Tuesday 19 June 2012 - French Army TBM 700 139/(F-MABS) makes morning visit

French Army TBM 700 139/(F-MABS) made a brief morning visit
.

Citation XLS I-TAKA was a day stopping visitor
.

Titan Boeing 737-33AQC G-POWC positioned in from Stansted
to operate the first of a series of charter to Munich for Audi
.

Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200LR OY-RJG operated
the evening SAS service from Copenhagen

Euro 2012 - England v Italy - anyone for Kiev!?

Air Finland Boeing 757 OH-AFM - which is based at BHX for
the summer season - will be operating a day trip charter
from Birmingham Airport to Kiev taking England fans to the
"UEFA Euro 2012" quarter final match against Italy on Sunday
.

Flight OF 273 is planned to depart Birmingham at 0600 on
Sunday morning, 24 June 2012, with the return flight OF 274
from Kiev due back into BHX at 0335 on Monday morning
.

Friday 22 June 2012

Monday 18 June 2012 - Emirates Boeing 777 A6-EGQ makes its first visit to BHX

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGQ operated their
evening service from Dubai - its first visit to BHX
.

Brit Air Canadair CRJ 1000 F-HMLA operated
the evening Air France service from Paris CDG
.

Challenger 300 N360PA was an early evening arrival

Sunday 17 June 2012 - Air Finland Boeing 757 OH-AFM flying for Monarch

Air Finland Boeing 757-28A OH-AFM spent the day flying
for Monarch arriving here on their service from Palma
.

Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYS which is in the "Shopping Paradise
Zurich Airport" scheme - operated their evening service
.

Citation XLS OE-GSZ which had arrived on Friday
was an afternoon departure

Saturday 16 June 2012 - Austrian Boeing 737 OE-LNR operates a charter from Vienna

Austrian Boeing 737-8Z9 OE-LNR operated a charter from Vienna
.

Denim Air Fokker 50 PH-KXX which had arrived on Friday continued
to fly for flybe operating their lunchtime service from the Isle of Man
.

Titan Boeing 737-33AQC G-ZAPZ positioned in from Stansted
to operate a charter flight to Milan Malpensa
.

Aer Arann/Aer Ligus Regional ATR 72-201 EI-REH again operated
their lunchtime service from Knock making an interesting approach
to Runway 15 in the wet and gusty conditions Photo: Ron Kosys
.

IAI Westwind 2 N439WW which had arrived on Wednesday
morning departed to Luton

Friday 15 June 2012 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12 UR-CAG arrives from Luxembourg

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAG was an afternoon
arrival operating a freight charter from Luxembourg
.

Denim Air Fokker 50 PH-KXX positioned in from Brussels to operate
for flybe initially departing on their afternoon service to Waterford
.

Aer Arann ATR 72-201 EI-REH operated their lunchtime service
from Knock - it now wears Aer Lingus Regional titles
.

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGR operated their
evening service from Dubai - its first visit to BHX
.

Hawker 850XP HB-VOJ made a brief afternoon visit
.

Citation XLS OE-GSZ was a morning arrival parking up
to night stop Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Air Harrods Sikorsky S 76C G-WIWI was an evening
visitor to the Elmdon apron

Thursday 14 June 2012 - Westwind N439WW makes its first visit to BHX

IAI Westwind 2 N439WW was an early morning arrival parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron - this was a rare visit by this type
of biz jet - the last Westwind had visited back in 2005 Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Gulfstream IV N394AK was a morning arrival from Manchester
.

Blue City Metro II G-CEGE departed to Allborg for maintenance
.

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGO operated their evening
service from Dubai - it wears additional "1000th 777" titles

Wednesday 13 June 2012 - Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200 OY-RJG flying for SAS

Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200LR OY-RJG operated the evening
SAS service from Copenhagen - its first visit to BHX - the former
Cimber Air titles and tail insignia have been painted out since
that airlines ceased operations in May 2012
.

Air Transat Airbus A330-342 C-GTSO operated
their weekly flight from Toronto
.

TAG Aviation Challenger 850 G-SHAL was a morning visitor
.

Citation CJ1+ D-IHKW spent the day parked up on the Elmdon
apron after earlier diverting in from RAF Shawbury

May 2012 passenger figures at Birmingham

Birmingham Airport handled 790,819 passengers during

May 2012 - an increase of 1.5% on the previous year
.

This was another very encouraging result - while the
late Bank Holiday (for the Jubilee) pushed some holiday
traffic back into June the main summer season got off
to a strong start helped by all the new routes and the
additional based aircraft
.

While there was the now inevitable decline in charter
/IT traffic - not helped by some flights not starting to
the end of the month - this was more than set off by
the growth in scheduled services
.
June - with the added benefit of the Jubilee weekend -
has got off to a strong start and is already well on the
way to being another positive month

.

During May significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Hamburg 96.0%, Istanbul 80.5%, Dalaman 77.0%,
Larnaca 42.5%, Paphos 39.9%, Milan 39.7%,
Katowice 37.0%, Gerona 35.8%, Palma 30.2%,
Nice 30.0%, Knock 24.2% and Waterford 21.6%
.
Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Tunisia 60.2%, Jamaica 17.9% and Madeira 17.8%

.
Scheduled traffic accounted for 80.9% of the total
passenger traffic in May whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 19.1%
.

Thursday 14 June 2012

Tuesday 12 June 2012 - Air Malta Airbus A320 9H-AEO promotes "Valletta 2018"

Air Malta Airbus A320-214 9H-AEO operated their weekly
flight from Malta - the aircraft wears a special colour scheme
promoting the campaign for Valletta as a candidate city for
the "European Capital of Culture 2018"
.

Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200LR OY-RJB operated the evening
SAS service from Copenhagen - Cimber A/S is a new operator
that has now taken over the aircraft previously flown for SAS
by now defunct Cimber Sterling A/S
.

VIA Air Airbus A320-214 LZ-MDB continued to operate for Monarch
.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EVK operated their morning
service from Faro - its first visit to BHX

KLM to increase frequency of their Amterdam to Birmingham service to 6 flights daily

KLM are planning to increase the frequency of their
Amsterdam to Birmingham service to 6 flights daily

from Monday 3 September 2012 when they will
recommence the evening KL 1433/1434 service
- arrive BHX 1805 - depart BHX 1900 - the flights
will be operated by a Fokker 70

.

In addition KLM are upgrading their other services
as required to make up for the shortfall in capacity to
Amsterdam from Birmingham now that bmibaby have

ceased their service - there have already been regular
visits by their Boeing 737-900's in recent weeks

.

Additional KLM service from Monday 3 September 2012

.
1805/1900 KL1433/1434 F70 from/to Amsterdam

- operates daily

.

Initially this additional daily rotation will operate

until the end of the summer 2012 schedules

.

Note - KLM have previously operated 6 BHX services

including using these flight numbers but subsequently

reduced to service to 5 times daily

.

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Aer Lingus Regional operate inaugural flight from Birmingham Airport to Knock

Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 72 EI-REL operated

their inaugural flight to Knock today/Monday 11 June 2012
less than four weeks after they announced the new service
and seamlessly taking over the route from bmibaby
who operated their final service yesterday/Sunday
.
Commenting on the launch of the service, Aer Arann’s
Interim Chief Executive Sean Brogan said, “We are delighted
to commence our Aer Lingus Regional Birmingham to
Ireland West Airport Knock service today. We recognise
the vital importance of regional air connectivity and the
key role that this air link to and from Birmingham
provides for business, tourism and leisure travel. We
look forward to working with our partners in Birmingham
Airport to ensure that this route continues to be a success"

.

Welcoming the launch of the service, Aer Lingus Director
of Communications, Declan Kearney said, "Aer Lingus
is delighted to add the Birmingham to Ireland West Airport
Knock route to its network. We look forward to welcoming
more and more customers on board this service from today
and into the future"
.
Paul Kehoe, CEO, Birmingham Airport, added, "The Midlands
is home to many thousands of Irish descendants so we’re
confident that today’s launch will be welcomed by those
wanting to visit friends and relatives in both Birmingham
and Knock, as well as the business community who need
to access the Midlands and County Mayo"
.
Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann flights from Birmingham
to Knock start from €29.99 one way including taxes
and are available for booking on at
www.aerlingus.com
.

Aer Lingus schedule to Knock from Monday 11 June 2012
.
Flight EI 3501 departs BHX daily to Knock at 0920
.
Flight EI 3502 arrives BHX daily from Knock at 1255
.
All flights operated by AT7
.

Monday 11 June 2012

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