Wednesday 2 August 2017 - Norwegian Boeing 787-8 LN-LNB swaps with LN-LNA in the Monarch hangar

Norwegian Boeing 787-8 LN-LNB was an afternoon arrival from Copenhagen....

.... for attention by Monarch Aircraft Engineering and replacing LN-LNA

.... which later departed back to Copenhagen in the gathering gloom of a wet evening

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-330 G-JMOG - which retains its Condor titles - operated their
weekly IT/inclusive tour flight from Heraklion - its first visit to BHX

Lufthansa Regional Canadair CRJ900LR D-ACNB operated their evening service from Frankfurt

Vueling Airbus A320-214 EC-LOC operated their flight from Barcelona - also on its first visit to BHX

Air Transat Airbus A330-243 C-GTSZ operated their weekly flight from Toronto

Zetta Jet Global 5000 N755RA which had gone "tech" after arriving on Sunday evening....

.... was a morning departure off Runway 15

Netjets Phenom CS-PHJ was an afternoon arrival from Nice

DC Aviation Citation XLS+ D-CFFF was a morning arrival from Biggen Hill parking up to night stop

Piper Seneca III OY-PPS was a morning arrival from Billund later continuing onto Cambridge

Flight Calibration Services Diamond DA-62 G-GBAS spent the day parked on the Elmdon
apron after spending the previous night checking the ILS - Instrument Landing System

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Tuesday 1 August 2017 - Flight Calibration Diamond DA62 G-GBAS arrives to check the ILS overnight

Flight Calibration Services Diamond DA62 G-GBAS was an evening arrival from Shoreham....

.... in advance of an overnight sortie checking the ILS - Instrument Landing System
- with gull-wings doors like that who needs a DeLorean!

Swiss Bombardier C Series CS100 HB-JBH operated their evening service from Zurich

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANU which is in "Star Alliance" colours operated their flight
from Amritsar via Delhi

Blue Air Boeing 737-3Y0 YR-BAP operated their flight to Bucharest

Jet2 Boeing 737-86Q EC-IDT, which is leased from Air Europa for the summer,
operated their mid-morning IT/inclusive tour flight to Palma

CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJX operated the mid-morning KLM service from Amsterdam
- the aircraft is in the "Leinster Rugby/Bank of Ireland" special colour scheme

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Tuesday 21 March 2017 - Wizz Air "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 HA-LXE operates their flight to Warsaw

Wizz Air "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 HA-LXE operated their flight to Warsaw

Air France Airbus A318-111 F-GUGC operated their morning service to Paris CDG

Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBH operated their afternoon flight from Munich

Falcon 2000EX N147CJ which had arrived on Saturday was a morning departure to Hamburg

Citation CJ1 D-IRKE was a day stopping visitor on the Elmdon apron

King Air D-IMPO which had arrived on Tuesday evening spent the day parked
on the Elmdon apron before departing back to Bielefeld

Flight Calibration Services Navajo Chieftain G-FCSL visited to check the ILS/Instrument Landing System

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Wednesday 8 February 2017 - Prada Gulfstream 450 I-XPRA is a morning arrival from Milan Linate

Gulfstream 450 I-XPRA was a morning arrival from Milan Linate - it is operated on behalf of....

.... Prada, the Italian luxury fashion house, and after unloading positioned out to Farnborough

Speedwings Executive Citation CJ2 OE-FXE was a morning arrival from Geneva

Zenith Aviation Learjet 45 G-SOVB made a brief morning visit returning in the evening

RVL Cessna 406 Caravan G-RLVX was a lunchtime visitor operating an air ambulance flight

Flight Calibration Services Diamond DA-62 G-GBAS spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron - the
first visit of this type of aircraft. It spent Tuesday night/the early hours of Wednesday morning....

.... checking the ILS - Instrument Landing System - and later departed to Coventry Photos: Brett Allen

Air Charter X Boeing 737-5Q8 9H-YES operated a return charter from Kuusamo, Finland

Eastern Jetstream 41 G-MAJW was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.... arriving from Stansted before continuing onto Exeter

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZPV operated their lunchtime flight from Geneva - its first visit to BHX

Small Planet Airbus A320-214 LY-ONJ - which is in the basic colour scheme of its
previous operator Afriqiyah Airways - operated their weekly flight from Paderborn

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Thursday 12 February 2015 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ departs to Prestwick

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ which had arrived from Graz on Wednesday evening....

.... was a morning departure to Prestwick

Icelandair Boeing 757-208 TF-FIO operated their flight to Reykjavik/Keflavik - its first visit to BHX

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZUZ operated their flight from Geneva in place of the usual Airbus A319

Challenger 605 HB-JGT made a brief morning visit departing to Stuttgart returning during the afternoon

Air Service Liege Super King Air OO-GMJ was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Brett Allen

FlightCal Navajo Chieftain G-VIPP was busy during the day checking the Runway 33 ILS

Wednesday 23 April 2014 - former Air Malta Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAR arrives on delivery to Monarch

Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAR was an early evening arrival from Malta on delivery to Monarch
- the aircraft was previously 9H-AEF with Air Malta but still retains the basic colour scheme
of failed Polish operator OLT Express Photo: Mike Hollick

Monarch Airbus A300B4-605R G-OJMR returned from a morning visit to Taxiway Echo
where it had completed some engines runs as part of its end of lease checks....

.... returning to park up in from of the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar - it is due
to make its final flight to Tarbes Lourdes Airport on Monday 28 April 2014

Titan Boeing 767-36NER G-POWD spent the morning undergoing work before being
towed into the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar to commence a "C Check"

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAK which had returned from repainting at East Midlands on
Monday remained parked up on Stand 74 - it was previously JY-AYJ with Royal Jordanian

AIS Airlines Jetstream 32 PH-OCI operated the afternoon Eastern Airways flight from Newcastle
- its first visit to BHX. The aircraft is in the basic colours of Swedish airline direktflyg and had
earlier positioned into Newcastle to take over from PH-CCI which had operated the Newcastle
to Birmingham route on behalf of Eastern Airways since Wednesday 5 February 2014

FedEx Boeing 757-2B7SF N910FD operated their morning Paris CDG - BHX - Manchester
service which is currently visiting in daylight because of the overnight Runway closures

Carpatair Fokker 100 YR-FKA which is currently based and operating as and when required
for flybe was parked on the Elmdon apron undergoing maintenance checks

TAG Espana Falcon 900B EC-JBB was a day stopping visitor

Gama Super King Air G-SASD which is operated on behalf of the Scottish Ambulance
Service was a lunchtime visitor operating an air ambulance flight

FlightCal Navajo Chieftain G-VIPP was an afternoon visitor calibrating the new Runway 33 ILS

Cessna 210N Centurion N67JK was an afternoon arrival from Fairoaks parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick