Thursday 23 July 2015 - Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-EZW flying in Virgin Atlantic colours

Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-EZW operated their evening service from Dublin - it is in Virgin Atlantic
colours and normally operates the latter's domestic flights from Heathrow. It was its first visit to BHX

Sunday 12 July 2015 - Blink Cessna 510 Mustang G-FBKF is an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Blink Cessna 510 Mustang G-FBKF was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.... the aircraft was previously I-STCC with MyJet a company recently taken over by Blink
and while this aircraft has been transferred to the UK register it still wears MyJet colours

Vueling Airbus A320-214 EC-HQI operated their flight from Barcelona - its first visit to BHX

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDX positioned in from Gatwick to operate their flight to Bodrum

Saturday 11 July 2015 - Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-REL flying in flybe colours for Aer Lingus

Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-REL which is in flybe's new purple colour scheme operated
the delayed mid-morning Aer Lingus service from Dublin

Enter Air Boeing 737-85F SP-ENZ operated their weekly IT flight from Kefalonia

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW which had arrived on Thursday a lunchtime departure to Vatry

Air X Charter Boeing 737-505 9H-OME which had arrive on Friday positioned out to Luton

Speedwings Executive Jet Citation Excel OE-GXL was a morning visitor....

.... to the Elmdon apron departing to Toulon

Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, talks about the start of the Hainan Airlines flights from Beijing

Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, talks about the start of the Hainan Airlines charter flights
from Beijing and the growth of new services that the airport is experiencing in the current year

Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, (right) with Gordon Stretch and Derek Pedley

Friday 3 July 2015

Hainan Airlines operate first Boeing 767 charter flight from Beijing to Birmingham on Friday 3 July 2015

Hainan Airlines will be operating the first of a series of Boeing 767-300 charter

flights from Beijing to Birmingham Airport on Friday 3 July 2015

  

The flights will arrive at 0800 and then depart back to Beijing at 1000 and will

be operating twice weekly on Monday and Friday until 28 August 2015

  

This series of flights is a joint initiative between Birmingham Airport, Hainan

Airlines and Caissa Travel Management - both members of the HNA Group -

and are expected to carry over 4,000 Chinese tourists into the UK on package tours 

  

Hainan Airlines will operate the flight using a Boeing 767-300 aircraft with

233 seats - 34 in Business Class and 199 in Economy Class 

  

These services follow the success of a short series of flights operated

by China Southern Airlines in 2014  

  
Hainan Airlines Summer 2015 schedule to Birmingham Airport
 
0800/1000 HU7949/7950 763 from/to Beijing
- flight operate on Monday and Friday from 3 July to 28 August 2015

Schedule/timings subject to change

Thursday 2 July 2015