Monday 7 July 2014 - Irish Air Corps Agusta Westland AW139 "278" visits on an air ambulance flight

Irish Air Corps Agusta Westland AW139 "278" was a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron....

.... operating an air ambulance flight from Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Dublin Photos: Steve Hadley

.... it parked up while the patient was transferred by the medical team to a local hospital Photo: Mike Hollick

.... before departing off Runway 15 with the winch man supervising the take off

.... on its way back across the Irish Sea to Baldonnel, Dublin

Twinjet Airbus A319CJ G-NMAK was an early morning departure to Hamburg
- its final planned flight for Twinjet prior to the aircraft being sold

bmi regional Embraer 145MP G-RJXM positioned in from Aberdeen....

.... to operate a charter to Geneva

First Choice Boeing 767-324ER G-OOBL was a morning arrival operating the Thomson flight from Orlando Sanford
- only one more week before these flights will be operated by a Thomson Boeing 787 "dreamliner" - see here

Privilege Style Boeing 757-256 EC-HDS positioned in from Madrid to operate the delayed Thomas Cook flight to Corfu

Air Charter Scotland Challenger 300 G-KALS which had arrived on Sunday departed

Eurocopter Dauphin 2 EI-GJL was a morning arrival parking up on the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 21 May 2014 - Privilege Style Boeing 757-256 EC-ISY arrives to be based flying for Monarch

Privilege Style Boeing 757-256 EC-ISY was an afternoon arrival positioning in
from Gatwick to become based flying for Monarch

SAS Airbus A321-232 OY-KBL operated their evening service from Copenhagen

Air Transat Airbus A310-304 C-GFAT operated their weekly flight from Toronto

SaxonAir Beechjet 400XP G-KLNR was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron while....

SaxonAir Super King Air G-KLNB made two visits during the day

Friday 26 April 2013 - Starspeed Eurocopter EC155 B1 G-WINV arrives with Beyonce for her NEC concert

Starspeed Eurocopter EC155 B1 G-WINV was an afternoon visitor.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... it had arrived earlier with Beyonce for her concert at the LG Arena at the NEC

.... a couple of people carriers were on hand to whisk her entourage away

Eastern Embraer 145 G-CGWV positioned in from Aberdeen to take West Bromwich Albion
to Southampton for their "Premier League" match on Saturday

Augusta Air Citation XLS D-CVVV which had arrived on Thursday was an afternoon departure

Swiftair MD 83 EC-JUG operated a day stopping charter flight from Madrid on behalf of Privilege Style

SAS Boeing 737-76N SE-RET operated their flight from Stockholm Arlanda

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZIO which wears a special Unicef "Change for Good" colour
scheme operated their evening service from Belfast International

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

Friday 19 August 2011 - bmibaby Boeing 737 G-OGBD with a new "tiny" on the tail!!

bmibaby Boeing 737-3L9 G-OGBD which is named
"olly cat baby" is the latest aircraft in their fleet....
.

.... to wear a new style "tiny" on the tail
.

Privilege Style Boeing 757-256 EC-HDS positioned in from Madrid
to operate the delayed Sky Wings flight to Zakynthos
.

Onur Air Airbus A320-232 TC-OBP was an evening arrival from
Dalaman via Bodrum operating the final CAA repatriation flight
to BHX following the collapse for Holidays 4 U
.

Bin Air Metro III D-CNAY was an afternoon arrival from Antwerp
operating a freight charter - it has 5 blade propellers and was on
its first visit to BHX Photo: Mike Hollick
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RAF C 17 ZZ174 was an afternoon visitor Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Heli Air Robinson R-44 Astra G-DCSE was a morning visitor
to the Elmdon apron Photo: Ron Kosys

Sunday 24 July 2011 - CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJH in new Air France colour scheme

CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJH is now wearing the new style
Air France colour scheme
.

Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABKS operated their weekly flight
from Paderborn - its first visit to BHX
.

Swift Air MD 83 EC-LEY operated the Privilege Style student
exchange charter flight to Malaga
.

flybe Dash8Q-402 G-FLBJ which had entered service on Saturday
23 July 2011 spent the day parked up on Stand 20

Sunday 10 July 2011 - Alitalia flying for the 2011 British Grand Prix winners Ferrari

Alitalia Airbus A320-216 EI-DTK positioned in from Milan Linate
to collect the victorious Ferrari F1 team after their victory in
the British Grand Prix at Silverstone - its first visit to BHX
.

Eastern Airways Jetstream 41 G-MAJB was another Grand Prix visitor
operating a charter from Aberdeen and parking on the Elmdon apron
.

Swiftair MD 83 EC-JJS positioned in from Stansted to operate
the first Spanish student charter of the summer to....
.

.... the aircraft operated under Privilege Style - PVG - flight numbers
and it returned in the afternoon before positioning out to Madrid
.

Danube Wings ATR 72-202 OM-VRA which had arrived on Saturday
was a morning departure operating a day trip charter to Perpignan
.

Global Express N51SE which had arrived on Thursday
was an afternoon departure to Luton
.

Blink Mustang G-FBKC made a brief afternoon visit

Monday 13 September 2010 - Privilege Style Boeing 757 EC-HDS returns from Salzburg

Privilege Style Boeing 757-256 EC-HDS - which is flying for VW and

wears "VW Amarok Caddy" titles - returned from Salzburg - after

dropping off the BHX passengers it continued onto Dublin

.

Brussels Airlines Boeing 737-36N OO-VEN operated their

mid morning flight in place of the usual Avro RJ85
.

Visitors to the Elmdon apron during the day included

Cessna Grand Caravan G-GOTF.... ..Photo: Mike Hollick
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.... and Piper Warrior II G-FIZZ.. Photo:Mike Hollick