Sunday 26 May 2013 - Air Berlin Airbus A330-223 D-ALPF operates a charter to Venice

Air Berlin Airbus A330-223 D-ALPF positioned in from Berlin Tegel....

.... on its first visit to BHX

.... parking on Stand 42C

.... and then operating a charter to Venice

Turkish Airbus A321-231 TC-JRU operated their morning service from Istanbul - its first visit to BHX

SAS Boeing 737-683 LN-RPU operated their service to Stockholm Arlanda
which has now moved to a morning departure time on Sundays

KLM cityhopper Embraer 190-100LR PH-EZX operated their morning service
to Amsterdam - the aircraft is in "Skyteam" colours

Alba Star Boeing 737-4K5 EC-LTG operated the Monarch service to Alicante

Falcon 900DX M-DADI which had arrived on Friday positioned back to Luton

Citation CJ2 YU-BUU made a brief afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron

Citation II EC-IMF was an evening arrival parking up to night stop at BHX

Thursday 8 June 2017 - Monarch Boeing 737-82R G-ZBAV operates its first crew training flight

Monarch Boeing 737-82R G-ZBAV was a morning departure to Durham Tees Valley....

.... as Monarch commenced a series of crew training flights prior to the aircrafts entry
into service at the end of June 2017 - it then continued onto Prestwick and Newquay

.... before returning to BHX at lunchtime - it operated the route in reverse during the
afternoon and will fly a similar pattern of flights over the coming days

Titan Boeing 757-256 G-ZAPX was a morning arrival when it positioned in
from Stansted to operate a charter to Rome

Freebird Airbus A320-214 TC-FHC operated the final flight of a series of weekly
seasonal IT flights to Antalya departing via Manchester

Icelandair Boeing 757-256 TF-FIU operated their flight to Reykjavik Keflavik....

.... the aircraft is in the special "Hekla Aurora" - Northern Lights - colour scheme

Vueling Airbus A321-231 EC-MLD operated their flight to Paris Orly

Czech Airlines Airbus A319-112 OK-NEP which is in the "Wow Prague" colour
scheme operated their flight to Prague

Lufthansa Airbus A321-131 D-AIRW which is in "Star Alliance" colours
operated their late afternoon service to Munich

SAS Boeing 737-683 SE-DNX operated their evening service to Copenhagen

GetJet Airlines Boeing 737-4Q8 LY-GTW operated the Norwegian service to Barcelona

Gulfstream 550 N524VE which had arrived on Wednesday spent the day parked up

Embraer Phenom 100 D-IDAS spent the day parked up before departing

Capital Super King Air G-ZVIP was a lunchtime visitor departing to Exeter

Brose Super King Air D-IBTA was a day stopping visitor on the Elmdon apron

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Tuesday 1 October 2013 - Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR flying in "The Expendables 3" colour scheme

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR was a late afternoon arrival from Geneva....

.... it has recently been used in the filming of action movie "The Expendables 3"
in Bulgaria and still wears a camouflage scheme and the additional serial "27"

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGV was a morning arrival from Prague....

.... operating another freight charter and parking up to night stop Photo: Mike Hollick

Swiftair Embraer Brasilia EC-HCF spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron after going
tech while operating the FedEx service from Belfast International Photo:  Mike Hollick

Eastern Saab 2000 G-CDKA operated their morning service to Newcastle covering for....

.... Eastern Jetstream 41 G-MAJB which had gone tech on arrival on Monday morning
resulting in a visit to Hangar 1 for repairs

SAS Boeing 737-683 LN-RRD operated their evening service from Stockholm - the
first visit of an aircraft which normally operates Swedish domestic services

Challenger 300 N125TM was a morning arrival parking up to night stop while....

.... Cessna 510 Mustang F-GISH was a day stopping visitor Photos: Mike Hollick

CitationJet1 OO-IDE made two visits during the day

Capital Piper Navajo Chieftain G-VIPU was an afternoon visitor operating an air ambulance flight

Swiss Jet Agusta AW-139 HB-ZUV was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron
when it made a fuel stop while routing from Scotland to Paris



Tuesday 10 September 2013 - Challenger 300 N497EC is a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron

Challenger 300 N497EC made a lunchtime visit to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Gulfstream 450 B-8251 which had arrived on Saturday remained parked up

FedEx Express Boeing 757-27BSF N916FD went "tech" on arrival from Manchester on Monday evening....

.... after spending the day parked up on the Elmdon apron with the new hangar for Monarch
Aircraft Engineering behind it and Cello BAe 146-200 G-RAJJ next to it departed

Aviavilsa ATR 42-300F LY-ETM was an early morning arrival parking up with a flybe Dash 8
next to and an Aer Arann/Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72 on approach

Air Berlin Boeing 737-808 D-ABBY operated the return charter from Berlin Tegal
before positioning out to Dusseldorf

SAS Boeing 737-683 LN-RRC operated their flight from Stockholm Arlanda
- this aircraft which normally operates Swedish domestic services

The "Helicopter Club of Great Britain" held a fly in to visit Jaguar at Castle Bromwich
- full report here