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| Ryukyu Air Commuter Dash 8-402Q Combi C-FRYV was a lunchtime arrival on the Elmdon apron from Reykjavik when it diverted in due to poor visibility at Southampton while on its delivery flight to.... |
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| .... Japan where it is due to become JA83RC with this Okinawa based commuter airline that operates under the JAL/Japan Air Lines brand - after refuelling it continued onto its next stop in Malta |
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| Paul Kehoe, CEO at Birmingham Airport (left) with Vlad Cristescu, Network Development Executive at Blue Air (right), with members of Blue Air’s cabin crew Blue Air, Romania's largest hybrid carrier, has launched three times weekly flights from Cluj-Napoca, the second largest city in Romania, to Birmingham Airport The route launch follows in quick succession from the airline’s announcement of its new route between Birmingham and Larnaca starting in March 2017 and its inaugural Bucharest launch which was celebrated in March this year |
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| Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive Officer at Birmingham Airport, said: "Blue Air has had a very successful few months at Birmingham Airport flying thousands of passengers to and from the Romanian capital city of Bucharest. We are delighted that they are already introducing this second route to Cluj-Napoca. The Romanian city will be a popular city break destination for our passengers as it is a cultural and historic centre home to universities, great nightlife and landmarks dating to Saxon and Hungarian rule. We look forward to seeing the carrier continue to go from strength to strength here at Birmingham Airport" |
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| Tudor Constantinescu, Chief Commercial Officer at Blue Air, said: "It is indeed a proud moment for us at Blue Air to enhance our presence at Birmingham with the addition of thrice-weekly flights to and from the heart of Transylvania – Cluj-Napoca, adding to the existing Bucharest operation. We are also gearing up to introduce even more flights to Birmingham by adding another service from our Larnaca base starting in March 2017 |
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| Served by a 189 seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft, Blue Air will fly to Cluj-Napoca from Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday - the schedule effective from Friday 16 December 2016 as follows - Depart Cluj-Napoca 1000 / Arrive Birmingham 1130 Depart Birmingham 1215 / Arrive Cluj-Napoca 1715 |
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| Monday 19 December 2016 |
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| Swiss Bombardier C Series CS100 HB-JBD operated their morning flight to Zurich - its first visit to BHX - all 4 CS100s currently in service with Swiss have now visited BHX |
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| BA Cityflyer Embraer 190-100SR G-LCYW was an early morning arrival from Frankfurt when it diverted in due to poor visibility at London City Airport - its first visit to BHX |
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| Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOK operated their flight from Dubai |
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| RAF Airbus A330 Voyager KC2 ZZ330 was an afternoon arrival from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus when it diverted in due to poor visibility at RAF Brize Norton |
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| TCS World Travel Boeing 757-28A G-OOBC which had been parked on Stand 25 since it arrived from Washington on Thursday 17 November 2016.... |
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| .... was a morning departure to Orlando Sanford in preparation for their next air tour to South America - the aircraft is operated on their behalf by Thomson |
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| Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EES operated their flight from Dubai.... |
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| .... the aircraft wears additional "The Emirates FA Cup" titles and insignia |
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| .... to mark Emirates sponsorship of the "FA Cup" |
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| Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJD operated their morning service to Zurich |
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| Air France Airbus A319-111 F-GRHU operated their morning service to Paris CDG |
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| Brussels Airlines Avro RJ100 OO-DWA operated their mid-morning flight to Brussels |
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| Blue Air Boeing 737-4Q8 YR-BAR operated their flight to Bucharest |
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| Gama Aviation Citation XLS+ G-OJER was a lunchtime visitor departing to Jersey |
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| flybe Dash 8-402Q G-PRPH operated their morning service from/to Belfast City - its first visit to BHX |
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| Blue Air Boeing 737-86N YR-BMG operated their flight from Cluj-Napoca.... |
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| .... the aircraft returned to service the previous Wednesday after being fitted with winglets |
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| Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOP operated their flight to Dubai - from Sunday 1 January 2017 the lunchtime flight reverts to a Boeing 777-300 with the Airbus A380 then operating the evening service |
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| Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OJEG operated their inaugural service from Innsbruck, Austria |
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| Small Planet Airbus A320-232 LY-SPD operated their final return "Santa" flight from Ivalo, Finland |
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| NPAS Eurocopter EC 135 T2+ G-POLD lifts off the Elmdon apron |
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| Cessna Citation 1 N54FT which had arrived from Keflavik on Saturday evening/Christmas Eve.... |
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| .... was a morning departure to Split - the aircraft has a large radome under the forward fuselage |
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| .... and had originated from Uvlade in Texas, USA, and was on its way to Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Czech Airlines ATR 72-212A OK-GFQ operated their flight from Prague - its first visit to BHX - in place of the usual Airbus A319.... Photo: Chris Evans |
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| .... while most of the based airliner fleet had the day off! Happy Christmas!! |
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| Eurowings is launching a new daily except Saturday service to Vienna, Austria, from Birmingham Airport on Monday 27 March 2017 The service will be operated by a mix of Eurowings Europe and Air Berlin Airbus A320s - Eurowings are leasing 33 Airbus A320s from Air Berlin in the coming months as part of the latter's restructuring that will be operated in Eurowings colours by Air Berlin crews |
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| Tuesday 20 December 2016 |
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| US Air Force Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy 86-0025 was a lunchtime arrival.... |
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| .... when it diverted in due to poor visibility at RAF Mildenhall |
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| US Air Force Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey 12-0063 was an early morning arrival from its base at RAF Mildenhall.... Photo: Mark Presswood |
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| .... the first of this type of "tiltrotor military aircraft" to visit Birmingham Airport! Photo: Mark Presswood |
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| For more information on the Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey see here - it parked on the Elmdon apron.... |
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| .... next to US Air Air Force Boeing VC-32A 98-0002 which had arrived on Thursday evening attracting a lot of attention while it awaited its passengers.... |
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| .... who duly arrived and boarded the Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey which then started up |
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| .... it rotors tilt forward to allow it to taxy as it made it way for departure via Taxiway Foxtrot |
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| .... and Taxiway Lima still with the rear door open |
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| .... it then lined up on Runway 33 in front of the fire station |
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| .... the rotors cutting through the cold early morning air Photo: Paul Townsend |
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| .... as it climbed away on route to Gloucester Airport Photo: Paul Townsend |
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| .... as it gained altitude the rotors move forward and it becomes a turbo prop aircraft |
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| Meanwhile US Air Force Boeing VC-32A 98-0002 spent the day parked up.... |
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| .... on the Elmdon apron with US personnel in attendance Photo: Brett Allen More photos of the other movements during the day in due course |
