Jet2 to lease SmartLynx Airbus A321 YL-LCV to be based at Birmingham Airport for Summer 2018

SmartLynx have announced that they will be leasing Airbus A321 YL-LCV
to Jet2 to be based at Birmingham Airport for the Summer 2018 season

The aircraft will be leased by Jet2 from 15 May 2018 until 31 October 2018
and will fly from BHX to holiday destinations including Fuerteventura, Ibiza,
Lanzarote, Larnaca, Mahon, Malaga, Palma, Rhodes and Tenerife

Airbus A321 YL-LCV has previously visited BHX when as SE-RDO with Novair
it spent some months with Monarch Aircraft Engineering in 2017 before being
registered F-WTDH and going into storage at Lourdes in southern France

The Airbus A321 will join 7 Boeing 737-800s as Jet2s Summer 2018 fleet at BHX

Friday 5 January 2018

Thursday 15 September 2016 - Mooney M-20R N80HW is a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Mooney M-20R N80HW was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.... departing back to Rotterdam

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP EI-FHL operated their flight from Barcelona - its first visit to BHX

Smartlynx Airbus A320-214 YL-LCO positioned in from Gatwick to operate the Thomas Cook flight to Tenerife

Brussels Airlines Avro RJ100 OO-DWE operated their afternoon flight from Brussels

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Wednesday 18 May 2016 - Smartlynx Airbus A320-214 YL-LCO flying for Thomas Cook from Tenerife

Smartlynx Airbus A320-214 YL-LCO operated the Thomas Cook flight from Tenerife....

.... it had earlier positioned in from Gatwick to cover for based Smartlynx Airbus A320-214 YL-LCL
which was "tech" and spent part of the day in the Monarch hangar

Iberia Express "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 EC-LVQ operated their flight from Madrid - its first visit to BHX

Aer Lingus Regional/Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-FNA operated their afternoon service from Cork

Vueling "Sharklet" Airbus A320-232 EC-MFN operated their flight to Barcelona - its first visit to BHX

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JVO operated their morning service from Istanbul - also on its first visit

Air Transat Airbus A310-308 C-GTSH operated their flight from Toronto

Forest Wings Citation CJ3 OO-FYS was a day stopping visitor on the Elmdon apron

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Tuesday 17 May 2016 - RAF Airbus A400M Atlas C1 ZM406 makes two approaches to Runway 15

RAF Airbus A400M Atlas C1 ZM406 made two low approaches and go arounds....

.... to Runway 15 during the afternoon

.... only the second visit of this new type of aircraft in RAF service to BHX

.... after the second approach it continued onto RAF Brize Norton

Turkmenistan Boeing 737-82K EZ-A017 operated their flight to Ashkhabad

Smartlynx Estonia Airbus A320-214 ES-SAK operated the Blue Air flight to Bucharest

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLL was a morning arrival from Dusseldorf joining
Antonov 26B LZ-FLA which had arrived in the early hours of the morning

Sky Taxi Saab 340A SP-MRB was a morning arrival from Wroclaw operating a freight charter
- the aircraft wears additional IGAvion titles for when it is used on passenger services in France

Eurocopter Ecureuil II G-DCAM was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

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Tuesday 3 May 2016 - Aer Lingus/Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-FNA makes its first visit to BHX

Aer Lingus Regional/Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-FNA operated their mid-morning service
from Dublin - the first visit to BHX of this aircraft that was delivered the previous week

Smartlynx Estonia Airbus A320-214 ES-SAK operated the Blue Air flight from Bucharest

SAS Airbus A320-232 OY-KAM operated their evening service from Copenhagen

GainJet Boeing 737-406 SX-ATF was an early evening arrival from Perpignan
- now flying without "Long Range" titles

Airbus A319-115CJ G-NMAK which has been under care and maintenance with Monarch....

.... went on a morning test flight to Liverpool and back

Gulfstream 650 N673HA was an evening arrival....

.... parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Avcon Jet Challenger 300 OE-HOO was made a short evening visit arriving from Zurich

Flairjet Citation XLS G-OMEA was a lunchtime visitor

Jet Executive Learjet 35A D-CGRC was an afternoon visitor operating an air ambulance flight

Cessna 510 Mustang N759SB which had arrived on Tuesday spent the day parked up before departing

Woodgate/"Northern Ireland Air Ambulance" Super King Air G-NIAA was an afternoon visitor

National Police Air Service - NPAS - Eurocopter EC 135 P2+ G-WMAO was a lunchtime arrival
becoming based and operating as "Police 41" in place of usual EC 135 G-POLA

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Monday 2 May 2016 - Smartlynx Airbus A320-214 YL-LCL now flying for Thomas Cook

Smartlynx Airbus A320-214 YL-LCL operated the Thomas Cook flight from Las Palmas....

.... its first day in service with Thomas Cook - the aircraft is based at BHX for the summer season

Jettime Boeing 737-383QC OY-JTF operated the evening SAS flight from Copenhagen

Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-FMK operated the afternoon Aer Lingus Regional service from Cork

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP EI-FHT operated their flight from Malaga

Czech Airlines Airbus A319-112 OK-NEN operated their flight from Prague

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Saturday 30 April 2016 - Air India Express Boeing 737-86N VT-GHB arrives on its delivery flight to India

Air India Express  Boeing 737-86N VT-GHB was an early morning arrival from Toronto on its delivery flight
from Seattle to India - the aircraft will night stop at BHX and continue its journey on Sunday evening....

.... it has Kites on one side of the tail

.... and a floral image on the other side - a distant shot I am afraid!

Qatar Boeing 787-8 A7-BCM operated their flight to Doha - its first visit to BHX

Air France Airbus A321-212 F-GTAT operated their morning service to Paris CDG

Blue Air Boeing 737-4Q8 YR-BAR operated their flight from Bucharest - its first visit....

.... wearing this registration - it had previously visited when TC-SKG with Sky Airlines (of Turkey)

Freebird Airbus A320-214 TC-FHE operated another "final" return IT flight
of the season from Antalya before positioning out to Amsterdam

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP EI-FHZ operated their flight to Malaga

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FRK operated their afternoon service from Dublin - its first visit to BHX

PIA Boeing 777-2Q8ER AP-BMG which is in their "retro" colour scheme....

.... operated their flight from Islamabad

Smartlynx Airbus A320-214 YL-LCL which now wears billboard Thomas Cook titles and tail insignia
went on an air test returning in a passing rain shower! - the aircraft is planned to enters service with
Thomas Cook on Monday 2 May 2016 and will be based at Birmingham for the summer season

Bell Jet Ranger II G-WIZZ made a brief morning visit to the Elmdon apron

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