Coming soon!!Friday 31 December 2010 - easyJet Boeing 737 G-EZKD operates flight to Geneva
easyJet Boeing 737-73V G-EZKD operated their flight to Geneva.
Woodgate Air Charter Navajo Chieftain G-JAJK operatedan air ambulance flight from Belfast International
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Well that was 2010 at Birmingham Airport.....
.... 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 dayparked 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-IPAXspent the day parked on 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 Daywas a morning departure to Odessa, Ukraine
Sunday 26 December 2010 - Boxing Day
Thomson Boeing 757-236 G-CPEU touches down on Runway 33on its return from Toulouse operating a ski season IT flight
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Cessna T303 Crusader G-CYLS which had arrived onFriday/Christmas Eve departed to Edinburgh
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TAG Aviation Falcon 2000 HB-IAZ was a morningvisitor to the Elmdon apron
Friday 24 December 2010 - Christmas Eve
easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDT operated their flight from Geneva.
Cello Avro Business Jet G-RAJJ spent the day parked upon 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 visitorto the Elmdon apron.... ..Photo: Mike Hollick.
.... while Fly Logic Metro II SE-KCP which had arrived on Wednesdayevening departed to Malmo.. Photo: Ron Kosys.
Netjets Hawker 800XP CS-DRO was a lunchtime visitorPhoto: 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.
With no sign of a thaw contractors moved in to remove the snow.....
.... 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 Mondayevening when snow closed Gatwick positioned back to Florence
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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 areport see - http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-emirates-3.html
In the background 777 A6-ECZ departs off Runway 15 operating
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 arrivalon 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 snowafter 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.
.... while the aircraft was turning onto Taxiway Echo.
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 eveningwhile operating their Islamabad-Trazbon-Manchester service....
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.... after spending the night at BHX it positioned to ManchesterPhoto: Ron Kosys
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Air Via Airbus A320-232 LZ-MDC positioned in to operate aThomas Cook IT flight to Las Palmas
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ECX arrived from Hamburg wereit 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 wasnecessary 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
.... 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!!
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Aircraft that have been at Birmingham over the weekend likeFedEx/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 icePhoto: Mike Hollick
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.... and there was still plenty of snow to go around!!