Saturday 26 December 2015 - Boxing Day

Germania Airbus A319-112 D-ASTT operated the first of a weekly series of IT flights
to Chambery for the ski season

Austrian Airbus A319-112 OE-LDG operated their weekly IT flight to Innsbruck - its first visit to BHX

easyJet Swiss Airbus  A320-214 HB-JZY operated their morning service to Geneva also on its first visit to BHX

Gulfstream V N677FP was a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron arriving from Bahrain and departing
to Warsaw - it normally operates into Oxford which was closed for the Christmas holiday

SaxonAir Hawker 900XP G-KLNE made a late morning visit departing off Runway 15 to Pisa

Piaggio P-180 Avanti F-HGOD was a late afternoon visitor arriving from Bristol
and continuing onto Paris Le Bourget

Aircraft parked up on the Elmdon apron for the Christmas holiday included Luxwing
Embraer Phenom 100 9H-FAM, Blink Cessna 510 Mustang G-FBKB and....

.... Air Med Piper Cheyenne IIIA G-GMED which was also joined by their Learjets G-JMED and G-ZMED

Sunday 28 December 2014 - Thomson Boeing 757-28A G-OOBF flying to Orlando for TCS Expeditions

Thomson Boeing 757-28A G-OOBF was a morning departure positioning out to Orlando Sanford....

.... to operate a round the world air tour on behalf of "TCS Expeditions" whose titles it wears

Swiss Airbus A321-212 HB-IOM operated their morning service to Zurich

Eastern Airways Embraer 145MP G-CGWV which had arrived from Newcastle on Saturday evening spent
the day parked up before taking Sunderland home after their Premier League match against Aston Villa

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW which had arrived on Saturday afternoon was loaded with....

.... relief supplies before departing to Juba in South Sudan via Heraklion and Luxor Photos: Mike Hollick

Blink Cessna 510 Mustang G-FBNK and....

Beechjet 400XP N497XP where visitors to the Elmdon apron while....

Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED which has been based on standby over the Christmas
holidays while Oxford Airport was closed remained parked up Photos: Mike Hollick

Saturday 23 August 2014 - Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD makes its first visit to BHX

Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD operated their flight from Palma....

.... its first visit to BHX and the first time this weekly flight has been operated by an Evelop Airlines aircraft

.... all previous flights having been operated by Airbus A320-214 CS-TRL in Orbest colours

Aegean Airbus A320 SX-DVU operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Rhodes....

.... it wears additional "Discover the new Acropolis museum" titles and image on the rear fuselage

Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 which had arrived from Ashgabat via Minsk on Friday evening
was a lunchtime departure to Keflavik and onto Marana in Arizona, USA, for maintenance

Grand Cru Boeing 737-382 LY-LGC positioned in from Gdansk - its first visit as such - to operate
the delayed Estonian Airlines flight to Salzburg after the latter’s Embraer 170 went "tech"

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECE has recently been repainted into their new "#purpleplane" colour scheme

bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXF spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron before taking
Newcastle United home after their "Premier league" football match against Aston Villa

Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-394TI which arrived on Friday after spent the day parked up

Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED was a late afternoon arrival operating an air ambulance flight while....

Super King Air F-GHSV also made an evening visit operating an air ambulance flight

Thursday 2 January 2014 - Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DYT now flying with Beach Balls on the nose!

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DYT has recent gained some Beach Balls on its nose....

.... the aircraft operated their late morning flight from Dublin

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER operated their lunchtime flight....

.... lifting off Runway 15

.... and rapidly climbing away to Dubai Photos: Ian Cruise

Air France Airbus A319-111 F-GRHL operated their lunchtime flight from Paris CDG

Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED was an afternoon departure positioning back to Oxford
after being based at BHX over the Christmas and New Year holiday

Tuesday 16 July 2013 - Tyrol Air Ambulance Astra SPX D-CRIS visits the Elmdon apron

Tyrol Air Ambulance Astra SPX D-CRIS was an afternoon visitor operating

an air ambulance flight from Larnaca....

.... other visitors to the Elmdon apron included Air X Embraer Legacy 600 9H-WFC

Goldeck-Flug Citation Excel OE-GCA and....

Citation XLS F-GVYC Photos: Mike Hollick

Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED also visited on an air ambulance flight Photo: Laurence Jones

RAF Islander CC2A ZF573 also visited during the afternoon Photo: Mike Hollick

Wednesday 22 May 2013 - Hawker 800XP M-YCEF departs to the Isle of Man and on for sale in the USA

Hawker 800XP M-YCEF which has been a BHX regular over the last year spent
the day parked on the Elmdon apron before departing ..... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... to the Isle of Man and onto the USA where the aircraft is now up for sale

Global Express VP-CEB was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron while....

Perfect Aviation Learjet 45 G-PFCT made a brief return visit

Other visitors included day stopping Global Express VP-CNY which is operated
by German fashion company "New Yorker"....

Blink Cessna 510 Mustang G-FLBK which made an afternoon visit....

Brose Super King Air D-IBTA which was a day stopping visitor....

.... and Air Med Piper Cheyenne IIIA G-GZRP and Woodgate Aviation
Navajo Chieftain G-GLTT Photos: Mike Hollick

SAS Boeing 737-86N LN-RGF operated their service from Stockholm - its first visit to BHX

Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737-36N G-GDFK operated the return charter from Dusseldorf

Air Transat Airbus A310-304 C-GTSH operated their weekly flight from Toronto
- the aircraft is in the new style colour scheme

Monarch Airbus A320-214 G-OZBW was a morning departure operating their inaugural flight
to Bordeaux - on its return it then operated their first service to Split  - news report here