Sunday 31 August 2008 - Norwegian Boeing 737 LN-KKY operates final service to Warsaw

Boeing 737-33S LN-KKY operated the final Norwegian service

from Warsaw - the aircraft is in the "acta" scheme

Saturday 30 August 2008 - Citation G-YPRS visits the Elmdon apron

Cessna 550 Citation Bravo G-YPRS was a morning visitor to

the Elmdon apron. It was previously registered G-IPAC with

BHX based Eurojet

.

Isle of Man Air Ambulance Service Navajo Chieftain G-LIDE

arrived in the early hours and parked on the Elmdon apron
.

Airbus A340-200 HZ-124 spent the morning on the Elmdon

apron before departing during the afternoon

Thursday 28 August 2008 - Norwegian Boeing 737 LN-KKT operates their flight to Warsaw

Norwegian Boeing 737-3L9 LN-KKT operated their flight from

Warsaw - they are ceasing this route on Sunday 31 August 2008

.
SAS used Airbus A319-131 OY-KBT on their

evening service from Copenhagen

Friday 29 August 2008 - Airbus A340 HZ-124 a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron

Airbus A340-213 HZ-124 was a morning arrival

parking on the Elmdon apron

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Lufthansa Canadair CRJ900LR D-ACKA operated
their mid morning service to Munich

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KLM used Air Express Fokker 100 SE-DUV on their

early morning service from/to Amsterdam....

.

.... while CityJet used Baboo Embraer 190LR HB-JQG
on their first Air France service from Paris CDG

Wednesday 27 August 2008 - bmibaby Boeing 737 G-TOYM now BHX based

Recently delivered bmibaby Boeing 737-36Q G-TOYM arrived

from Belfast International in the morning to become BHX based.

After operating a service to Madrid it departed again to Murcia.

It is in the new style billboard scheme and is named "groovy baby"

Tuesday 26 August 2008 - RAF VC10 C1K XV107 operates flight to Belfast

RAF VC 10 C1K XV107 positioned in to operate a flight to

Belfast International/RAF Aldergrove making its usual

"signature" departure off Runway 15

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SAS MD 82 OY-KHE operated their evening service from

Copenhagen. The aircraft is in "Star Alliance" colours

Monday 25 August 2008 - Monarch Boeing 757 G-MONJ flying in "Hedkandi" colours

Monarch Boeing 757 G-MONJ operated their weekly IT flight
from Bourgas. The aircraft wears the "Hedkandi" special scheme

.
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City Airline Embraer 145 SE-RIA made its first visit since being

re-registered - its was formerly PH-RXB a BHX regular!
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London Executive Aviation Challenger 300 G-KSFR was

an early afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 24 August 2008 - Twin Otter C-GKCS spends the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-GKCS arrived from Keflavik in the

early hours of Sunday morning and spent the day parked on the

Elmdon apron waiting the arrival of a spare part. The aircraft was

enroute to the Maldives and already had Maldivian Air Taxi titles

- next stop was planned to be Brindisi, Italy, enroute to Luxor, Egypt

.

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Air Bee MD 82 I-DAVB operated their weekly IT flight

from Naples for the third week in a row
.

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Brit Air Canadair CRJ 700 F-GRZN operated the afternoon

Air France service to Lyon in place on the usual RJ 200

Saturday 23 August 2008 - flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOE makes its first visit to BHX

Recently delivered flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOE made its first

visit to BHX positioning in to operate the "BE 567" to Jersey
.

KLM Boeing 737-406 PH-BDS - which is in their new colour

scheme - operated the mid morning service to Amsterdam

Friday 22 August 2008 - baboo Embraer 190 HB-JQG flying for Air France

baboo Embraer 190 HB-JQG operated the early morning

Air France service from Paris CDG in place of the usual

CityJet Avro Avro RJ85....

.
.... returning again at lunchtime (and in the early evening).

This was the first visit of an Embraer 190 to BHX
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Iberworld Airbus A320 EC-INZ operated their weekly IT

flight to Tenerife which is only operating during August
.

RAF Tristar C2 ZE704 operated a medivac flight before
positioning to Brize Norton
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Sikorsky S-76B G-VONB made an ILS approach to Runway 33
before parking on the Elmdon apron
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Netjets Hawker 800XP CS-DRD spent the day parked on the
Elmdon apron after going tech on arrival the previous day

Thursday 21 August 2008

Wednesday 20 August 2008 - King Air G-CLOW visits the Elmdon apron

Beech Super King Air 200 G-CLOW was a visitor to the

Elmdon apron during the morning

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Emirates Boeing 777-36NER A6-EBN - a low density/three

class aircraft - operated the lunchtime service to Dubai
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Adria Canadair CRJ900LR S5-AAL operated their weekly flight to Ljubljana

Tuesday 19 August 2008 - Falcon 2000 OY-CKN visits the Elmdon apron

Falcon 2000 OY-CKN was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon

apron - the aircraft wears an "Expo Zaragosa 2008" insignia

by the front passenger door
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Netjets Europe Cessna 550B Citation Bravo CS-DHH was also present

Monday 18 August 2008 - Emirates Airbus A330 A6-EAC operates service from Dubai

Emirates Airbus A330-243 A6-EAC operated the lunchtime

service from Dubai in place of the usual Boeing 777-300ER

Sunday 17 August 2008 - Irish Air Corps CASA 235 "253" visits the Elmdon apron

Irish Air Corps CASA CN 235 "253" was an early morning

arrival parking on the Elmdon apron

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Eurowings BAe 146-300 D-AEWM operated the morning

Lufthansa service to Frankfurt
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Belavia Boeing 737-524 EW-252PA operated the return charter
flight to Minsk on behalf of the "Children of Chernobyl" charity

Saturday 16 August 2008

Day trip to Palma!!

Friday 15 August 2008 - LTE Airbus A320 EC-JRC operates IT flight to Tenerife

LTE Airbus A320 EC-JRC operated their weekly IT

flight to Tenerife....

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.... while Airbus A320 EC-IMU operated the Iberworld

flight which is also operating to Tenerife during August
.

Air Berlin again used a Boeing 737-700 - D-ABAA - on their weekly

flight from Münster/Osnabrück in place of the usual 737-800
.

Spanair MD 83 EC-GQG - in Star Alliance colours - operated

their weekly IT flight to Ibiza

Thursday 14 August 2008 - Norwegian Boeing 737 LN-KKX flying for "Network Norway"

Norwegian Boeing 737-300 LN-KKX operated their service from
Warsaw - the aircraft is their only winglet equiped 737-300 and is

in "Network Norway" colours - a mobile telephone operator

.
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Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-DAD operated their early

morning flight from Dublin - the aircraft wears additional

"No Lufthansa fuel surcharges" titles
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Falcon 900EX D-AWKG was an early morning arrival

spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 13 August 2008 - Monarch Airbus A321 G-OZBI flying as "Celeb Air"

"Celeb Air" Monarch Airbus A321 G-OZBI which is currently
based was an early morning departure off Runway 15 to Malaga

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Adria Boeing 737-500 S5-AAM operated their weekly flight

from Ljubljana - the aircraft had previously visited as UR-GAS
.

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Cessna Citation 750 N610GR was a morning arrival spending

the day parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Aston Villa FC departed to Keflavik on board Jet2 Boeing 737-377

G-CELV for their UEFA Cup tie on Thursday against Icelandic

team Hafnarfjordur