Thursday 12 July 2012 - Airport Fire Service marks 15 years of United Airlines at Birmingham Airport

The Airport Fire Service were on hand to mark the celebration of
the 15th anniversary of United Airlines service to Birmingham....
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.... with a water cannon salute as Boeing 757-224 N17128 taxied
for departure back to Newark, New York, as the "UA 027"....
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.... with the early morning sun creating a rainbow!
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For more on United Airlines 15th anniversary celebration see here
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Swiftair Embraer Brasilia EC-HTS which is normally a
nocturnal visitor operating the FedEx Feeder flight
from/to Belfast International failed to depart and spent the
day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Citation II N80AX which was formerly G-JETJ with Eurojet
finally reappeared out of their hangar and departed to Wick
on delivery to the USA Photo: Mike Hollick
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Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov An 12BK UR-CAH was an
evening departure with a load of freight for Monrovia
via Malaga by which time it was raining again!

Tuesday 10 July 2012 - Air Contractors Lockheed Hercules EI-JIV is off back to Saarbruken

Air Contractors Lockheed L100-30 Hercules EI-JIV which
had arrived from Saarbrucken on Monday night spent
the morning parked up before returning to Germany
to collect another load of freight
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Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov An 12BK UR-CAH spent
the day parked up after arriving from Brno in the
early hours of the morning
Photos: Mike Hollick

Thursday 3 August 2017 - Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANJ operates their flight from Amritsar and Delhi

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANJ operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi making a perfect touchdown!

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ was an afternoon arrival when it positioned
in from Brussels and flying down much of the Runway at about 3 feet!

Blue Air Boeing 737-82R YR-BML operated their flight to Bucharest

Adria Canadair CRJ 701ER S5-AAY positioned in from Paris CDG to operate a charter to Alesund on Friday
morning - its first visit as such but the aircraft had previously visited when D-ACPM with Lufthansa CityLine

Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EUG operated the evening flight from Dubai....

.... its first visit to BHX

FedEx Global Express N2FE was an early morning arrival from Memphis spending the day parked up

Netjets Global 6000 CS-GLD made a brief lunchtime visit to the Elmdon apron

Masterjet Legacy 600 CS-DVY which had arrived in the early hours of the morning spent the day parked up

Air Alliance Express Learjet 35A D-CEXP was an afternoon arrival

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Sunday 23 July 2017 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGV is a morning departure to Liege

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGV was a morning departure from the Elmdon apron....

.... when it positioned out to Liege departing off Runway 33 Photos: Ron Kosys

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLL which had arrived on Saturday morning spent the day parked up

Citation Sovereign PH-JTJ was an early evening arrival from Ostend continuing onto Luton

CitationJet 3A-MSR was a morning arrival from Edinburgh.... Photo: Ron Kosys

.... later continuing onto Cannes Photo: Paul Townsend

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 TC-JMM operated their afternoon service from Istanbul
- its first visit to BHX Photo: Paul Townsend

Air France Airbus A318-111 F-GUGE operated their morning service from Paris CDG

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Tuesday 1 December 2015 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CNT departs to Almeria

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CNT which had spent the night parked up on the Elmdon apron....

.... was a morning departure to Almeria, Spain

.... taking off on Runway 33

.... and making a signature Antonov 12 departure

Air France Airbus A321-212 F-GTAE operated their lunchtime service from Paris CDG....

.... the aircraft is in "Skyteam" colours

Freebird Airbus A320-214 TC-FBH operated their IT flight from Antalya

A slow winters day! - Monarch, Small Planet and Thomson aircraft parked on the 70s and 80s stands

Abelag Aviation Falcon 2000EX OO-FDG was a lunchtime arrival from Brussels

Speedwings Executive Jet Citation Excel OE-GXL was a morning visitor Photo: Mike Hollick

Netjets Citation XLS CS-DXT made a morning visit to the Elmdon apron departing to Bern

Royal Flight Sikorsky S 76C G-XXEB was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Monday 30 November 2015 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CNT makes its first visit to BHX

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CNT spent the night parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

.... it had earlier arrived from Liege on its first visit to BHX

.... to operate a freight charter to Almeria, Spain, on Tuesday morning

.... parking on Stand 501 next to....

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLA which spent the day parked up before departing to Sofia

Hungarian Air Force Antonov 26 603 prepares to depart 407 having left before day break....

.... returning Kecskemet Air Base in Hungary via Brussels

.... and departing off Runway 15

Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LYL operated their flight from Warsaw....

.... its first visit to BHX

Saturday 11 July 2015 - Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-REL flying in flybe colours for Aer Lingus

Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-REL which is in flybe's new purple colour scheme operated
the delayed mid-morning Aer Lingus service from Dublin

Enter Air Boeing 737-85F SP-ENZ operated their weekly IT flight from Kefalonia

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW which had arrived on Thursday a lunchtime departure to Vatry

Air X Charter Boeing 737-505 9H-OME which had arrive on Friday positioned out to Luton

Speedwings Executive Jet Citation Excel OE-GXL was a morning visitor....

.... to the Elmdon apron departing to Toulon