Friday 11 October 2013 - Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDR is an afternoon departure to Copenhagen

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDR which had arrived in the early hours of the morning from Katowice
was an afternoon departure to Copenhagen - it had last visited BHX back in November 2000!

Thursday 10 October 2013 - RAF Sentinel R1 ZJ693 does "touch and go" on Runway 33

RAF Sentinel R1 ZJ693 made two approaches to Runway 33 during the afternoon....

.... on the first it did a "touch and go"

.... rolling well down the runway

.... while on the second approach it did a go around before continuing onto its base at RAF Waddington

Turkish Boeing 737-9F2ER TC-JYF operated their morning service to Istanbul - its first visit to BHX

Eastern Embraer 145MP G-CGWV positioned in from Newcastle to operate a charter to Belfast International
taking Leicester Tigers to Northern Ireland for their "Heineken Cup" match against Ulster on Friday evening

Falcon 2000 LX-MBE which had arrived on Wednesday evening was a lunchtime departure Photo: Mike Hollick

Piaggio P-180 Avanti HB-LTN was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Robinson R-66 Turbine N4480W and .... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... Robinson R-44 Raven II G-ROYM both visited the Elmdon apron during the day

Wednesday 16 October 2013 - Thomas Cook Boeing 757-236 G-TCBC with new tail logo in Egypt scheme

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-236 G-TCBC which now wears their new style tail logo....

.... as well as additional "Egypt where it all begins" titles operated their flight from Fuerteventura

RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAA was an afternoon arrival from Katowice....

.... operating a freight charter and landing on Runway 15

After unloading it was soon on its way again departing off Runway 33 Photo: Robert Jones

Bin Air Metro III D-CAVA was another arrival on a busy day for freighters

Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 42-300 EI-CPT operated their flight from Knock

CityJet Fokker 50 OO-VLL was a morning arrival operating a day stopping charter from Rotterdam

Citation CJ2 F-HMRP which had arrived on Tuesday was a morning departure

United Technologies Falcon 2000EX N810U which had arrived on Tuesday
evening was an afternoon departure while....

Falcon 2000EX N515CF was a late afternoon arrival parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Runway Watch - Thursday 5 September 2013

An aerial view of Birmingham Airport including the A45 diversion project, the site of the runway
extension, the new ATC Tower and the new Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar taken on
Thursday 5 September 2013 - the new section of the A45 is now open with a whole section
of the foundations of the extended runway now in place and work progressing on the new parallel
Taxiway, the new air side perimeter road and the culvert that will run under the extended runway
- to see this image "full size" just click on it

  

Thursday 5 September 2013

Friday 4 October 2013 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ positions out to Leige

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ which had arrived from Geneva on Thursday.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... positioned out to Liege departing off Runway 33

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR in its "The Expendables 3" scheme spent the day parked up Photo: Mike Hollick

Turkish Boeing 737-9F2ER TC-JYE operated their service to Istanbul - its first visit to BHX

bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXI operated their service to Toulouse - the aircraft
is in an all white scheme having previously been in "Star Alliance" colours

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ENB was a morning departure after being delayed
overnight when it went tech on arrival on Thursday

Gulfstream IV N112WJ which had arrived on Tuesday evening departed to Almaty

DRF Luftrettung Learjet 45XR D-CDRF was an afternoon visitor operating an
air ambulance flight Photo: Mike Hollick

September 2013 passengers at Birmingham‏ Airport

Birmingham Airport handled 947,445 passengers during September 2013 
- an increase of 3.0% on the previous year
   
Another excellent month driven by an increase in long haul passengers following
the launch of the new Air India service to Amritsar and Delhi in August followed
by the new Air Blue service to Islamabad which started at the end of September

The result was an 14.8% in traffic to Asia and an overall 13.5% increase in long haul
passengers while Emirates, who have many onward connecting services from Dubai
to India and East Asia achieved an increase of 9.7% despite the added
competition in this market
  
Turkish Airlines saw a further 24.0% increase on their service to Istanbul with many
other business and leisure routes recording good figures
  
Speaking from the "World Routes" conference in Las Vegas last week, the Airport’s
Chief Executive, Paul Kehoe, said: "As we near the completion of our runway extension
scheme in early 2014, which will give aircraft unlimited take-off range, we’re seeing more
people realise the benefits of travelling from Birmingham, particularly on long haul services"

Paul added: "Our catchment supports half a million businesses, has the UK’s largest share
of the manufacturing activity and is at the centre of the automotive industry so these
businesses are crying out for more direct flights from their region to high value markets,
particularly in the USA and China"

"These latest figures demonstrate the desire to fly from Birmingham rather than alternative
congested airports, and benefit from our award winning facilities and easy access to and
from the UK’s best connected airport"

During September significant growth was achieved 

on scheduled flights to destinations such as - 

Barcelona 120.5%, Waterford 107.8%, Perpignan 100.0%, 

Stuttgart 34.5%, Aberdeen 30.3%, Istanbul 24.0%,
Guernsey 19.4%, Malta 13.7% and Dubai 9.7% 

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Malta 73.4%, Tunisia 29.3% and Egypt 19.7%

Scheduled traffic accounted for 77.1% of the total passenger traffic
in September whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 22.9%

Monday 14 October 2013

Thursday 3 October 2013 - Thomas Cook Boeing 757-25F G-FCLD now flying with their new tail logo

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-25F G-FCLD was an afternoon departure to Dalaman
- the first Thomas Cook aircraft to visit wearing their new tail logo

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR was morning departure to Prague....

.... returning during the afternoon - it has recently been used in the filming of
action movie "The Expendables 3" and still wears a camouflage colour scheme

.... and "teeth"!!

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ was an afternoon arrival from Geneva

Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CAAR was one of many other freight charters during the day

Challenger 300 N125TM made a brief late afternoon return visit to the Elmdon apron

Hawker 800XP M-YCEF which is a long term resident went for a brief air test

Beech Duke N626N which had arrived on Wednesday evening spent the day parked up before departing



Wednesday 2 October 2013 - RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAB is an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAB was an afternoon arrival on only its second visit to BHX....

.... operating a freight charter and parking on the Elmdon apron next to

.... Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR which spent the day parked up in its camouflaged scheme
that it was painted in for the recent filming of action movie "The Expendables 3"

Businesswings Cessna 208 Caravan I D-FALK was an afternoon operating a freight charter

Gulfstream IV N112WJ which had arrived on Tuesday evening spent the day parked up Photos: Mike Hollick

Tyrol Air Ambulance Astra SPX OE-GBD was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Freebird Airbus A320-232 TC-FBR operated their weekly flight from Antalya - its first visit to BHX

Air Transat Airbus A310-308 C-FDAT operated their weekly flight to Toronto