Wednesday 19 May 2010 - "IPEX 2010" at the NEC Birmingham - Day 2

Niki Embraer 190-100LR OE-IHA which arrived from Vienna was

the star day stopping visitor of the second day of "IPEX 2010" which

is taking place at the adjacent NEC - National Exhibition Centre

.

CSA Airbus A321-211 OK-CED which arrived from Prague

was another day stopping visitor as was....
.

.... Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH which

arrived from Cologne and....
.

.... Adria Canadair CRJ 200ER S5-AAJ which arrived from Salzburg
.

All the visitors spent the day parked up on the 70's and 80's stands
joining the Hello MD 90, Wideroe DH4 and Air Nostum CR9 that
had arrived on Tuesday
.

First departure was Hello MD 90 HB-JIF which returned to Zurich....
.

.... while Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional Canadair CRJ 900ER EC-JTU

departed back to Madrid
.

Eastern Saab 2000 G-CDEB which had visited during the morning
returned to operate a charter back to Paris CDG ....
.

Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH returned to Cologne
.

while Niki Embraer 190-100LR OE-IHA departed back to Vienna....
.

.... in the gathering gloom!
."IPEX 2010" - the international print, publishing
and media exhibition - is being held at the NEC
between Tuesday 18 May and Tuesday 25 May 2010

Saturday 14 February 2015 - Niki Airbus A321-211 OE-LEZ operates additional IT flight to Salzburg

Niki Airbus A321-211 OE-LEZ positioned in to operate an additional ski IT/inclusive tour flight to Salzburg....

.... for the start of a busy "Half Term" holiday - while many aircraft in the Niki fleet are now

in basic Air Berlin colours this aircraft retains the distinctive fly (Niki) on the nose

Swiss Airbus A321-111 HB-IOH which now wears their new style titles operated their morning service while....

.... Airbus A321-212 HB-IOM positioned in to operate an additional morning service to Zurich

Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBQ operated their weekly IT flight to Innsbruck

Fox Flight Learjet 35A C-GIWO which had arrived on Friday evening operating an air ambulance
flight was a morning departure to Keflavik, Iceland, on its way back to Canada

Netjets Falcon 2000EX CS-DLC was a morning arrival spending the day on the Elmdon apron

TAG Aviation Boeing 757-2K2 G-TCSX was again pushed out of the Monarch hangar for a short time

Saturday 4 May 2013 - Niki Airbus A320-214 OE-LEA flying for Monarch to Fuerteventura

Niki Airbus A320-214 OE-LEA positioned in from Kefalonia to operate the afternoon
Monarch service to Fuerteventura - its first visit to BHX

Turkish Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JFI operated their afternoon service to Istanbul - it is in "Star Alliance" colours

PIA Boeing 777-240LR AP-BGZ operated their flight from Islamabad - the first visit to BHX of a "77L" since 2011

Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional Canadair CRJ 200ER EC-JEF operated the final return flight of a series
of charters from Pamplona - the aircraft wears additional "'Castilla y Leon" titles and logo

Falcon 900EX N988H was an afternoon arrival parking up to night stop

Netjets Gulfstream 550 CS-DKG made a brief afternoon visit

Shell Falcon 7X VQ-BSP which had arrived in the early hours of the morning
was an evening departure to Rotterdam

Saturday 1 October 2011 - Niki Airbus A321 OE-LEZ flying for Air Berlin

Niki Airbus A321-231 OE-LEZ operated the Air Berlin flight
to Hannover in place of their usual Boeing 737-800
.

Privilege Style Boeing 757-256 EC-ISY was an afternoon
arrival from Vienna before operating the first Comtel Air
flight to Amritsar, India, via Vienna
.

PIA Boeing 777-340ER AP-BHV operated their flight from Islamabad
- with the start of the Hajj season the frequency of their BHX service
has dropped to three a week but 777-300's have replaced the 777-200's
.

Suckling Airways Dornier 328-110 G-BZOG positioned in to collect
Newcastle United FC after their match against Wolves - unfortunately
the aircraft went "tech" and was latter replaced by G-BWWT
.

AeroMedevac Ireland Citation II EI-MED was an afternoon
visitor to the Elmdon apron

Thursday 26 August 2010 - Niki and Travel Service bring Rapid fans to Birmingham

Niki Airbus A320-214 OE-LEF emerges from the murk....
.
.... the final arrival of the three charters bringing Rapid Vienna
fans to Birmingham for their teams UEFA "Europa League"
second leg play off against Aston Villa....
.
.... Travel Service Boeing 737-8CX OK-TVO had earlier....
.
....arrived from Bratislava which is only a short distance from Vienna
.
.... while Austrian Airbus A321-211 OE-LBF returned again after its
visit on Wednesday bringing the Rapid Vienna team to Birmingham
.
As the Rapid Vienna fans flooded out of arrivals....
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.... and onto the coaches they looked confident
.

.... which was justified as they beat Aston Villa 2-3 - and 3-4 on

aggregate - and for the second year running Rapid Vienna have
knocked Villa out of the UEFA "Europa League"