Sunday 3 August 2008 - Fly Excellent MD 83 SE-DJE flying for Air Bee

Fly Excellent MD 83 SE-DJE operated the Air Bee/Itali Airlines

IT flight to Naples. The aircraft wears "Purobeach" titles

advertising a Spanish hotel chain
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flybe chartered Jet2 Boeing 737-377 G-CELA to operate their

delayed IT flight to Bastia after an Embraer 195 went tech

Saturday 30 July 2011 - "Global Gathering" at Long Marston airfield results in influx of biz jets!

The "Global Gathering" festival being held at Long Marston airfield
near Stratford on Avon continued to attract interesting movements
to the Elmdon apron - Solid Air Citation Bravo PH-DYN wears
"Swedish House Mafia" titles - a group of Swedish DJ's Photo: Ron Kosys
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Colmuba Air Citation CJ2 9A-CLN arrived from Ohrid Photo: Mike Hollick
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Other visitors included Citation II D-CJJJ
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....and Augusta Air Citation XLS D-CLLL Photos: Mike Hollick
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Flight Ambulance Learjet 35A D-COKE was an evening arrival
from Turkey operating an air ambulance flight
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Jetairfly - TUI Belgium - Boeing 737-8K5 OO-JAX positioned
in from Brussels to operate a return student flight to Rome
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flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECF is named "Adam Stansfield" in memory
of the Exeter City footballer who died in 2010 Photo: Ron Kosys
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BA Cityflyer Embraer 190-100LR G-LCYJ positioned in
from Glasgow to operate a peak season IT flight to Palma

Wednesday 2 July 2008 - Adria CRJ200 S5-AAH operates their flight from Ljubljana

Adria Canadair CRJ200 S5-AAH operated their weekly flight
from Ljubljana

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Cessna 525 Citation CJ1 OM-HLY was another early morning

arrival that spent most of the day parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Sun Air Dornier 328JET OY-NCL operated the return charter

flight from Braunschweig before positioning back to Billund
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Farnair Europe ATR 42 HB-AFD operated another charter

flight from/to Paris CDG
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flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-KKEV has now been named "Kevin Keegan"
and sports an image of him - on the passenger door side only - in
his younger days as a Newcastle United Football Club player
. Lear Jet 45 N300AQ was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron
.Air Berlin Fokker 100 D-AGPD operated the return charter
flight from Frankfurt before positioning to Berlin Tegal

Thursday 21 June 2012 - Royal Thai Air Force Boeing 737-4Z6 HS-CMV/11-111 visits BHX!!

Royal Thai Air Force Boeing 737-4Z6 HS-CMV/11-111 was
a lunchtime arrival from Farnborough.... Photo: Laurence Jones
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.... bringing Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkom of Thailand on
a visit to Birmingham - after spending the afternoon parked up....
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.... on the Elmdon apron it departed back to Farnborough
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Aer Arann ATR 72-201 EI-REI has now joined EI-REH
in gaining Aer Lingus Regional titles Photo: Ron Kosys
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Cello BAe 146-200 G-RAJJ made a rare visit to the terminal
side of the airport spending the day operating for flybe
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Gulfstream 550 HB-IGM made a brief afternoon visit

Monday 11 June 2012 - Sunwing/Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 C-FTLK off to "Euro 2012"!!

Sunwing Boeing 737-8K5 C-FTLK positioned in from Dublin
to operate a Thomson charter flight to Donetsk in the Ukraine
taking England fans to watch their first "Euro 2012" match
against France this evening/Monday. The aircraft - which left
BHX at 0540! - is in the Hapag Lloyd "retro" colour scheme
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Air VIA Airbus A320-214 LZ-MDB positioned in from Bourgas
to operate for Monarch initially departing on their morning
service to Alicante - this was its first visit to BHX

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Lufthansa Airbus A321-231 D-AIDB operated their morning
service from Frankfurt - its first visit to BHX - while....
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.... Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBO operated their
afternoon service from Munich - also on its first visit to BHX
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Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 72-212A EI-REL operated
their inaugural service to Knock/Ireland West Airport - a route
dropped by bmibaby the previous day
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Suckling Dornier 328-110 G-BWWT operated the morning flybe
service to Dundee in place of the usual Loganair Saab 340
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Citation XLS+ D-CHEM was a morning arrival parking up to night
stop on the Elmdon apron - its first visit to BHX Photo: Mike Hollick
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Jet Ranger III G-MFMF operating in the area as "Electricity 18"
made a precautionary landing on the Elmdon apron adjacent to
Taxiway Golf - after a check it was on its way again Photo: Mike Hollick

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

Monday 13 April 2009 - Airlift Douglas DC 8F 9G-RAC diverts in from Lyneham

Airlift International Douglas DC 8 63F 9G-RAC was an early

morning diversion from RAF Lyneham....

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.... after refueling it departed off Runway 33 onto Lyneham
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While waiting for the weather at Lyneham to improve it parked
on the Elmdon apron - the aircraft had previously visited BHX in

1987 as OY-KTG when it diverted in operating a SAS flight - for
a photo of it on that visit please see -http://baeg.blogspot.com/
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Welcome Air Dornier 328 OE-GBB was an afternoon visitor

to the Elmdon apron operating an Air Ambulance flight

before departing off Runway 15 to Brussels
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flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOR which had arrived on delivery

on Friday spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Monday 11 December 2017 - Seeing double Emirates Airbus A380s as 4 visit after Sundays snowfall

Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOY operated their lunchtime flight from Dubai landing as
A380-842 A6-EUY which had diverted to Manchester the previous day was still boarding

As no stand was available A380 A6-EOY then had to hold on Taxiway Alpha while a
number of following arrivals landed and then backtracked down Runway 33 to pass it

Emirates Airbus A380-842 A6-EUY was soon on its way albeit nearly 24 hours late....

.... departing to Dubai and causing its own snowstorm as it lifted off Runway 33

As a result of Sunday's diversions both of which went to Manchester and then returned
today/Monday a total of 4 Emirates Airbus A380s operated through Birmingham -

1030/1230 EK39D/8040 388 from Manchester/to Dubai A6-EUY
- return of flight diverted on Sunday - Emirates
1125/1330 EK039/040 388 from/to Dubai A6-EOY
- planned aircraft allocation - Emirates
1730/1930 EK37D/8038 388 from Manchester/to Dubai A6-EOX
- return of flight diverted on Sunday - Emirates
1845/2050 EK037/038 388 from/to Dubai A6-EDJ
- planned aircraft allocation - Emirates

Above are "planned times - the final flight did not depart until after 0200 Tuesday morning!

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-GDF operated their flight from Tenerife - its first visit to BHX

Icelandair Boeing 757-23N TF-FIC operated their flight from Reykjavik Keflavik going on
an extended airport tour on arrival due to a number stands still being blocked by snow

Jet2 Boeing 737-8K5 G-GDFX positioned in from Belfast to operate their flight to Krakow
as they brought in additional capacity to catch up after Sunday's snow related delays

Jet2 Boeing 737-86Q G-GDFY operated their flight to Tenerife

SAS Airbus A321-232 OY-KBE operated their morning service to Copenhagen
after their Sunday afternoon service was cancelled due to the snow

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZWY operated their flight from Geneva
as they increased their schedule for the start of the ski season

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZRD operated their mid-morning service to Belfast International

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-FLBD taxy's to the terminal from the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar

Air Taxi Europe Cessna 406 Caravan II D-IFFF was an afternoon arrival
on the Elmdon apron - the Germans don't let a little snow stop them!!

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