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| Marshall Aviation Services took delivery of their HondaJet HA-420 demonstrator M-HNDA.... |
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| .... the aircraft was greeted by a water canon salute from the Birmingham Airport Fire Service when it arrived from the US via Iceland and Wick Photos: Mike Hollick |
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| .... it is due to be displayed at "EBACE2016" the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition at Geneva Airport next week Photo: Brett Allen |
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| TAG Aviation España Gulfstream G150 EC-KPJ was a day stopping visitor.... Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| .... spending the day on the Elmdon apron before departing back to Madrid |
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| Adams Aviation Hawker 850XP N73SL remained parked up on the Elmdon apron while.... |
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| .... Citation CJ2 D-ISCH was also a day stopping visitor Photos: Mike Hollick |
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| Marshall of Cambridge Citation Bravo G-FIRM was a late afternoon departure to Doncaster |
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| Piper Saratoga II G-CCST was a morning arrival parking up to night stop Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLL was a late afternoon arrival "flying" down nearly half the runway! |
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| Businesswings Cessna 208 Caravan D-FAST and.... |
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| .... JOTA Aviation King Air G-JOTA both visited during the afternoon operating freight charters |
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| Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-9F2ER TC-JYP operated their morning service to Istanbul |
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| Army Air Corps Dauphin 2 ZJ780 made two approaches and go arounds to Runway 33 during the afternoon Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| HondaJet HA-420 N420HE was an evening arrival from Cambridge - the first visit of this type of aircraft to BHX |
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| .... it had been on display at the EBACE aviation show in Geneva and features over the wing mounted engines |
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| .... it was soon towed into the Marshall hangar - it was announced at EBACE that Marshall Aviation Services |
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| .... at Birmingham Airport have been appointed the HondaJet dealer for Northern Europe including Scandinavia |
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| American Airlines Boeing 757-223 N195AN operated their flight to New York JFK - its first visit to BHX.... |
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| .... and the first time an aircraft in their original colour scheme has visited since they resumed serving BHX |
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| Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJF operated their morning service to Zurich |
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| Icelandair Boeing 757-256 TF-FIY operated their flight to Reykjavik/Keflavik |
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| Flairjet Embraer Phenom 300 G-CRBN which had arrived at its new BHX base on Friday afternoon for the first time reappeared out of the Marshall's/Flairjet hangar before departing to Farnborough |
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| Citation Sovereign OE-GMM was a morning visitor to a very wet the Elmdon apron |
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| Icelandair Boeing 757-256 TF-FIU which is in the "Hekla Aurora"/Northern Lights special colour scheme again operated their new scheduled service from Reykjavik/Keflavik |
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| Germanwings Airbus A319-132 D-AGWU operated their flight to Hamburg in place of the usual Canadair CRJ900 |
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| Stobart Air ATR 72-201 EI-REI positioned in from Dublin to take over the operation of the flybe services to the Isle of Man - the aircraft wears Aer Lingus Regional titles |
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| flybe commenced their winter schedule with Embraer 175 G-FBJH operating their inaugural flight to Oslo.... |
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| .... while earlier Embraer 175 G-FBJA had operated their inaugural service to Berlin Tegel - they also restarted a service to Hamburg which was operated by Embraer 175 G-FBJH on its return from Oslo |
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| KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZO operated their lunchtime service from Amsterdam as they resumed using this type of aircraft to BHX on a daily basis again |
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| Titan Airbus A320-233 G-POWI had arrived overnight from Rome under easyJet flight numbers for attention by Monarch |
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| Netjets Falcon 2000EX CS-DLD was a lunchtime arrival parking up to night stop |
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| Marshall of Cambridge Citation Bravo G-FIRM was a morning departure to Aberdeen |
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| Jet2 Boeing 737-8S3 OK-TSA was an afternoon arrival when it positioned in from Manchester.... |
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| .... for end lease of checks in the Monarch Hangar including removal of Jet2 titles/equipment etc before it returns to Travel Service - it initially parked up on Stand 25 to await its turn in the hangar |
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| Lufthansa "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 D-AIUB operated their morning service to Frankfurt - its first visit to BHX |
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| Challenger 300 N360PA reappeared out of the Eurojet Hangar |
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| .... later departing to Goose Bay, Canada, and onto Dallas Love Field Photo: Brett Allen |
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| Arcus Air Embraer Phenom 100 D-IAAD was an afternoon visitor |
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| Marshall of Cambridge Citation Bravo G-FIRM which now operates under a "Flairjet" call sign spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron |
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| Blue1 Boeing 717-2CM OH-BLI operated the morning SAS service to Copenhagen.... |
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| .... Blue1 which is based at Helsinki, Finland, and is part of the SAS Group is being integrated into their wider network and will be operating this service on behalf of SAS on a regular basis from January 2014 |
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| While BHX has seen many Turkmenistan Boeing 717s on delivery flights over the years this was the first time a Boeing 717 had visited on a passenger flight |
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| bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXI operated their service to Toulouse - the aircraft had previous been in "Star Alliance" colours |
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| AlbaStar Boeing 737-408 EC-LAV positioned in from Milan Malpensa to operate the afternoon Monarch service to Palma - its first visit to BHX |
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| Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANN operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi - its first visit and the 8th Air India "dreamliner" to have now visited BHX |
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| Falcon 50EX F-HAPM was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron.... Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| MyJet Cessna 510 Mustang I-STCC also made a morning visit while.... |
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| Marshall of Cambridge Citation Bravo G-FIRM was an afternoon departure |
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| Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANM operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi.... Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| .... its first visit and the second "dreamliner" to visit BHX |
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| Cyprus Airways Airbus A320-232 5B-DCK positioned in from Larnaca to operate the Olympic Holidays IT flight programme replacing the Small Planet Boeing 737 - it departed to Corfu Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| Netjets Hawker 800XP CS-DRR was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron while.... |
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| Marshall of Cambridge Citation Bravo G-FIRM was an early afternoon arrival.... |
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| .... while other afternoon visitors included Citation XLS G-EYUP |
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| .... and Aviation Beauport Cessna 510 Mustang G-XAVB Photos: Mike Hollick |
