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| Learjet 60 M-HOIL was a day stopping visitor on another busy day on the Elmdon apron.... |
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| Hawker 750 I-EPAM also spent the day parked up while.... |
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| Falcon 50EX F-HAPM made a brief early evening visit.... |
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| Robinson R-44 G-GACB made a brief morning visit Photos: Mike Hollick |
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| Turkish Airbus A320-232 TC-JPM which is in their new colour scheme operated their service to Istanbul |
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| Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EMD was one of five of their aircraft parked up on the 70's Stands |
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Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-JLR operated their evening service from Zurich - the aircraft
wears their new style titles and was on its first visit to BHX Photo: Laurence Jones |
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| Nightexpress Short 360-300 D-CCAS was an afternoon visitor operating a priority freight charter.... |
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| .... Global Express OE-IGS which had arrived back from the Caribbean on Sunday remained parked up |
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| .... while CitationJet D-IHKW |
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| .... Citation CJ3 F-GVVB |
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| .... and Gama Aviation Citation CJ2 G-CGUZ all visited a busy Elmdon apron Photos: Mike Hollick |
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| Diamond DA-42 Twin Star G-DSKY was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| Turkish Airlines now fly daily from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul using a mix of Boeing 737's (above) and Airbus A320's..... |
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| .... flights depart at 1115 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and at 1630 on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday |
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| .... a view of the Alps en-route from Birmingham to Istanbul |
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| .... the Boeing 737's have the latest cabins including a dedicated Business Class section with all passengers having access to a seat back video system |
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| .... Turkish Airlines hub at Istanbul Airport now serves over 200 airports allowing rapid connections from BHX onto many other destinations |
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| Monday 25 February 2013 |
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| Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXY operated their morning flight to Paris CDG.... |
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| .... with Taxiway Echo closed during the day for work in progress |
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| .... aircraft are entering the Runway via Taxiway Charlie and back tracking |
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| ..... occasionally not all goes to plan with Airbus A318-111 F-GUGK taking a detour via the Elmdon apron while the crew sorted a technical issue Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| SAS MD 81 SE-DIR operated their morning flight from Copenhagen |
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| Turkish Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHP operated their flight from Istanbul |
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| Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABME
operated their flight to Paderborn - the aircraft wears "One World" alliance titles |
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| Air France Airbus A321-211 F-GTAS operated their lunchtime flight from Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX - while.... |
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| Lufthansa Airbus A321-232 D-AIDJ operated their morning service to Frankfurt - also on its first visit to BHX |
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| Cega Air Ambulance Learjet 45XR G-XJET which had arrived on Saturday evening was a lunchtime departure as it positioned out to Farnborough |
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| Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDA operated an additional IT flight from Alicante for the "Half Term" holiday before positioning out to East Midlands.... |
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| .... it wears additional "Egypt where it all begins" titles advertising that country |
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| Titan Boeing 737-33AQC G-ZAPZ operated the return of the additional IT flight from Chambery |
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| Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBR operated their weekly IT flight to Innsbruck |
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| Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJQ operated their lunchtime flight from Zurich |
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| Air Berlin Airbus A320-214 D-ABDR operated their flight from Hannover - the aircraft still wears their interim new colour scheme |
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| Eastern Airways Embraer 145MP G-CGWV was an afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron bringing Sunderland AFC down for their "Premier League" match against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday |
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| King Air F-GEXV was a morning arrival parking up to night stop at BHX |
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| Air France Airbus A320-211 F-GFKV operated their afternoon flight to Paris CDG |
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| Bin Air Metro III D-CNAF starts to taxi out past.... |
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| .... Bin Air Metro III D-CPSW with Arcus Air Dornier 228 D-CAAM parked behind it on another busy day for priority freight movements on the Elmdon apron |
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| Bin Air Metro 23 D-CNAG had earlier also positioned out |
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| easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZAX operated their flight to Geneva |
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| Work has now commenced on the "removal" of the lower (closed) part of the
Long Stay Car Park which is currently higher than the level of the new Taxiway
that will be built on that area parallel to the Runway Extension... |
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.... the earth is being moved to the area between Taxiway Echo and Taxiway
Charlie and will ultimately be used as part of the project to "level" the airfield
when the whole Runway is resurfaced during winter 2013/14
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As a result Taxiway Echo will now be closed each weekday during daylight hours
between Echo One and Echo Two to allow the contractors to access this area....
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.... when Runway 15 is in use as it was today it does not make much difference
to operations but when Runway 33 is in use departures will be via Taxiway Charlie
during these times with aircraft back tracking as required - special arrangements will be made to allow wide bodied aircraft to use Taxiway Echo (with work suspended) |
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| Thursday 21 February 2013 |
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| Thursday 21 February 2013 |