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

Friday 16 July 2010 - Thomas Cook Airbus A330 G-OJMC operates IT flight to Reus

Thomas Cook Airbus A330-243 G-OJMC arrived from Gatwick

to operate a joint flight to Reus departing off Runway 15

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Turkuaz Airlines Airbus A321-211 TC-TCG operated their
weekly IT flight from Dalaman - its second visit to BHX
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Eurowings Canadair CRJ700 D-ACSB operated the morning
Lufthansa service to Dusseldorf
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Danu Ore ATR 42-300 LY-DOT positioned in from Southend
to operate a priority freight charter to Nuremberg
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Atlantic Airlines Electra G-LOFE which had arrived from

Zweibrücken on Thursday night spent the morning parked

on the Elmdon apron before positioning to Coventry
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Premiair Sikorsky S-76C G-URSA was an evening

visitor to the Elmdon apron

Friday 15 July 2011 - Royal Moroccan Air Force Texan T-6C's at Birmingham Airport!!

Two Royal Moroccan Air Force Texan T-6C's on delivery arrived from
Inverness - the first aircraft to land was "13/TM" (CN-BTM)....
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Photo: Laurence Jones
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.... followed 10 minutes later by Texan T-6C "14/TN" (CN-BTN)
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Photo: Mike Hollick
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Both aircraft, which are on delivery from the USA, parked up on
the Elmdon apron to spend the weekend at Birmingham - they
are planned to depart on Tuesday 19 July 2011 Photo: Mike Hollick
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Farnair Europe ATR 72-201F HB-AFG was an afternoon visitor
arriving with a load of freight from Casablanca Photo: Mike Hollick
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Learjet 45 G-SOVB was an afternoon visitor departing to Nice....
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.... other visitors included Centreline Air Citation CJ2 G-OCJZ
Photo: Mike Hollick

.... Woodgate Air Charter Navajo Chieftain G-JAJK
Photo: Ron Kosys

.... and Eurocopter EC 135 T2+ G-HOLM Photo: Mike Hollick

Thursday 14 July 2011 - CityLine Antonov 26B HA-TCO is an early morning arrival from Casablanca

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO was an early morning
arrival operating a freight charter from Casablanca via Brest....
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.... parking on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Let's Fly Metro III EC-GEN arrived from Marseilles in the early
hours of the morning later departing to Le Touquet Photo: Ron Kosys
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KLM Boeing 737-9K2 PH-BXP operated their evening service to Amsterdam
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Lufthansa Regional Avro RJ85 D-AVRQ made a now rare appearance
when it operated their afternoon service from Munich Photo: Mike Hollick

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Dubrovnik Airline MD 83 9A-CDA operated the second of a series
of Alitalia student exchange charters flights from Rome

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Gestair Learjet 60 EC-JVM was a morning visitor to the Elmdon
apron departing to Palma Photo: Ron Kosys
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East Midlands Helicopters Agusta A-109E Power G-EMHC
made a brief afternoon visit Photo: Mike Hollick

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

Wednesday 30 June 2010 - CityJet Fokker 50 OO-VLR operates charter from Rotterdam

CityJet/VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLR operated a day stopping

charter from Rotterdam
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North Flying Metro 23 OY-NPE was a morning arrival operating
a priority freight charter parking on the Elmdon apron
.CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCT was an early morning
arrival parking up on a busy Elmdon apron

Thursday 28 May 2020 - Channel Jets Eclipse 500 2-CLRK is a lunchtime arrival from Guernsey

Channel Jets Eclipse 500 2-CLRK was a lunchtime arrival from Guernsey on its first visit
- after parking on the Elmdon apron it later returned to Guernsey Photo: Chris Mabbott

VistaJet Bombardier Global 6000 9H-VJT was an afternoon arrival from San Diego also
on its first visit - it parked up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

GlobeAir Cessna 510 Mustang OE-FZA was an afternoon arrival from Salzburg before
positioning out to Luton

Air Alliance Express Learjet 35A D-CFIV was an afternoon arrival when it positioned
in from Siegerland to replace Learjet 35A D-CTWO as the based air ambulance aircraft

Botany Aviation Agusta A-109C N109TK was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Chris Mabbott

Flightline BCN Metro III EC-GPS was an afternoon arrival when it positioned in from Stansted

Jet2holidays Boeing 737-8BK G-DRTG was a lunchtime departure to Bucharest to operate
a charter back to BHX bringing in seasonal agricultural works - it replaced Boeing 737-86Q
G-GDFY which had departed to Bucharest earlier but returned to BHX with a technical issue

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Thursday 3 June 2010 - AMC Airlines Boeing 737-86N SU-BQA flying for Koral Blue

AMC Airlines Boeing 737-86N SU-BQA operated the Koral Blue

flight from Sharm el Sheikh in place of their Airbus A320

.Aer Arann ATR 42-300 EI-CPT operated their service
to Waterford in place of the usual ATR 72
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CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCT which had arrived on
Wednesday evening spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

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Thursday 14 May 2020

Birmingham Airport and Blue City Aviation working together to support the National Health Service

Birmingham Airport and Blue City Aviation, a specialist cargo ground handler based
at the airport, are working together to support the National Health Service during
these challenging times in the fight again the coronavirus - COVID-19 - pandemic....

.... the airport has now handled 6 special cargo flights bringing in PPE and other
essential supplies for NHS the most recent on Tuesday, 5 May 2020, when a
Boeing 777 operated by Russian airline Royal Flight brought in 35 tonnes of PPE 

The aircraft originated in Hefei, China, and routed via Moscow to Birmingham were
a team was ready to unload the cargo of PPE - Personal Protective Equipment - ....

.... because of the current shortage of dedicated freight aircraft much of the cargo was
carried in the passenger cabin of this 428 seat airliner and had to been unloaded box by box

A fleet of lorries was on hand so the PPE could be transferred to the NHS without delay

After offloading Royal Flight Boeing 777-31HER VQ-BGL departed back to Moscow
- the aircraft had previously visited Birmingham when operated by Emirates as A6-EBF

Looking to move PPE or other urgent freight
in these challenging times?

Birmingham Airport remains open from 0800 to 2359 daily and
Blue City Aviation can provide a full ground handling service for
all types and sizes of aircraft - for more information contact
mailto:handling@bluecityaviation.co.uk or visit their www site at -

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Saturday 9 May 2020