Friday 5 December 2014 - Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBP departs to East Midlands for repainting

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBP was a lunchtime departure to East Midlands....

.... for repainting into the colours of Aegean Airlines - the aircraft had operated
its final service for Monarch from Las Palmas on Thursday 20 November 2014

.... and has since been in the Monarch hangar undergoing end of service checks Photo: Mike Hollick

Hi Fly Airbus A310-304 CS-TEX positioned in from Brussels in preparation
for operating their weekend flights to Hannover and Paderborn

Citation CJ3 F-GSMG made a brief lunchtime visit to the Elmdon apron.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... departing to Geneva off Runway 33

Monday 10 November 2014 - Airbus A320-214 G-OZBK departs to Halifax and onto Mexico City

Airbus A320-214 G-OZBK which is now devoid of Monarch titles and insignia....

.... was a morning departure Halifax, Nova Scotia, and onto Mexico City

Jet2 Boeing 737-8K5 G-GDFX positioned in from Leeds - its first visit to BHX....

.... to operate a charter to St Petersburg taking a Russian orchestra home after their UK tour

Danish Air Transport/DAT ATR 72-202 OY-RUG operated the mid-morning
Aer Lingus Regional/Stobart Air service from Dublin

Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-DES which is currently wearing a moustache in support
of the Movember Foundation operated their afternoon service from Dublin

Titan Airbus A320-233 G-POWI was towed out of the Monarch hangar....

.... parking on Stand 505 minus it's port engine with....

Thomson Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYG which had arrived the previous week being
towed across from the 80s stands to replace it in the Monarch hangar

Monarch Boeing 757-2T7 G-DAJB performed engine runs on Taxiway Echo during the afternoon

Falcon 2000 OY-CKN made a brief morning visit to the Elmdon apron

RVL/Geomatics Group Cessna 404 Titan G-MIND which had been based overnight (on standby)
at BHX because of the overnight closure of East Midlands runway for maintenance departed

Norwegian announce flights from Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga to Birmingham for summer 2015

Norwegian - Europe's third largest low-fare airline - have announced that flights will
commence from Birmingham Airport to Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga next summer

Norwegian will offer regular services to the trio of Spanish routes, with Madrid
becoming a brand new destination from Birmingham

Madrid will commence on the 31st March and will operate each Tuesday,
Thursday and Sunday.  Malaga will commence on the 30th March and will
operate every Monday, Friday and Saturday, and Barcelona will start on the
1st June and fly each Monday and Friday

Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive of Birmingham Airport said, “We are very pleased
to be able to announce this new airline and offer more new routes from
Birmingham, and I thank Norwegian for choosing to launch Birmingham to these
popular Spanish destinations

"Although Norwegian is new to the Midlands market, I am certain that
consumers – both business and leisure - will be impressed with the carrier’s
low fares and efficient service, which has allowed them to grow to carry
more than 20 million passengers a year. We are therefore very pleased to be
welcoming Norwegian to Birmingham next summer"

Norwegian will operate a 186 seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with a one service cabin
and free wi-fi

Chief Commercial Officer, Thomas Ramdahl of Norwegian, added, “We’re happy
to announce that Norwegian is launching new routes from Birmingham to
several destinations in Spain 

"We are looking forward to offering our low fares and award-winning service
to travellers in the greater Birmingham area and welcoming them on board our
brand new and more environmentally friendly fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft
with free WiFi"

Tickets are available through www.norwegian.com or through travel agents.

Thursday 11 December 2014

Turkish Airlines to increase Istanbul to Birmingham service to 12 flights a week for summer 2015!!

Turkish Airlines will be increasing the frequency of their service from Istanbul to Birmingham

Airport to 12 flights a week from the start of the summer schedules on Sunday 29 March 2015

Flights will operate twice daily except on Tuesday and Wednesday with the additional

flights already on sale - please see below for the summer 2015 schedule

Turkish Airlines schedule at Birmingham Airport from Sunday 29 March 2015 

1015/1115 TK1967/1968 73J from/to Istanbul
- operates daily except Tuesday
1455/1555 TK1969/1970 73H from/to Istanbul
- operates daily except Wednesday

Actual aircraft types subject to change!!

 www.turkishairlines.com

Wednesday 10 December 2014

Thursday 4 December 2014 - KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZM now flying in their new colour scheme

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZM operated their lunchtime service to Amsterdam
- its first visit since it was repainted into their new style colour scheme

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBP visited the Elmdon apron to perform some engine runs
- the aircraft is currently undergoing end of service checks prior to leaving the Monarch fleet

Air Hamburg Citation XLS+ D-CGAA was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

SaxonAir Super King Air G-KLNB was a morning arrival parking up for the day

National Police Air Service Eurocopter EC 135 P2+ G-CPAS was a morning visitor

Sunday 9 November 2014 - Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-DES flying for the Movember Foundation

Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-DES is currently wearing a moustache on its nose in support of
the Movember Foundation an organisation committed to changing the face of men’s health....

.... the aircraft departed to Dublin

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBP operated their afternoon flight to Tenerife

Wednesday 3 December 2014 - Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDG now their based aircraft

Thomas Cook "Sharklet" Airbus A321-211 G-TCDG operated their flight to Fuerteventura
as they launched A321 services from Birmingham taking over as their based aircraft from....

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-236 G-TCBC which spent the day parked up on Stand 25

Lufthansa Boeing 737-530 D-ABIX operated their morning flight to Frankfurt

Hamburg Airways Airbus A320-214 D-AHHH operated their weekly flight from Hannover

Woodgate/"Northern Ireland Air Ambulance" Super King Air G-NIAA was a lunchtime visitor

Socata TBM 850 F-HELE was an early morning arrival spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron

RAF C-17A Globemaster III ZZ172 was an early morning visitor operating a medevac flight

Thomas Cook Airlines welcomes the first of its new Airbus A321s to be based at Birmingham Airport

David Winstanley, Birmingham Airport and Louise Arscott from Thomas Cook with passenger
Mya Yardley from Stourbridge holding the new Sunny Heart Airbus A321

Thomas Cook Airlines UK has welcomed the first of its new Airbus A321 aircraft to be based

at Birmingham - this follows the news in July this year that the airline would base four Airbus

aircraft at the airport Summer 2015, replacing the outgoing Boeing 757 fleet

  
Ahead of the aircraft’s first flight – to Fuerteventura - holidaymakers looking for winter sun
helped celebrate the arrival of the aircraft as they checked-in.  With the new fleet based at
several airports across the UK, Birmingham is the latest to receive a new aircraft which joined
Thomas Cook Airlines this summer
  
Christoph Debus, CEO for Thomas Cook Airlines, said, "It’s an exciting day for our airline as
we bring one of our new fleet of aircraft to Birmingham. We’re convinced that our customers
will love the new comfort and reliability this winter with more legroom and space on-board,
with more aircraft set to arrive next summer to take our customers from the Midlands to
a great range of new destinations"          

David Winstanley, Birmingham Airport’s Chief Operations Officer, said: "Thomas Cook is a

very established airline at Birmingham Airport which has carried nearly nine million passengers

since launching in 1999 so we are delighted that it is placing its new A321 aircraft at Birmingham

Airport to give passengers an enhanced experience

Over the last few months, Thomas Cook Airlines has added six brand new Airbus A321 aircraft
to its UK fleet, and this is set to continue in 2015 with three further deliveries from Airbus as
part of the 25 aircraft being delivered to the Thomas Cook Group Airlines by 2016.  With the
airlines new fleet based at airports across the UK , Birmingham Airport is also set to become
a base featuring the new aircraft in the airlines new Sunny Heart livery

For summer 2015, there will be a 20 per cent increase in flight seats available with Thomas Cook
Airlines. These include three brand new destinations for Birmingham Airport to Mytilene (Lesbos,
Greece), Kalamata (Greece) and Djerba (Tunisia) on top of the new-for-Thomas Cook destination
of Paphos.  The airline will also now be able to offer daily flights to Dalaman, as well as increased
frequencies to Zante, Mahon, Bodrum, Antalya, Izmir, Bourgas and Fuerteventura

These – and flights this winter - can be booked as part of holidays and flight only seats from
Thomas Cook and Co-operative Travel in the Birmingham region, on-line at www.thomascook.com 

www.thomascookairlines.com

Thursday 4 December 2014

Tuesday 2 December 2014 - Thomas Cook Boeing 757-236 G-TCBC operates their final based 757 flight

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-236 G-TCBC operated their final "based" Boeing 757 flight to Banjul in the Gambia....

.... from Wednesday 3 December 2014 the aircraft will be replaced by a new Airbus A321 with G-TCDG
already at BHX waiting to take over - they will continue to operate 757s to BHX on an ad hoc basis

Monarch "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAD operated their flight to Tenerife

Monday 1 December 2014 - CityJet Fokker 50 OO-VLM operates return VLM charter from Amsterdam

CityJet Fokker 50 OO-VLM operated the return VLM charter from Amsterdam....

.... positioning back to Rotterdam

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-231 G-TCDG which positioned in from Brussels on Sunday evening on its first visit
to BHX spent the day parked on Stand 25 - it takes over on Wednesday as their based aircraft from....

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-236 G-TCBB which operated their flight to Sharm El Sheikh....

.... the aircraft wears additional "Egypt where it all begins" titles

Polish Air Force CASA C-295M 014 which had arrived on Friday was a morning departure to Krakow taking
the Ceremonial Band of the Polish Army home after performing at the "Birmingham International Tattoo"

Beech Duke N626N was a morning arrival parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron