Sunday 8 August 2010 - Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU operates charter to Malaga

Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU which wears a smart black scheme....

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.... positioned in to operate the final student charter back to Malaga
.Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABKL operated their
weekly flight to Paderborn - its first visit to BHX
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Aurela Boeing 737-382 LY-SKW operated the third of a series

of peak season IT flights for Thomas Cook from/to Ibiza

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Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-SGI was an evening

arrival operating their weekly IT flight from Dalaman
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Flairjet Embraer Phenom 100 G-RAAL was a

morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 25 July 2010 - Golbal Jet Boeing 737-8DR BBJ2 OE-ILX makes its first visit to BHX

Global Jet Austria Boeing 737-8DR BBJ2 OE-ILX was....

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.... an afternoon arrival parking up on Taxiway Lima
. This was the first visit of a Boeing BBJ2 to BHX
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Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU operated the student charter from Malaga
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.... it wears a smart black scheme with just small Blue Line titles
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.... and departed back to Malaga
. Aurela Boeing 737-382 LY-SKW positioned in from Glasgow
under a Thomas Cook/Kestrel flight number to operate an
additional peak season IT flight to Ibiza - its first visit to BHX

Friday 28 June 2013 - Travel Service Airbus A320-211 YL-LCD operates a charter from Ostrava

Travel Service Airbus A320-211 YL-LCD operated a charter from Ostrava - the aircraft is leased
from Smartlynx and has visited BHX a number of times before but always in an all white scheme

Mistral Air Boeing 737-36EQC EI-DVA operated the first of a series of student charter flights
from Rome - it wears "Poste Italiane" and normally operates for the Italian Post office

Small Planet Boeing 737-31S LY-FLC flying on behalf of Alitalia also operated
a student charter flight from Rome - its first visit to BHX

Grand Cru Airlines Boeing 737-35B LY-BGC operated the return Small Planet flight from
Skiathos  via Thessaloniki - the aircraft had previously visited as LY-SKA with Aurela

SAS Airbus A320-232 OY-KAL operated their morning service to Copenhagen
- the first visit of a SAS 320 to BHX

Lufthansa Regional Canadair CRJ900LR D-ACKG operated their mid-morning service
to Munich in place of the usual Embraer 195 - a rare visit of a Lufthansa CR9 to BHX

Monarch Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAH was a morning arrival when it positioned in from Manchester
- its first visit to BHX and the first time an aircraft in the latest version of their scheme has visited....

.... the "co.uk" has been omitted from the billboard titles and the aircraft has yellow winglets
- it later departed on their afternoon flight to Mahon - its first revenue service

Hawker 4000 N78KN which had arrived on Wednesday was a late afternoon departure to Teterboro, New York

Citation Sovereign OO-ALX was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Global Express VP-CNY which is operated by German fashion company "New Yorker"
was a morning arrival parking up to night stop while....

Piper Cherokee Six G-DENI which had arrived on Thursday was an afternoon departure Photos: Mike Hollick

Aurela Boeing 737 LY-SKA comes off the Taxiway at Birmingham Airport

 

Aurela Boeing 737-35B LY-SKA came off the Taxiway 

after landing on Runway 33 while operating Monarch 

flight ZB467 from Nice....

.... the passengers were soon onto coaches

.... while the aircraft was recovered and towed back to 

the airport terminal - no one was hurt but the runway 

was closed for two hours with many inbound 

flights diverting to other airports

Friday 20 July 2012 - Danish AT ATR 72 OY-RUB operates a charter to Perpignan

Danish Air Transport ATR 72-202 OY-RUB was a morning
arrival when it positioned in from Copenhagen....
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.... to operate a day trip charter to Perpignan
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.... it wears additional "Bornholmer Flyet" titles advertising
the Copenhagen to Bornholm route that Danish Air Transport
took over following the demise of Cimber Sterling in May 2012
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Monarch Airbus A320-212 G-MONX operated their inaugural
flight to Nice as they commenced their peak season schedules....
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.... to mark this and their new route to Barcelona that starts on
Saturday 21 July 2012 the terminal floor was decorated with a
Salvador Dali inspired 3D piece of artwork - for more see here
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Two additional leased in aircraft also entered service with Monarch
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.... Aurela Boeing 737-35B LY-SKA which had positioned in over
night operated its first Monarch flight to Milan Malpensa while
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.... Air Explore Boeing 737-4YO OM-AEX which had arrived
on Thursday operated its first Monarch flight to Palma
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Balkan Holidays Airbus A320-212 LZ-BHC arrived from Glasgow
to commence an additional peak season IT flight to Bourgas

Sunday 5 September 2010 - CityLine Embraer 190 D-AECG makes its first visit to BHX

CityLine Embraer 190-100LR D-AECG operated the morning
Lufthansa service to Frankfurt - its first visit to BHX

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Aurela Boeing 737-35B LY-SKA operated the final rotation of

a short series of additional IT flights to Ibiza for Thomas Cook
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British Airways Airbus A319-131 G-EUPL operated their return

charter from Munich before positioning to Heathrow....
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.... while London Executive Legacy 600 G-IRSH returned
from Rome before positioning to Luton

Sunday 29 August 2010 - Aurela Boeing 737 LY-SKA flying for Thomas Cook

Aurela Boeing 737-35B LY-SKA operated the weekly

Thomas Cook IT flight from Ibiza - its first visit to BHX
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Mahan Air Airbus A310-304 EP-MNO operated their flight

to Tehran - its first visit to BHX since joining the Mahan Air

fleet earlier in the year. The aircraft had previously visited

BHX when it was operated by Air Transat as C-GTSI
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Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-SGI operated their flight

from Dalaman - following the collapse of the tour operator

using this rotation - Kiss Flights - this was the final planned

Saga Airlines flight of the summer to BHX

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RAF C17 ZZ174 was a lunchtime visitor on a medivac flight
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Netjets Gulfstream 550 CS-DKJ was a morning arrival
spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Sunday 1 August 2010 - Aurela Boeing 737 LY-SKW flying for Thomas Cook

Aurela Boeing 737-382 LY-SKW operated the second of a series

of peak season IT flights to Ibiza on behalf of Thomas Cook

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Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-TGH was an evening arrival

operating an additional weekly IT flight from Dalaman