Thursday 29 July 2010 - Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-603 EP-MNR operates their service from Tehran

Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-603 EP-MNR operated

their flight from Tehran - only its third visit to BHX

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Koral Blue Airbus A320-214 SU-KBE operated their weekly
IT flight to sharm el Sheikh - the first time for many weeks

that they have used one of their own aircraft on the service

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Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DLG operated their morning

service to Dublin - the aircraft wears "Zegnamy PLL LOT"

titles - or "Bye Bye LOT"
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Rooney Air Citation XLS G-OROO was an afternoon visitor
to the Elmdon apron departing to Newcastle

Sunday 27 April 2008 - Heineken Cup semi final played at Ricoh Stadium, Coventry

The second semi final of the Heineken Cup between Saracens
and Munster resulted in a "fly in" of Irish rugby fans....

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....Thomas Cook Boeing 767-300 G-DAJC arrived from Shannon and

spent the day parked up on the 80's stands....

. .... while Monarch Airbus A330-200 G-SMAN arrived from Cork

and then positioned out to Gatwick
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Titan BAe 146 G-ZAPN arrived from Shannon and parked up for the day on Terminal 2
. Ryanair operated a number of extra flights - Boeing 737-8AS EI-CSZ

which wears "Arrivederci Alitalia!" titles operated an early

morning rotation from Shannon
. Monarch Airbus A300-600R G-OJMR positioned in late on Saturday

night and parked up on the 80's stands before operating the return

charter flight to Cork

Thursday 1 April 2010 - Mahan Air Airbus A300 EP-MNR operates their flight from Tehran

Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-603 EP-MNR operated their

flight from Tehran in place of the usual Airbus A310

Saturday 21 November 2015 - MNG Airlines Cargo Airbus A300C4-605R TC-MCA is an evening visitor

MNG Airlines Cargo Airbus A300C4-605R TC-MCA was an evening arrival on the Elmdon apron....

.... operating a cargo charter from Seville, Spain - its first visit to BHX

.... after unloading the aircraft departed to Leipzig

Volotea Boeing 717-2BL EI-FBL was an afternoon arrival from Toulon bringing in Toulonnaise for their
"European Rugby Champions Cup" match against Wasps on Sunday afternoon - another first visit

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYP operated their flight from Madrid

Monarch Airbus A330-243 G-SMAN which has been repainted into flynas colours spent
the morning parked in front of the Monarch hangar before being towed to Stand 86C

West Atlantic BAe ATP G-BTPF positioned in from Guernsey in preparation....

.... for operating the newspaper flight to the Isle of Man on Sunday morning while....

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLA operated an early morning newspaper flight to
the Isle of Man due to the windy weather conditions delaying the ferry....

.... the aircraft has recently been repainted - no change to the scheme but it has gained new style titles

Netjets Citation CS-DXV was a morning arrival when it diverted in due to strong winds at RAF Northolt

Saturday 18 October 2014 - Bluebird Boeing 737-36EF TF-BBF and MNG Airbus A300B4-605R TC-MCD visit

Bluebird Cargo Boeing 737-36ESF TF-BBF was a morning arrival from Liege....

.... positioning in to operate a freight charter

.... after loading on the Elmdon apron

.... it departed to Valencia Photo: Mike Hollick

MNG Airlines Cargo Airbus A300B4-605R TC-MCD was an afternoon arrival from Leipzig....

... operating on behalf of Slovenian airline Solinair Photo: Mike Hollick

.... and again parking on the Elmdon apron

.... to stop over before departing to Valencia in the early hours of Sunday morning

Hi Fly Airbus A310-304 CS-TEX positioned in from Nairobi to operate their weekly flight to Hannover

Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-232 TC-JPD operated their afternoon service to Istanbul

Hangar8 Global Express G-SENT was a lunchtime arrival parking up to night stop

Centreline Citation CJ2 G-TWOP was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 22 April 2014 - Starspeed Eurocopter EC155 G-WINV visits the Elmdon apron

Starspeed Eurocopter EC155 B1 G-WINV made two visits to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Lufthansa "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 D-AIUD operated their afternoon service
to Frankfurt - its first visit to BHX

SAS Airbus A319-131 OY-KBR operated their evening flight from Copenhagen
as this rotation was upgraded from a Canadair CRJ900 to a Airbus A319/320

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAK was a morning arrival from East Midlands after repainting
into their colour scheme - it was previously JY-AYJ with Royal Jordanian

Monarch Airbus A300B4-605R G-OJMR which is currently undergoing end of lease checks
was moved from the hangar to the Elmdon apron for parking Photo: Mike Hollick

Friday 25 April 2014 - Twinjet Airbus A319CJ G-NMAK arrives for parking on the Elmdon apron

Twinjet Airbus A319CJ G-NMAK was a morning arrival from Luton.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... for short term parking on the Elmdon apron Photo: Brett Allen

Thomson Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYG was a morning arrival from Orlando Sanford

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-DHJH positioned in from Manchester to operate
an additional start of season IT flight to Tenerife

Monarch Boeing 757-2T7 G-DAJB spent the morning parked on Stand 505 before being
towed into the hangar while Airbus A300B4-605R G-OJMR which was parked behind it was
later moved to the 80's stands in preparation for its final flight to Tarbes Lourdes next week

FedEx Boeing 757-204SF N923FD operated their morning service from Paris CDG - it had previously....

.... been a BHX regular when it was G-BYAF with Thomson - it was soon on its way to Manchester

Air Contractors Lockheed L100-30 Hercules EI-JIV was an evening arrival from Cambridge
- the aircraft is planned to depart to Amman on Saturday morning on return to Safair

Wednesday 23 April 2014 - former Air Malta Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAR arrives on delivery to Monarch

Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAR was an early evening arrival from Malta on delivery to Monarch
- the aircraft was previously 9H-AEF with Air Malta but still retains the basic colour scheme
of failed Polish operator OLT Express Photo: Mike Hollick

Monarch Airbus A300B4-605R G-OJMR returned from a morning visit to Taxiway Echo
where it had completed some engines runs as part of its end of lease checks....

.... returning to park up in from of the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar - it is due
to make its final flight to Tarbes Lourdes Airport on Monday 28 April 2014

Titan Boeing 767-36NER G-POWD spent the morning undergoing work before being
towed into the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar to commence a "C Check"

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAK which had returned from repainting at East Midlands on
Monday remained parked up on Stand 74 - it was previously JY-AYJ with Royal Jordanian

AIS Airlines Jetstream 32 PH-OCI operated the afternoon Eastern Airways flight from Newcastle
- its first visit to BHX. The aircraft is in the basic colours of Swedish airline direktflyg and had
earlier positioned into Newcastle to take over from PH-CCI which had operated the Newcastle
to Birmingham route on behalf of Eastern Airways since Wednesday 5 February 2014

FedEx Boeing 757-2B7SF N910FD operated their morning Paris CDG - BHX - Manchester
service which is currently visiting in daylight because of the overnight Runway closures

Carpatair Fokker 100 YR-FKA which is currently based and operating as and when required
for flybe was parked on the Elmdon apron undergoing maintenance checks

TAG Espana Falcon 900B EC-JBB was a day stopping visitor

Gama Super King Air G-SASD which is operated on behalf of the Scottish Ambulance
Service was a lunchtime visitor operating an air ambulance flight

FlightCal Navajo Chieftain G-VIPP was an afternoon visitor calibrating the new Runway 33 ILS

Cessna 210N Centurion N67JK was an afternoon arrival from Fairoaks parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick