Historic BHX - Saturday 8 January 2005

Tyrolean Dash 8-402Q OE-LGB operated the first flight of a new weekly ski IT flight to Bolzano in Italy

First Choice Airbus A321-211 G-OOAE operated the first flight of their weekly ski IT flight to Innsbruck

SAS MD 87 LN-ROZ operated their morning scheduled service to Copenhagen

Aer Arann ATR 72-202 EI-REE operated their flight to Cork

Crossair Embraer 145LU HB-JAL operated the lunchtime Swiss service to Zurich

- it wears additional "400th Embraer 145" titles

bmibaby Boeing 737-3L9 G-OGBE operated their new service to Prague

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-28A G-JMCF operated their weekly ski IT flight to Lyon

flybe Dash 8-402Q G-JECE was an afternoon departure to Edinburgh

Air Slovakia Boeing 757-236 OM-DGK was damaged during the overnight gales which lifted up the aircraft

and turned it through 90 degrees with a set of passenger boarding steps ending up under the aircraft

Historic BHX - Friday 7 January 2005

Armenian International Airbus A320-212 EK-32001 remained parked up on the 70's stands
but this time displaying the titles in English - its is operating on behalf of Midland Airways

bmibaby Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYA which had positioned in from East Midlands on Thursday

evening was named "brummie baby" before operating their first departure from BHX - a

local flight - as bmibaby commenced operations from Birmingham - report here

Historic BHX - bmibaby commence operations from Birmingham International Airport‏

bmibaby Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYA has been named "brummie baby"

Birmingham International Airport today, Friday 7 January 2005, welcomed bmibaby

to its increasing portfolio of airlines and destinations, offering even greater choice

for Midlands' travellers from the region's largest Airport
 

bmibaby will fly to nine destinations - Alicante, Edinburgh, Belfast International,

Malaga, Palma, Prague, Amsterdam, Knock and Geneva - offering over 130 flights

every week throughout the winter months. Additionally, the airline will launch
services to Cork, Murcia and Nice from the end of March 2005
 

Peter Vella, Birmingham International Airport's Business Development Director,

said, "bmibaby will compliment our existing portfolio of low cost and full service

airlines and will provide even greater choice for business and leisure passengers"

To mark the launch of services children from Marston Green Infant School were

on hand to help name Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYA "brummie baby" before taking

a short flight as the WW1075 around the local area

Boeing 737-3L9 G-OGBD operated their first service to Malaga as the WW1031
while Boeing 737-3L9 G-OGBE went to Alicante as the WW1041 with G-TOYA
operating the WW1091 to Knock after it returned from the promotional flight

All flights with bmibaby from Birmingham will be operated by Boeing 737-300

and 500 jet aircraft with 148 and 131 seats respectively

 

Friday 7 January 2005

Saturday 8 September 2012 - CityJet and Loganair operate charters from Stornoway

CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJY was a morning arrival operating
a day stopping charter from Stornoway in the Western Isles....

.... followed in by Loganair/flybe Saab 340B G-LGNC from the
same destination both aircraft parking up for the day at BHX

bmibaby Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYI was a morning departure
to Malaga as they operated their final Saturday schedule....

.... with Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYD an afternoon departure
operating their final service to Lisbon before the airlines
ceases operations on Sunday 9 September 2012

Citation CJ2 OE-FLP was a day stopping visitor while....

.... Tyrol Air Ambulance Citation Bravo OE-GPS made
a brief evening visit to the Elmdon apron

"Bye bye baby" - the final bmibaby departures from Birmingham on Monday 10 Sept 2012

"Bye bye baby" - the final bmibaby departure from Birmingham
Airport Boeing 737-37Q G-ODSK receives a farewell wave from
the staff of their local handling agent Servisair....

.... bmibaby had ceased passenger operations on Sunday
evening, 9 September 2012 with the four based aircraft
spending the night on the 80's Stands at Birmingham

The first aircraft to depart was Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYI....

.... which is named "tinylife baby"

Next aircraft to depart was Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYD....

.... which is named "Surf's up, baby !"

.... followed by Boeing 737-36N G-TOYH

.... which is named "baby of the north" - this aircraft had operated
their final service from Birmingham (to Prague) on Sunday

The final aircraft depart was Boeing 737-37Q G-ODSK....

.... which is named "dragonfly baby"

.... after lining up on Runway 15 it received the best wishes
from all in Air Traffic Control at Birmingham

.... before climbing away destination Norwich - bmibaby
at Birmingham 7 January 2005 - 10 September 2012

Final bmibaby departures from Birmingham Airport
on Monday 10 September 2012

G-TOYI Flight number WW 9421 Callsign BMI LR1 - airborne 1119
G-TOYD Flight number WW 9422 Callsign BMI CWM2 - airborne 1130
G-TOYH Flight number WW 9423 Callsign BMI AB3 - airborne 1138
G-ODSK Flight number WW 9424 Callsign BMI RP4 - airborne 1142

- all aircraft departed off Runway 15 to Norwich - the callsign
which is used for ATC purposes consisted of the pilots initials
and its departure number - the final flight from Birmingham
therefore used callsign "baby romeo papa four"

Monday 10 September 2012

Monday 3 September 2012 - Gainjet Boeing 737 SX-MTF takes England U21's to Baku

GainJet Boeing 737-329 SX-MTF was an afternoon departure
taking the England Under 21 Football team to Baku for their
UEFA U21 European Championship match against Azerbaijan
on Thursday.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... it had earlier positioned in parking on Stand 504 on
the Elmdon apron - it is jointly marketed by Multiflight
whose titles are on the tail

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 TC-JRB operated their
flight to Istanbul - it is in "Star Alliance" colours with large
15th anniversary stickers on the rear fuselage

bmibaby Boeing 737-59D G-BVZE which had operated
BHX flights on Sunday positioned back to East Midlands
- the least visit of a bmibaby "735" to Birmingham....

.... while Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYD commenced its last week
of operations from BHX with bmibaby scheduled to cease
operations on Sunday 9 September 2012

Austrian Arrows Dash 8-402Q OE-LGD operated the afternoon
Brussels Airlines flights in place of the usual DH4 OE-LGC

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZD operated the first flight
on their additional daily service that will now operate until
the end of the summer schedules - more information here

Jet Executive Learjet 35A D-CGHC was an afternoon visitor....

.... while Bell Longranger III G-ODCC was an early arrival
- to nightstop - for an event organised by the Helicopter
Club of Great Britain on Tuesday Photos: Mike Hollick

Sunday 10 June 2012 - Germania Airbus A319 D-AHIM flying for Monarch to Milan

Germania Airbus A319-112 D-AHIM positioned in from Memmingen
to operate the evening Monarch service to Milan - its first visit to BHX
.

Air Italy Boeing 767-23BER I-AIGI operated the morning Monarch
service to Arrecife before positioning out to Stansted
.

Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABMC operated their flight to Paderborn
for the second week in a row! - the aircraft wears "One World" titles
.

bmibaby Boeing 737-36N G-TOYH operated their final flight
from Knock as they ceased to operate that route together with
their services from BHX to Amsterdam and Belfast City
.

Hawker 800XP M-YCEF was an afternoon arrival Photo: Ron Kosys
.

Titan Airways Agusta A109E Power G-WELY made
a brief afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron

bmibaby cease services from Birmingham to Amsterdam, Belfast City and Knock

Boeing 737 G-TOYH arrives on the final bmibaby service from Knock
bmibaby today/Sunday 10 June 2012 ceased to operate

their first batch of routes from Birmingham as they start

to wind down their operations....
.
.... services from BHX to Amsterdam, Belfast City and
Knock finished today with the last inbound flights on
those routes being operated by the following aircraft -

.

STASTA Arrival 1605 WW1022 Boeing 737 G-TOYL from Belfast City
STASTA Arrival 1650 WW1092 Boeing 737 G-TOYH from Knock
STASTA Arrival 2225 WW1014 Boeing 737 G-TOYJ from Amsterdam

.
All other bmibaby routes from Birmingham continue
to operate as planned until early September 2012

- for more information on the planned closure of
bmibaby please click here

.

Boeing 737 G-TOYL arrives on the final bmibaby service from Belfast City
Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann will commence service
from Birmingham to Knock tomorrow/Monday 11 June 2012
while both flybe and KLM are adding capacity on their existing

services from Birmingham to Belfast City and Amsterdam

.

Sunday 10 June 2012