Air France commenced their new twice daily scheduled service from Lyon which is operated on their behalf by Brit Air. The
inaugural flight was operated by Canadair Regional Jet F-GRJO
seen here arriving onto stand 25
.
The first outbound service carried a delegation to visit Lyon which is "twinned" with the City of Birmingham
.
Canadair Regional Jet F-GRJO of Air France/Brit Air holds at "Echo One" prior to is departure back to Lyon
.
The mid morning Ryanair service from Dublin - FR 664/665 was operated by Boeing 737-800 EI-CSC which is painted in
Cable and Wireless colours