Friday 29 May 2009 - Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH operates charter from Lourdes

Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH operated the return

pilgrimage charter flight from Lourdes before positioning to Brussels

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flybe Embraer 145 G-ERJC departs to Exeter and retirement....
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.... it had earlier positioned in from Manchester to operate the

BE7059/7062 to/from Edinburgh which looks to have been

the final flybe Embraer 145 passenger service

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

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

was another day stopping visitor as was....
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.... Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH which

arrived from Cologne and....
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.... Adria Canadair CRJ 200ER S5-AAJ which arrived from Salzburg
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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
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First departure was Hello MD 90 HB-JIF which returned to Zurich....
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.... while Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional Canadair CRJ 900ER EC-JTU

departed back to Madrid
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CDEB which had visited during the morning
returned to operate a charter back to Paris CDG ....
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Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH returned to Cologne
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while Niki Embraer 190-100LR OE-IHA departed back to Vienna....
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.... 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

Wednesday 2 November 2011 - Thomas Cook Airbus A320 OO-TCH brings in Club Brugge KV

Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH was a morning
arrival from Ostend bringing in Club Brugge KV for their UEFA
"Europa League" match against Birmingham City on Thursday
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Thomson Boeing 737-3U3 G-THOP operated the first rotation
of a new weekly winter IT flight from Enfidha, Tunisia....
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.... while Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-DHJH operated
the first of a short series of IT flights also from Enfidha
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RAF Tristar C2A ZE706 was an afternoon arrival on a Medevac flight
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Citation CJ3 N777EW which is a demonstrator aircraft operated
by Cessna visited the site of the new Eurojet hangar Photo: Ron Kosys
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Gulfstream IV N225CX was an afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron....
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.... while Piaggio P-180 Avanti OY-TLP was a day stopping visitor
Photos: Mike Hollick

Club Brugge KV are coming to Birmingham!!

Birmingham City play Club Brugge KV of Belgium at home
in the group stage of the UEFA "Europa League" next
Thursday evening 3 November 2011
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Club Brugge KV have chartered a Thomas Cook Belgium (FQ)
Airbus A320 to bring the team to Birmingham Airport from
Ostend while there will also be a fan charter operated by a
Jetairfly (JAF) Boeing 737-800 with both aircraft staying until
after the match - the provisional timings are as follows -

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WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2011
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1030/ N/S FQ9362 320 from Ostend
- team charter for Club Brugge KV match - Thomas Cook Belgium
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THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2011
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1045/ N/S JAF9451 73H from Brussels
- fan charter for Club Brugge KV match - Jetairfly
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FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2011
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N/S /0030 FQ9363 320 to Ostend
- return team charter for Club Brugge KV - Thomas Cook Belgium
N/S /0030 JAF9452 73H to Brussels
- return fan charter for Club Brugge KV - Jetairfly
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Schedule/timings subject to change!!
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Thursday 27 October 2011

Thursday 6 October 2011 - Thomson Boeing 757 G-OOBN operates first biofuel flight!!

Thomson Airways Boeing 757-2G5 G-OOBN operated their
flight "TOM 7446" to Arrecife in the Canary Islands....
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.... the first ever passenger flight from the UK powered
by sustainable biofuel - full report here
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Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH positioned in
from Madrid again to operate another charter flight to Stuttgart
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Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-ESO operated their early morning
flight to Dublin - its first visit to BHX
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Farnair Europe Beech 1900D HA-FAM was an early morning
arrival from Budapest spending the day parked up Photo: Ron Kosys
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Goodrich Global 5000 N700GR which had arrived
on Tuesday was an afternoon departure Photo: Ron Kosys
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ADAC/Aero Dienst Super King Air D-CADN made a brief
lunchtime visit operating an air ambulance flight
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King Air G90GTX G-MOSJ was an afternoon visitor Photo: Ron Kosys
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Jet Ranger III G-LILY was an afternoon arrival parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 5 October 2011 - New Ryanair and KLM Boeing 737's make first visits to BHX

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-ESN made its first visit to BHX
when it arrived on their early morning service from Dublin
- it then became based later arriving back from Londonderry
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KLM Boeing 737-7K2 PH-BGR operated their mid morning
service to Amsterdam - its first visit to BHX
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Eastern Airways Saab 2000 G-CDEA was a morning arrival operating
a charter flight from Rotterdam - it then positioned out to Norwich....
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.... with Saab 2000 G-CERY later arriving to operate the return flight
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Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH positioned
in from Madrid to operate a charter flight to Stuttgart
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Nightexpress Short 360-300 D-CCAS was an afternoon
visitor operating a priority freight charter flight
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Goodrich Global 5000 N700GR which arrived on Tuesday
evening spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron....
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.... while Cirrus SR-22 F-HASD was a morning arrival
parking up to night stop Photos: Mike Hollick

Monday 5 September 2011 - Thomas Cook Belguim promote "Alice in Wonderland"!!

"Alice in Wonderland" comes to BHX! - Thomas Cook Belgium
Airbus A320-232 OO-TCN positioned in from Brussels to operate
a charter flight to Stuttgart - its first visit to BHX....
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.... while one side of the aircraft has no additional marking
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.... the other side promotes "Alice in Wonderland de Musical" an album
by Flemish/Dutch girl band "K3" whose name also appears on the tail
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Solid Air Piaggio P-180 Avanti II PH-HRK was an evening
arrival from Glasgow on the Elmdon apron
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Arkia Global Express 5000 4X-COI was an earlier arrival
parking up to night stop at BHX
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"New Yorker" Falcon 200 VP-CCL was a morning visitor Photo: Ron Kosys
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Beech B200 Super King Air G-MEGN was a morning arrival
spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Friday 4 June 2010 - Hawker 4000 N78KN makes first visit of type to BHX

Hawker 4000 N78KN was an afternoon arrival - the first
visit of this type of Hawker to BHX ....

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.... after a quick turnround it departed to Barcelona
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Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH operated the

first return pilgrimage charter flight before positioning back to

Lourdes to collect the second load of passengers
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West Air Europe BAe ATP LX-WAV rotates off Runway 15 on

its way to Lille, France, that has recently replaced Eindoven as

a destination for their nightly freighter service
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HM Coastguard Cessna 404 Titan II G-EXEX was an afternoon

visitor to the Elmdon apron. The aircraft is operated on behalf
of MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency - by Reconnaissance

Ventures - RVL - who have now changed their callsign to
"Endurance" and three letter code to "REV"