Sunday 20 July 2008 - Belavia Boeing 737-5Q8 EW-251PA operates charter from Minsk

Belavia Boeing 737-5Q8 EW-251PA operated the inbound charter

flight from Minsk on behalf of the "Children of Chernobyl" charity....

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.... after offloading its passengers it positioned to Shannon

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Ken Borek Air Twin Otter C-GPAO arrived from Brindisi

in the early hours of Sunday morning. After a stopover at

BHX it departed in the late afternoon to Iqaluit in Canada,

via Keflavik in Iceland. The aircraft was returning home

after flying for an oil company in Burma.
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Welcome Air Dornier 328 OE-GBB operated the weekly medivac flight

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

Friday 20 April 2012 - Sunderland FC arrive in Suckling Airways Dornier 328 G-BWIR

 

Suckling Airways Dornier 328-110 G-BWIR was an afternoon

visitor to the Elmdon apron bringing in Sunderland FC for

their Premier League match again Aston Villa on Saturday

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Blue City Aviation Metro II G-GEGE was an afternoon

departure on a training flight to Cherbourg

Piper Malibu N926AD was an afternoon visitor Photos: Mike Hollick

Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-202 SX-BIG remains parked up

on the Elmdon apron after another visit to the flybe hangar

Monday 13 April 2009 - Airlift Douglas DC 8F 9G-RAC diverts in from Lyneham

Airlift International Douglas DC 8 63F 9G-RAC was an early

morning diversion from RAF Lyneham....

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.... after refueling it departed off Runway 33 onto Lyneham
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While waiting for the weather at Lyneham to improve it parked
on the Elmdon apron - the aircraft had previously visited BHX in

1987 as OY-KTG when it diverted in operating a SAS flight - for
a photo of it on that visit please see -http://baeg.blogspot.com/
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Welcome Air Dornier 328 OE-GBB was an afternoon visitor

to the Elmdon apron operating an Air Ambulance flight

before departing off Runway 15 to Brussels
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flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOR which had arrived on delivery

on Friday spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Saturday 14 September 2013 - Ryanair Learjet 45 M-ABEU is a morning visitor

Ryanair Learjet 45 M-ABEU was a morning visitor from/to Stansted
with an engineer/spare parts to attend to a "tech" Boeing 737

Aer Arann/Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72-600 EI-FAV operated their
morning flight from Dublin - its first visit to BHX

Agusta A-109SP GrandNew G-MAOL was a visitor to the Elmdon apron bringing in
Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley for his teams match against Aston Villa while....

Loganair Dornier 328-110 G-BWIR was an evening departure taking the team home
to Newcastle - they won....

Friday 13 September 2013 - RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAA is an early morning arrival

RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAA was an early morning arrival on the Elmdon apron.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... after crew rest it positioned out to its home base at Magdeburg-Cochstedt

Air Contractors Lockheed L100-30 Hercules EI-JIV which had arrived from Geneva on Thursday evening....

.... positioned out to East Midlands

Luftwaffe Transall C-160D 50+96 departed back to Germany with the Military Band.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... not many airports see Russian, American and European built transport aircraft on the same day!

Loganair Dornier 328-110 G-BWIR was an afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron bringing
Newcastle United down for their "Premier League" match against Aston Villa on Saturday

North Flying Metro 23 OY-NPF and....

.... Cessna 441 OE-FAN which had arrived on freight charters overnight both departed Photo: Mike Hollick

TAG Espana Falcon 900B EC-JBB was a morning visitor while....

Gama Aviation Learjet 45 G-GMAA was an afternoon arrival parking up to night stop

Turkmenistan Boeing 737-7GL EZ-A006 operated their flight to Ashkhabad

Friday 8 February 2013 - Air France Airbus A321 F-GTAD makes its first visit to BHX

Air France Airbus A321-211 F-GTAD operated their lunchtime flight from Paris CDG as the service

was upgraded as the Welsh headed for the France v Wales "Six Nations" match on Saturday....

.... the same aircraft had earlier also operated their morning service - its first visit to BHX

Welcome Air Dornier 328-110 OE-GBB which had arrived on Thursday was a lunchtime

departure from the Elmdon apron returning to Mulhouse/Basle/Europort

Gama Aviation Citation CJ2 G-CGUZ was a morning visitor

Citation CJ2 N525DT was a day stopping visitor spending most of the time in the Eurojet hangar

Thursday 7 February 2013 - SAS Boeing 737-683 LN-RRC makes its first visit to BHX

SAS Boeing 737-683 LN-RRC operated their flight from Stockholm Arlanda - the first
visit to BHX of this aircraft which normally operates Swedish domestic services

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-752 TC-JKK operated their service from Istanbul

Jet2 Boeing 737-377 G-CELG which had returned from Kuusamo, Finland,

on Wednesday afternoon operated a charter to Gothenburg

Welcome Air Dornier 328-110 OE-GBB was a lunchtime arrival on the Elmdon apron

operating a charter flight from Mulhouse/Basle/Europort Photo: Mike Hollick

Citation Ultra M-EMCT was a morning arrival for attention by Eurojet....

.... while other visitors included Johnson Controls Hawker 800XP HB-VCJ

.... and Piper Twin Comanche G-LARE Photos: Mike Hollick

Cirrus SR-22 PH-JEG which had arrived on Wednesday remained park up

Saxonair Eurocopter EC135P2+ G-KLNK was a day stopping visitor Photo: Mike Hollick