Saturday 24 April 2010 - Air Armenia Antonov 12 EK-11001 charter to BHX!!

The after effects of the Volcanic Ash Cloud resulted in an exotic

movement to BHX - Air Armenia Antonov 12BK EK-11001

brought in a consignment of urgent freight that had been stranded

in Johannesburg routing via Luanda and Tamanrasset in Algeria

and arriving in the early hours of Saturday morning
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After spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron....
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.... it positioned out to Luxembourg lifting off Runway 15....
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.... and climbing away as only an Antonov 12 can!!
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Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-752 TC-JKJ operated their service

from Istanbul - the first visit of a Turkish 737-700 to BHX
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PIA Boeing 777-340ER AP-BID operated their service to Islamabad
- its first visit to BHX since it was painted in their new colour scheme
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Arcus Air Dornier 228 D-CAAM was an afternoon arrival operating

a priority freight charter from Egelsbach in Germany
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A morning view of the packed Elmdon apron including the

Air Armenia Antonov 12 EK-11001, CityLine Hungary

Antonov 26 HA-TCN and Atlantic Electra G-LOFC

Friday 8 December 2017 - LGW Dash 8Q-402 D-ABQB flying for Eurowings to Dusseldorf

LGW Dash 8Q-402 D-ABQB which has now been painted all white with Eurowings titles operated....

.... the delayed morning Eurowings service to Dusseldorf - note the de-icer fluid on the engines and tail

Helvetic Embraer 190LR HB-JVN operated the delayed morning Swiss service to Zurich

Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEME operated their morning service to Munich

Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-111 OO-SSX operated their morning service to Brussels

Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JZHW was a morning departure to Lanzarote

Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JZBC, which is in basic Jet2holidays colours without titles,
was an afternoon departure to Krakow

CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJO operated the lunchtime KLM service from Amsterdam

Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CAAM spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Air Hamburg Citation CJ2 D-IGMW made a brief morning visit

Agusta A-109SP Grand New G-CHFD was an afternoon visitor

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Wednesday 5 April 2017 - Jet2 Boeing 737-36Q G-GDFG operates their return charter from Venice

Jet2 Boeing 737-36Q G-GDFG operated their return charter from Venice....

.... before positioning out to East Midlands

Cobalt Airbus A320-214 5B-DCY operated their flight to Larnaca - its first visit to BHX

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZWU operated their flight to Geneva

Helvetic Embraer 190LR HB-JVO operated the evening Swiss flight from Zurich

Arcus Air Dornier 228-202 D-CAAL was an afternoon arrival parking up to night stop

Air Taxi Europe Cessna 406 Caravan II D-IATE was an afternoon departure

Blink Cessna 510 Mustang G-FLBK was an afternoon arrival parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

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Thursday 2 March 2017 - Royal Jordanian Boeing 787 JY-BAC replaces JY-BAA on checks with Monarch

Royal Jordanian Boeing 787-8 JY-BAC was an afternoon arrival from Amman via Heathrow - its first visit to BHX

.... to replace JY-BAA which had departed earlier after maintenance checks with Monarch Aircraft Engineering

Royal Jordanian Boeing 787-8 JY-BAA had spent the morning parked in front of the Monarch hangar....

.... before being towed to Lima 1 to start up for its departure to Heathrow

.... after an extended taxy around the airfield

.... it departed off Runway 33 - note this aircraft has no colour scheme on the engines

.... climbing away to operate Royal Jordanian's return service to Amman from Heathrow Photo: Brett Allen

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FTL operated their early afternoon service from Dublin - its first visit to BHX

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZOU operated their lunchtime flight to Geneva

Air France Airbus A318-111 F-GUGL operated their morning service to Paris CDG

Monarch "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAE was an afternoon arrival from Tenerife

Businesswings Dornier 228-100 D-IROL was an afternoon visitor operating a freight charter

Gulfstream III N270MC was an early evening arrival on the Elmdon apron from Boston
- a rare visit nowadays for a hush kit fitted Gulfstream III

Gulfstream IV N962SS was a morning arrival parking up to night stop

Med Call Learjet 45 D-CSOS which had arrived on Wednesday was a morning departure

Piper Saratoga G-KNCG made an afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron

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Wednesday 1 February 2017 - Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FTO makes its first visit to BHX

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FTO operated their lunchtime service from Dublin - its first visit to
BHX and only the third revenue flight for this recently delivered aircraft Photo: Mark Presswood

Small Planet Airbus A320-214 LY-SPH operated their weekly flight to Paderborn

Air France Airbus A318-111 F-GUGR operated their morning service to Paris CDG

AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGM went for another test flight....

.... only going as far as Stoke on Trent before turning round and returning to BHX

Businesswings Dornier 228-100 D-IROL which had arrived on Tuesday was an afternoon departure

Gulfstream IV N900RL was an early morning arrival parking up to night stop

Air X Charter Legacy 600 9H-WFC which had diverted in on Monday evening spent the day parked up

Air Hamburg Citation XLS+ D-CGAA was an afternoon visitor

Sikorsky S-76A 2-BYDF was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.... 2- indicating that the helicopter is registered in Guernsey

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