Monday 11 June 2012 - Sunwing/Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 C-FTLK off to "Euro 2012"!!

Sunwing Boeing 737-8K5 C-FTLK positioned in from Dublin
to operate a Thomson charter flight to Donetsk in the Ukraine
taking England fans to watch their first "Euro 2012" match
against France this evening/Monday. The aircraft - which left
BHX at 0540! - is in the Hapag Lloyd "retro" colour scheme
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Air VIA Airbus A320-214 LZ-MDB positioned in from Bourgas
to operate for Monarch initially departing on their morning
service to Alicante - this was its first visit to BHX

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Lufthansa Airbus A321-231 D-AIDB operated their morning
service from Frankfurt - its first visit to BHX - while....
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.... Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBO operated their
afternoon service from Munich - also on its first visit to BHX
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Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 72-212A EI-REL operated
their inaugural service to Knock/Ireland West Airport - a route
dropped by bmibaby the previous day
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Suckling Dornier 328-110 G-BWWT operated the morning flybe
service to Dundee in place of the usual Loganair Saab 340
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Citation XLS+ D-CHEM was a morning arrival parking up to night
stop on the Elmdon apron - its first visit to BHX Photo: Mike Hollick
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Jet Ranger III G-MFMF operating in the area as "Electricity 18"
made a precautionary landing on the Elmdon apron adjacent to
Taxiway Golf - after a check it was on its way again Photo: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 12 June 2012 - Air Malta Airbus A320 9H-AEO promotes "Valletta 2018"

Air Malta Airbus A320-214 9H-AEO operated their weekly
flight from Malta - the aircraft wears a special colour scheme
promoting the campaign for Valletta as a candidate city for
the "European Capital of Culture 2018"
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Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200LR OY-RJB operated the evening
SAS service from Copenhagen - Cimber A/S is a new operator
that has now taken over the aircraft previously flown for SAS
by now defunct Cimber Sterling A/S
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VIA Air Airbus A320-214 LZ-MDB continued to operate for Monarch
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Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EVK operated their morning
service from Faro - its first visit to BHX

Thursday 18 August 2011 - Air VIA Airbus A320 LZ-MDC flying for Sky Wings

Air VIA Airbus A320-232 LZ-MDC was a morning departure
operating the delayed Sky Wings flight to Kos

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Air Finland Boeing 757-28A OH-AFJ positioned out
to Keflavik to fly for Icelandair
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Turkish Airbus A321-231 TC-JRT operated their flight to Istanbul - the
aircraft is in their new colour scheme and this was its first visit to BHX
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Eastern Embraer 135ER G-CGMC operated their return charter....
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.... from Cologne - it wears small Eastern Airways titles
by the front passenger door Photo: Ron Kosys
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TAG Aviation Learjet 45XR G-SNZY was an afternoon visitor
to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Sunday 27 February 2011 - Air VIA Airbus A320 LZ-MDD flying for Thomas Cook

Air VIA Airbus A320-232 LZ-MDD was an early evening arrival

operating an IT flight from Tenerife for Thomas Cook

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Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJW operated their lunchtime service

to Zurich in place of the usual Helvetic Fokker 100
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The based RAF Avia fleet of Antonov 26B YL-RAA and Saab 340AF

YL-RAH spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Monday 20 December 2010 - Air Blue Airbus A319 AP-BIE continues to Manchester

Air Blue Airbus A319-112 AP-BIE diverted in on Sunday evening

while operating their Islamabad-Trazbon-Manchester service....

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.... after spending the night at BHX it positioned to Manchester
Photo: Ron Kosys
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Air Via Airbus A320-232 LZ-MDC positioned in to operate a
Thomas Cook IT flight to Las Palmas
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECX arrived from Hamburg were
it had diverted on Saturday while enroute to Heathrow - it then
operated an additional flight back to Dubai.. Photo: Mike Hollick
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To add to the weather related problems Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVC
- which operated the Swiss flight from Zurich - suffered a hydraulic
failure on arrival blocking Taxiway Alpha.... ..Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... while the aircraft was being recovered to the terminal it was
necessary for departing aircraft to wait.... ..Photo: Ian Bowley
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.... as landing aircraft back tracked to clear the Runway

- SAS MD 82 LN-RML exits at Echo One
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Aircraft that have been at Birmingham over the weekend like

FedEx/Air Contractors ATR 72-202F EI-FXG which was parked

on the Elmdon apron remained snow bound.... ..Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... with Danu Oro ATR 42-300F LY-OOV needing a full de ice
Photo: Mike Hollick
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.... and there was still plenty of snow to go around!!

Sunday 28 October 2007 - Air VIA Airbus A320 LZ-MDT flying for Air Berlin

Air VIA Airbus A320-232 LZ-MDT operated the
Air Berlin flight from Paderborn

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RAF C-130K Hercules C3 XV305 was an afternoon

visitor departing off Runway 33

Sunday 14 October 2007 - Air VIA Airbus A320 LZ-MDM flying for Air Berlin

The Air Berlin flight from Paderborn was operated by Air Via

Airbus A320 LZ-MDM in place of the usual Boeing 737-800

. Eurocypria used Boeing 737-800 5B-DBZ on their delayed

service from Larnaca
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As usual East Midlands based LAT Charter Airbus A320

YL-LCC operated the Air Malta IT flight from Kalamata