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| ATI - Air Transport International - Boeing 767-223SF N761CX was a morning arrival.... |
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| .... landing on Runway 33 due to the poor visibility - Runway 15 was the runway in use |
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| N761CX was operating an urgent freight charter from Cincinnati, USA.... |
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| .... parking on the Elmdon apron to unload Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| The aircraft which had previously visited BHX when it was N316AA with American Airlines then spent the day parked up before a late evening departure back to Cincinnati Photo: Brett Allen |
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| Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAG which had positioned in from Manchester on Wednesday evening - its first visit to BHX - spent the day parked up before replacing G-ZBAF in the Monarch Hangar |
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| SAS Airbus A320-232 OY-KAP operated their morning service to Copenhagen |
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| First Choice/Thomson Boeing 767-324ER G-OOBK which is now devoid of titles and had visited the Monarch Hangar for end of lease checks departed to Shannon for hand back to lessor as "TOM9244" - its final Thomson flight. It had been in the First Choice/Thomson fleet since 2004 |
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| TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUJ operated the Air Berlin flight from Hannover.... |
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| .... departing off Runway 15 - its first visit to BHX |
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| RAF C-17A Globemaster III ZZ177 was a lunchtime visitor operating a medevac flight |
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| Challenger 300 D-BIGA was a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron |
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| Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNB which had arrived from Stockholm Arlanda on Friday evening.... |
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| .... for attention by Monarch Aircraft Engineering reappeared out of the hangar Photos: Mike Hollick |
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| .... after starting up on Taxiway Lima it departed off Runway 15 for Oslo |
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| .... the first Boeing 787 "dreamliner" to visit BHX for maintenance Photo: Brett Allen |
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| First Choice Boeing 767-324ER G-OOBK had been moved to Stand 86C in preparation for its departure on Wednesday after end of lease checks in the Monarch Hangar |
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| Freebird Airbus A320-214 TC-FBH operated their IT flight from Antalya |
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| Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEA was an afternoon departure when it positioned out to Manchester |
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| Netjets Citation XLS CS-DXQ was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron |
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| Germanwings Airbus A319-132 D-AGWE operated their flight to Berlin Tegal - its first visit to BHX |
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| SAS Airbus A320-232 OY-KAN which was also on its first visit to BHX operated their morning service from Copenhagen |
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| easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZTA operated their flight to Geneva - another first visit to BHX |
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| First Choice Boeing 767-324ER G-OOBK which came out of the Monarch Hangar after end of lease checks on Saturday evening and is now devoid of titles spent the day parked up by the hangar |
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| bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXI spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron before taking "Depeche Mode" onto Paris le Bourget after their concert at the NEC LG Arena |
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| Arcus Air Phenom 100 D-IAAW made a brief morning visit as did.... |
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| Super King Air N820DL which also returned later in the day |
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| Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNB which arrived from Stockholm Arlanda on Friday evening spent the day parked up on Stand 85C.... |
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| .... before being towed across into the Monarch Hangar shortly after 1900 |
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| .... all their aircraft have images of famous Norwegians on the tail - Thor Heyerdahl the explorer is on the tail of EI-LNB |
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| First Choice Boeing 767-324ER G-OOBK was pushed out of the hangar to make room for 787 EI-LNB - it arrived from Manchester on Thursday for end of service checks and has already had its titles First Choice removed |
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| Norwegian Boeing 787-8 EI-LNB was an evening arrival from Stockholm initially parking on Stand 85C - it will be going into the Monarch Hangar in due course |
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| Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Lorely Burt MP for Solihull are pictured on the site of Birmingham Airport's runway extension |
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| Thursday 23 January 2014 |
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| Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEA was a morning arrival operating a charter from Belfast International - its first visit to BHX Photo: Brett Allen |
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| It brought in Ulster for their "Heineken Cup" rugby match against Leicester Tigers on Saturday.... |
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| .... later positioning out to Southampton to operate another charter - on its return from Belfast in the early hours of Sunday morning it will become BHX based - for more information see here |
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| Germanwings Airbus A319-132 D-AGWD operated their flight from Berlin Tegel - its first visit to BHX |
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| Netjets Citation XLS CS-DXB was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron |
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| Darwin Saab 2000 HB-IZH spent the day parked up after arriving from Geneva on Friday evening with Oyonnax for their "Amlin Challenge Cup" rugby match against Worcester.... |
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| .... the aircraft has a number of hotel insignia on the nose and returned to Geneva after the match - it had previously visited when operated by Crossair |
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| Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EXF operated their morning service from Las Palmas - the aircraft still wears additional "U NEVR BEAT D IRISH!" titles on its underside that were added for the "Flightfest" flypast over Dublin city centre on Sunday 15 September 2013 |
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| Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBQ operated their weekly IT flight from Innsbruck - its first visit to BHX |
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| Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-ZBAF was an early morning arrival when it positioned in from Gatwick on its first visit to BHX - after initially parking up on Stand 71.... |
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| .... it was then towed across to the Monarch Hangar and later went inside for attention |
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| Airbus A320-214 M-RAFF was an early evening arrival from Kemble via an air test over the South West - the aircraft is due to become G-ZBAP with Monarch and had previously visited as G-OOAT with Air 2000 |
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| King Air F-HARC was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron while.... |
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| .... Super King Air N820DL made two visits during the day Photos: Mike Hollick |
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| Aer Arann/Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72-600 EI-FAT operated their afternoon service from Dublin - this flight is now operated by an ATR 72 on Tuesday and Wednesday replacing an Airbus A320 |
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| Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXU operated their lunchtime flight from Paris CDG |