Friday 13 April 2012 - British Airways Airbus A321 G-EUXH diverts in from Heathrow

British Airways Airbus A321-231 G-EUXH was a morning visitor
when it diverted in due to landing delays at London Heathrow
while operating flight "BA561" from Milan Linate - its first visit
to BHX - after refuelling it continued its journey to Heathrow
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CityJet Fokker 50 OO-VLM also diverted in due to poor visibility
at London City while operating a flight from Paris Orly
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Air France Airbus A320-211 F-GJVW operated their morning
service to Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX - while....
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.... Brit Air Canadair CRJ 1000 F-HMLH operated their evening
service from Paris CDG - also its first visit to BHX
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RAF C17 ZZ173 made to visits to the Elmdon apron - firstly on
a medevac flight and then when it diverted back to BHX due
to poor visibility at Brize Norton

Thursday 12 April 2012 - Meridian Antonov 12 UR-CGW positions out to Aberdeen

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CGW which arrived from Graz
the previous Thursday and has spent Easter on the Elmdon apron....
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.... positioned out to Aberdeen
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Air Charter Scotland Legacy 600 G-WCCI operated
a return charter before positioning out to Stansted
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Pilatus PC-12 LX-JFM was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILR operated their morning
service to Frankfurt in place of the usual Boeing 737

Wednesday 11 April 2012 - Netjets Hawker 800XPi CS-DRS visits the Elmdon apron

Netjets Hawker 800XPi CS-DRS was an afternoon arrival
on the Elmdon apron parking up to night stop
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With former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-202 SX-BIG currently
undergoing checks with flybe SX-BII is now parked on its own
on Stand 506/at the end of the old cross Runway

Tuesday 10 April 2012 - Gulfstream N91LA spends day parked on the Elmdon apron

Gulfstream 550 N91LA which arrived on Monday evening on its
first visit to BHX spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron....
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.... while Ecureuil G-SPVK was a morning visitor lifting off with
Meridian Antonov 12BP UR-CGW in the background Photos: Mike Hollick
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Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-202 SX-BIG which has been in and
out of the flybe hangar over the last fortnight is now parked on the
Elmdon apron and looks ready to be leaving soon Photo: Mike Hollick
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CityJet Fokker 50 OO-VLJ visited on a day stopping charter
departing back to Rotterdam in the late afternoon

Monday 9 April 2012 - Easter Monday

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CGW spent a damp
Easter Monday parked up on the Elmdon apron

Sunday 8 April 2012 - Easter Day

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EVN operated their early
morning flight to Dublin - its first visit to BHX

.Aer Arann ATR 72-201 EI-REH operated the morning
Aer Lingus Regional service to Cork

Saturday 7 April 2012 - Thomson Boeing 737 G-THOO off to Lourdes and St Petersburg

Thomson Boeing 737-33V G-THOO positioned in from
Manchester to operate a charter to Lourdes....
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.... returning in the afternoon to operate another charter
this time to St Petersburg in Russia
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Lauda Air Boeing 737-8Z9 OE-LNK operated the weekly
Austrian Airlines ski IT flight to Innsbruck....
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.... it wears "The Austrian way to holiday" titles on the nose
- Lauda Air being a brand within the Austrian Airlines Group

Friday 6 April 2012 - Good Friday

Turkish Airbus A320-232 TC-JPN operated their flight to Istanbul
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Falcon 900EX G-JPSZ positioned in from its Gloucester base
to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Thursday 5 April 2012 - Air Charter Scotland Legacy G-WCCI visits the Elmdon apron

Air Charter Scotland Legacy 600 G-WCCI was a morning
visitor to the Elmdon apron departing to Geneva
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Agusta A-109SP Grand G-SGRP which is operated for the
Stobart Group was an afternoon visitor Photo: Mike Hollick
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CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO which has been parked up
since it arrived on Wednesday 28 March 2012 positioned out to
Aberdeen to operate a charter to Bergen Photo: Mike Hollick
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SAS Airbus A319-131 OY-KBO operated their morning service
to Copenhagen - the aircraft is in their "retro" colour scheme

Menzies Aviation commence passenger ground handling operations at Birmingham Airport

Menzies Aviation today, Wednesday 28 March 2012, commenced
a 3 year ground handling contract for flybe at Birmingham Airport
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Menzies have a cargo facility on the Elmdon site but this is their
first passenger ground handling contract at Birmingham - as
a result the airport again has three terminal based handling
agents - Menzies, Servisair and Swissport
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Wednesday 28 March 2012

Wednesday 4 April 2012 - Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 G-VROS diverts in from Manchester

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-443 G-VROS diverted in from
Manchester while operating flight "VS 074" from Orlando....
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Photos: Mike Hollick
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.... after unloading it positioned back to Manchester
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.... quickly lifting off a very wet Runway 33
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Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBM operated
their early morning service to Munich - it had arrived on
its first visit to BHX on Tuesday evening
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Air Berlin Airbus A319-112 D-ABGP operated their flight to Hannover
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Citation XLS SE-RIL made a brief morning visit Photo: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 3 April 2012 - Diamond Twin Star G-PETS visits on transplant flight

Diamond DA-42 Twin Star G-PETS was a lunchtime visitor arriving
from Gamston to take a transplant organ to Edinburgh....
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.... while Premiair S-76B Spirit G-VONC was a morning visitor
Photos: Mike Hollick
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KLM Boeing 737-9K2 PH-BXS operated their mid morning
service to Amsterdam

Monday 2 April 2012 - Air Harrods Sikorsky S-76C G-WIWI visits the Elmdon apron

Air Harrods Sikorsky S 76C G-WIWI was an afternoon
visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-202 SX-BIG was moved from
Hangar 2 to Hangar 1 during the afternoon Photo: Mike Hollick
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Brit Air Canadair CRJ 1000 F-HMLE operated the evening
Air France service from Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX
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bmi Airbus A319-131 G-DBCJ positioned in from Heathrow
to replace a "tech" Airbus A320 G-MIDO and operate the
evening Lufthansa service to Frankfurt

Sunday 1 April 2012 - Albinati Global 5000 HB-JRS visits the Elmdon apron

Albinati Global 5000 HB-JRS was a morning visitor....
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.... to the Elmdon apron departing to Geneva - its first visit to BHX
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Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-JLP operated their morning service
to Zurich replacing the usual Helvetic Fokker 100
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Monarch Airbus A320-214 G-OZBW - which is in their latest colour
scheme - operated their new service from Venice - the second of their
recently acquired ex Thomson/First Choice 320's to be based at BHX
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Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-202's SX-BIG (left) and SX-BII
(right) which have both been in and out of the flybe hangar during
the previous week being prepared for departure are currently
parked up on the new Compass base

bmibaby launch new routes to Rome, Barcelona and Lisbon from Birmingham Airport‏

bmibaby customers at Birmingham Airport got a slice of
the action last weekend as the low cost airline celebrated
its inaugural service to Rome
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bmibaby launched its new route to the Italian capital with
a specially commissioned bmibaby pizza comprising
delicious buffalo mozzarella and meatballs
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Served up by waiters in traditional Roman togas, customers
at Birmingham Airport tucked into the pizzas before heading
through to departures for their flight. bmibaby mascot, Tiny,
was also on hand to distribute pizza and bid farewell to
customers jetting off for the city
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Rome wasn’t the only new flight on the menu for bmibaby
this weekend. The airline also commenced new services to
Barcelona on Friday 30 March and to Lisbon which took
off on Saturday 31 March 2012

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Julian Carr, bmibaby managing director, said: "We are
delighted to expand our network from Birmingham Airport
and introduce services to three fantastic European cities.
I’m delighted to say that these first flights were exceptionally
busy, with 96 percent of the seats sold on the inaugural flights
to Rome, Barcelona and Lisbon. We are confident these routes
will continue to prove popular over the summer season"
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William Pearson, Head of Route Development at Birmingham
Airport, said: "The launch of this new route is fantastic news for
the people of Birmingham and the wider Midlands region. You can
now fly from Birmingham to Rome up to four times a week on bmibaby"
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"This is a really exciting time for the airport, as our friends at
bmibaby have also recently launched new services to Barcelona

and Lisbon, making Birmingham the ideal place to fly from for
those wishing to enjoy a city break over the summer"
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bmibaby flies from Birmingham Airport to Rome and Barcelona
up to four times a week and from Birmingham Airport to Lisbon
twice a week. Fares start from just £55.99 one way to Rome, £45.99
one way to Barcelona and £50.99 one way to Lisbon including taxes
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For more information about bmibaby or to book a flight,
please visit www.bmibaby.com
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Tuesday 3 April 2012