Saturday 18 February 2012 - Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 arrives in the rain!!

Turkmenistan Boeing 717-22K EZ-A106 was a morning arrival
at a very wet Birmingham Airport! - this is the second of seven
Boeing 717's being ferried to the United States for storage at
Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona....

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.... it had earlier been diverted to Minsk while en route to BHX
due to poor weather at Kiev - after refuelling it was soon on its
way to Keflavik, Iceland, and onto Goose Bay, Canada Photo: Ron Kosys
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The weather soon improved with both Meridian Aviation
Antonov 12BP UR-CAK and....
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.... Antonov 12BP UR-CGV basking in the afternoon sun!
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Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXV operated their afternoon
service to Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX
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Austrian Airlines Boeing 737-8Z9 OE-LNR operated their
weekly IT flight from Innsbruck
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Swiss again upgraded their flights as the "Half term" holiday came
to an end - Airbus A319-112 HB-IPX operated their morning service
to Zurich with Airbus A320's HB-IJO and HB-IJR also visiting
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Beech Baron D-IIHS which had arrived on Friday
was a morning departure