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| Photo: Mike Hollick |
The BHX Blog - a photographic record of movements and news at Birmingham Airport - BHX/EGBB - in the UK
Saturday 25 April 2015 - Kuwait Air Force C-17A Globemaster III KAF 342 is an afternoon departure
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| Kuwait Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III KAF 342 was an afternoon departure back to Kuwait.... |
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| .... after spending the day parked up on Stand 86C following its arrival on Friday evening |
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| Helvetic Embraer 190LR HB-JVO operated the morning Swiss service to Zurich.... |
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| .... its first visit to BHX |
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| KLM Boeing 737-9K2 PH-BXP operated their afternoon service to Amsterdam |
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| Lufthansa Boeing 737-330 D-ABEB operated their afternoon service from Frankfurt |
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| Danish Air Transport MD 83 OY-RUE was an early evening arrival from Karup on its first visit to BHX - it parked up on the Elmdon apron where it will be based for the summer season Photo: Mike Hollick |
Sunday 5 April 2015 - Turkmenistan Boeing 777-22KLR EZ-A779 operates their flight from Ashkhbad
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| Turkmenistan Boeing 777-22KLR EZ-A779 operated their flight from Ashkhabad - its first daylight visit to BHX Photo: Ian Bowley |
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| Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYN operated their flight from Madrid - its first visit to BHX |
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| Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIF was a morning departure to Barbados - it wears #787pics titles |
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| KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZC operated their mid-morning service from Amsterdam |
Saturday 11 April 2015 - Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBS "Building Bridges" for Eurovision 2015
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| Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBS operated their final IT flight of the ski season from Innsbruck.... |
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| .... the aircraft wears additional "Building Bridges" markings on the rear fuselage promoting the Eurovision Song Contest which is being held in Vienna during May 2015 |
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| .... the other side of the aircraft retains their normal colour scheme! |
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| Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYK operated their flight to Malaga |
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| Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIF was a morning departure to Cancun, Mexico.... |
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| .... the aircraft is now named "Neil" after the winner of the Thomson #787pics competition |
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| easyJet Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-JXD operated their service to Geneva - its first visit to BHX |
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| Enter Air Boeing 737-4Q8 SP-ENA operated a return charter from Lourdes before positioning back |
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| United Boeing 757-224 N14120 operated their service to Newark - the aircraft is in "Star Alliance" colours |
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| Air France Airbus A321-212 F-GTAH operated their morning service to Paris CDG |
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| Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJB operated their morning service to Zurich after their Friday evening service was cancelled |
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| Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FIG operated their early morning service to Dublin - its first visit to BHX |
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| Beechjet Premier 1A F-HNCY was a morning arrival.... |
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| .... spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick |
Friday 24 April 2015 - Kuwait Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III KAF 342 is an evening arrival
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| Kuwait Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III KAF 342 was an evening arrival.... Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| .... landing on Runway 33 in the gathering gloom |
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| .... and then taxying to park on Stand 86C to night stop at BHX |
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| RAF Lockheed C-130J Hercules C5 ZH872 was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron operating a medevac flight Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| Small Planet Boeing 737-382 LY-LFH was a morning arrival positioning in from Perugia in Italy.... |
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| .... to operate their final twice weekly service to Hannover |
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| Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDA which wears additional "Egypt where it all begins" titles positioned in from East Midlands to operate an additional IT flight to Sharm El Sheikh |
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| Turkmenistan Boeing 757-22K EZ-A012 operated their flight to Ashkhabad |
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| Titan Airbus A320-233 G-POWK was a lunchtime departure to Stansted.... |
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| .... after attention by Monarch Aircraft Engineering |
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| Frontier/(Monarch) Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAB reappeared out of the Monarch hangar while.... |
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| .... stored Airbus A319-115CJ G-NMAK made one of its regular visits to the Monarch hangar later returning to be parked up again in the Elmdon apron |
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| Air Charter Scotland Citation CJ3 G-YEDC was an afternoon visitor Photo: Mike Hollick |
Thursday 23 April 2015 - West Air Europe BAe ATP G-MANO is a morning visitor on a training flight
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| West Air Europe/Atlantic Airways BAe ATP G-MANO was a morning visitor on a
crew training flight using Taxiway Sierra to make full use of the extended runway
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| Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR was a morning arrival when it positioned in from Leipzig to operate a freight charter |
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| Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWL was a morning departure to Las Palmas - the aircraft is now fitted with Split Scimitar winglets |
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| Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYR operated their flight from Madrid - its first visit to BHX |
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| SAS Airbus A320-232 OY-KAY operated their morning service to Copenhagen |
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| Small Planet Airbus A320-232 LY-SPA was an afternoon departure when it positioned out to Gatwick at the end of its time based at BHX |
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| Cirrus SR-22 G-ZRZZ was an afternoon departure from the Elmdon apron |
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