Balkan Holidays/BH Air to use new Airbus A330 LZ-AWA on flights from Bourgas to Birmingham

These flights will now be operated by an Airbus A320 - "things changed!!"
 Balkan Holidays/BH Air are planning to use their recently acquired Airbus A330-223

LZ-AWA on their weekly Saturday afternoon IT/inclusive tour flight from Bourgas to

Birmingham between 6 and 27 September 2014 -

SATURDAY - weekly from 6 to 27 September 2014 

1700/1800 BGH5537/5538 332 from/to Bourgas
- weekly IT flight - Balkan Holidays

Schedule/timings subject to change!!

www.balkanholidays.co.uk

Friday 29 August 2014

Sunday 31 August 2014 - bmi regional Embraer 135LR G-RJXK operates their flight from Gothenburg

bmi regional Embraer 135LR G-RJXK operated their flight from Gothenburg
as the 135 replaced the Embraer 145 on this daily service

Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-JLS operated their evening service from Zurich in place of the usual Fokker 100

Germanwings Airbus A319-112 D-AKNG operated their final flight from Berlin Tegel

Carpatair Fokker 100 YR-FKA operated a charter from Milan Malpensa parking up to night stop

Air Contractors Boeing 737-4YO EI-JRE operated the lunchtime Ryanair service from Dublin
- this was the final day of the summer lease of (EI-JRD and) EI-JRE to Ryanair

TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUL operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Palma
- the aircraft has the new Aviation Partners Boeing Split Scimitar winglets

Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIF positioned out to Manchester after arriving from Cancun with....

Thomson Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYF operating their flight to Orlando Sanford in place of the 787

Quick Air Learjet 36A D-CFGG was an afternoon visitor operating an air ambulance flight while....

SaxonAir Super King Air G-KLNB arrived and parked up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Saturday 30 August 2014 - Gulfstream IVSP N1904W spends the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Gulfstream IVSP N1904W was an early morning arrival from Tamiami spending
the day parked up on the Elmdon apron before a late evening departure

Air Contractors Boeing 737-4YO EI-JRE operated the morning Ryanair service to Dublin

Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD again operated....

.... their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Palma

Aegean Airbus A320 SX-DVH operated their weekly IT flight to Rhodes - its first visit to BHX

Balkan Holidays/BH Air Airbus A320-232 LZ-BHH operated their IT/inclusive tour flight to Bourgas

Friday 29 August 2014 - Alpha Star Airbus A320-214 CJ HZ-A2 departs after visit to Monarch hangar

Alpha Star Airbus A320-214 CJ Prestige HZ-A2 was a morning departure
after attention by Monarch Aircraft Engineering.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... departing off Runway 15 back to Stansted

Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIF positioned in from Manchester - its first visit to BHX

.... to operate their weekly flight to Montego Bay Photo: Mike Hollick

Turkmenistan Boeing 757-22K EZ-A012 operated their flight to Ashkhabad

Balkan Holidays/BH Air Airbus A320-232 LZ-BHG operated their final Friday
morning IT/inclusive tour flight from Bourgas for the summer season

Monday 25 August 2014 - Aviavilsa Antonov 26B HA-TCV is an afternoon departure to Prestwick

Aviavilsa Antonov 26B HA-TCV which had arrived on Friday was an afternoon departure to Prestwick....

.... after spending the morning undergoing maintenance on the Elmdon apron

Monarch "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAA operated their afternoon service to Alicante
on a wet Bank Holiday Monday

Thursday 28 August 2014 - Alpha Star Airbus A320-214 CJ HZ-A2 visits the Monarch hangar

Alpha Star Airbus A320-214 CJ Prestige HZ-A2 arrived from Stansted on Wednesday evening for attention
by Monarch Aircraft Engineering - the first visit of this type of Corporate Airbus to BHX.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... after a night in the hangar it spent Thursday parked up on the apron in front of the Monarch hangar

Wednesday 27 August 2014 - TAG Aviation Boeing 757-2K2 G-TCSX arrives for attention by Monarch

TAG Aviation Boeing 757-2K2 G-TCSX positioned in from Manchester via an air test over
Wales after repainting into an all black scheme - the aircraft will now be fitted out....

.... in the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar with a business class interior prior to entering
service operating "Around the World" flights on behalf of specialist tour operator TCS Expeditions
- for more information and an artist's impression of the final scheme click here

Boeing 757-2K2 G-TCSX on short finals to Runway 15 at Birmingham Photo: Robert Jones

More photos later

Saturday 16 August 2014 - Air Contractors Boeing 737-4Y0 EI-JRE flying for Ryanair

Air Contractors Boeing 737-4YO EI-JRE operated the morning Ryanair service from Dublin

Lufthansa "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 D-AIUH which had arrived on Friday
evening on its first visit to BHX was an early morning departure to Frankfurt

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JEDR which is currently in an all white scheme was a morning departure to Jersey

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-21K G-WJAN was an afternoon departure to Izmir

Atlantic Airlines BAe ATP G-BUUP positioned in from Guernsey to operate
the Sunday morning newspaper flight to the Isle of Man

Eastern Embraer 145 G-CGWV positioned in from Newcastle to take Sunderland
home after on for their "Premier League" match against West Bromwich Albion

Jet Fly Citation XLS OE-GGG made a brief afternoon visit.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... to the Elmdon apron departing to Karlovy Vary

London Executive Cessna 510 Mustang G-LEAA was a lunchtime visitor Photo: Mike Hollick

Sunday 24 August 2014 - TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUF flying in Hapag-Lloyd retro colour scheme

TUIfly Boeing 737-8K5 D-ATUF which is in the Hapag-Lloyd retro colour scheme....

.... operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Palma

Air France Airbus A321-212 F-GTAN operated their morning service to Paris CDG - its first visit to BHX

Germanwings Airbus A320-211 D-AIQD operated their flight from Berlin Tegel
- it wears additional "Die Biene Maja/Maya the Bee" cartoons and titles

Falcon 2000EX HB-IAU was a morning arrival parking up to night stop

Beechjet 400A G-ERIE made a brief morning visit to the Elmdon apron

Saturday 23 August 2014 - Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD makes its first visit to BHX

Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD operated their flight from Palma....

.... its first visit to BHX and the first time this weekly flight has been operated by an Evelop Airlines aircraft

.... all previous flights having been operated by Airbus A320-214 CS-TRL in Orbest colours

Aegean Airbus A320 SX-DVU operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Rhodes....

.... it wears additional "Discover the new Acropolis museum" titles and image on the rear fuselage

Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 which had arrived from Ashgabat via Minsk on Friday evening
was a lunchtime departure to Keflavik and onto Marana in Arizona, USA, for maintenance

Grand Cru Boeing 737-382 LY-LGC positioned in from Gdansk - its first visit as such - to operate
the delayed Estonian Airlines flight to Salzburg after the latter’s Embraer 170 went "tech"

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECE has recently been repainted into their new "#purpleplane" colour scheme

bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXF spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron before taking
Newcastle United home after their "Premier league" football match against Aston Villa

Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-394TI which arrived on Friday after spent the day parked up

Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED was a late afternoon arrival operating an air ambulance flight while....

Super King Air F-GHSV also made an evening visit operating an air ambulance flight