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Thursday 30 September 2010 - CityLine Hungary Antonov 26 HA-TCO afternoon arrival

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO was an afternoon arrival....
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.... operating a priority freight charter flight
. RAF Tristar K1 ZD949 - which retains the "white" scheme -
arrived under a Marshall's flight number on a test flight....
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.... it sat on Taxiway Tango for an hour while the crew waited
for the brakes to cool down before departing to Liverpool
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Astraeus Boeing 757-258 G-STRZ diverted in on Wednesday evening
due to poor weather at Brize Norton - it wears Saudi Arabian titles
in preparation of a Hajj pilgrimage lease - and departed under an
Astraeus flight number to Minhad AFB in Dubai
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Koral Blue Airbus A320-212 SU-KBA operated
their weekly IT flight to Sharm el Sheikh

Wednesday 29 September 2010 - RAF Avia Antonov 26 YL-RAE arrives to be BHX based

RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAE was an early evening arrival
as it positioned in to become based at BHX - it will be available
for ad hoc cargo charter work
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Cimber Air ATR 42-500 OY-CIJ positioned in to operate
a charter flight to Gothenburg

Tuesday 28 September 2010 - Armavia Airbus A319 inaugural flight to Yerevan

Armavia Airbus A319-132 EK 32011 operated the inaugural flight
of new their new weekly service to Yerevan and onto Delhi....
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.... for a full report see below or at -
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/09/news-armavia.html
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CityJet/VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLJ was a morning arrival
operating a day stopping charter from Rotterdam
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 Challenger 300 N742E was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
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 .... while Hans Grohe Learjet 60 D-CFFB was an evening arrival

Armavia launch new weekly service from Birmingham to Yerevan and onto Delhi

Armavia has launched a new weekly service between Birmingham
and Yerevan in Armenia, which offers an onward connection to Delhi
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Illarion Gharibyan, Deputy Director General of Armavia (centre left)
cut the ribbon to launch the new route as he was welcomed by
Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport (centre right)
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Armavia operates throughout Europe, the Middle East and Russia
with Birmingham the airlines first UK destination. The weekly
service, departing Birmingham at 0925 on Tuesday, will be
operated by a 134 seat Airbus A319 aircraft with
8 business class seats and 126 economy seats
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Illarion Gharibyan said: "There are 20,000 people in the UK from
Armenian descent and people can currently only access flights to
Armenia from Heathrow so the Birmingham operation will provide
more choice for those wanting to reach Yerevan"
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Paul Kehoe said: "Not only will Armavia Airlines offer people a
brand new service to Armenia, it will provide another welcome
connection to India, which will be of particular interest to
the 200,000 Indian people living in the Midlands"
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WEEKLY SCHEDULE - operates on a Tuesday -
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0655/0925 U8 107/108 319 from/to Yerevan
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Schedule subject to change!!
Tuesday 28 September 2010

Monday 27 September 2010 - Pilatus PC-12 M-ALCB visits the Elmdon apron

Pilatus PC-12 M-ALCB was a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron

Birmingham Airport movements report week commencing Monday 20 September 2010

Sunday 26 September 2010 - Air Berlin Airbus A330 D-ALPJ operates a charter to Barcelona

Air Berlin Airbus A330-223 D-ALPJ positioned in from Munich to
operate a charter flight to Barcelona - it had previously visited in 2008
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Embraer 190-100LR D-AECA operated the morning Lufthansa
service from Frankfurt - following the settlement of a long
running dispute with their pilots over the use of the new
Embraer 190/195's operated by subsidiary CityLine....
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.... the aircraft are now being retitled into the Lufthansa Regional
brand colour scheme similar to that on their Avro RJ85's and
Canadair CRJ's - previously they had just CityLine titles
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Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DLM wears additional
"bye bye Latehansa" titles
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Solid Air Citation IV PH-MFX was a morning visitor
to the Elmdon before departing to Innsbruck....
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Jet Ranger II G-BXRY was a morning visitor

Saturday 25 September 2010 - Turkish Boeing 737 TC-JKO operates service to Istanbul

Turkish Boeing 737-752 TC-JKO operated their service to Istanbul
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Balkan Holidays Airbus A320-211 LZ-BHE operated their
flight from Bourgas - the aircraft is all white with no titles
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Hawker 850XP HB-VOJ which had arrived on Friday
evening was a morning departure....
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.... while Reconnaissance Ventures - RVL - Cessna 404 Titan
G-BWLF arrived and parked up on the Elmdon apron

Friday 24 September 2010 - Europe Airpost Boeing 737 EI-STA back from Dubrovnik

Europe Airpost Boeing 737-31S EI-STA operated the return
charter from Dubrovnik before continuing onto Dublin
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Brit Air Canadair CRJ 100 F-GRJU - which was formerly F-GRJH
before being leased out - is now in the new Air France colour scheme
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Oil Spill Response/Reconnaissance Ventures - RVL - Cessna 310
G-BODY was a morning departure from the Elmdon apron....
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 .... while Citation CJ2 M-TSGP made a brief visit
before departing to Bristol

Thursday 23 September 2010 - RAF C17 ZZ174 operates a medevac flight

RAF C 17 ZZ174 was an afternoon arrival operating a medevac flight
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CERZ operated the afternoon
bmi regional service to Aberdeen
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Lufthansa Regional/Eurowings Canadair CRJ 200 ER D-ACRF was
operating flight "LH 4874" from Hamburg when it diverted in due
to poor weather/landing delays at Manchester.. Photo: Ron Kosys
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Citation Ultra HB-VLZ was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Ryanair to serve Malta from Birmingham

Ryanair will be launching a new twice weekly service to Malta
from Birmingham on Wednesday 15 December 2010
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After a bespoke schedule over the Christmas and New Year
holiday period flights will operate on Wednesday and Sunday
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Birmingham - Malta is also served by Air Malta
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Thursday 23 September 2010

Wednesday 22 September 2010 - Air Berlin Boeing 737 D-AHXJ operates their flight to Hannover

Air Berlin Boeing 737-7K5 D-AHXJ operated their flight to Hannover
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Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CAAZ was an afternoon
arrival on yet another priority freight charter flight
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Scot Airways/CityJet Dornier 328-100 G-BYMK positioned
in from Stansted to operate a charter flight to Braunschweig
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Regional Embraer 190-100LR F-HBLB operated the mid morning
Air France service from Paris CDG in place of the usual CityJet AR8
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SAS MD 82 SE-DIN operated their morning service to Copenhagen
in place of the usual Canadair CRJ 900
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TAG Aviation Learjet 40XR G-HPPY was a morning visitor....
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.... while TAG Aviation Galaxy HB-JEB was a morning arrival
and spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Air Berlin to operate two Airbus A330 charter flights to/from Barcelona

Air Berlin will be operating two Airbus A330-200 charter flights
from/to BHX over the next two weekends in connection with a
Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona
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The dates/timings are as follows -
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SUNDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2010
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0745/0900 AB104F/1004 332 from Munich/to Barcelona
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SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 2010
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1210/1345 AB1005/105F 332 from Barcelona/to Dusseldorf
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Schedules subject to change!
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Wednesday 22 September 2010

Tuesday 21 September 2010 - Robinson R-44 G-REGE visits the Elmdon apron

Robinson R-44 G-REGE was a visitor to the Elmdon apron....
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.... as was Eurocopter Ecureuil G-GMCM
.Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CUTT operated a priority freight charter

Monday 20 September 2010 - CityLine Hungary Antonov 26 HA-TCT is a lunchtime arrival

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCT was a lunchtime arrival....
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.... operating a priority freight charter flight and parking
on the Elmdon apron.. Photo: Mike Hollick
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CERZ operated the afternoon bmi regional
service from Aberdeen. Eastern will now operate this rotation on
Monday to Friday until this service finishes at the end of October
Lufthansa Airbus A320-214 D-AIZH operated their lunchtime
service from Frankfurt - its first visit to BHX.. Photo: Ron Kosys