RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 was an early morning visitor to the Elmdon apron operating a medevac flight before departing to Brize Norton
Monday 30 November 2009 - RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 operates a medevac flight
RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 was an early morning visitor to the Elmdon Sunday 29 November 2009 - Maldivian Air Taxi Twin Otter C-FBBW departs to Keflavik
Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBW which had arrived from Dubrovnik back on Thursday 19 November 2009
- minus some of its titles! - finally departed to Keflavik, Iceland,
and onto Calgary, Canada
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Saturday 28 November 2009 - Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ABFA makes its first visit to BHX
Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ABFA operated their flight from Hannover - its first visit to BHX
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RAF Tristar KC 1 ZD953 was an afternoon visitor to theElmdon apron operating a medevac flight
Friday 27 November 2009 - bmibaby Boeing 737 G-BVKB flying for "Pudsey Bear"
bmibaby Boeing 737-59B G-BVKB - "Pudsey Bear" - operatedtheir morning service from Glasgow
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Turkish Airbus A319 TC-JLO operated their flight to IstanbulThursday 26 November 2009 - Maldivian Air Taxi Twin Otter C-CBBA spends day parked up
Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBA which had arrived from Dubrovnik on Wednesday evening spent the
day on the Elmdon apron
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLU which had arrived on Wednesday departed back to Paris CDG
Mahan Air to use Boeing 747-400's to Tehran!!
Update - the Iranian authorities have declined to grant
permission for the Boeing 747-400's to operate to the UK
- additional flights will now be operated by Airbus A300-600R's
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Mahan Air (W5) are planning to use their Boeing 747-400's
on selected flights to BHX from Tehran over the Christmas and
New Year holiday period
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These flights offer onward connections to Amritsar, Delhi and
other Middle and Far East destinations and have proved to be
very popular since the service was relaunched on 2 July 2009
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Details of the revised schedule to BHX over this period will
appear here in due course
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A news update from the "BHX Flight Guide"Wednesday 25 November 2009 - Maldivian Air Taxi Twin Otter C-FBBA arrives from Dubrovnik
Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBA was an early evening arrival from Dubrovnik joining
C-FBBW which remains parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Emirates Boeing 777-21H A6-EMF operated their lunchtime service to Dubai in place of the usual 777-300ER
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLU operated a charter flight from Paris CDG parking up to night stop on Stand 86C
Tuesday 24 November 2009 - Viking Boeing 737 SE-RHV operates inaugural service to Iraq
Viking Airlines Boeing 737-36N SE-RHV which had been parkedup at BHX since last Thursday departed on the inaugural service
to Stockholm Arlanda and onto Erbil in northern Iraq
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Monday 23 November 2009 - Boeing BBJ N500LS spends day parked on the Elmdon apron
Boeing 737-73T BBJ N500LS which had arrived on Saturdayevening remained parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Cega Air Ambulance Super King Air G-CEGP was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron
Saturday 21 November 2009 - Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPA departs on charter flight
Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPA which had arrived on Wednesday evening departed on a private charter
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Global Express N900LS was an early morning arrival spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron before departing
Friday 20 November 2009 - "New Yorker" Falcon 200 VP-CCL visits the Elmdon apron
Falcon 200 VP-CCL which arrived on Thursday evening spent the morning parked on the Elmdon apron before departing
- like Global Express VP-CNY it is operated for "New Yorker"
the German fashion company
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RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 operated a medevac flightbefore departing off Runway 15 to Brize Norton
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Turkish Airbus A321 TC-JRB operated their flight from Istanbul inplace of the usual 320/73H due high loads for the Hajj pilgrimage
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Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBW whichhad arrived from Dubrovnik on Thursday evening spent the day
parked up on the Elmdon apron
Thursday 19 November 2009 - Thomson Boeing 757 G-OOBA now flying in their new colours
Thomson Boeing 757-28A G-OOBA which was until recentlyin First Choice colours has been repainted into the
"new" Thomson colour scheme
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Eurowings BAe 146-300 D-AHOI operated the morning Lufthansa service to Frankfurt
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Viking Airlines Boeing 737-36N SE-RHV was an early morningarrival from Dublin parking up on the 80's stands. It is planned
to operate their inaugural service to Stockholm and onto Erbil
in northern Iraq next Tuesday, 24 November 2009
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Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPA which had arrived on Wednesdayevening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Falcon 900EX VP-BMS was a morning arrival spendingthe day parked on the Elmdon apron
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Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FBBWarrived from Dubrovnik - minus some of its titles! - and
parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Viking to launch weekly service to Iraq!!
Viking Airlines (VIK) will be commencing a weekly flight from Birmingham to Stockholm and onto Erbil in northern Iraq
on Tuesday 24 November 2009 - initial schedule is -
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TUESDAY - weekly from 24 November 2009
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0700/0815 VIK087P/687 733 from Gatwick/to Stockholm
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WEDNESDAY - weekly from 2 December 2009
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0340/0440 VIK688/088P 733 from Stockholm/to Gatwick
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The flights are organised by Swedish travel agent Aer Olympic - http://www.aerolympic.se/showIndexPage.do
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It is also possible to just book the BHX-Stockholm sector so
from 1 December 2009 (when the first return operates) a
(long!) day return to Stockholm from BHX costs under £100!!
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TUESDAY - weekly from 24 November 2009
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0700/0815 VIK087P/687 733 from Gatwick/to Stockholm
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WEDNESDAY - weekly from 2 December 2009
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0340/0440 VIK688/088P 733 from Stockholm/to Gatwick
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The flights are organised by Swedish travel agent Aer Olympic - http://www.aerolympic.se/showIndexPage.do
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It is also possible to just book the BHX-Stockholm sector so
from 1 December 2009 (when the first return operates) a
(long!) day return to Stockholm from BHX costs under £100!!
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Wednesday 18 November 2009 - Citation XLS D-CAWU visits the Elmdon apron
Citation XLS D-CAWU was a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apronTuesday 17 November 2009 - Boeing BBJ N500LS makes brief stop on the way to Dubai
Boeing 737-73T BBJ N500LS was an early morning arrival.....
.... after refueling it continued onto Dubai.
Citation CJ3 OO-LIE was a lunchtime arrival on the Elmdon apron.....
.... while Lear Jet 45 N66SG was a morning visitor.
Quinn Group Agusta A-109E EI-SQG was a morning visitor.
Jet Ranger G-TOYZ was an early morning visitor on a filming sortieMonday 16 November 2009 - Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 G-VROS diverts from Manchester
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-443 G-VROS was a morning diversion due to weather related landing delays at Manchester while operating
flight "VS 078" from Barbados - it parked on Stand 86C and after
refuelling it continued to Manchester
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Sunday 15 November 2009 - Eurowings BAe 146 D-AQUA operates Lufthansa service to Frankfurt
Eurowings BAe 146-300 D-AQUA operated the morning Lufthansa service to Frankfurt
Thursday 12 November 2009 - Atlantic BAe ATP G-MANH morning arrival on freight charter
Atlantic Airlines BAe ATP G-MANH was an early morning arrival operating a freight charter
Monday 9 November 2009 - Gulfstream IV HB-IWY diverts in from Luton
Gulfstream IV HB-IWY was an early morning arrival when it diverted in due to poor weather at Luton
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Challenger HB-JRT was a morning arrival parking on the Elmdon apronSunday 8 November 2009 - KLM Boeing 737 PH-BGE operates their afternoon service
KLM Boeing 737-7K2 PH-BGE operated their afternoon service from Amsterdam
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECB operated their lunchtime service to Dubai
Saturday 7 November 2009 - Eurowings BAe 146 D-AEWE operates Lufthansa service to Frankfurt
Eurowings BAe 146-200 D-AEWE operated the morning Lufthansa service to Frankfurt