Saturday 9 August 2014 - Falcon 2000 I-JAMJ, VLM, HOP! and Small Planet visit for pre season football

Falcon 2000EX I-JAMJ was an afternoon arrival from Olbia with football supporters
for Parma FC's pre-season friendly match against Aston Villa....

.... parking up on the Elmdon apron on a busy day for pre-season matches with.... Photo: Mike Hollick

VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLS arriving from Bremen with Werder Bremen for their pre-season friendly
against Leicester City - the first visit of a "new" VLM aircraft since they de-merged from CityJet

HOP! Embraer 145MP F-GUEA took Parma FC home after their match against Aston Villa while....

Small Planet Boeing 737-382 LY-FLH positioned in from Gatwick to take FC Porto home after their
pre-season friendly match against West Bromwich Albion

Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIB was an early morning arrival from Montego Bay

Monarch Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAR operated their service to Nice - it had arrived the previous evening on its
first visit in Monarch colours - while it had been prepared for service at BHX it did not return after repainting

Air Contractors Boeing 737-4YO EI-JRE operated the morning Ryanair service from Dublin....

.... it has been leased in with EI-JRD by Ryanair for the peak summer season

Aegean Airbus A320-232 SX-DGO operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Rhodes

West Air Europe BAe ATP G-MANO spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron after positioning
in from Guernsey to operate the newspaper flight to the Isle of Man on Sunday Photo: Mike Hollick

Tatenhill Aviation Piper Cherokee Archer II G-TALE made a brief afternoon visit

Friday 14 March 2014 - Royal Flight Sikorsky S 76C G-XXEB is an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Royal Flight Sikorsky S 76C G-XXEB was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Citation CJ4 G-SDRY was a Wellesbourne diversion spending the day parked up....

Quick Jet Learjet 35A D-CQAJ was a Bristol diversion later departing to Cologne

Tatenhill Aviation Cherokee Archer II G-TALH was an afternoon visitor

Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-112 OO-SSC operated their mid-morning service in place
of the usual Dash 8 - the aircraft is in "Star Alliance" colours Photos: Mike Hollick

Saturday 20 July 2013 - 12 aircraft "fly in" from Shobdon to visit Birmingham's new ATC Tower

Europa G-BXIJ was the first arrival of a "flight" of 12 aircraft that flew in from Shobdon in Herefordshire
for a visit to the new ATC Tower at Birmingham - the other visitor to the Elmdon apron were....

 

Alpi Pioneer 300 G-CDYY

Czech Aircraft Works Sportcruiser G-MOGS

Evektor EV-97 Eurostar G-CBJR

Evektor EV-97 Eurostar G-CFDJ

Gulfstream Aerospace AA-5B Tiger G-DINA

Piper Cherokee G-ATOR

Piper Cherokee Archer II G-BSEU

Piper Cherokee Archer II G-BRXD

Herefordshire Aero Club Piper Cherokee Archer II G-FBRN

Piper Cherokee Arrow II G-BAHS

.... and Victa Airtourer 115 G-AZRP

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR which had been parked up since it arrived
on Wednesday evening departed to Châteauroux

Cyprus Airways Airbus A320-232 5B-DCH operated the Olympic Holidays IT flight from Larnaca

Wednesday 6 March 2013 - Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDS is an early morning arrival from Prague

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDS operated a priority freight charter from Prague

- its first visit to BHX - parking up to night stop.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... it had earlier emerged out of the early morning mist

.... as it landed on Runway 15

Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWM operated their weekly IT flight to Enfidha

- the first visit to BHX of an aircraft that was only delivered the previous week

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-DHJH operated their IT flight to Enfidha

as they resumed their weekly service for the rest of the winter season

Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABMJ operated their flight to Hannover - it had

previously visited when wearing their Christmas 2012 scheme - photos here

North Flying Metro 23 OY-NPE which had diverted in from East Midlands

on Tuesday evening positioned out Photo: Mike Hollick

Piper Archer N661KK was a visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick