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Sunday 28 February 2010 - Central Counties Police Eurocopter EC 135 G-HEOI visits

Central Counties Air Operations Unit's new Eurocopter EC 135P2+
G-HEOI was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Air Berlin Boeing 737-7Q8 D-ABBW operated their flight from
Paderborn in place of the usual 737-800 - its first visit to BHX
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Atlantic Airlines BAe ATP G-BTPA departed to Coventry
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 King Air F-GULM was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Saturday 27 February 2010 - Panaviatic Learjet ES-LVA visits on air ambulance flight

A busy day for air ambulance flights - Panaviatic Learjet 60 ES-LVA
was a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron while....
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.... Air Partner Learjet 45 G-CDSR was an afternoon visitor
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Gulfstream IV G-ELVN was an afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron

Friday 26 February 2010 - Gulfstream 550 N860AA departs to Paris Le Bourget

Gulfstream 550 N860AA which had arrived on Thursday afternoon
departed to Paris Le Bourget while....
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.... Air Contractors ATR 72-212F EI-SLK departed to Caen, France

Thursday 25 February 2010 - West Atlantic BAe ATP G-BTPH under repair on the Elmdon apron

West Atlantic BAe ATP G-BTPH spent the day parked on the
Elmdon apron receiving attention from their engineers - it had
diverted in during the early hours of the morning while operating
the nightly Newcastle to Bristol Royal Mail flight
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SAS MD 82 SE-DIS operated their morning service to Copenhagen
in place of the usual Canadair CRJ 900

Wednesday 24 February 2010 - Citation XLS D-CAWU visits the Elmdon apron

Citation XLS D-CAWU was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 23 February 2010 - First visit of winglet equipped Thomson Boeing 767

Thomsonfly Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYG - which has now had
winglets fitted - positioned in to operate their weekly flight to
Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic - this was the first visit
of a "76W" in Thomson colours
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Viking Boeing 737-36N SE-RHU positioned in from Gatwick
to replace SE-RHT (which had gone tech at BHX) and operate
their weekly flight to Northern Iraq
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The new Agusta A109E Power G-RSCU of the Warwickshire &
Northamptonshire Air Ambulance made three ILS approaches
and go arounds to Runway 15 during the morning
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Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-FAKB spent the
day parked on the Elmdon apron after arriving from Keflavik in
the early hours of the morning. It departed to Dubrovnik shortly
after midnight/early Wednesday only to suffer an electrical fire
and made an emergency diversion to Gatwick.. Photo: Ron Kosys

Monday 22 February 2010 - Wizz Air Airbus A320's HA-LPD and LZ-WZB divert in from Luton

Seeing double Wizz....!! - snow at Luton (and Stansted)
resulted in a number of morning diversions....
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.... Wizz Air Airbus A320-233 HA-LPD arrived from Prague
to where it later positioned back to....
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.... while Airbus A320-232 LZ-WZB arrived from Sofia later
positioning onto Luton
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CERZ operated the first of a series of charters
to Grosseto, Italy, in connection with the dealer launch of the new
Jaguar XJ the titles for which appear on the forward fuselage....
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.... it was an early departure from a crowded Elmdon apron!
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Super King Air G-BVMA was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 21 February 2010 - SAS "retro" Airbus A319 OY-KBO operates Copenhagen service

SAS Airbus A319-131 OY-KBO operated their afternoon service
from Copenhagen in place of the usual Canadair CRJ 900....
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.... the aircraft is in their "retro" colour scheme
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KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZL operated their morning
"KL 1421" service from Amsterdam - from Monday 22 February
2010 this flight will be operated by an Embraer 190

Saturday 20 February 2010 - Atlantic Airlines Electra G-LOFC goes on training flight

Atlantic Airlines Lockheed Electra G-LOFC which is now fully
serviceable again went off on a training flight returning....
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.... to park on the Elmdon apron....
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 .... doing a U turn in the afternoon sun
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 .... it had earlier departed to Doncaster Sheffield Airport
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PIA Boeing 777-240ER AP-BHX operated their service from
Islamabad - it wears the Quetta - "Nature's Orchard" tail scheme
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Austrian Arrows Fokker 70 OE-LFJ operated their
weekly IT flight from Innsbruck

Friday 19 February 2010 - the snow returns!!

Overnight snow closed the airport trapping a number of aircraft at
BHX including the PIA 777 and resulting in many diversion away
to other airports including the Thursday evening Emirates 777
which positioned back to operate its delayed flight to Dubai
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Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJJ operated their morning service to
Zurich in place of the usual Helvetic Fokker 100 to help clear the
backlog of delayed passengers....
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.... while Aer Arran ATR 72-201 EI-REI was another aircraft that
had been trapped at the airport overnight
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It was not only BHX that was suffering from the weather -
City Airline Embraer 145LR SE-RAC diverted in due to poor
visibility at Manchester
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Royal Danish Air Force Hercules C-130J B-583 was a morning arrival
to collect patients off the RAF Tristar medevac flight....
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.... departing back to Copenhagen....
. .... while RAF Tristar C2 ZE706 continued onto Brize Norton
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Atlantic Airlines Lockheed Electra G-LOFC remained parked on
Taxiway Lima undergoing further maintenance

Thursday 18 February 2010 - Regional Embraer 190 F-HBLA flying for Air France

Regional Embraer 190-100LR F-HBLA operated the mid morning
Air France service from/to Paris CDG in place of the usual CityJet
Avro RJ85 - its first visit to BHX
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Atlantic Airlines Lockheed Electra G-LOFC spent the day parked
on Taxiway Lima undergoing further maintenance....
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.... before going for an engine run over by the Terminal on
Taxiway Echo as the snow returned to BHX!!

Mahan Air to use an Airbus A340 to BHX!!

Mahan Air (W5) are in the process of acquiring their first Airbus A340
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The aircraft is currently being prepared for service and - subject to
final Government approval - will initially be used on their service
to Birmingham from Tehran
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More information - and the updated schedule to BHX - will appear
here in due course
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Thursday 18 February 2010

Wednesday 17 February 2010 - Atlantic Airlines Electra G-LOFC arrives for maintenance

Atlantic Airlines Lockheed Electra G-LOFC arrived in the
early hours of the morning parking on the Elmdon apron
for maintenance to its No 4 engine
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Eastern Airways Saab 2000 G-CDKA positioned in from
Aberdeen to operate a charter flight to Almeria, Spain

Support the campaign for flights to India!!

A new www site has been launched as part of the campaign
to restore "non stop" flights from Birmingham to India -
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Please add your comments or sign the epetition at -
http://epetition.birmingham.public-i.tv/petition.php?id=72
. Air India originally operated from Birmingham in the 1980's and
then started flights between Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham-Toronto
in May 2005. This operation was moved to Heathrow in 2008 to
secure its valuable slots in the capital


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Wednesday 17 February 2010