Tuesday 24 May 2016 - Sunwing Boeing 737-86J C-FWGH arrives from Toronto to fly for Thomson

Sunwing Boeing 737-86J C-FWGH was an early evening arrival from Toronto - the aircraft
will be based at BHX for the main summer season operating on behalf of Thomson

Danish Air Transport MD 83 OY-RUE operated the morning SAS flight from Copenhagen....

.... the aircraft had been based at BHX during the 2015 summer season

KLM cityhopper Embraer 175 PH-EXG operated their mid-morning service from Amsterdam

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLL was an afternoon departure to Prestwick

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Thursday 5 May 2016 - KLM cityhopper Embraer 175 PH-EXG makes its first visit to BHX

KLM cityhopper Embraer 175 PH-EXG operated their mid-morning service from Amsterdam
- the first visit of a KLM Embraer 175 to BHX

American "One World" Boeing 757-223 N174AA operated their flight to New York JFK

Brussels Airlines Avro RJ100 OO-DWF was a morning arrival when it diverted in....

.... from Cranfield due to poor visibility - after refuelling it continued its journey - it is
devoid of titles and insignia and is presumably leaving the Brussels Airlines fleet

PIA Boeing 777-2Q8ER AP-BMG in "retro" colours operated their flight to Islamabad

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP EI-FJI operated their flight from Barcelona

Czech Airlines Airbus A319-112 OK-MEK operated their flight from Prague - its first visit to BHX

Bright Flight ATR 42-300F LZ-ETM which had arrived on Wednesday evening spent the day parked up

Gulfstream IV N472MM which had arrived from Luton on Wednesday evening spent the day parked up

Windrose Air Citation CJ2 D-IAMO made a brief afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron

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Sunday 24 May 2015 - Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-DEO now flying as "#GreenSpirit" for Irish Rugby

Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-DEO "#GreenSpirit" operated their afternoon service from Dublin....

.... the aircraft wears a special scheme now that Aer Lingus is the Official Airline of Irish Rugby

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-28A G-FCLI positioned in from Glasgow to operated an additional flight....

.... to Palma for the Bank Holiday week - a now rare visit by a Thomas Cook Boeing 757

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAJ operated their inaugural scheduled flight to Preveza
in Greece - a weekly service that replaces the previous IT/inclusive tour flight while....

flybe Embraer 175 G-FBJA operated their inaugural scheduled flight to Bastia
in Corsica a new seasonal route that will operate once weekly until September

An early morning line up of flybe Embraer 175s

West Air Europe/Atlantic Airways BAe ATP G-MANO was an early morning
departure operating the newspaper flight to the Isle of Man

Sunday 26 October 2014 - Germanwings Airbus A319-132 D-AGWU operates their flight to Hamburg

Germanwings Airbus A319-132 D-AGWU operated their flight to Hamburg in place of the usual Canadair CRJ900

Stobart Air ATR 72-201 EI-REI positioned in from Dublin to take over the operation
of the flybe services to the Isle of Man - the aircraft wears Aer Lingus Regional titles

flybe commenced their winter schedule with Embraer 175 G-FBJH operating their inaugural flight to Oslo....

.... while earlier Embraer 175 G-FBJA had operated their inaugural service to Berlin Tegel - they also
restarted a service to Hamburg which was operated by Embraer 175 G-FBJH on its return from Oslo

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZO operated their lunchtime service from Amsterdam
as they resumed using this type of aircraft to BHX on a daily basis again

Titan Airbus A320-233 G-POWI had arrived overnight from Rome under easyJet
flight numbers for attention by Monarch

Netjets Falcon 2000EX CS-DLD was a lunchtime arrival parking up to night stop

Marshall of Cambridge Citation Bravo G-FIRM was a morning departure to Aberdeen

Sunday 29 June 2014 - TUIfly "Haribo Goldbären" Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUD flying with Scimitar winglets

TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUD which wears the HaribAIR "Haribo Goldbären" logo jet colour scheme
operated their morning service from Palma - Haribo is a German confectionery manufacturer....

.... and "Goldbären/Gold Bears" is the brand name of one of their sweets - this was also the first
visit to BHX of an aircraft fitted with the new Aviation Partners Boeing Split Scimitar winglets

.... TUIfly operate this weekly flight on behalf of Thomson Holidays and it was soon on its way back to Palma

.... giving another opportunity to see the new Aviation Partners Boeing Split Scimitar winglets

.... as the aircraft passed on Taxiway Sierra

.... before lining up and taking off on Runway 33

KLM Cityhopper Embraer 190-100LR PH-EXD which is in their new style colour
scheme operated their morning flight to Amsterdam

Turkish Airlines Airbus A319-132 TC-JLT operated their morning flight to Istanbul

Hi Fly Airbus A310-304 CS-TEX positioned in to operate their weekly flight to Paderborn

Turkmenistan Boeing 737-82K EZ-A005 operated their afternoon service to Ashgabat
making full use of the extended runway!

Twinjet Airbus A319CJ G-NMAK was an evening arrival when it positioned in from Cairo for further parking

Air Hamburg Citation XLS D-CFLY made a brief afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron

The day ended with flybe Embraer 175 G-FBJI operating the inaugural "Twilight" flight to Keflavik Airport,

Reykjavik Iceland, while Embraer 175 G-FBJD (behind) operated the first flight to Ibiza - for a report see here

Birmingham Airport Fire Service salutes Captain Bob Horton as he arrives on his final flight for flybe‏

The Airport Fire Service marked the arrival of the final flight piloted by Captain Bob Horton
with a traditional water canon salute prior to his retirement from flybe....

.... as flybe Embraer 175 G-FBJH operating flight BE 1847 to Birmingham from Florence - but
routing via Pisa - landed on Runway 15 the evening of Thursday 26 June 2014

....the Birmingham Airport Fire Service where in place and ready aside Taxiway Charlie

Captain Bob Horton, a former Naval helicopter pilot, was retiring from flybe and his position
as General Manager Jets after being part of the business for over 15 years....

.... during that time, amidst a variety of individual projects, he successfully managed the
introduction of the Embraer E-Jet into flybe service and oversaw many individual projects

.... including the volcanic ash incident, where much of European airspace was closed in 2010.
Bob took up the challenge of formulating the safety case enabling the airline to continue....

.... operations should any similar events occur - one of only 4 UK-based airlines to have
an operational safety risk assessment for volcanic ash operations accepted by the CAA

After a good soaking from Airport Fire Service flybe Embraer 175 G-FBJH taxied to Stand 4
- best wishes for the future to Captain Bob Horton from all at Birmingham Airport

Thursday 26 June 2014