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Thursday 26 February 2015 - DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLE departs after attention by Monarch

DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLE was a lunchtime departure to East Midlands after attention
by Monarch Aircraft Engineering starting up on Taxiway Lima.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... the aircraft had been pushed out of the Monarch hangar and towed Lima One

.... then taxying around the airport and along Taxiway Sierra

.... to depart off Runway 33 for a one hour air test before continuing onto East Midlands

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZUD operated their flight to Geneva - its first visit to BHX

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZU which is in their new style colour scheme
operated their lunchtime service to Amsterdam

Icelandair Boeing 757-223 TF-ISK operated their flight to Reykjavik/Keflavik

Challenger 300 OE-HDU was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Multiflight Eurocopter Squirrel 2 G-WENA was a morning visitor while....

.... Army Air Corps Eurocopter Dauphin 2 ZJ780 was an evening visitor Photos: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 17 February 2015 - easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDE now flying in their new colour scheme

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDE operated their lunchtime flight from Geneva.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... the first aircraft wearing the new easyJet colour scheme to visit BHX Photo: Ron Kosys

.... the aircraft was soon on its way back to Geneva Photo: Brett Allen

Turkish Airlines "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 TC-JSL operated their afternoon service to Istanbul Photo: Brett Allen

KLM Boeing 737-8K2 PH-BXV operated their morning service to Amsterdam

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLL was an early morning arrival from Liege parking up to night stop Photo: Mike Hollick

2-MIKE Rockwell Commander 114B - a Guernsey registered aircraft - and....

Gallagher Eurocopter Squirrel II G-CHER where day stopping visitors to the Elmdon apron Photos: Mike Hollick

Monday 16 February 2015 - Flairjet Embraer Phenom 300 G-CRBN is a morning departure

Flairjet Embraer Phenom 300 G-CRBN which had arrived at its new BHX base on Friday afternoon
for the first time reappeared out of the Marshall's/Flairjet hangar before departing to Farnborough

Citation Sovereign OE-GMM was a morning visitor to a very wet the Elmdon apron

Icelandair Boeing 757-256 TF-FIU which is in the "Hekla Aurora"/Northern Lights special
colour scheme again operated their new scheduled service from Reykjavik/Keflavik

Sunday 15 February 2015 - Mistral Air Boeing 737-4Q8 EI-ELZ operates an ski additional IT flight to Turin

Mistral Air Boeing 737-4Q8 EI-ELZ which had positioned in on Saturday evening was an early
morning departure operating an additional ski IT/inclusive tour flight to Turin for the "Half Term"
holiday - it wears "Poste Italiane" titles and normally operates for the Italian Post Office

Swiss Airbus A321-111 HB-IOD operated their morning service to Zurich

Monarch Airbus A320-214 G-OZBY positioned out to Manchester after a visit to the hangar

PIA Boeing 777-240LR AP-BGZ operated their flight from Islamabad

Saturday 14 February 2015 - Niki Airbus A321-211 OE-LEZ operates additional IT flight to Salzburg

Niki Airbus A321-211 OE-LEZ positioned in to operate an additional ski IT/inclusive tour flight to Salzburg....

.... for the start of a busy "Half Term" holiday - while many aircraft in the Niki fleet are now
in basic Air Berlin colours this aircraft retains the distinctive fly (Niki) on the nose

Swiss Airbus A321-111 HB-IOH which now wears their new style titles operated their morning service while....

.... Airbus A321-212 HB-IOM positioned in to operate an additional morning service to Zurich

Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBQ operated their weekly IT flight to Innsbruck

Fox Flight Learjet 35A C-GIWO which had arrived on Friday evening operating an air ambulance
flight was a morning departure to Keflavik, Iceland, on its way back to Canada

Netjets Falcon 2000EX CS-DLC was a morning arrival spending the day on the Elmdon apron

TAG Aviation Boeing 757-2K2 G-TCSX was again pushed out of the Monarch hangar for a short time

Friday 13 February 2015 - Turkish Airbus A321-231 TC-JSJ now flying in "Borussia Dortmund" colours

Turkish Airlines "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 TC-JSJ operated their morning service from Istanbul....

.... it now wears the "BVB 09 - Borussia Dortmund" colour scheme replacing 73H TC-JHU Photo: Brett Allen

Lufthansa Airbus A321-231 D-AISI operated their morning service to Frankfurt while....

Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJB operated their service to Zurich as the "Half Term" holiday rush started

bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXA was an afternoon arrival on from Stansted brining in
West Ham for their "FA Cup" tie against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday afternoon

Aerovision Citation II F-GGGA was a day stopping visitor on the Elmdon apron

Thursday 12 February 2015 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ departs to Prestwick

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAJ which had arrived from Graz on Wednesday evening....

.... was a morning departure to Prestwick

Icelandair Boeing 757-208 TF-FIO operated their flight to Reykjavik/Keflavik - its first visit to BHX

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZUZ operated their flight from Geneva in place of the usual Airbus A319

Challenger 605 HB-JGT made a brief morning visit departing to Stuttgart returning during the afternoon

Air Service Liege Super King Air OO-GMJ was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Brett Allen

FlightCal Navajo Chieftain G-VIPP was busy during the day checking the Runway 33 ILS

Wednesday 11 February 2015 - Lufthansa Airbus A320-214 D-AIUK operates their lunchtime service

Lufthansa "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 D-AIUK operated their lunchtime service from Frankfurt
- the fourth visit to BHX for this recently delivered aircraft but the first in daylight

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZL which is in their new style colour scheme
operated their lunchtime service from Amsterdam

AirExplore Boeing 737-8Q8 OM-FEX operated their weekly flight to Hannover

Cessna 208 Caravan N208PC was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron operating a freight charter