Tuesday 13 August 2013 - Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANH makes its first visit to BHX

Air India Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" VT-ANH operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi - its first visit to BHX

Air Malta Airbus A320-214 9H-AEN operated their flight from Malta

Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 42-300 EI-CBK operated their afternoon service from Knock

SAS Airbus A320-232 OY-KAO operated their morning service from Copenhagen also on its first visit to BHX

FedEx Express MD 11F N590FE failed to depart as planned on Monday evening due to a technical
problem and spent another day on the Elmdon apron undergoing checks.... Photos: Mike Hollick

.... despite reports of an engine fire on starting up there was no damage

to the aircraft and it duly departed during the evening

Centreline Citation CJ2 G-TWOP was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Monday 12 August 2013 - MyJet Cessna 510 Mustang I-STCC is an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

MyJet Cessna 510 Mustang I-STCC was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Hawker 800XP M-YCEF which had returned from the USA the previous week remained parked up

FedEx Express MD 11F N590FE spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Turkmenistan Boeing 757-22K EZ-A014 operated their flight from Ashkhabad

Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYR operated their evening flight from Zurich

Saturday 10 August 2013 - RAF Avro Lancaster B1 PA474 performs a fly past at Birmingham Aiport

RAF Avro Lancaster B1 PA474 performed a fly past over the airfield at lunchtime....

.... passing Birmingham's historic Elmdon building Photo: Chris Shaw

The aircraft was routing from a fly past at Donington Park and approached....

 

.... from the east overflying the airfield at low level

.... before continuing onto its next display at Stoke and then onto Blackpool

Google's Gulfstream 550 N785QS was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.... with the passengers arriving on East Midlands Helicopters Agusta A-109E Power G-EMHC

Camco Air Citation XLS G-EGPI made a brief afternoon visit

King Air G-BMKD was a morning visitor Photo: Mike Hollick

West Air Europe BAe ATP SE-KXP positioned in from Guernsey to operate
the Sunday morning newspaper flight to the Isle of Man

FedEx Express MD 11F N590FE spent the night parked up Photo: Mike Hollick

Freebird Airbus A320-232 TC-FBJ operated their weekly IT flight from Dalaman

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANM operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi

Friday 9 August 2013 - FedEx Express MD 11F N590FE spends the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

FedEx Express MD 11F N590FE was an early morning arrival from Paris CDG....

.... parking up on Stand 502 on the Elmdon apron Photo: Andy Davies

The aircraft replaced the usual Boeing 757F and will staying at BHX over the weekend for ground
staff training and is planned to return to Paris CDG on their scheduled flight on Monday night

Aer Lingus Airbus A319-111 EI-EPT operated their morning service to Dublin

Balkan Holidays/BH Air Airbus A320-232 LZ-BHG operated their IT flight to Bourgas

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHU operated their morning service to Istanbul
- the aircraft is in a special "BVB 09 - Borussia Dortmund" colour scheme

Mistral Air Boeing 737-36EQC EI-DVA which wears "Poste Italiane" titles
operated their student charter flight to Rome

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DLO wears additional "Bye Bye EasyJet" titles

Titan CitationJet CJ2+ G-POWG positioned in from Stansted....

.... to operate a flight to Catania

CitationJet D-ILAT made a brief early evening visit Photo: Laurence Jones