Thursday 31 May 2012 - Eastern Embraer 145 G-CGWV operates charter from Rotterdam

Eastern Airways Embraer 145MP G-CGWV was a morning
arrival operating a day stopping charter from Rotterdam

Wednesday 30 May 2012 - Strategic Airbus A320 LX-STC operates their first summer flight

Strategic Airlines Airbus A320-212 LX-STC was an afternoon
arrival from Rhodes operating their first IT flight of the
summer season - for more information on their 2012
programme from BHX see here - Photo: Mike Hollick
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGO operated their evening
service from Dubai - it wears additional "1000th 777" titles
.

Air Transat Airbus A330-243 C-GITS operated their weekly flight to
Toronto - the first visit of one of their A330's in their new scheme
.

flybe Embraer 175 G-FBJF which had arrived on delivery on
Monday afternoon entered service initially operating to Belfast
.

Citation Jet HB-VPF was a day stopping visitor to the
Elmdon apron - its first visit to BHX Photo: Mike Hollick
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Global Express N881TS which had arrived on Tuesday
evening spent the day parked up

Tuesday 29 May 2012 - Hawker 800XP M-YCEF visits the Elmdon apron

Hawker 800XP M-YCEF was a lunchtime arrival
from the Isle of Man.... Photo: Mike Hollick
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.... wearing an interesting tail scheme!
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Netjets Falcon 2000EX CS-DLH was an afternoon visitor
Photo: Mike Hollick
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Brit Air Canadair CRJ 1000 F-HMLN operated the evening
Air France service from Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX
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Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJH operated their evening

service from Zurich in place of the usual Avro RJ100

Monday 28 May 2012 - flybe Embraer 175 G-FBJF arrives on delivery from Brazil

flybe Embraer 175 G-FBJF was an afternoon arrival from
Las Palmas at the end of its delivery flight from Brazil
- it was soon inside flybe Hangar 2 Photo: Mike Hollick
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Monarch Airbus A300B4-605R G-MONS positioned in....
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.... from Gatwick to operate their delayed flight to Mahon

.Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGJ operated their
evening service from Dubai - its first visit to BHX
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Hawker 800XP HB-VCJ was an afternoon arrival parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Super King Air D-ICHG was a morning arrival
- its first visit to BHX Photo: Chris Mabbott

Sunday 27 May 2012 - Avro RJ100 HB-IYS promotes "Shopping Paradise Zurich Airport"

Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYS operated their evening service to Zurich
- the aircraft is in the "Shopping Paradise Zurich Airport" scheme

Saturday 26 May 2012 - Challenger 300 OE-HDU makes its first visit to BHX

Challenger 300 OE-HDU was an afternoon arrival parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron - its first visit to BHX
.

Gama Aviation Hawker 800XP G-CDLT made a brief afternoon visit
.

Balkan Holidays Airbus A320-211 LZ-BHD operated their
weekly IT flight to Bourgas again departing via Bristol
.

Small Planet Airlines Boeing 737-3K2 LY-FLJ which had spent
Friday afternoon flying for flybe positioned out to Jersey
.

Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBU was a morning departure to Faro
.

First Choice Boeing 767-35EER G-DBLA was an early morning
arrival operating the Thomson flight from Orlando Sanford
before positioning out to Bristol
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RAF C 17 ZZ175 was an morning arrival operating a medevac flight

Friday 25 May 2012 - Small Planet Airlines Boeing 737 LY-FLJ flying for flybe

Small Planet Airlines Boeing 737-3K2 LY-FLJ positioned in
from Manchester to spend the afternoon flying for flybe to
Glasgow and Edinburgh - it had previously visited BHX
when it was LN-KKG with Norwegian

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United Boeing 757-224 N14120 operated their service from
Newark - the aircraft is in the "Star Alliance" colour scheme
.

Air Contractors Lockheed L100-30 Hercules EI-JIV spent
the day parked on Elmdon Stand 507 before positioning
over to East Midlands Photo: Mike Hollick
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Nightexpress Short 360-300 D-CRAS was an afternoon
arrival operating a freight charter from Hahn - the aircraft
is in a basic FedEx colour scheme
.

RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAE was a morning arrival
operating a freight charter from Bratislava
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RAF BAe 146 CC2 ZE701 was an afternoon arrival....
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.... making a brief visit to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Gama Aviation Gulfstream 550 G-CGUL was a day stopping visitor....
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.... while their Hawker 800XP G-CDLT made a brief afternoon visit
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.... and their Citation CJ2 G-CDUZ was an afternoon visitor
Photos: Mike Hollick

Thursday 24 May 2012 - Antonovs here, Antonovs there - freighters everywhere!!

Ruby Star Antonov 12BK EW-275TI was an afternoon arrival
from Graz with another load of priority freight while....
.

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAG positioned out
to Bratislava to collect another load of freight
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Air Contractors Lockheed L100-30 Hercules EI-JIV which had
arrived from Saarbrucken on Wednesday positioned out to Brescia
.

Farnair Europe ATR 72-201F HB-AFN made a brief morning visit
.

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGP operated their
evening service from Dubai - its first visit to BHX
.

Lufthansa Airbus A321-231 D-AIDK operated their morning
service to Frankfurt - it was also on its first visit to BHX
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Citation CJ3 F-GSGL was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron....
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.... while Citation CJ3 D-CHAT made a brief lunchtime visit
Photos: Mike Hollick

Take off to Berlin with Lufthansa at the Birmingham Bullring this weekend

Lufthansa will be celebrating the launch of a new direct daily
service from Birmingham to Berlin on Sunday 3 June 2012,
by giving shoppers in the Birmingham Bullring the chance to
experience some real "in-flight entertainment" and win top
prizes this weekend
.
Shoppers will be invited to relax in special Lufthansa airline
seats, recreating an authentic in-flight experience. During
"the flight", pretend passengers can win return tickets from
Birmingham to Berlin, plus much more
.
The "take off and win" activity follows Lufthansa’s
announcement to launch direct daily flights from
Birmingham Airport to Berlin, from just £39 one way,
including taxes and charges. The new service
will mean Berlin is now less than two hours away
.
Jo Lloyd, Head of Brand at Birmingham Airport, said:
"Shoppers in the Bullring will be able to experience
jetting off with Lufthansa in this novel promotion of
the new Berlin route"
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"This latest addition to our summer flight schedule is great
news for Birmingham Airport, giving passengers even more
choice. Berlin is a top European city and this new route will
mean flying there has never been quicker and easier"
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Dirk Schreier, Marketing & Pricing Manager, UK & Ireland
for Lufthansa, said: "We hope the people of Birmingham enjoy
taking part in this fun activity, where they can experience for
themselves what it’s like to fly with Lufthansa and hopefully
win some great prizes along the way"
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"The decision to launch this new service to Berlin follows a
record breaking year for Lufthansa, who carried the highest
number of passengers to and from Birmingham
in the airline’s history"
.
The "take off and win" activity will take place between
Thursday 24 and Sunday 27 May 2012, on the ground
floor near Selfridges in the Bullring
.
For more information and to book flights, please visit
www.lufthansa.com
.
Friday 25 May 2012

Wednesday 23 May 2012 - Air Transat Airbus A330 C-GGTS operates their Toronto flight

Air Transat Airbus A330-243 C-GGTS was an early morning
arrival operating their weekly service from Toronto....
.

.... this is the first week of an Airbus A330 operation which
will now continue through the peak summer season with
the Airbus A310 back in September 2012
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CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJT operated their return charter flight

from Faro before positioning out to Amsterdam
.

Suckling Dornier 328-110 G-BZOG operated the evening Loganair
/flybe service from Dundee - yet another all white aircraft!
.

Air France Airbus A319-111 F-GRXA operated their evening service
from Paris CDG in place of the usual Brit Air Canadair CRJ 1000
.

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAG which had arrived in
the early hours of the morning was an afternoon departure to Graz

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Gulfstream 550 N556TT was an early morning arrival parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron Photos: Mike Hollick
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Citation Excel G-VECT which had been on maintenance in the
Eurojet hangar departed during the afternoon Photo: Mike Hollick