Monday 5 January 2015 - ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF N747AX arrives on delivery to West Atlantic

ABX Air Boeing 767-232SF N747AX was a morning arrival from Wilmington, Ohio....

.... on delivery to Coventry based West Atlantic Airlines and initially parking on the Elmdon apron

.... after a visit to the Monarch hangar it will become SE-RLA - G-WAAA ntu Photos: Mike Hollick

.... while painted all white it has small "Operated by ABX Air" titles by the cockpit window

The remaining diversions from Sunday all departed during the day with Embraer
Legacy 650 M-PPBA spending the morning parked up before leaving for Luton....

Global Express M-GLOB also departed to Luton while....

Gulfstream IV N677FR went to Oxford and....

West Atlantic BAe ATP G-BTPF positioned over to Coventry Photos: Mike Hollick

Citation CJ2 N525DT was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 TC-JSA operated their morning flight to Istanbul

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDH operated an extra mid-morning flight to Belfast

Aer Lingus Regional/Stobart Air ATR 42-300 EI-CBK operated their (foggy)
morning flight to Shannon on the final of operation of this route

Sunday 4 January 2015 - Embraer Legacy 650 M-PPBA arrives on a busy morning for diversions

Embraer Legacy 650 M-PPBA was a morning arrival from Bangor, Maine, into a still sunny
BHX due to poor visibility at Luton on a busy morning for diversions - it was soon followed by....

Air Hamburg Citation Jet D-IPCS which arrived from Hamburg - the next diversion was....

Netjets Embraer Phenom 300 CS-PHC which arrived from Chambery - an Oxford diversion

Global Express M-GLOB was the next Luton diversion - now starting to get foggy at BHX while....

Gulfstream IV N677FR was another Oxford diversion as visibility at BHX continued to worsen

West Atlantic BAe ATP G-BTPF had earlier diverted in due to poor visibility at Coventry

Air France "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 F-HEPH operated their lunchtime service from Paris CDG

Saturday 3 January 2015 - Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBP operates their IT flight from Innsbruck

Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-214 OE-LBP operated their weekly IT flight from Innsbruck....

.... the aircraft wears their "retro" scheme to mark the airlines 50th anniversary in 2008

Swiss Airbus A319-112 HB-IPU operated their morning service to Zurich

Friday 2 January 2015 - GainJet Boeing 757-23N SX-RFA positions out to Geneva

GainJet Boeing 757-23N SX-RFA which arrived for holiday parking before Christmas when its usual
Coventry Airport base was operating reduced hours was a morning departure positioning out to Geneva

Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIC was a morning departure to Barbados....

.... it is named "Dream Maker"

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 TC-JRJ operated their morning flight to Istanbul

Turkmenistan Boeing 757-22K EZ-A012 operated their flight to Ashkhabad

Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYO operated their delayed morning service to Zurich

Thursday 1 January 2015 - New Years Day

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JFH operated their morning flight to Istanbul....

.... the aircraft is in "Star Alliance" colours

Air France "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 F-HEPG operated their morning service to Paris CDG
- it previously wore additional "80th anniversary titles"

Wednesday 31 December 2014 - Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIC makes its first visit to BHX

Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIC operated their flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica,
having earlier arrived from the same destination on its first visit to BHX

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDZ which had positioned in from Bristol
on Tuesday evening operated their flight to Fuerteventura while....

Airbus A321-231 G-TCDG operated their Tuesday flight to Banjul a day late
after the service had been delayed because an attempted coup in the Gambia

A final look at the Elmdon site at Birmingham Airport for 2014....

.... there have been a few changes since this photo was taken three years ago
at the end of 2011 including the construction of the Monarch Aircraft Engineering
hangar and the demolition of the old International Arrivals building - air traffic
control have also moved from the Elmdon building to the new ATC Tower

Tuesday 23 December 2014 - GainJet Boeing 757-23N SX-RFA arrives for Christmas holiday parking

GainJet Boeing 757-23N SX-RFA was a morning arrival from Turin for holiday parking....

.... over Christmas when its usual Coventry Airport base is operating reduced hours

Enter Air Boeing 737-4Q8 SP-ENB which wears additional Transun titles positioned in....

.... from Gatwick to operate another "Santa" flight to Enontekio in Arctic Finland

Danish Air Transport/DAT ATR 72-202 OY-RUG operated the delayed Aer Lingus Regional
/Stobart Air flight from Shannon after ATR 42-300 EI-CBK went "tech" on Monday evening

Denim Air Fokker 100 PH-LND was an afternoon arrival from Glasgow bringing in André Rieu
and his Johann Strauss Orchestra for their rescheduled concert at the LG Arena, NEC

Beechjet 400A N709EL was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 30 December 2014 - CWC Group Super King Air G-CWCD visits the Elmdon apron

CWC Group Super King Air G-CWCD was a morning arrival from Newcastle....

.... spending the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Lufthansa Regional Canadair CRJ900LR D-ACKF operated their mid-morning service....

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

Monday 29 December 2014 - Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-ENM operates their lunchtime service to Dubai

Emirates Boeing 777-31H A6-EMN operated their lunchtime flight to Dubai....

.... a now rare visit to BHX by a non "ER" Boeing 777

Enter Air Boeing 737-4Q8 SP-ENB which had arrived back from Enontekio on Saturday evening....

.... was a lunchtime departure when it positioned out to Leeds

Aer Lingus Regional/Stobart Air ATR 42-300 EI-CBK operated their morning flight
to Shannon - this twice daily service now finishes on Monday 5 January 2015

GainJet Boeing 757-23N SX-RFA which arrived for holiday parking before Christmas and....

Aegean Airlines/Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBP both remained parked up in the winter sun