Thursday 21 July 2011 - Shell Falcon 7X VQ-BSP is an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Shell Aviation Falcon 7X VQ-BSP made a brief afternoon visit
before departing to Rotterdam Photo: Mike Hollick
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Meridian Aviation Antonov An 12BK UR-DWF which had arrived....
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.... on Wednesday morning remained parked up Photos: Ron Kosys
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CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO was an early morning arrival
operating another freight charter from Casablanca via Brest....
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.... while Bin Air Metro III D-CNAF which had arrived in the early

hours of the morning spent the day parked up Photos: Ron Kosys

Thursday 12 July 2012 - Airport Fire Service marks 15 years of United Airlines at Birmingham Airport

The Airport Fire Service were on hand to mark the celebration of
the 15th anniversary of United Airlines service to Birmingham....
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.... with a water cannon salute as Boeing 757-224 N17128 taxied
for departure back to Newark, New York, as the "UA 027"....
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.... with the early morning sun creating a rainbow!
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For more on United Airlines 15th anniversary celebration see here
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Swiftair Embraer Brasilia EC-HTS which is normally a
nocturnal visitor operating the FedEx Feeder flight
from/to Belfast International failed to depart and spent the
day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Citation II N80AX which was formerly G-JETJ with Eurojet
finally reappeared out of their hangar and departed to Wick
on delivery to the USA Photo: Mike Hollick
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Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov An 12BK UR-CAH was an
evening departure with a load of freight for Monrovia
via Malaga by which time it was raining again!

Tuesday 10 July 2012 - Air Contractors Lockheed Hercules EI-JIV is off back to Saarbruken

Air Contractors Lockheed L100-30 Hercules EI-JIV which
had arrived from Saarbrucken on Monday night spent
the morning parked up before returning to Germany
to collect another load of freight
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Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov An 12BK UR-CAH spent
the day parked up after arriving from Brno in the
early hours of the morning
Photos: Mike Hollick

Historic BHX - first visit of an Antonov 12 to Birmingham on Sunday 3 July 1966

After a month that has seen seven different Antonov 12's
visit BHX a look back at the first visit of the type....

.... Cubana de Aviación Antonov 12BP CU-T827 visited Birmingham
on Sunday 3 July 1966 arriving from Havana via Shannon....
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.... to collect a Rolls Royce aero engine - it parked on the Elmdon
apron in front of what was then the passenger terminal
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.... and later departed off Runway 15 to Prague where a Cubana
Bristol Britannia had gone "tech" - this aircraft was written off when
it crashed on approach to Mexico City on Thursday 9 February 1967
Photos: Will Blunt BHX vintage photo archive - photos copyright!!

Sunday 3 May 2015 - Antonov 12BP UR-CGX arrives to operate Earthquake relief flight to Kathmandu, Nepal

Shovkoviy Shlyah Airlines Antonov 12BP UR-CGX was an afternoon arrival....

.... landing on Runway 15 from Baku, Azerbaijan, via Bourgas

.... the aircraft was positioning in to operate an Earthquake relief flight

 

.... to Kathmandu, Nepal, parking on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

.... where the cargo was already waiting to be loaded onto the aircraft

Jettime Boeing 737-7Q8 OY-JTY operated the Monarch service to Nice

Titan Boeing 737-33AQC G-ZAPZ operated the Monarch service to Rome

Monarch Airbus A330-243 G-EOMA which had arrived on Thursday remained for parked on Stand 84C

Danish Air Transport MD 83 OY-RUE operated their flight from Paderborn

Lufthansa Boeing 737-530 D-ABIS operated their lunchtime service to Frankfurt

Saturday 24 April 2010 - Air Armenia Antonov 12 EK-11001 charter to BHX!!

The after effects of the Volcanic Ash Cloud resulted in an exotic

movement to BHX - Air Armenia Antonov 12BK EK-11001

brought in a consignment of urgent freight that had been stranded

in Johannesburg routing via Luanda and Tamanrasset in Algeria

and arriving in the early hours of Saturday morning
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After spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron....
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.... it positioned out to Luxembourg lifting off Runway 15....
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.... and climbing away as only an Antonov 12 can!!
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Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-752 TC-JKJ operated their service

from Istanbul - the first visit of a Turkish 737-700 to BHX
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PIA Boeing 777-340ER AP-BID operated their service to Islamabad
- its first visit to BHX since it was painted in their new colour scheme
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Arcus Air Dornier 228 D-CAAM was an afternoon arrival operating

a priority freight charter from Egelsbach in Germany
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A morning view of the packed Elmdon apron including the

Air Armenia Antonov 12 EK-11001, CityLine Hungary

Antonov 26 HA-TCN and Atlantic Electra G-LOFC

Sunday 21 December 2014 - Motor Sich Antonov 12BP UR-11819 is due to depart at 1200 Sunday

Motor Sich Antonov 12BP UR-11819 which arrived on Saturday evening spent the early hours of the
morning parked up on the Elmdon apron - it is due to depart at 1200 on Sunday Photo: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 8 January 2019 - Cavok Air Antonov 12B UR-CJN is an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron

Cavok Air Antonov 12B UR-CJN was an evening arrival from Gyor, Hungary, operating
a freight charter - after unloading and reloading it departed to St John's, Newfoundland

JOTA Cargo BAe 146-300QT G-JOTF was a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron....

.... operating a freight charter from Paderborn - its first visit as such to BHX - it had previously
visited with Air Foyle/TNT as G-TNTK. This was also the first JOTA BAe 146 cargo charter to BHX

.... after unloading the aircraft positioned back to Southend

Blue Air Boeing 737-82R YR-BMN operated their flight from Bucharest - the aircraft wears
additional "leased by LOT Polish Airlines" from its summer 2018 lease to that airline

Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional Canadair CRJ-1000 EC-MVC operated the mid-morning Brussels Airlines flight

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZUF operated their lunchtime service to Geneva

Cessna Citation Jet 1 M-OLLY was a morning arrival from Memmingen parking up to night stop

Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas C1 ZM410 made a late afternoon low approach
and go around to Runway 33 while on a training flight out of RAF Brize Norton

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Thursday 3 August 2017 - Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANJ operates their flight from Amritsar and Delhi

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANJ operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi making a perfect touchdown!

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ was an afternoon arrival when it positioned
in from Brussels and flying down much of the Runway at about 3 feet!

Blue Air Boeing 737-82R YR-BML operated their flight to Bucharest

Adria Canadair CRJ 701ER S5-AAY positioned in from Paris CDG to operate a charter to Alesund on Friday
morning - its first visit as such but the aircraft had previously visited when D-ACPM with Lufthansa CityLine

Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EUG operated the evening flight from Dubai....

.... its first visit to BHX

FedEx Global Express N2FE was an early morning arrival from Memphis spending the day parked up

Netjets Global 6000 CS-GLD made a brief lunchtime visit to the Elmdon apron

Masterjet Legacy 600 CS-DVY which had arrived in the early hours of the morning spent the day parked up

Air Alliance Express Learjet 35A D-CEXP was an afternoon arrival

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