Saturday 21 June 2014 - Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA departs after attention by Monarch

Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA was a morning departure returning to Stockholm Arlanda....

.... the aircraft had been at Birmingham since the previous Sunday evening when it arrived
for an engine change in the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar

.... it returned to Stockholm via Trondheim in Norway were it performed a flypast at the Værnes Airshow

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEB was a morning departure operating a weekly IT flight to Salzburg

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-236 G-TCBC departed to Dalaman - it wears additional "Egypt where it all begins" titles

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBM is still in their former colour scheme - it departed to Alicante

Balkan Holidays/BH Air Airbus A320-232 LZ-BHH operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight from Bourgas

Falcon 900EX N435T which had arrived on Thursday departed to Nice

Friday 20 June 2014 - West Atlantic Boeing 737-3TOSF G-JMCP operates early morning charter to Keflavik

West Atlantic Boeing 737-3TOSF G-JMCP was an early morning visitor to the Elmdon apron.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... when it positioned in from Edinburgh to operate an outbound freight charter to Keflavik, Iceland

Air France Airbus A320-214 F-HEPH operated their evening service from Paris CDG
- the first visit of an Air France "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320 to BHX

Netjets Falcon 2000EX CS-DFG was an afternoon visitor

Falcon 900EX N435T which had arrived on Thursday afternoon spent the day parked up while....

Hawker 850XP N914CE which had also arrived on Thursday was a morning departure Photos: Mike Hollick

Castle Air Agusta 109E Power Elite G-JBCB made a brief morning visit to the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 18 June 2014 - Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA towed back out of the Monarch Hangar

Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA which had arrived from Stockholm Arlanda on Sunday evening
re-merged from the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar at lunchtime after an engine change....

.... and was turned round so the nose faced the hangar

.... in preparation for some low power engine runs - the aircraft was planned to go back into the hangar
again during the evening and will return to Stockholm on either Friday or Saturday - actual departure TBC
Photos: Mike Hollick

Friday 13 June 2014 - French Air Force Airbus A340-211 F-RAJB is an evening departure to Paris

French Air Force/Armee de l'Air Airbus A340-211 F-RAJB was an evening departure to Paris CDG visiting
to collect the Band of the Troupes de Marine, the Légion étrangère - French Foreign Legion - after....

.... they had performed at "Beating Retreat" in Horse Guards Parade, London, as part of the WW1
and 70th anniversary of D-Day commemorations

.... the aircraft had earlier positioned into BHX from Bordeaux Photo: Mike Hollick

Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TAB spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Michelin Air Services Falcon 2000EX F-HIKJ made a brief evening visit

Falcon 900 N918MV which had arrived on Thursday afternoon spent the day parked up Photo: Mike Hollick

Piaggio P-180 Avanti OY-TLP was a morning visitor

Sunday 15 June 2014 - Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA arrives for Monarch Aircraft Engineering

Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNA was an evening arrival from Stockholm Arlanda....

.... all their aircraft have images of famous Norwegians on the tail
- Sonja Henie the Olympic Champion is on the tail of EI-LNA

.... the aircraft is at BHX for attention by Monarch Aircraft Engineering and taxied
direct to their hangar - after the crew disembarked it was turned round

.... and the tug pushed it backwards into the Monarch Hangar

Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNB has previous visited BHX - photos here

Saturday 14 June 2014 - Hi Fly Airbus A321-231 CS-TRJ in Belgian AF scheme flying to Hannover

Hi Fly Airbus A321-231 CS-TRJ was a morning arrival when it positioned in from Brussels to operate
their weekly flight to Hannover - the aircraft usually operates on behalf of the Belgian Air Force....

.... in whose scheme it flies - it returned in the afternoon to night stop in preparation for operating their
weekly flight to Paderborn on Sunday - it had previously visited BHX when it was TC-OAL with Onur Air

Orbest Airbus A320-214 CS-TRL again operated the weekly Evelop Airlines IT flight from Palma

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-ECOH which is their second "#purpleplane" operated a morning flight to Belfast City

Aegean Airbus A320-232 SX-DGC operated the first of a new weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Rhodes - both this
aircraft and SX-DGE which operated their evening scheduled service from Athens were on their first visits to BHX

Xclusive Jet Charter Citation Bravo G-SPRE was a morning arrival later departing to Aberdeen

Aegean Airlines operate their inaugural twice weekly flight from Athens to Birmingham Airport‏

Aegean Airlines celebrated their first flight from Birmingham to Athens which took off on Tuesday
10 June 2014 - the seasonal route will operate twice a week on Tuesday and Saturday....

.... Airbus A320-232 SX-DVS which operated the inaugural flight from Athens was greeted
to a traditional water canon salute by the Birmingham Airport Fire Service

.... as it taxied into Stand 58 with the new ATC Tower in the background Video: Rob Stevens

The flights from Birmingham to Athens will be operated using Airbus A320 168 seat aircraft

providing both Business and Economy Class seating and providing a full service offering to

all passengers, which includes complimentary food and drink

The cockpit crew prepare for the return flight to Athens - Aegean Airlines, a member of Star Alliance,
is Greece's largest airline providing premium quality short and medium haul services from Athens

The twice weekly flights will be operated with the following schedule:

Birmingham - Athens

Flight A3 637 Depart 2215 Arrive 0400 Tuesday 10/06/2014-09/09/2014
Flight A3 637 Depart 2215 Arrive 0400 Saturday 14/06/2014-25/10/2014

Athens - Birmingham

Flight A3 636 Depart 1930 Arrive 2130 Tuesday 10/06/2014-09/09/2014
Flight A3 636 Depart 1930 Arrive 2130 Saturday 14/06/2014-25/10/2014

Aegean offer onward connections from Athens to over 30 destinations in Greece

www.aegeanair.com

Tuesday 10 June 2014

Thursday 12 June 2014 - "FIFA World Cup" Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECV is an ealy morning arrival

"World Cup" Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECV operated their early morning flight from Dubai....

.... the aircraft gained a billboard "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil" logo on the rear fuselage
signed by famous Brazilian footballer Pele for a flight to Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday

.... and this was its first visit to Europe/the UK since gaining the additional titles - Emirates
are a "World Cup" sponsor with a Brazil 2014 insignia now on the nose of their aircraft

The aircraft touches done on Runway 33 - it returns to Dubai at 1155

Historic BHX - Saturday 25 July 2009 - Hellenic Imperial Airways inaugural Boeing 747 scheduled service to Athens and onto Jeddah

Hellenic Imperial Airways Boeing 747-200 SX-TIE positioned in to
operate their inaugural scheduled service to Athens and onto Jeddah
making a "precision" approach landing exactly on the piano keys....
. .... before parking on Stand 85C
. . Vince Essex (left) and Tony Farmer (far right) the BHX/UK agents
where on hand to welcome Captain Angelis and the Hellenic Imperial
Airways crew to Birmingham!
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The First Officer prepares for the departure back to Athens....
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.... the upper deck of the Boeing 747 has 8 Business Class seats....
. .... while there are 450 economy seats to the main deck!!
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Time for the inaugural flight to depart - "Welcome on board!!"
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"Imperial 270 you are clear to push and start" - SX-TIE pushes
back off stand 85C for the flight back to Athens and onto Jeddah
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More photos of the inaugual hellenic flight can be seen at -

http://bhxflightguide-news.blogspot.com/2009/07/hellenic-imperial-operate-inaugural.html
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Thanks to the Operations Duty Manager for getting us in the perfect

spot for the landing and to the team at BHX for organising the visit