Fly Excellent MD 83 SE-DJE operated the Air Bee/Itali Airlines 
flybe chartered Jet2 Boeing 737-377 G-CELA to operate their
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| Channel Jets Eclipse 500 2-CLRK was a lunchtime arrival from Guernsey on its first visit - after parking on the Elmdon apron it later returned to Guernsey Photo: Chris Mabbott |
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| VistaJet Bombardier Global 6000 9H-VJT was an afternoon arrival from San Diego also on its first visit - it parked up to night stop on the Elmdon apron |
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| GlobeAir Cessna 510 Mustang OE-FZA was an afternoon arrival from Salzburg before positioning out to Luton |
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| Air Alliance Express Learjet 35A D-CFIV was an afternoon arrival when it positioned in from Siegerland to replace Learjet 35A D-CTWO as the based air ambulance aircraft |
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| Botany Aviation Agusta A-109C N109TK was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Chris Mabbott |
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| Flightline BCN Metro III EC-GPS was an afternoon arrival when it positioned in from Stansted |
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| Jet2holidays Boeing 737-8BK G-DRTG was a lunchtime departure to Bucharest to operate a charter back to BHX bringing in seasonal agricultural works - it replaced Boeing 737-86Q G-GDFY which had departed to Bucharest earlier but returned to BHX with a technical issue |
RAF Nimrod MR2 XV250 made an ILS approach and go around to
.... from RAF service at the end of March 2010 - the
.... routed via Newcastle to BHX....
.... after flying down Runway 15...... Photo:Laurence Jones
.... it continued onto Liverpool and back to RAF Kinloss
The reason for the visit to BHX was that the flight deck crew all
A number of Nimrod's have visited BHX over the years - Nimrod MR2
Jet2 Boeing 737-330 G-CELH was an early morning arrival
Newly registered Hawker 850XP M-IRNE was a late
.... as was Gulfstream IV N317MJ
.... while Gulfstream 550 N556TT which had arrived
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| SmartLynx have announced that they will be leasing Airbus A321 YL-LCV to Jet2 to be based at Birmingham Airport for the Summer 2018 season The aircraft will be leased by Jet2 from 15 May 2018 until 31 October 2018 and will fly from BHX to holiday destinations including Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Mahon, Malaga, Palma, Rhodes and Tenerife Airbus A321 YL-LCV has previously visited BHX when as SE-RDO with Novair it spent some months with Monarch Aircraft Engineering in 2017 before being registered F-WTDH and going into storage at Lourdes in southern France The Airbus A321 will join 7 Boeing 737-800s as Jet2s Summer 2018 fleet at BHX |
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| Friday 5 January 2018 |
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| Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOY operated their lunchtime flight from Dubai landing as A380-842 A6-EUY which had diverted to Manchester the previous day was still boarding |
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| As no stand was available A380 A6-EOY then had to hold on Taxiway Alpha while a number of following arrivals landed and then backtracked down Runway 33 to pass it |
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| Emirates Airbus A380-842 A6-EUY was soon on its way albeit nearly 24 hours late.... |
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| .... departing to Dubai and causing its own snowstorm as it lifted off Runway 33 |
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| As a result of Sunday's diversions both of which went to Manchester and then returned today/Monday a total of 4 Emirates Airbus A380s operated through Birmingham - |
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| Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-GDF operated their flight from Tenerife - its first visit to BHX |
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| Icelandair Boeing 757-23N TF-FIC operated their flight from Reykjavik Keflavik going on an extended airport tour on arrival due to a number stands still being blocked by snow |
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| Jet2 Boeing 737-8K5 G-GDFX positioned in from Belfast to operate their flight to Krakow as they brought in additional capacity to catch up after Sunday's snow related delays |
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| Jet2 Boeing 737-86Q G-GDFY operated their flight to Tenerife |
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| SAS Airbus A321-232 OY-KBE operated their morning service to Copenhagen after their Sunday afternoon service was cancelled due to the snow |
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| easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZWY operated their flight from Geneva as they increased their schedule for the start of the ski season |
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| easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZRD operated their mid-morning service to Belfast International |
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| flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-FLBD taxy's to the terminal from the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar |
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| Air Taxi Europe Cessna 406 Caravan II D-IFFF was an afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron - the Germans don't let a little snow stop them!! |
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| LGW Dash 8Q-402 D-ABQB which has now been painted all white with Eurowings titles operated.... |
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| .... the delayed morning Eurowings service to Dusseldorf - note the de-icer fluid on the engines and tail |
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| Helvetic Embraer 190LR HB-JVN operated the delayed morning Swiss service to Zurich |
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| Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEME operated their morning service to Munich |
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| Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-111 OO-SSX operated their morning service to Brussels |
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| Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JZHW was a morning departure to Lanzarote |
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| Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JZBC, which is in basic Jet2holidays colours without titles, was an afternoon departure to Krakow |
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| CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJO operated the lunchtime KLM service from Amsterdam |
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| Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CAAM spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron |
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| Air Hamburg Citation CJ2 D-IGMW made a brief morning visit |
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| Agusta A-109SP Grand New G-CHFD was an afternoon visitor |
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| Eurowings Europe Airbus A320-214 OE-IQB operated their inaugural flight to Salzburg - this new service will operate twice weekly on Wednesday and Saturday for the ski season |
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| Helvetic Embraer 190LR HB-JVM operated the morning Swiss service to Zurich |
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| Wizz Air Airbus A321-231 HA-LXE operated their service to Warsaw |
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| easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZRD operated their morning service to Belfast International |
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| TUI - formerly Thomson - Boeing 787-8 G-TUIC was a morning departure to Barbados |
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| Eurowings Airbus A320-214 D-AIZV operated their delayed morning service to Dusseldorf |
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| PIA Boeing 777-240ER AP-BGK operated their flight from Islamabad |
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| Jet2 Boeing 737-86Q G-GDFY operated a charter to La Rochelle taking "Wasps" Rugby team.... |
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| .... to France for their "European Rugby Champions Cup" match on Sunday afternoon |
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| Aer Lingus Airbus A320-216 EI-FNJ operated their lunchtime service to Dublin |
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| Emirates Rolls Royce powered Airbus A380-842 A6-EUQ operated their lunchtime service to Dubai |
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| Flightline BCN Metro II EC-JIP spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron |
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| Gulfstream IV N813PD was a morning arrival from Luton parking up to night stop |
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| Piper Seneca V G-JMOS was a visitor arriving from Bournemouth and departing to Shoreham |
