Birmingham Airport Review 2010

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Friday 31 December 2010 - easyJet Boeing 737 G-EZKD operates flight to Geneva

easyJet Boeing 737-73V G-EZKD operated their flight to Geneva

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Woodgate Air Charter Navajo Chieftain G-JAJK operated

an air ambulance flight from Belfast International
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Well that was 2010 at Birmingham Airport....
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.... until out of the gathering gloom appeared a final star visitor

for 2010! - AeroContractors of Nigeria EC-225LP Super Puma

5N-BKH diverted to BHX due to poor weather at Norwich

/along its planned route up the east coast to Aberdeen

Thursday 30 December 2010 - Irish Air Corps Learjet 45 258 visits on air ambulance flight

Irish Air Corps Learjet 45 258 was an afternoon visitor

to the Elmdon apron operating an air ambulance flight
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Jetstream Executive Travel Jetstream 31 G-OAKI spent the day

parked up after diverting in on Wednesday evening due to poor

visibility at Wolverhampton Business Airport/Halfpenny Green
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RAF C17 ZZ176 which had arrived on a Medevac flight

on Wednesday departed after spending the night at BHX

due to poor visibility at Brize Norton

Wednesday 29 December 2010 - easyJet Airbus A319 G-EJJB makes its first (foggy) visit to BHX

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EJJB operated their flight to Geneva
- its first visit to BHX - as the thaw turned to thick fog....

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....while Eurojet Citation Bravo G-FCDB and Citation Excel G-IPAX

spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 28 December 2010

FlairJet Phenom 100 G-RAAL was an afternoon visitor

to the Elmdon apron

Monday 27 December 2010 - RAF Avia Antonov 26 YL-RAA now BHX based

RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAA which had positioned in on

Sunday evening spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

- it replaces YL-RAE as the based Antonov 26 freighter
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Learjet 60 M-IGHT which had arrived on Saturday/Christmas Day

was a morning departure to Odessa, Ukraine

Sunday 26 December 2010 - Boxing Day

Thomson Boeing 757-236 G-CPEU touches down on Runway 33
on its return from Toulouse operating a ski season IT flight

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Cessna T303 Crusader G-CYLS which had arrived on
Friday/Christmas Eve departed to Edinburgh
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TAG Aviation Falcon 2000 HB-IAZ was a morning
visitor to the Elmdon apron

Saturday 25 December 2010 - Christmas Day

It was a "White Christmas" for BHX - Emirates Boeing 777-31HER

A6-EBF operated their morning service from Dubai on Christmas Day

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Happy Christmas!!

Saturday 25 December 2010

Friday 24 December 2010 - Christmas Eve

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDT operated their flight from Geneva

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Cello Avro Business Jet G-RAJJ spent the day parked up

on a snowy Elmdon apron.. Photo: Ron Kosys
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Atlantic Airlines BAe ATP G-BUUP made two attempts on Thursday

evening to operate their nightly freight service to Maastricht - on

both occasions the aircraft returned to BHX without landing due

to poor weather at its destination.. Photo: Ron Kosys

Thursday 23 December 2010 - AeroVis Antonov 12 UR-CEZ visits on freight charter

AeroVis Airlines Antonov An 12B UR-CEZ which had arrived

in the early hours of the morning positioned out to Budapest....

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.... departing with style off Runway 33!!.. Photo: Mike Hollick.Nightexpress Short 360-300 D-CCAS was a morning visitor
to the Elmdon apron.... ..Photo: Mike Hollick. .... while Fly Logic Metro II SE-KCP which had arrived on Wednesday
evening departed to Malmo.. Photo: Ron Kosys.
Netjets Hawker 800XP CS-DRO was a lunchtime visitor
Photo: Mike Hollick

Wednesday 22 December 2010 - Air Europa Boeing 737 EC-IDT operates for Thomson

Air Europa Boeing 737-86Q EC-IDT operated a sub charter for

Thomson from/to Alicante as the tour operators caught up after

several days of weather disrupted schedules

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Photo: Ron Kosys
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With no sign of a thaw contractors moved in to remove the snow....
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.... some of it even went in the lorry!!

Tuesday 21 December 2010 - Meridiana Airbus A319 EI-DFP diverted from Gatwick

Meridiana Airbus A319-112 EI-DFP which diverted in on Monday

evening when snow closed Gatwick positioned back to Florence

.

Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXI operated their morning

service to Paris CDG in place of the usual Airbus A318
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECO got stuck in the snow! For a

report see - http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-emirates-3.html
In the background 777 A6-ECZ departs off Runway 15 operating

their "EK 040" service to Dubai
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Aviavilsa ATR 42-300F LY-ETM was a morning arrival
on a snowy Elmdon apron.... ..Photo: Mike Hollick
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.... while Air Alliance Piper Cheyenne IIIA D-IAAE

was an evening visitor.. Photo: Mike Hollick

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECO stuck in the snow at Birmingham Airport!!

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECO has got stuck in the snow

after arriving at Birmingham Airport this afternoon....

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.... the aircraft had arrived from Dubai operating flight "EK 029"

which had been rerouted from Heathrow due to that airport's

current weather related operating restrictions
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.... while taxying the right undercarriage became stuck in the snow
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.... while the aircraft was turning onto Taxiway Echo
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Attempts were made to free the aircraft but when

these proved to be unsuccessful....
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.... the decision was made to off load the passengers

before attempting to move the aircraft again

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Tuesday 21 December 2010

Monday 20 December 2010 - Air Blue Airbus A319 AP-BIE continues to Manchester

Air Blue Airbus A319-112 AP-BIE diverted in on Sunday evening

while operating their Islamabad-Trazbon-Manchester service....

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.... after spending the night at BHX it positioned to Manchester
Photo: Ron Kosys
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Air Via Airbus A320-232 LZ-MDC positioned in to operate a
Thomas Cook IT flight to Las Palmas
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECX arrived from Hamburg were
it had diverted on Saturday while enroute to Heathrow - it then
operated an additional flight back to Dubai.. Photo: Mike Hollick
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To add to the weather related problems Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVC
- which operated the Swiss flight from Zurich - suffered a hydraulic
failure on arrival blocking Taxiway Alpha.... ..Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... while the aircraft was being recovered to the terminal it was
necessary for departing aircraft to wait.... ..Photo: Ian Bowley
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.... as landing aircraft back tracked to clear the Runway

- SAS MD 82 LN-RML exits at Echo One
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Aircraft that have been at Birmingham over the weekend like

FedEx/Air Contractors ATR 72-202F EI-FXG which was parked

on the Elmdon apron remained snow bound.... ..Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... with Danu Oro ATR 42-300F LY-OOV needing a full de ice
Photo: Mike Hollick
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.... and there was still plenty of snow to go around!!