Friday 17 October 2014 - Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-394TI operates charter to Valencia

Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-394TI operated a freight charter to Valencia.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... it had earlier positioned in from Helsinki

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEB was an afternoon arrival from Belfast International bringing
in Ulster for their European Rugby Champions Cup match against Leicester Tigers on Saturday

Danu Oro Transportas/DOT ATR 72-201 LY-MCA operated the flybe service to the Isle of Man

Turkmenistan Boeing 737-82K EZ-A016 operated their flight to Ashkhabad

Mooney M-20J G-BKMA and....

Agusta A-109C G-HBEK were visitors to the Elmdon apron during the day Photos: Mike Hollick

Oxford Aviation Academy Piper Seneca V G-OXFD made an ILS approach
and go around to Runway 15 during the afternoon

Saturday 11 October 2014 - SmartWings Boeing 737-7Q8 OK-SWW is an arrival from Casablanca

SmartWings Boeing 737-7Q8 OK-SWW operated the return charter from Casablanca - Jet2 had operated
the outbound flight - its first visit to BHX - SmartWings is a subsidiary of Czech airline Travel Service

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEC was a morning departure taking England football fans
to Tallinn for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier match on Sunday evening

Thomson Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" G-TUIA operated their weekly flight to Cancun, Mexico

Monarch "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAD was a lunchtime arrival from Rome

Danu Oro Transportas/DOT ATR 72-201 LY-MCA operated the flybe service from the Isle of Man

Falcon 2000EX HB-IAU was a lunchtime departure to Zurich while....

VistaJet Challenger 605 OE-INS which had arrived on Friday evening spent the morning parked
on the Elmdon apron before departing to Sochi, venue of this weekend's Russian F1 Grand Prix

Saturday 20 September 2014 - Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FEE makes its first visit to BHX

Ryanair Boeing 737-8MD EI-FEE operated their morning service from Dublin - its first visit to BHX....

.... and the first of the next batch of Ryanair aircraft to visit - overnight two of the aircraft leased from
flydubai EI-FEC and EI-FED had diverted in due to weather at Stansted but both left in the early hours

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEC operated their afternoon IT flight to Salzburg - this was their
final weekly IT flight of the season with the aircraft remaining based for ad hoc charters

Orbest Airbus A320-214 CS-TRL operated the weekly Evelop Airlines IT flight to Palma

West Atlantic BAe ATP G-MANM positioned in from Guernsey to operate
the Sunday morning newspaper flight to the Isle of Man

Friday 12 September 2014 - Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEC is now based at Birmingham Airport

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEC which had positioned in from Cambridge on Thursday to become
Birmingham based - replacing ES-AEB - spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Air Charter Scotland Embraer Legacy 650 G-WIRG was a morning departure....

.... taking American singer Tony Bennett who had performed at Symphony Hall

.... to Dublin on the next stage of his European tour

Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TAB was an afternoon departure to Cologne

Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYS which is in the "Shopping Paradise Zurich Airport"
colour scheme operated their morning service to Zurich

Monday 8 September 2014 - Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LWE diverts in due to a security alert at Luton

Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LWE was a late afternoon arrival from Budapest.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... when it diverted in due to a security alert that had closed Luton Airport - its first visit to BHX

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZAY had earlier arrived from Inverness - it positioned back to Luton while....

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EVX was another Luton diversion arriving from Bratislava

Lufthansa "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 D-AIUD which wears additional "Fanhansa"
World Cup titles operated their lunchtime service from Frankfurt

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEB was a morning departure operating a day trip
charter to Basle for the England Euro 2016 qualifier match against Switzerland

JetNetherlands  Piaggio P-180 Avanti PH-TCN was an early morning arrival wearing an interesting colour scheme....

.... it is operated on behalf of TCN and spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron with....

Global Jetcare Learjet 36 N41GJ which had arrived on an air ambulance flight the previous Friday Photos: Mike Hollick

Saturday 23 August 2014 - Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD makes its first visit to BHX

Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD operated their flight from Palma....

.... its first visit to BHX and the first time this weekly flight has been operated by an Evelop Airlines aircraft

.... all previous flights having been operated by Airbus A320-214 CS-TRL in Orbest colours

Aegean Airbus A320 SX-DVU operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Rhodes....

.... it wears additional "Discover the new Acropolis museum" titles and image on the rear fuselage

Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 which had arrived from Ashgabat via Minsk on Friday evening
was a lunchtime departure to Keflavik and onto Marana in Arizona, USA, for maintenance

Grand Cru Boeing 737-382 LY-LGC positioned in from Gdansk - its first visit as such - to operate
the delayed Estonian Airlines flight to Salzburg after the latter’s Embraer 170 went "tech"

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECE has recently been repainted into their new "#purpleplane" colour scheme

bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXF spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron before taking
Newcastle United home after their "Premier league" football match against Aston Villa

Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-394TI which arrived on Friday after spent the day parked up

Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED was a late afternoon arrival operating an air ambulance flight while....

Super King Air F-GHSV also made an evening visit operating an air ambulance flight

Saturday 21 June 2014 - Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA departs after attention by Monarch

Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA was a morning departure returning to Stockholm Arlanda....

.... the aircraft had been at Birmingham since the previous Sunday evening when it arrived
for an engine change in the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar

.... it returned to Stockholm via Trondheim in Norway were it performed a flypast at the Værnes Airshow

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEB was a morning departure operating a weekly IT flight to Salzburg

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-236 G-TCBC departed to Dalaman - it wears additional "Egypt where it all begins" titles

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBM is still in their former colour scheme - it departed to Alicante

Balkan Holidays/BH Air Airbus A320-232 LZ-BHH operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight from Bourgas

Falcon 900EX N435T which had arrived on Thursday departed to Nice