Monday 7 May 2012 - ABX Air Boeing 767F N742AX operates freight charter from Keflavik

ABX Air Boeing 767-232F N742AX was an early morning
visitor to the Elmdon apron arriving from Keflavik....
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.... with a load of priority freight that was rapidly
off loaded by the team from Blue City Aviation
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.... the aircraft then positioned out to Liege Photos: Mike Hollick
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This was the aircraft's and ABX Air's first visit to Birmingham
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Global 5000 N700LS was an evening arrival - its first visit to BHX
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.... with the passengers quickly transferring to Sikorsky S 92
G-LAWX that departed into the gathering gloom

Monday 9 February 2015 - Frontier Airbus A320-214 N228FR departs to Keflavik on delivery to USA

Frontier Airlines "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 N228FR which was previously Monarch Airlines G-ZBAA....

.... departed Keflavik, Iceland, on the first stage of its delivery flight to the USA Photo: Brett Allen

.... before continuing (on Tuesday) on to Goodyear, Arizona, via Chicago Rockford

.... climbing quickly off Runway 33

Icelandair Boeing 757-256 TF-FIA operated the second flight of their new service from Reykjavik/Keflavik....

.... its first visit to BHX and the first visit of an aircraft in the standard Icelandair colour scheme

Farnair ATR 72-202F HB-AFW was an afternoon visitor positioning in from Cologne to operate a freight
charter to Casablanca - the aircraft had previously visited wearing Quikjet (of India) titles

West Atlantic Airlines Boeing 767-232SF N747AX - that briefly wore the registration SE-RLA -
remains parked up in front of the Monarch hangar Photo: Brett Allen

B-Air Charter Citation Bravo D-CYKP made a brief morning visit departing to Stockholm

Wednesday 21 January 2015 - West Atlantic Boeing 767-232SF SE-RLA towed out of the Monarch hangar

Former ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF N747AX was towed out of the Monarch Hangar now
wearing the West Atlantic Airlines colour scheme marked as SE-RLA.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... it soon disappeared back into the hangar

Freebird Airbus A320-232 TC-FHE positioned in from Antalya to operate
the first of a series of IT flights to Istanbul via Manchester

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDG operated their weekly IT flight to Fuerteventura

Smartlynx Airbus A320-211 YL-BBC operated the weekly flight to Hannover

Netjets Embraer Phenom 300 CS-PHC which had arrived on Tuesday spent
the day parked up on the Elmdon apron before departing Photo: Mike Hollick

Saturday 31 January 2015 - Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIG makes its first visit to BHX

Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIG was an early morning arrival on its first visit to BHX when it positioned in....

.... from Manchester to cover for the later arrival of G-TUIA - it then operated their flight to Barbados
its first revenue service having only arrived in the UK on delivery from the US on Friday morning

Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-214 OE-LBP which wears their 1958 "retro" colour scheme....

.... again operated their weekly IT flight to Innsbruck

Former ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF now wears registration N747AX again - while it had been
towed out of the Monarch Hangar on Wednesday with West Atlantic Airlines titles and marked
as SE-RLA - photo here - it remains on the US Register as N747AX

Friday 9 January 2015 - Pilatus PC-12 N234RG is a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Pilatus PC-12 N234RG was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Other visitors on a busy day included Citation CJ2 N525DT....

Citation CJ1+ D-IOBB which had arrived on Thursday evening....

Cessna 421 G-SVIP and.... Photos: Mike Hollick

Super King Air F-GNOE while....

MHS Aviation Embraer Phenom 100 D-ISTP which had arrived on Wednesday was a morning departure

United Airlines Boeing 757-224 N34137 operated their delayed flight to Newark Photo: Mike Hollick

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZU operated their lunchtime service to Amsterdam
- the aircraft is now in their new style colour scheme

ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF N747AX has now moved to the area in front of the Monarch hangar
joining Airbus A319-115CJ G-NMAK and Monarch Boeing 757-2T7 G-MONJ while....

.... Boeing 757-2T7 G-MONK has now been moved to the 80 Stands

Thursday 8 January 2015 - easyJet "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 G-EZOA makes its first visit to BHX

easyJet "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 G-EZOA operated their lunchtime flight from Geneva....

.... in place of the usual Airbus A319 - its first visit to BHX

Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIA operated their delayed flight from Montego Bay, Jamaica

ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF N747AX is now parked on Stand 25 as it waits its turn in the Monarch hangar

Aeronova Fairchild Metro III EC-IXL was a lunchtime arrival parking up to night stop

Netjets Hawker 800XP CS-DRU was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Army Air Corps Eurocopter Dauphin 2 ZJ781 made two approaches and go arounds to Runway 33

Agusta A-109S Grand G-MSVI was an early morning arrival spending the day on the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 6 January 2015 - Michelin Air Services Falcon 2000LX F-HLPM is an early morning visitor

Michelin Air Services Falcon 2000LX F-HLPM made a brief early morning visit to the Elmdon apron

ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF N747AX started the morning on the Elmdon apron
before being moved to the apron in front of the Monarch hangar

Air France Airbus A319-111 F-GRHL operated their lunchtime flight to Paris CDG
climbing quickly off Runway 33

National Police Air Service - NPAS - Eurocopter EC 135 P2+ G-POLA lifts off on a local sortie

Monday 5 January 2015 - ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF N747AX arrives on delivery to West Atlantic

ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF N747AX was a morning arrival from Wilmington, Ohio....

.... on delivery to Coventry based West Atlantic Airlines and initially parking on the Elmdon apron

.... after a visit to the Monarch hangar it will become SE-RLA - G-WAAA ntu Photos: Mike Hollick

.... while painted all white it has small "Operated by ABX Air" titles by the cockpit window

The remaining diversions from Sunday all departed during the day with Embraer
Legacy 650 M-PPBA spending the morning parked up before leaving for Luton....

Global Express M-GLOB also departed to Luton while....

Gulfstream IV N677FR went to Oxford and....

West Atlantic BAe ATP G-BTPF positioned over to Coventry Photos: Mike Hollick

Citation CJ2 N525DT was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 TC-JSA operated their morning flight to Istanbul

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDH operated an extra mid-morning flight to Belfast

Aer Lingus Regional/Stobart Air ATR 42-300 EI-CBK operated their (foggy)
morning flight to Shannon on the final of operation of this route