Sunday 16 December 2007 - many diversions after incident closes East Midlans
A crowded terminal apron after an incident closed East Midlands resulting in bmibaby, easyJet, First Choice, Ryanair and
Thomson flights diverting to BHX
Thomson flights diverting to BHX
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Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 G-CDZL operated a “Santa” flight to Rovaniemi in Lapland
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Another busy day for bmi – Airbus A320 G-MIDR operateda return “Santa” flight from Rovaniemi….
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…. while Airbus A319 G-DBCJ operated an early seasonIT flight to Geneva
Saturday 15 December 2007 - flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-ECOA arrives on delivery flight from Canada
The latest Dash 8Q-400 for flybe - G-ECOA - arrives as the "BE 040"from Reykjavik at the end of its delivery flight from Canada
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Titan Boeing 737-300 G-ZAPZ operated the first of a season of ski IT flights from/to Chambery
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easyJet Switzerland Airbus A319 HB-JZG operated the second
easyJet Switzerland Airbus A319 HB-JZG operated the second rotation of easyJet's new daily service to Geneva
Friday 14 December 2007 - easyJet launch
easyJet operated their inaugural flight to Geneva - their first ever scheduled service from BHX
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The first passengers to check in received two free easyJet flights to Grenoble - Joe Kelly, the Airport's Acting Managing Director, and
Andy Campbell, easyJet's Airport Manager, made the presentation....
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.... while "Geneva" and "Grenoble" were on hand to
get everyone in the mood for skiing!!
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easyJet Airbus A319 G-EZIS duly arrived at a murky BHX....
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.... and after a rapid turn round was back off to Geneva
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Thanks to the team from BHX - Fran, Stuart and Rowena - for
organising the launch!
Friday 14 December 2007 - Swiss Airbus A320 HB-IJE operates lunchtime flight from Zurich
Swiss used Airbus A320-214 HB-IJE on their lunchtime service from Zurich
Thursday 13 December 2007 - Tasilli Dash 8 7T-VCL arrives for attention by flybe
7T-VCL - the second Tasilli Airlines Dash 8Q-400 forattention by flybe - arrived as the"DTH 316"....
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.... while 7T-VCM departed back to Algiers at the "DTH 315".
KLM used Fokker 70 PH-KZC - in their new colours - on their lunchtime Amsterdam service
Wednesday 12 December 2007 - KLM Boeing 737 PH-BXR operates service from Amsterdam
KLM used Boeing 737-900 PH-BXR on the morning "KL 1423/1424" service from/to Amsterdam
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flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-JECT is named after footballer
flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-JECT is named after footballer Matt Le Tissier who appears on the nose
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Piaggio P-180 Avanti F-GPKN was a visitor spending the day
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Piaggio P-180 Avanti F-GPKN was a visitor spending the day on the Elmdon apron
Tuesday 11 December 2007 - Jet2 Boeing 737 G-CELG operates a charter flight to Munich
Jet2 Boeing 737-377 G-CELG positioned in to operate a charter flight to Munich
Sunday 9 December 2007 - Jet2 Boeing 737 G-CELB wears "Yorkshire" titles
Jet2 Boeing 737-300 G-CELB - which wears "Yorkshire" titles -operated a charter flight to Amsterdam on a wet morning....
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.... while bmi Airbus A320 G-MIDX - which is in Star Alliance
.... while bmi Airbus A320 G-MIDX - which is in Star Alliance colours - operated a return "Santa" flight from Rovaniemi
Friday 7 December 2007 - TUIfly Boeing 737 D-ATUA flying for Air Berlin
Air Berlin used TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUA to operate their flight from Munster-Osnabruck
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Falcon 900 VT-SBK was a later afternoon visitor followed in by.....
.... bmi Airbus A321 G-MIDC which was operating a return "Santa" flight from Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland
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TNT Airways BAe 146QT OO-TAY operated a passenger charter to Prague leaving from the Elmdon apron - the aircraft was
formerly F-GOMA with Axis
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Thursday 6 December 2007 - SAS Airbus A321 LN-RKI operates service from Copenhagen
SAS used Airbus A321-231 LN-RKI on their morning Copenhagen service in place of the usual MD 82
Wednesday 5 December 2007 - Learjet G-LGAR spends day parked on the Elmdon apron
Learjet 60 G-LGAR spent the day parked on the Elmdon apronTuesday 4 December 2007 - Tasilli Dash 8 7T-VCM arrives for attention by flybe
Tasilli Airlines (of Algeria) Dash 8Q-402 7T-VCM arrived fromAlgiers as the "DTH 314" for attention in the flybe hangar
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Due to ATR 42 SP-KCN being tech Whoosh used Eastern Saab 2000 G-CERZ on both their flights from Dundee
Monday 3 December 2007 - Ryanair Boeing 737 EI-DCD wears "Pride of Scotland" titles
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DCD wears "Pride of Scotland" titlesSunday 2 December 2007 - Transavia Boeing 737 PH-XRV operates a charter flight to Amsterdam
Transavia Boeing 737-7K2 PH-XRV operated a charter flight to Amsterdam