Tuesday 5 May 2015 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12s UR-CAH and UR-CGV visit the Elmdon apron

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAH was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... to operate a relief flight to Juba in South Sudan - it had earlier arrived from Casablanca with

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGV operating a second flight also to Juba.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... having earlier positioned in from Chernivtsi in the Ukraine

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANU which is in "Star Alliance" colours operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYI operated their service from Madrid - its first visit to BHX

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FIJ operated their early morning service from Dublin - its first visit to BHX

Gulfstream IV N771AV was a lunchtime arrival parking up to night stop

Challenger 604 N581TS which had arrived on Monday evening spent the day parked up

Solaris Aviation Citation Excel S5-BDG which had also arrived on Monday spent the day parked up

Citation CJ3 F-HBPP spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photos: Mike Hollick

Monday 5 May 2014 - Citation CJ3 OY-TSA is a lunchtime departure from the Elmdon apron

Citation CJ3 OY-TSA which had arrived on Sunday was a lunchtime departure

Solaris Aviation Citation Excel S5-BDG was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Lufthansa "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 D-AIUA operated their afternoon service from Frankfurt

KLM Boeing 737-8K2 PH-BXA operated their afternoon service to Amsterdam - the aircraft is in their "retro" colour scheme

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECY - the "#purpleplane" - was an afternoon departure to Amsterdam

Sunday 21 July 2013 - Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200LR EC-JEE operates SAS service to Copenhagen

Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200LR EC-JEE operated the evening SAS service to Copenhagen
- the aircraft is leased from Air Nostrum and had previously visited BHX on its delivery flight

West Air Europe BAe ATP SE-KXP operated the early morning newspaper flight to the Isle of Man

Jet Executive Learjet 35A D-CCCA made an afternoon visit operating an air ambulance flight

Solaris Aviation Citation Excel S5-BDG was an evening visitor

Wednesday 20 March 2013 - Another day - another RAF VC10 makes a flypast at Birmingham Airport!!

RAF VC10 K3 ZA148/"G" made an approach and go around to Runway 33 at lunchtime....

   

.... while on a training flight out of RAF Brize Norton

.... the second VC10 to visit BHX in three days! Photo: Mike Hollick

.... this time performing a flypast with the undercarriage down before climbing away
and returning to RAF Brize Norton - maybe still not the last visit of a VC10 to BHX!?

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDS was an afternoon arrival from Brno operating a priority freight charter....

.... after unloading it was soon on its way again departing to Hahn

Swiftair Embraer Brasilia EC-JBD which had gone "tech" in the morning was
an evening departure back to Belfast International

Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWN operated their weekly IT flight to Enfidha - its first visit to BHX

Citation XLS G-EYUP made a brief late afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron while.... Photo: Mike Hollick

Solaris Aviation Citation Excel S5-BDG which had visited Eurojet for maintenance also departed

An view of a busy Elmdon apron 

Saturday 2 March 2013 - Turkish Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JFE flying for Euroleague Basketball "Final Four"

Turkish Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JFE operated their flight from Istanbul....

.... the aircraft wears additional Euroleague Basketball "Final Four" titles and insignia
marking Turkish Airlines sponsorship of this competition Photos: Ron Kosys

Thomson Boeing 757-204 G-BYAY is now flying in their new colour scheme

Solaris Aviation Citation Excel S5-BDG was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Cessna F177RG G-BIAS was a day stopping visitor

Network Rail Ecureuil 2 G-NETR made a number of visits between local flights