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Tuesday 31 January 2017 - Blue Air Boeing 737-42C YR-BAO operates their flight from Bucharest

Blue Air Boeing 737-42C YR-BAO operated their service from Bucharest - only its second visit....

.... and its first visit since it was recently repainted in their new colour scheme

Turkmenistan Boeing 757-22K EZ-A011 operated their flight to Ashkhabad

Condor Boeing 757-330 D-ABOA was an early morning departure operating their final charter
to Faro, Portugal, in conjunction with the launch of the new Skoda Kodiaq SUV

Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TVJ which had arrived from Ostrava on Monday
evening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Luxembourg Air Rescue Learjet 45 LX-ONE which had arrived on Monday
evening was a morning departure to Catania
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Thursday 26 January 2017 - Small Planet Airbus A320-214 LY-SPH operates a charter to Alicante

Small Planet Airbus A320-214 LY-SPH positioned in from Budapest
to operate a charter to Alicante - its first visit to BHX

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDW operated their morning service to Belfast....

.... the aircraft wears additional "Venezia/Venice" titles and markings

Eastern Airways Embraer 170LR G-CIXW operated the return charter from Bilbao....

.... before positioning out to Manchester

Omni Aviation Challenger 300 CS-TFV which had diverted in from Luton on Wednesday
evening due to poor visibility was an early morning departure positioning back to Luton

Netjets Challenger 350 CS-CHE was an afternoon arrival from Geneva

Air Hamburg Citation XLS+ D-CFLY positioned in from Farnborough to operate a flight to Milan
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Wednesday 25 January 2017 - Small Planet Airbus A320-214 LY-ONJ flying in Afriqiyah Airways colours

Small Planet Airbus A320-214 LY-ONJ operated their weekly flight to Paderborn - the
aircraft is still in the basic colour scheme of its previous operator Afriqiyah Airways

KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZB operated their lunchtime service to Amsterdam

Blue Air Boeing 737-8Q8 YR-BMF operated their flight to Cluj-Napoca

AirTanker Airbus A330-243s G-VYGM and G-VYGL spent the morning parked up....

.... Airbus A330-243 G-VYGM then went for a brief afternoon test flight

.... up to the Irish Sea and back while G-VYGL later positioned out to RAF Brize Norton

Citation CJ3 D-CEFD was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Air Alliance Learjet 35A D-CTWO, which is based at BHX, returns from an afternoon training flight
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Tuesday 24 January 2017 - Wizz Air Airbus A321-231 HA-LXJ flying in special "Budapest" colour scheme

Wizz Air Airbus A321-231 HA-LXJ operated their service to Warsaw on a foggy morning....

.... the aircraft wears the special "Budapest" colour scheme that promotes
the Budapest bid to hold the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Titan Airbus A321-211 G-POWN positioned in from Stansted....

.... to operate a charter to Bilbao departing off Runway 15 in the fog

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZEY operated their morning service to Belfast International

Blue Air Boeing 737-4Q8 YR-BAR operated their flight from Bucharest

Eastern Airways Embraer 170LR G-CIXW was an afternoon arrival when it positioned in
from Humberside to operate a charter to Bilbao on Thursday morning - its first visit to BHX

Bell 429 M-YMCM was a visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Birmingham Trees for Life plants trees in Sheldon Country Park supported by Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport has given support to charity, Birmingham Trees for Life - BTFL -
by funding tree planting to help enhance the environment in the local area

Birmingham Trees for Life is a registered charity, a Partnership between Birmingham
Civic Society and Birmingham City Council, and spreads awareness and understanding
of the value and importance of trees. Its members raise money to enable more trees
to be planted and actively encourage the involvement of communities in planting. Since
2006 over 50,000 trees across the city have been planted by the charity

Last week it was Sheldon Country Park which was selected due to its proximity to
Birmingham Airport. Green fingered members of BTFL were joined by local councillors,
park rangers, airport representatives and school children from nearby Stanville Primary
School and Perry Beeches Academy, to begin a morning of digging and planting. In
total 10 standard trees and 1,000 smaller whips were planted

Andy Holding, Corporate Responsibility Manager at Birmingham Airport, said: "The trustees
decided to award Birmingham Trees for Life with this funding as the work they do doesn’t
just bring enormous environmental benefits but also brings together local community groups
to help increase awareness of the importance of trees in urban environments

Deborah Needle, a Development Officer at BTFL, said: "We are very pleased to have the
airport on board as a corporate sponsor. The trees we have planted from their funding
will make a huge difference to the environment surrounding the airport and greatly
improve this local parkland for future generations"

Councillor Mike Ward, from the Sheldon Ward and Chair of the Trustees at Birmingham
Airport, said "It’s vitally important that we get young people connected with their
environment, and this project is a great way of doing that. We hope that by getting the
children involved in the planting of trees they will treasure them forever. We are also
delighted to see the Airport working alongside local communities"

The funding awarded to BTFL, forms part of the Birmingham Airport Community Trust
Fund which awards grants of up to £3,000 to community groups in areas most affected
by the Airport’s operations. Each year Birmingham Airport contributes £75,000 to the
Community Trust Fund.  Additionally any charges made to airlines which breach night
noise regulations, are added to the fund

The next available round of Trust Fund awards will be made in April 2017. The closing
date for receipt of completed applications is Friday 24 February 2017. More information
is available on the Birmingham Airport www site here

Monday 30 January 2017

Thursday 19 January 2017 - AirTanker Airbus A330- 243 G-VYGL is a morning departure to Prestwick

AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGL was a morning departure to Prestwick for another
days crew training - the aircraft which has been repainted in an all-white scheme....

.... since its previous visit to BHX when it was in RAF grey but without markings/titles
had arrived on Wednesday evening after spending the day crew training at Prestwick

Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJI operated their morning service to Zurich

Sprint Air Saab 340A SP-KPU which had arrived from Leipzig in the early
hours of the morning was an afternoon departure to Katowice
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bmi regional announces new routes to Gothenburg, Graz and Nuremberg from Birmingham Airport

bmi regional is creating a new hub at Birmingham Airport to launch three new European
routes to Graz, Austria, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Nuremberg, Germany in early 2017

The Graz flight will commence on Monday 27 February 2017, initially with a twice weekly
service on Mondays and Fridays, increasing to four times weekly in March. The Gothenburg
and Nuremberg routes will launch on Monday 8 May 2017, with six return flights per week

Commenting on the new routes Jochen Schnadt, Chief Commercial Officer from bmi regional,
said: "We are delighted to be introducing flights from Birmingham as part of our ever expanding
portfolio. bmi regional has always offered customers an array of up and coming destinations
to explore and enjoy, and we anticipate all three routes to be popular"

William Pearson, Aviation Director of Birmingham Airport said: "It is great news that bmi regional
will be offering flights to Nuremberg, Gothenburg and Graz this year. All three routes are currently
un-served from Birmingham, so we thank bmi regional for filling these gaps and offering leisure
travellers the chance to visit these vibrant city break destinations in Sweden, Austria and Germany
with an airline that offers excellent service, efficiency and value"

All bmi regional fares include complimentary in flight drinks and snacks, 23kg of hold
luggage, allocated seating and speedy 30 minute check-ins
Summary of new bmi regional 2017 routes from Birmingham Airport

Graz - from Monday 27 February 2017
- operates on Monday (twice), Thursday and Friday

Gothenburg - from Monday 8 May 2017
- operates daily except Saturday

Nuremberg - from Monday 8 May 2017
- operates daily except Saturday

All flights operated by an Embraer 145
Monday 16 January 2017

Tuesday 17 January 2017 - Cessna Citation CJ2+ D-IOBO flying for OBO Bettermann

OBO Bettermann Cessna Citation CJ2+ D-IOBO was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.... it wears the OBO Bettermann logo on the tail

Beechjet 400A N719EL made a brief morning visit departing to Chambery

Blue Air Boeing 737-8Q8 YR-BMF operated their service to Bucharest

Eurowings Airbus A320-214 D-AEWS operated their afternoon service from Dusseldorf - its first visit to BHX
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Monday 16 January 2017 - Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DKG cutting through the moisture on a wet day!

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DKG cuts through the moisture on its final approach
to Runway 15 as it arrives from Dublin on a very wet afternoon

Air France Airbus A318-111 F-GUGO operated their lunchtime flight to Paris CDG
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Sunday 15 January 2017 - Germanwings Airbus A319-132 D-AGWX flying for Eurowings

Germanwings Airbus A319-132 D-AGWX operated the Eurowings flight to Hamburg

Titan Airbus A320-232 G-POWM operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Chambery

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZWG operated their morning flight from Geneva

RAF Airbus A330 Voyager KC2 ZZ331 positioned in from RAF Brize Norton....

.... to operate their weekly flight to Paderborn
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