Tuesday 22 January 2013 - BA Cityflyer Embraer 190 G-LCYL diverts in from London City

BA Cityflyer Embraer 190-100LR G-LCYL diverted in from London City due to poor visibility
arriving from Glasgow - its first visit to BHX - it later positioned out to London City

Monday 21 January 2013 - seeing double!? - two Star Air/UPS Boeing 767 freighters divert to BHX!!

Two Star Air Boeing 767-25EF freighters flying on behalf of UPS diverted into BHX in the 

early hours as a result of East Midlands Airport being closed because of snow and ice....

.... both aircraft had originated in Cologne and had already diverted to Stansted in the

expectation that East Midlands would reopen but when this was not the case both aircraft

came onto BHX - Boeing 767-25EF OY-SRJ was routing Cologne-EMA-Belfast International

.... while Boeing 767-25EF OY-SRK which was on its first visit to BHX was routing onto Edinburgh

As East Midlands remained closed for most of the day both aircraft were unloaded at BHX

.... with the aircraft positioning out in the early evening

.... OY-SRK is de iced prior to departure Photos: Mike Hollick

British Airways Airbus A320-232 G-EUYJ on its first visit was the first of a number of aircraft

to divert to BHX when Manchester Airport was closed by snow during the morning - after

refuelling it continued its journey....

Turkish Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHL in their "Globally Yours" scheme also diverted in from Manchester....

.... while Boeing 737-9F2ER TC-JYD operated the regular BHX service - another first visit

and the first time Turkish have used a 737-900ER on their scheduled service to BHX

SAS Airbus A321-232 OY-KBB operated their morning service from Copenhagen

as they tried to catch up after a weekend of disruption

Challenger 604 HB-JGT was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron arriving in a snow shower!

Sunday 20 January 2013 - it just keeps snowing!!

Another very cold day at Birmingham Airport - it snowed most of the day with the airport closing

during the evening for snow clearance - Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-ESV was going nowhere!

Monarch Boeing 757-2T7 G-MONJ was an afternoon arrival operating an IT flight that

had been delayed from Saturday evening after Geneva Airport was closed by snow

- this was a rare visit by a Monarch Boeing 757 and the first time with billboard titles

Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABME operated their flight from Paderborn

- the aircraft wears "One World" alliance titles

Historic BHX - Tuesday 11 January 2005

Britannia Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYJ was a morning departure to Bridgetown, Barbados

Saturday 19 January 2013 - Austrian Airbus A320 OE-LBS operates their IT flight to Innsbruck

Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBS operated their weekly IT flight to Innsbruck....

.... it wears "operated by Tyrolean" titles following the recent reorganisation of the Austrian Airlines Group

Lufthansa Airbus A321-231 D-AIDK operated their lunchtime flight from Frankfurt

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGG finally departed back to Dubai - the aircraft had been diverted

to Glasgow on Friday afternoon when BHX was closed by snow and as a result was 22 hours late

TAG Aviation Embraer Legacy 600 G-OGSK was a lunchtime arrival when it diverted in from Cambridge

Netjets Citation XLS CS-DXY made a morning visit to the Elmdon apron

Historic BHX - Monday 10 January 2005

Eirjet Airbus A320-212 EI-DIJ operated the morning Aer Arann flight from Cork in place

of their usual ATR 72 - its first visit to BHX. It departed back to Cork via Edinburgh

Historic BHX - Sunday 9 January 2005

Titan BAe 146-200QC G-ZAPO was an afternoon arrival from Fagernes in Norway operating
the weekly ski IT flight on behalf of Crystal Holidays whose titles appear on the nose

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

Friday 18 January 2013 - JCB Gulfstream 550 G-JCBB diverts in before the snow arrives at BHX!!

JCB Gulfstream 550 G-JCBB was an early morning arrival from Salt Lake City when
it diverted in from Oxford which had been closed by snow.... Photo: Laurence Jones

.... unfortunately it just kept snowing soon covering Flightline Metro II EC-GXJ which was
parked up on the Elmdon apron resulting in BHX also closing at lunchtime

.... despite the best endeavours of the snow clearance crews the airport remained closed until 1800

Thursday 17 January 2013 - SiAvia Embraer 145 F-HELA operates a charter flight from Lyon

SiAvia Embraer 145EU F-HELA was a morning arrival operating a charter flight from Lyon and
parking up to night stop on Stand 61 - the aircraft is in the basic colour scheme of Athens Airways
and had once been a BHX regular as G-EMBK with flybe and BA CitiExpress. It was most recently
operated by defunct Slovenian operator Linxair Photo: Ian Cruise

Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional Canadair CRJ 200ER EC-IZP operated a charter flight from Toulouse
also parking up to night stop at BHX

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGH operated their lunchtime flight to Dubai - its first visit to BHX

Goldeck-Flug Citation Excel OE-GCA was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Birmingham Airport commences a series of Airspace Change Consultation Roadshows

Birmingham Airport has commenced a series of Roadshows to explain the proposed
changes to its flight paths linked to the opening of the runway extension in 2014

As the runway will be extended further south, there will be a change to the routeing

of aircraft after taking-off to the south off Runway 15 while aircraft landing from the

south on Runway 33 will be approximately 51 feet lower on their final approach due

to aircraft touching down earlier on the extended runway

Kristin Kane, Environment Manger (centre) and John Morris, Public Affairs Director
explain the airspace changes to a resident in Catherine de Barnes

The Airport is consulting over a three month period - the new routes of the flight

paths have been designed using the latest criteria to allow aircraft to fly more

precisely than ever and are a legal requirement set out by the CAA

To give local people an opportunity to find out more about the proposed airspace

changes, the Airport is holding a series of roadshows in Catherine-de-Barnes,

Barston, Eastcote, Meriden, Berkswell, Hampton-in-Arden, Marston Green,

Bickenhill, Balsall Common, Knowle and Sheldon

Andy Davies, Airfield & Airspace Manager (right) explains the airspace changes

Full details of the proposals and the roadshows can be found at:
www.birminghamairport.co.uk/airspace

or by calling the Airport's Environmental Helpline on 0121 767 7433

Thursday 17 January 2013

Wednesday 16 January 2013 - Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWL makes its first visit to BHX

Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWL operated their weekly flight from Enfidha - its first visit

to BHX - the aircraft was only delivered to the airline a week ago

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHF operated their flight to Istanbul on a cold and icy morning

Lufthansa Regional Canadair CRJ900LR D-ACKG operated their mid morning service to Munich

in place of the usual Embraer 195 - a now rare visit of a Lufthansa CR9 to BHX