Sunday 20 June 2010 - Pegasus Boeing 737 TC-AAV makes its first visit to BHX

Pegasus Boeing 737-82R TC-AAV operated their weekly

scheduled service from Antalya - its first visit to BHX

.

Thomas Cook Boeing 767-31KER G-TCCB operated their weekly
IT flight from Dalaman - its first visit wearing this registration - it

was previously G-DIMB with Monarch and before that MyTravel

.

CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJZ operated the evening Air France service
from Paris CDG - the aircraft wears the new style CityJet titles
.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DPW operated their service from
Alicante - the aircraft wears additional "Lleida" titles

advertising this new airport in the Catalonia region of Spain
.

Gulfstream 450 N435QS was an evening arrival on the Elmdon apron
.

West Midlands Police Eurocopter EC 135 T1 G-SUFF

comes into land on the Elmdon apron

Saturday 19 June 2010 - RAF C17 ZZ175 visits on medevac flight

RAF C 17 ZZ175 was an early morning arrival....
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.... operating a Medevac flight and parking on the Elmdon apron
.

Malmo Aviation Avro RJ70 SE-DJP operated the return charter

flight from Trollhattan, Sweden, before positioning out to Stansted
.

Onur Air Airbus A320-233 TC-OBG operated their morning

IT flight to Dalaman - its first visit to BHX

May 2010 passenger figures

Birmingham International Airport handled 788,799 passengers

during May 2010 - a fall of 5.2% on the previous year

.
May was a very mixed month - on the downside the Volcanic

Ash Cloud returned - several times! -with airspace closures in

Ireland, Scotland and Spain effecting BHX flights before the

airport suffered its own short overnight closure

.

On the upside the IPEX show at the NEC resulted in some high

loads on the business routes - and plenty of interesting aircraft!!

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Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport's Chief Executive Officer,

commented: "The last few months have been incredibly tough

for the industry as the full impacts of the volcanic ash become

clear. While we saw limited ash disruption in May, we are mindful

that airlines are concentrating on core operations and as such many

are continuing to consolidate their business"

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"Despite a 5.2% decrease in passenger numbers compared to the

same month last year, the recent announcement that plans for

expansion at Heathrow and Stansted will not now progress, allied

with the fact that we are the only major UK airport with

permitted development, means that we can gearup for a bright

future. While it may be some time before we see the plans for

High-Speed rail come to fruition, we firmly believe that

Birmingham is increasingly being viewed as a national strategic

asset and part of the solution to the over-heated south east."

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During May significant growth was achieved on

scheduled flights to destinations such as -

Arrecife (+123.4%), Ibiza (+101.7%), Hamburg (+65.3%)

Gothenburg (+51.1%),Stuttgart (+50.8%), Tenerife (+50.7%)

Ashkhabad (+50.5%), Bydgoszcz (+42.7%), Gerona (+42.6%)

Munich (+35.3%),Istanbul (+30.4%), Faro (+29.5%)

Copenhagen (+29.4%), Zurich (+28.7%), Lyon (+26.7%)

Bergerac (+25%), Dubai (+24.3%), Dusseldorf (+24.3%)

Trieste (+21.4%), Frankfurt (+20.9%), Bratislava (+18.2%)

Milan (+18%), New York (+17.1%), Hannover (+16%)

Amsterdam (+15.5%), Cork (+15.1%), Brussels (14.7%)

Nice (+13.9%), Oporto (+12.9%), Paris (+12.6%) and Kaunas (+11.5%)

.

Charter traffic which experienced growth included -

Mexico (+267.4%), Bulgaria (+42.5%), Dominican Republic (+42.5%)

Turkey (+14.6%) and Egypt (+9%)

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Scheduled traffic accounted for 75.2% of the total

passenger traffic in May whilst charter passengers

made up the remaining 24.8%

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Friday 18 June 2010

Thursday 17 June 2010 - Nouvelair Tunisie Airbus A320 TS-INN flying for Koral Blue

Nouvelair Tunisie Airbus A320-212 TS-INN operated

the Koral Blue IT flight to Sharm el Sheikh

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Malmo Aviation Avro RJ70 SE-DJP positioned in from Trollhattan,

Sweden, in preparation for a charter flight on Friday morning. The
aircraft wears the Braathens insignia on its tail and was previously

operated by fellow group company Transwede on behalf of SAS
.

A disabled aircraft closed East Midlands Airport's runway during

the afternoon resulting in 12 diversions to BHX including ....

.

.... Aurigny ATR 72-212A G-VZON which was operating flight

"GR 1694" from Guernsey to EMA while....
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.... Thomas Cook Airbus A320-214 G-DHJZ was operating flight
"TCX 813L" from Kos, Greece, to EMA when they diverted into BHX
.
RAF BAe 125 CC3 ZD620 was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron
.
.... while Army Air Corps Apache AH1 ZJ227
overflew the airfield during the afternoon

Tuesday 15 June 2010 - Emirates Boeing 777 A6-EML operates evening service from Dubai

Emirates Boeing 777-21HER A6-EML operated their evening

service from Dubai in place of the usual 777-300ER
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Bin Air Merlin IVC d-CBIN was an afternoon visitor to the

Elmdon apron operating a priority freight charter flight

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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLV operated a charter flight from Paris CDG
.

Pilatus PC-12 OY-TWO has "ONLY" titles on one side of the aircraft....

.

.... and "Jack and Jones" titles on the other side - both are

clothing brands of Danish company Bestseller
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Citation XLS D-CAWU was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Birmingham Airport movements report week commencing Monday 7 June 2010

Sunday 13 June 2010 - Onur Air Airbus A320 TC-OBH makes its first visit to BHX

Onur Air Airbus A320-233 TC-OBH operated their

morning IT flight to Dalaman - its first visit to BHX
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Learjet 60 M-IGHT which had arrived on Friday evening

departed to Salzburg and onto Odessa in the Ukraine

Friday 11 June 2010 - Swiss Air Ambulance Challenger HB-JRA visits the Elmdon apron

Swiss Air Ambulance Challenger 604 HB-JRA was an afternoon....

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.... visitor operating an air ambulance flight from/to Zurich
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Citation Sovereign G-SIRJ was a brief evening visitor
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Citation CJ1 D-IFDH was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Learjet 60 D-CSIX which had arrived on Thursday evening
was a morning departure

Thursday 10 June 2010 - Koral Blue Airbus A320 SU-KBD makes its first visit to BHX

Koral Blue Airbus A320-214 SU-KBD operated their weekly

IT flight from Sharm el Sheikh - its first visit to BHX
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Army Air Corps Britten-Norman Defender T3 ZH004

was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron as was....
.

.... Air Med Piper Cheyenne G-GZRP
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Via Tauro Metro II EC-JIP operated the scheduled Air Lada

freight flight to Amsterdam

Wednesday 9 June 2010 - Grossmann Legacy OK-KKG visits the Elmdon apron

Grossmann Embraer Legacy 600 OK-KKG was a late evening arrival

bringing Beyonce to the Jay-Z concert at the LG Arena, NEC

.

Arkia Global Express 5000 4X-COI was a morning arrival - after

spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron it departed to Zurich
.

Cyprus Airbus A320-232 5B-DCG operated their flight from Larnaca

Monday 7 June 2010 - Pegasus Boeing 737 TC-AAP operates IT flight to Dalaman

Pegasus Boeing 737-86N TC-AAP operated their IT flight to Dalaman

.

Cimber Air Canadair CRJ 200LR OY-MBI positioned in

from Billund to operate a charter flight to Bratislava
.

Cyprus Turkish Airbus A320-232 TC-TCC operated their
weekly flight to Dalaman and onto Ercan in Northern Cyprus
.
RAF Tristar KC 1 ZD953 was an afternoon visitor
to the Elmdon apron operating a medevac flight
.

Citation CJ1 D-IFDH was a morning arrival
.

Fly Point Mitsubishi MU-2B D-IAHT was an afternoon visitor
to the Elmdon apron operating a priority freight charter flight

Birmingham Airport movements report week commencing Monday 31 May 2010

Saturday 5 June 2010 - flybe Dash 8 G-JECR flying for "Cancer Research UK"

flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-JECR now sports additional titles

"Cancer Research UK - Together we will beat Cancer" on the nose
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Onur Air Airbus A320-233 TC-OBI operated their

morning IT flight to Dalaman

Friday 4 June 2010 - Hawker 4000 N78KN makes first visit of type to BHX

Hawker 4000 N78KN was an afternoon arrival - the first
visit of this type of Hawker to BHX ....

.

.... after a quick turnround it departed to Barcelona
.

Thomas Cook Belgium Airbus A320-214 OO-TCH operated the

first return pilgrimage charter flight before positioning back to

Lourdes to collect the second load of passengers
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West Air Europe BAe ATP LX-WAV rotates off Runway 15 on

its way to Lille, France, that has recently replaced Eindoven as

a destination for their nightly freighter service
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HM Coastguard Cessna 404 Titan II G-EXEX was an afternoon

visitor to the Elmdon apron. The aircraft is operated on behalf
of MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency - by Reconnaissance

Ventures - RVL - who have now changed their callsign to
"Endurance" and three letter code to "REV"

Wednesday 2 June 2010 - Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPB flying for the "Black Eyed Peas"

Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPB returned to take American group

the "Black Eyed Peas" to Ibiza after their concert at the LG Arena

. Citation Sovereign N888SF which had arrived on Tuesday departed
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Citation Bravo D-CCAB was an early morning arrival

parking up on the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 1 June 2010 - Icejet Dornier 328JET departs to Pontoise, Paris

Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPB which had arrived on

Sunday evening departed to Pontoise Airport, Paris