Sunday 8 August 2010 - Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU operates charter to Malaga

Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU which wears a smart black scheme....

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.... positioned in to operate the final student charter back to Malaga
.Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABKL operated their
weekly flight to Paderborn - its first visit to BHX
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Aurela Boeing 737-382 LY-SKW operated the third of a series

of peak season IT flights for Thomas Cook from/to Ibiza

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Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-SGI was an evening

arrival operating their weekly IT flight from Dalaman
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Flairjet Embraer Phenom 100 G-RAAL was a

morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 3 August 2008 - Fly Excellent MD 83 SE-DJE flying for Air Bee

Fly Excellent MD 83 SE-DJE operated the Air Bee/Itali Airlines

IT flight to Naples. The aircraft wears "Purobeach" titles

advertising a Spanish hotel chain
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flybe chartered Jet2 Boeing 737-377 G-CELA to operate their

delayed IT flight to Bastia after an Embraer 195 went tech

Tuesday 2 August 2011 - Blu Express and Mistral Air operate final student charters

Blu Express Boeing 737-31S EI-DXB positioned in from Milan Linate
to operate the final Blue Panorama student charter flight to Rome
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Mistral Air Boeing 737-33AQC EI-DVC positioned in from Rome
to operate their final student exchange charter flight of the season
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Air Transat Airbus A330-342 C-GCTS operated their flight to Toronto
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Austrian Arrows/Tyrolean Dash 8Q-402 OE-LGI operated the mid
morning Brussels Airlines service in place of the usual aircraft OE-LGC
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RAF Puma HC1 XW226 overflew the airfield during the morning

Sunday 25 July 2010 - Golbal Jet Boeing 737-8DR BBJ2 OE-ILX makes its first visit to BHX

Global Jet Austria Boeing 737-8DR BBJ2 OE-ILX was....

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.... an afternoon arrival parking up on Taxiway Lima
. This was the first visit of a Boeing BBJ2 to BHX
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Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU operated the student charter from Malaga
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.... it wears a smart black scheme with just small Blue Line titles
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.... and departed back to Malaga
. Aurela Boeing 737-382 LY-SKW positioned in from Glasgow
under a Thomas Cook/Kestrel flight number to operate an
additional peak season IT flight to Ibiza - its first visit to BHX

Sunday 22 June 2008 - Norwegian Boeing 737-31S LN-KHA makes its first visit to BHX

Norwegian used their new Boeing 737-31S LN-KHA on

their service from Warsaw - its first visit to BHX

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For the second week in a row Swiftair MD 83 EC-JUG

operated the Air Bee/Itali Airlines IT flight to Naples
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Eurocypria Boeing 737-800 5B-DBX operated their flight from Larnaca
and is seen on Taxiway Charlie after landing on Runway 15

Sunday 15 June 2008 - Norwegian Boeing 737-33A LN-KKZ flying as "Silver" logo jet

Norwegian Boeing 737-33A LN-KKZ operated their service from

Warsaw. the aircraft has recently been repainted back into the

"Silver" logo jet colour scheme
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Swiftair MD 83 EC-JUG operated the Air Bee/Itali Airlines
IT flight to Naples
. Eastern Saab 2000 G-CDKB operated a charter flight from
Naples parking on the Elmdon apron

Sunday 1 June 2008 - Dubrovnik Airline MD 83 9A-CDB flying for Air Bee/Itali Airlines

Dubrovnik Airline MD 83 9A-CDB operated the Air Bee/Itali Airlines

IT flight to Naples - the aircraft has an aerial image of Dubrovnik

city on the forward fuselage

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Ford Motor Company Gulfstream 5 N300K arrived from Detroit

in the early evening to night stop on the Elmdon apron
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Hola Airlines Boeing 737-382 EC-IOR operated the Norwegian flight

Tuesday 12 May 2009 - Air Finland Boeing 757 OH-AFJ operates a charter flight from Larnaca

Air Finland Boeing 757-28A OH-AFJ operated a charter

flight from Larnaca parking up on the 80's stands

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Eurowings Canadair CRJ 200ER D-ACRD operated the early

morning Lufthansa service to Dusseldorf
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VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLK operated a day stopping
charter flight from Rotterdam
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Air Slovakia Boeing 737-306 OM-ASD which was formerly

with KLM as PH-BDG operated their flight to Bratislava

Monday 6 May 2013 - ULS Airlines Cargo Airbus A310-308F TC-SGM operates a charter from Istanbul

ULS Airlines Cargo Airbus A310-308F TC-SGM was an early morning visitor arriving....

.... from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport and landing on Runway 33 just after dawn

.... and parking on the Elmdon apron - the aircraft has recently returned from lease
to Saudi Arabian Airlines in whose basis colour scheme it still operates

Ground handling equipment was soon on the aircraft....

.... and the unloading of the 13 pallets of motor racing equipment began

.... with the freight being rapidly transferred to the freight centre

That did not take long! - the inside of an empty Airbus A310F

The sun was now up allowing a better view of the aircraft on the Elmdon apron....

.... with the empty pallets reloaded back on the aircraft it was time for it to start up

.... and taxi for a departure off Runway 33

.... back to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport - a job well done by all involved!

Atlantic Airlines Boeing 737-322SF G-JMCL which had had arrived on Sunday evening
spent the day parked up - it is used to transport race horses and was visiting BHX
because of the reduced opening hours at its Coventry base over the holiday weekend

Jettime Boeing 737-3Y0QC OY-JTH operated the morning SAS service to Copenhagen
in place of the usual Canadair CRJ900 - its first visit to BHX....

.... it later return again operating the evening SAS service

Piper Malibu F-HGIE which had arrived on Sunday evening spent the day parked
on the Elmdon apron before departing to Caen Photo: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 4 May 2010 - seeing Viking double - Boeing 737's SE-RHU and SE-RHV at BHX

Seeing double Viking! - but note the different style titles -

Boeing 737-36N SE-RHV positioned in from Gatwick to operate

their weekly flight to northern Iraq....

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.... while Boeing 737-36N SE-RHU which had been parked up on

the 70's stands positioned to Lasham for maintenance
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SAS MD 82 SE-DIN operated their morning service

to Copenhagen in place of the usual Canadair CRJ 900