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Wednesday 30 September 2015 - Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-338TI is an afternoon arrival from Zurich

Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-338TI spent the night on the Elmdon apron....

.... with Honeywell Flight test Boeing 757-225 N757HW Photos: Mike Hollick
Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-338TI was an afternoon arrival from Zurich....

.... operating a freight charter - its first visit to BHX

.... parking up to unload on the Elmdon apron
More photos later

Monday 28 September 2015 - Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LPJ makes its first visit to BHX

Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LPJ operated their service from Warsaw - its first visit to BHX

SAS Airbus A319-131 OY-KBT operated their morning service from Copenhagen

Vueling Airbus A320-216 EC-KDX operated their flight from Barcelona - its first visit to BHX

Luxembourg Air Rescue Learjet 45XR LX-LAA which had arrived on Sunday evening
as a morning departure to Biarritz

Specsavers Super King Air M-SPEK made a brief morning visit after diverting in from East Midlands

Honeywell Flight Test Boeing 757-225 N757HW which had arrived on Sunday evening....

.... went for a 2 hour afternoon test flight over the North Sea

Thursday 24 September 2015 - Cavok Air Antonov 12BP UR-CBG is an afternoon arrival from Zurich

Cavok Air Antonov 12BP UR-CBG was an afternoon arrival from Zurich on its second visit of the day....

.... the aircraft had been previously operated by AeroVis Airlines whose basic colour scheme it retains

.... after offloading it departed off Runway 33 to Marseilles

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLA was a morning arrival from Leipzig....

.... parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron
More photos later!

Iberia Express to launch four times weekly service from Madrid to Birmingham Airport in March 2016

Iberia Express will launch a new service from Madrid to Birmingham Airport on Sunday 27 March 2016
operating flights four times a week Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays using 180 seat Airbus
A320's with Business and Economy sections
 
  Madrid is a major destination for business travellers and tourists alike. The Birmingham flights are
scheduled to offer the best connections in Madrid to another 34 Iberia Group destinations, such as
Alicante, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Jerez, Malaga, Majorca and Tenerife in Spain; Lisbon and Oporto in 
Portugal; Luanda, Malabo, Lagos and Dakar in Africa; Tel Aviv; and Buenos Aires, Havana, Mexico
City, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile, and São Paulo in Latin America

Silvia Mosquera, Commercial director of Iberia Express, said "This new route strengthens our capacity
in the United Kingdom, the country where we offer the largest number of flights and from which we
bring many tourists to Spain. Our flights will expand connection options for people in Birmingham,
Britain’s second-largest city, and the West Midlands

Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive at Birmingham Airport said: "The West Midlands is a thriving business
region which needs greater global connectivity to grow trade and open up new business opportunities.
Iberia can offer this through its strong network from Madrid to many of the world’s emerging markets
and we are delighted that the airline has chosen Birmingham as its new UK airport, recognising the 
extensive business and leisure market in our region"

The Iberia Group currently operates 180 flights per week from London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and
Luton airports, and also from Edinburgh and Manchester, to Madrid, Gran Canaria, Majorca, Tenerife
and Vigo. All Iberia Group flights to and from the UK carry British Airways codes, and members of 
BA’s Executive Club can earn and redeem Avios when they fly with Iberia


Iberia Express to Madrid from Sunday 27 March 2016 

1000/1035 I2 3708/3709 320 from/to Madrid
- operates on Monday and Friday
1700/1735 I2 3708/3709 320 from/to Madrid
- operates on Wednesday and Sunday

Monday 21 September 2015

Sunday 20 September 2015 - BAe 125-800B M-JETI is a lunchtime departure from the Elmdon apron

BAe 125-800B M-JETI which had diverted in from Coventry due to fog on Saturday
morning was a lunchtime departure from the Elmdon apron back to Geneva

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

A view of the "Blue City Aviation apron" with Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLA, West Air Europe
/West Atlantic BAe ATP SE-MAI and Danish Air Transport MD 83 OY-RUE all parked up

Thursday 17 September 2015 - Carpatair Fokker 100 YR-FZA operates a charter to Milan Bergamo

Carpatair Fokker 100 YR-FZA was a morning departure operating a charter to Milan Bergamo....

.... it had positioned in from Brussels on Wednesday afternoon - its first visit to BHX

Lufthansa Boeing 737-330 D-ABEE operated their morning service to Frankfurt

Penske Racing Gulfstream 550 N1RP made a brief morning visit to the Elmdon apron

Gama Super King Air G-SASD which is operated on behalf of the Scottish Ambulance Service....

.... was a morning visitor operating an air ambulance flight

Cessna 425 Conquest 1 D-IAWG was another morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Wizz Air operates its inaugural Airbus A320 flight from Warsaw, Poland, to Birmingham Airport

Wizz Air, the largest low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, became the newest airline to serve
Birmingham Airport today, Monday 15 September 2015, when it operated its inaugural Airbus A320 flight
from Warsaw, Poland, arriving at 0930 with 147 passengers on board. The Hungarian airline will also
serve Birmingham to Budapest, Hungary, from Tuesday 15 September 2015
 
Welcoming Wizz Air’s inaugural flight from Warsaw were the Airport’s Chief Executive, Paul Kehoe, and
the Polish Honorary Consul for the West Midlands, Councillor Fran Oborski MBE

Mr Kehoe said, "It is fantastic to welcome another new airline to Birmingham; our seventh this year. Both
Warsaw and Budapest are popular tourist destinations that have not been served from Birmingham for some
time so we are extremely pleased to be able to offer our customers even more choice and thank Wizz Air for
recognising the Midlands as a new market opportunity"

These two new routes each operate twice a week, with Warsaw operating each Monday and Friday and
Budapest each Tuesday and Saturday. Flights are available to book via wizzair.com from £15.49 each way

Councillor Fran Oborski MBE, said "With such a large Polish Community living in the Midlands, this new
Warsaw service will be welcomed by many who need greater connectivity to visit friends and family. Warsaw
is also a stunning city with varied architecture and thriving nightlife and music scene so I am certain that
the route will also be popular with Midlanders wanting to explore Poland’s fascinating capital city"

Tamara Mshvenieradze, Corporate Communications Manager at Wizz Air, added, "We are thrilled to be
celebrating our very first flights from Warsaw and Budapest to Birmingham. Birmingham is becoming
our eighth UK airport with two WIZZ routes that connect the West Midlands with two of the largest
capitals of Central and Eastern Europe and we look forward to a fruitful partnership with Birmingham
Airport as well as to seeing many happy passengers on board"

 Wizz Air schedule at Birmingham Airport from Monday 14 September 2015

0930/1000 W6 1321/1322 320 from/to Warsaw
- operates on Monday and Friday
1825/1855 W6 2217/2218 320 from/to Budapest
- operates on Tuesday and Saturday

Schedule - which is subject to change - valid until Saturday 26 March 2016

Monday 15 September 2015

Saturday 12 September 2015 - Royal Flying Doctor Super King Air VH-FDF arrives on delivery flight

Royal Flying Doctor Service (of Australia) Beech Super King Air VH-FDF was an afternoon arrival parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron while on its delivery flight from the Wichita, Kansas in the US to Australia....

.... the aircraft arrived from Reykjavik, Iceland, and is planned to continue onto Athens on Sunday morning

Flairjet Cessna 510 Mustang G-FFFC was an afternoon arrival

West Atlantic BAe ATP G-MANH positioned in from Guernsey to spend the day parked up on the
Elmdon apron in preparation for operating the Sunday morning newspaper flight to the Isle of Man

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

Denim Fokker 100 PH-MJP operated their weekly IT flight from Innsbruck

Wednesday 9 September 2015 - Germania Boeing 737-76J D-ABLA operates their weekly flight to Ibiza

Germania Boeing 737-76J D-ABLA operated their weekly IT flight to Ibiza on behalf of Thomson Holidays

Air Transat Airbus A310-308 C-GLAT operated their weekly flight to Toronto

Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILI and Airbus A319-112 D-AIBC spent the day parked up
on the 70's stands due to a pilots strike

Citation XLS OE-GGP and Citation Bravo D-CELI where day stopping visitors on the Elmdon apron

Friday 4 September 2015 - Slovak Republic Tupolev 154M OM-BYO makes two visits to the Elmdon apron

Slovak Republic/Slovenska Republika Tupolev 154M OM-BYO was an afternoon arrival
from Prague on its second visit of the day to operate the return flight to Bratislava

Rose Air Antonov 26B LZ-ABR was an early morning visitor to the Elmdon apron
More photos later!!

Wednesday 2 September 2015 - Vueling "Sharklet" Airbus A320-232 EC-MEQ flying for "Pepsi Max"

Vueling "Sharklet" Airbus A320-232 EC-MEQ operated their flight from Barcelona....

.... the aircraft is in a special logo jet scheme promoting "Pepsi Max"

.... with different titles on each side of the aircraft

Cello Aviation Boeing 737-476 G-RAJG which has been parked up on the Elmdon apron since it returned
from lease to Arkefly/Jetairfly on Monday had the "World of TUI" titles removed during the morning