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

Sunday 7 September 2014 - BA Cityflyer take the CBSO to Cologne, GainJet fly England to Basle

BA Cityflyer Embraer 170ST G-LCYH which now wears the "To fly. To serve" coat of arms after the titles....

.... was a morning departure taking the CBSO - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - to Cologne

.... for the start of their European tour - it had earlier positioned in from Edinburgh

GainJet Boeing 737-406 SX-ATF which had arrived on Saturday afternoon spent the morning on the
Elmdon apron preparing to take the England football team to Switzerland for the Euro 2016 qualifier....

.... more photos and information here

.... before departing to Basle

.... note the (small) England team FA crest by the front passenger door

TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUF which is in the Hapag-Lloyd retro colour scheme....

.... operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Palma - its third visit this summer!

Hi Fly Airbus A310-304 CS-TEX was an afternoon arrival operating their weekly flight from Paderborn

GAS Air Service Learjet 31A D-CGGG was an afternoon visitor operating an air ambulance flight

National Police Air Service - NPAS - Eurocopter EC 135 P2+ G-POLA comes into land after a local sortie

Sunday 24 August 2014 - TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUF flying in Hapag-Lloyd retro colour scheme

TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUF which is in the Hapag-Lloyd retro colour scheme....

.... operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Palma

Air France Airbus A321-212 F-GTAN operated their morning service to Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX

Germanwings Airbus A320-211 D-AIQD operated their flight from Berlin Tegel
- it wears additional "Die Biene Maja/Maya the Bee" cartoons and titles

Falcon 2000EX HB-IAU was a morning arrival parking up to night stop

Beechjet 400A G-ERIE made a brief morning visit to the Elmdon apron