Tower Watch - Monday 20 February 2012

The contractors have almost finished fixing the external cladding
to the structure of the new ATC Tower....
.

.... just a few panels at the top to be added now!
.

Monday 20 February 2012

Monday 20 February 2012 - Aero-Charter Antonov 12BP UR-CJN arrives from Graz

Aero-Charter Airlines Antonov 12BP UR-CJN was
an afternoon arrival from Graz
.

Cessna 182T Skylane G-CEFV was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 19 February 2012 - Monarch Airbus A330 G-EOMA with new style billboard titles

Monarch Airbus A330-243 G-EOMA was a lunchtime arrival
from Akrotiri operating a trooping flight.... Photo: Ron Kosys
.

.... it wears the new style billboard Monarch titles
.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EVG operated their midday service
to Dublin - its first visit to BHX and the first visit of a Ryanair
aircraft in the "EI-EV-" series of registrations
.

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDE operated their service
to Grenoble - another first visit to BHX
.

Global Express D-AXTM was an early morning arrival
parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Saturday 18 February 2012 - Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 arrives in the rain!!

Turkmenistan Boeing 717-22K EZ-A106 was a morning arrival
at a very wet Birmingham Airport! - this is the second of seven
Boeing 717's being ferried to the United States for storage at
Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona....

.

.... it had earlier been diverted to Minsk while en route to BHX
due to poor weather at Kiev - after refuelling it was soon on its
way to Keflavik, Iceland, and onto Goose Bay, Canada Photo: Ron Kosys
.

The weather soon improved with both Meridian Aviation
Antonov 12BP UR-CAK and....
.

.... Antonov 12BP UR-CGV basking in the afternoon sun!
.

Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXV operated their afternoon
service to Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX
.

Austrian Airlines Boeing 737-8Z9 OE-LNR operated their
weekly IT flight from Innsbruck
.

Swiss again upgraded their flights as the "Half term" holiday came
to an end - Airbus A319-112 HB-IPX operated their morning service
to Zurich with Airbus A320's HB-IJO and HB-IJR also visiting
.

Beech Baron D-IIHS which had arrived on Friday
was a morning departure

Friday 17 February 2012 - Ruby Star Antonov 12 EW-275TI departs to Chateauroux

Ruby Star Antonov 12BK EW-275TI which has been parked up
at BHX since it arrived on Wednesday 8 February 2012 departed....
.

....positioning out to Chateauroux in France Photos: Ron Kosys
.

Dauphin 2 EI-GJL was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Thursday 16 February 2012 - Loganair celebrating 50 years as "Scotland's airline"

Loganair Saab 340B G-LGNJ operated the morning flybe service

to Dundee - the aircraft now wears additional titles marking....

.

.

.... Loganair's celebration of 50 years as "Scotland's airline"

- for more information "click" here
.

Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILU - "Lu" - operated their morning
service to Frankfurt - the aircraft wears additional markings as
part of Lufthansa's "jetfriends" promotion for younger travellers
.

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CAK returned from Graz....
.

.... with another load of freight Photo: Ron Kosys
.

.... while Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CGV which had
arrived in the early hours of the morning positioned out to Graz
.

.... leaving Ruby Star Antonov 12BK EW-275TI and UR-CAK
still marked up on the Elmdon apron Photos: Ron Kosys
.

Citation Sovereign D-CHDC was a day stopping visitor while....
.

Oxford Aviation Academy Piper Seneca II G-BCVY arrived
from Oxford with a pilot to collect Seneca II G-BOCG....
.

.... which had made an emergency landing on Wednesday
after reporting a fire in the cockpit Photos: Mike Hollick
.

Cirrus SR-22 N600LB which had arrived on Wednesday
was a morning departure Photo: Mike Hollick

Wednesday 15 February 2012 - Meridian Antonov 12 UR-CAK makes it No 9 for 2012!!

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CAK was an afternoon arrival....
.

.... from Graz - its first visit to BHX and the 9th different
Antonov 12 to visit Birmingham in 2012!!
.

Ruby Star Antonov 12BK EW-275TI which had arrived the
previous Wednesday remained parked up Photo: Ron Kosys
.

WDL Friendship 600 D-ADEP was an afternoon visitor from
Saarbruken operating a priority freight charter Photo: Ron Kosys
.

Oxford Aviation Academy Piper Seneca II G-BOCG made an emergency
landing during the morning after reporting a fire in the cockpit parking
on the Elmdon apron while it was repaired Photo: Ron Kosys

Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 planned to transit BHX on Saturday 18 February 2012‏

Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 is currently planned to
transit Birmingham on Saturday 18 February 2012 - the
second of seven Boeing 717 now expected to be ferried
to the United States for storage at Marana, Arizona

.
Boeing 717 EZ-A106 is expected into BHX from Ashgabat
via Kiev at 1010 on Saturday - after a crew change and
refuelling at Birmingham it will continue to Goose Bay
via Keflavik - please see below for the flight schedule

.

Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A107 was delivered via BHX on Sunday 29 August 2005
.

TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2012

.
1010/1200 TUA3209 717 from Kiev/to Keflavik EZ-A107
- ferry flight to Marana/crew change and refuelling stop
.
SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2012
.
1010/1200 TUA3211 717 from Kiev/to Keflavik EZ-A106
- ferry flight to Marana/crew change and refuelling stop
.

Details of further Boeing 717 ferry flights will
appear here when information is available

.

Day of operation/timings subject to change
as these are ferry flights

.

Thursday 9 February 2012

January 2012 passenger figures at Birmingham

Birmingham Airport handled 501,583 passengers during
January 2012 - an decrease of 4.1% on the previous year
.
While business routes continue to perform well when it comes
to discretionary leisure travel people are just staying at home
.
During January significant growth was achieved on

scheduled flights to destinations such as -

Fuerteventura 158.6%, Faro 61.2%, Istanbul 50.7%,

Munich 31.3%, Stuttgart 23.7%, Shannon 15.7%,
Grenoble 15.7%, Cork 15.3% and Alicante 15.1%
.
Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Gambia 17.2%, Barbados 14.9% and Madeira 8.7%
.
Scheduled traffic accounted for 85.0% of the total
passenger traffic in January whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 15.0%
.

Wednesday 15 February 2012

Tuesday 14 February 2012 - Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A007 off to the USA

Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A107 prepares to line up on Runway 33
for its departure to Keflavik en route to the USA....
.

.... it had earlier arrived from Ashgabat via Kiev Photo: Ron Kosys
.

Avion Express Saab 340F LY-NSB was an afternoon arrival
operating a freight charter from Saarbrucken and joined by....
.

Nightexpress Short 360-300 D-CCAS from Frankfurt
.

Opera Jet CitationJet OM-OPR visited operating a freight charter
.

.... as did Jet Executive Super King Air D-IKOB Photo: Mike Hollick

Monday 13 February 2012 - Air France Airbus A320 F-HEPD makes first visit to BHX

Air France Airbus A320-214 F-HEPD operated their
morning service to Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX
.

Lufthansa Airbus 321-231 D-AIDN operated their morning service to
Frankfurt in place of the usual Airbus A319 - another first visit to BHX
.

Gulfstream IV N59AP which had arrived on Sunday
was a morning departure