Friday 7 November 2014 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12's UR-CAK and UR-CZZ are visitors

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CAK which had arrived on Thursday evening....

.... was a morning departure to Eindhoven while....

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CZZ was an afternoon arrival from Prague....

.... it was soon on its way back to Prague

First Choice Boeing 767-324ER G-OOBL which had arrived from Manchester on Thursday
was towed across and into the Monarch hangar for end of service (with Thomson) checks

Thomson Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYF which had emerged from the Monarch hangar on
Thursday departed to Hamburg under TUIfly flight numbers

Citation CJ3 N91GT which had arrived on Thursday was a morning departure to Valencia
- the aircraft is based in Melbourne, Australia - other visitors to the Elmdon apron included....

Citation CJ2+ F-HCCP

Citation CJ2+ D-IOBI which is operated on behalf of OBO Bettermann and....

AirGo Piaggio P-180 Avanti II D-IVIN Photos: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 21 February 2012 - Another busy Antonov 12 day at Birmingham!!

A view of three Antonov 12's at the start of another busy day....
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.... while Aero-Charter Airlines Antonov 12BP UR-CJN which had
arrived on Monday spent the day parked up.... Photos: Mike Hollick
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.... Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CGV was a morning
departure to Graz Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... with Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CAK following later
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Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CUTT which had arrived
on Monday was a morning departure
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Brit Air Canadair CRJ 700 F-GRZI operated the morning
Air France service to Lyon in place of the usual CRJ100
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bmi Airbus A320-232 G-MIDO is currently based operating
the Lufthansa service to Frankfurt replacing G-MIDS
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Citation Mustang N363MU which had arrived on Monday
was an afternoon departure to Caen
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Diamond DA-42 Twin Star G-DJET was an early morning visitor to
the Elmdon apron operating a transplant flight Photo: Mike Hollick

Saturday 18 February 2012 - Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 arrives in the rain!!

Turkmenistan Boeing 717-22K EZ-A106 was a morning arrival
at a very wet Birmingham Airport! - this is the second of seven
Boeing 717's being ferried to the United States for storage at
Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona....

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.... it had earlier been diverted to Minsk while en route to BHX
due to poor weather at Kiev - after refuelling it was soon on its
way to Keflavik, Iceland, and onto Goose Bay, Canada Photo: Ron Kosys
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The weather soon improved with both Meridian Aviation
Antonov 12BP UR-CAK and....
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.... Antonov 12BP UR-CGV basking in the afternoon sun!
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Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXV operated their afternoon
service to Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX
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Austrian Airlines Boeing 737-8Z9 OE-LNR operated their
weekly IT flight from Innsbruck
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Swiss again upgraded their flights as the "Half term" holiday came
to an end - Airbus A319-112 HB-IPX operated their morning service
to Zurich with Airbus A320's HB-IJO and HB-IJR also visiting
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Beech Baron D-IIHS which had arrived on Friday
was a morning departure

Thursday 16 February 2012 - Loganair celebrating 50 years as "Scotland's airline"

Loganair Saab 340B G-LGNJ operated the morning flybe service

to Dundee - the aircraft now wears additional titles marking....

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.... Loganair's celebration of 50 years as "Scotland's airline"

- for more information "click" here
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Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILU - "Lu" - operated their morning
service to Frankfurt - the aircraft wears additional markings as
part of Lufthansa's "jetfriends" promotion for younger travellers
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Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CAK returned from Graz....
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.... with another load of freight Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... while Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CGV which had
arrived in the early hours of the morning positioned out to Graz
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.... leaving Ruby Star Antonov 12BK EW-275TI and UR-CAK
still marked up on the Elmdon apron Photos: Ron Kosys
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Citation Sovereign D-CHDC was a day stopping visitor while....
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Oxford Aviation Academy Piper Seneca II G-BCVY arrived
from Oxford with a pilot to collect Seneca II G-BOCG....
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.... which had made an emergency landing on Wednesday
after reporting a fire in the cockpit Photos: Mike Hollick
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Cirrus SR-22 N600LB which had arrived on Wednesday
was a morning departure Photo: Mike Hollick

Wednesday 15 February 2012 - Meridian Antonov 12 UR-CAK makes it No 9 for 2012!!

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CAK was an afternoon arrival....
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.... from Graz - its first visit to BHX and the 9th different
Antonov 12 to visit Birmingham in 2012!!
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Ruby Star Antonov 12BK EW-275TI which had arrived the
previous Wednesday remained parked up Photo: Ron Kosys
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WDL Friendship 600 D-ADEP was an afternoon visitor from
Saarbruken operating a priority freight charter Photo: Ron Kosys
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Oxford Aviation Academy Piper Seneca II G-BOCG made an emergency
landing during the morning after reporting a fire in the cockpit parking
on the Elmdon apron while it was repaired Photo: Ron Kosys