsbruck

SAS MD 87 LN-ROZ operated their morning scheduled service to Copenhagen

Aer Arann ATR 72-202 EI-REE operated their flight to Cork

Crossair Embraer 145LU HB-JAL operated the lunchtime Swiss service to Zurich

- it wears additional "400th Embraer 145" titles

bmibaby Boeing 737-3L9 G-OGBE operated their new service to Prague

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-28A G-JMCF operated their weekly ski IT flight to Lyon

flybe Dash 8-402Q G-JECE was an afternoon departure to Edinburgh

Air Slovakia Boeing 757-236 OM-DGK was damaged during the overnight gales which lifted up the aircraft

and turned it through 90 degrees with a set of passenger boarding steps ending up under the aircraft

Historic BHX - Friday 7 January 2005

Armenian International Airbus A320-212 EK-32001 remained parked up on the 70's stands
but this time displaying the titles in English - its is operating on behalf of Midland Airways

bmibaby Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYA which had positioned in from East Midlands on Thursday

evening was named "brummie baby" before operating their first departure from BHX - a

local flight - as bmibaby commenced operations from Birmingham - report here

Historic BHX - bmibaby commence operations from Birmingham International Airport‏

bmibaby Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYA has been named "brummie baby"

Birmingham International Airport today, Friday 7 January 2005, welcomed bmibaby

to its increasing portfolio of airlines and destinations, offering even greater choice

for Midlands' travellers from the region's largest Airport
 

bmibaby will fly to nine destinations - Alicante, Edinburgh, Belfast International,

Malaga, Palma, Prague, Amsterdam, Knock and Geneva - offering over 130 flights

every week throughout the winter months. Additionally, the airline will launch
services to Cork, Murcia and Nice from the end of March 2005
 

Peter Vella, Birmingham International Airport's Business Development Director,

said, "bmibaby will compliment our existing portfolio of low cost and full service

airlines and will provide even greater choice for business and leisure passengers"

To mark the launch of services children from Marston Green Infant School were

on hand to help name Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYA "brummie baby" before taking

a short flight as the WW1075 around the local area

Boeing 737-3L9 G-OGBD operated their first service to Malaga as the WW1031
while Boeing 737-3L9 G-OGBE went to Alicante as the WW1041 with G-TOYA
operating the WW1091 to Knock after it returned from the promotional flight

All flights with bmibaby from Birmingham will be operated by Boeing 737-300

and 500 jet aircraft with 148 and 131 seats respectively

 

Friday 7 January 2005

Historic BHX - Thursday 6 January 2005

Armenian International Airbus A320-212 EK-32001 which had operated the previous weekend's
Midland Airways flight from Amritsar via Yerevan remained parked up on the 70's stands

Aer Lingus Boeing 737-548 EI-CDF operated their mid morning flight from Dublin

MyTravelLite Airbus A320-231 G-JOEM operated their flight from Malaga while....

MyTravel Airbus A320-231 G-VCED arrived from Alicante

Historic BHX - Wednesday 5 January 2005

Continental Boeing 767-424ER N68061 operated their flight to Newark New York in place of the usual Boeing 757

Britannia Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYJ operated their IT flight to Paphos, Cyprus

Nouvelair Airbus A320-214 TS-INB operated an additional IT flight from Monastir for the Christmas/New Year holiday

Historic BHX - Tuesday 4 January 2005

Volar Airlines/LTE International Airbus A321-211 EC-IMA was a morning arrival operating
an additional IT flight from Tenerife for the Christmas/New Year holiday

MyTravel Boeing 757-225 G-MCEA positioned in from Manchester to operate their flight to Tenerife

Historic BHX - Sunday 2 January 2005

Flightline BAe 146-300 G-BTXN operated the lunchtime Aer Lingus flight to Dublin
- the aircraft still wears the scheme of failed Czech operator Discovery Travel

MyTravel Airbus A320-231 G-SSAS was an afternoon departure

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-WXA operated their lunchtime service to Amsterdam

Continental Boeing 757-224 N58101 operated their lunchtime "CO 033" departure
to Newark New York - their second flight of the day from BHX

Cyprus Airways Airbus A320-231 5B-DBC operated weekly scheduled service to Larnaca via Paphos

Historic BHX - Saturday 1 January 2005

A view of the terminal at the start of 2005 with a number of British Airways CitiExpress

aircraft parked up round Eurohub/Terminal 2

PIA Airbus A310-308 AP-BEQ operated their flight from Islamabad

MyTravel Airbus A321-211 G-NIKO operated their flight from Alicante