Tuesday 19 July 2011 - Trawel Fly Boeing 737-436 EI-DMR flying for Mistral Air

Trawel Fly Boeing 737-436 EI-DMR operated the Mistral Air student
charter from Rome in place of the previously planned Jetran MD 82
.

.... its first visit wearing this registration - the aircraft had previously
visited BHX on a diversion when it was G-DOCR with British Airways
.

Blu Express Boeing 737-31S EI-DXB operated the Blue Panorama
student charter flight to Rome - its first visit to BHX
.

Air Transat Airbus A330-343X C-GTSD operated their weekly
flight to Toronto - its first visit to BHX Photo: Ron Kosys
.

Citation CJ3 OO-FYS was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron....
.

.... as was JOTA King Air G-JOTA Photos: Ron Kosys
.

The two Royal Moroccan Air Force Texan T-6C's departed on the
next stage of their delivery flight - "13/TM" (CN-BTM) leaving first....
.

.... followed by Texan T-6C "14/TN" (CN-BTN)

Friday 18 July 2008 - Flightline MD 83 G-FLTK takes Aston Villa to Odense for Intertoto Cup match

Flightline MD 83 G-FLTK positioned in from Manchester to take

Aston Villa to Odense, in Denmark, for their Intertoto Cup

match - a long time since we last had a football charter from BHX!

.

Avanti Air Beech 1900 D-CBSF operated a return charter flight
for VW with the aircraft parking on the Elmdon apron
.PIA Boeing 777-240ER AP-BGL was parked up on stand 86C
- the left hand engine had been damaged by a fuel tanker on
Thursday night as it was preparing to depart on the PK 792 to
Islamabad. The flight was cancelled and the aircraft moved to
a remote stand to await further inspection/repair

Friday 16 July 2010 - Thomas Cook Airbus A330 G-OJMC operates IT flight to Reus

Thomas Cook Airbus A330-243 G-OJMC arrived from Gatwick

to operate a joint flight to Reus departing off Runway 15

.

Turkuaz Airlines Airbus A321-211 TC-TCG operated their
weekly IT flight from Dalaman - its second visit to BHX
.

Eurowings Canadair CRJ700 D-ACSB operated the morning
Lufthansa service to Dusseldorf
.

Danu Ore ATR 42-300 LY-DOT positioned in from Southend
to operate a priority freight charter to Nuremberg
.

Atlantic Airlines Electra G-LOFE which had arrived from

Zweibrücken on Thursday night spent the morning parked

on the Elmdon apron before positioning to Coventry
.

Premiair Sikorsky S-76C G-URSA was an evening

visitor to the Elmdon apron

Friday 15 July 2011 - Royal Moroccan Air Force Texan T-6C's at Birmingham Airport!!

Two Royal Moroccan Air Force Texan T-6C's on delivery arrived from
Inverness - the first aircraft to land was "13/TM" (CN-BTM)....
.

Photo: Laurence Jones
.

.... followed 10 minutes later by Texan T-6C "14/TN" (CN-BTN)
.

Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Both aircraft, which are on delivery from the USA, parked up on
the Elmdon apron to spend the weekend at Birmingham - they
are planned to depart on Tuesday 19 July 2011 Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Farnair Europe ATR 72-201F HB-AFG was an afternoon visitor
arriving with a load of freight from Casablanca Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Learjet 45 G-SOVB was an afternoon visitor departing to Nice....
.

.... other visitors included Centreline Air Citation CJ2 G-OCJZ
Photo: Mike Hollick

.... Woodgate Air Charter Navajo Chieftain G-JAJK
Photo: Ron Kosys

.... and Eurocopter EC 135 T2+ G-HOLM Photo: Mike Hollick

Thursday 14 July 2011 - CityLine Antonov 26B HA-TCO is an early morning arrival from Casablanca

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO was an early morning
arrival operating a freight charter from Casablanca via Brest....
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.... parking on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Let's Fly Metro III EC-GEN arrived from Marseilles in the early
hours of the morning later departing to Le Touquet Photo: Ron Kosys
.

KLM Boeing 737-9K2 PH-BXP operated their evening service to Amsterdam
.

Lufthansa Regional Avro RJ85 D-AVRQ made a now rare appearance
when it operated their afternoon service from Munich Photo: Mike Hollick

.

Dubrovnik Airline MD 83 9A-CDA operated the second of a series
of Alitalia student exchange charters flights from Rome

.

Gestair Learjet 60 EC-JVM was a morning visitor to the Elmdon
apron departing to Palma Photo: Ron Kosys
.

East Midlands Helicopters Agusta A-109E Power G-EMHC
made a brief afternoon visit Photo: Mike Hollick

Sunday 13 July 2008 - Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVE operates the morning Swiss service to Zurich

Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVE operated the morning

Swiss service to Zurich
.

Swiftair MD 83 EC-JUG again operated the Air Bee

/Itali Airlines IT flight to Naples
.

KLM used Fokker 50 PH-LXP on their lunchtime

service from Amsterdam

Thursday 12 July 2012 - Airport Fire Service marks 15 years of United Airlines at Birmingham Airport

The Airport Fire Service were on hand to mark the celebration of
the 15th anniversary of United Airlines service to Birmingham....
.

.... with a water cannon salute as Boeing 757-224 N17128 taxied
for departure back to Newark, New York, as the "UA 027"....
.

.... with the early morning sun creating a rainbow!
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For more on United Airlines 15th anniversary celebration see here
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Swiftair Embraer Brasilia EC-HTS which is normally a
nocturnal visitor operating the FedEx Feeder flight
from/to Belfast International failed to depart and spent the
day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Citation II N80AX which was formerly G-JETJ with Eurojet
finally reappeared out of their hangar and departed to Wick
on delivery to the USA Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov An 12BK UR-CAH was an
evening departure with a load of freight for Monrovia
via Malaga by which time it was raining again!

Sunday 11 July 2010 - Swiftair MD 83 EC-JJS operates student charter from Malaga

Swiftair MD 83 EC-JJS operated the student charter from Malaga

in place of the previously planned Blue Line aircraft....

.

.... departing back to Malaga off Runway 33
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Air One Airbus A320-216 EI-DSP positioned in from Rome (again
operating under Alitalia/AZ flight numbers) to take the Ferrari team
home to Bologna after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone
.
Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IXO operated their evening flight
from Zurich in place of the usual Helvetic Fokker 100
.

Cello's Avro Business Jet G-RAJJ positioned out to Farnborough

as "Cellojet 107P/CLJ107P" in preparation for their first revenue

flight on Monday morning to Munich after they were granted their

AOC on Friday - http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/07/news-cello.html
.

Citation V N560GT which had arrived on Saturday afternoon

spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron before departing....
.

.... while Netjets Gulfstream IV-SP N426QS was an

evening arrival from Teterboro Airport, New York