Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOY operated their lunchtime flight from Dubai landing as A380-842 A6-EUY which had diverted to Manchester the previous day was still boarding |
As no stand was available A380 A6-EOY then had to hold on Taxiway Alpha while a number of following arrivals landed and then backtracked down Runway 33 to pass it |
Emirates Airbus A380-842 A6-EUY was soon on its way albeit nearly 24 hours late.... |
.... departing to Dubai and causing its own snowstorm as it lifted off Runway 33 |
As a result of Sunday's diversions both of which went to Manchester and then returned today/Monday a total of 4 Emirates Airbus A380s operated through Birmingham - |
- return of flight diverted on Sunday - Emirates
1125/1330 EK039/040 388 from/to Dubai A6-EOY
- planned aircraft allocation - Emirates
1730/1930 EK37D/8038 388 from Manchester/to Dubai A6-EOX
- return of flight diverted on Sunday - Emirates
1845/2050 EK037/038 388 from/to Dubai A6-EDJ
- planned aircraft allocation - Emirates
Above are "planned times - the final flight did not depart until after 0200 Tuesday morning!
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-GDF operated their flight from Tenerife - its first visit to BHX |
Icelandair Boeing 757-23N TF-FIC operated their flight from Reykjavik Keflavik going on an extended airport tour on arrival due to a number stands still being blocked by snow |
Jet2 Boeing 737-8K5 G-GDFX positioned in from Belfast to operate their flight to Krakow as they brought in additional capacity to catch up after Sunday's snow related delays |
Jet2 Boeing 737-86Q G-GDFY operated their flight to Tenerife |
SAS Airbus A321-232 OY-KBE operated their morning service to Copenhagen after their Sunday afternoon service was cancelled due to the snow |
easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZWY operated their flight from Geneva as they increased their schedule for the start of the ski season |
easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZRD operated their mid-morning service to Belfast International |
flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-FLBD taxy's to the terminal from the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar |
Air Taxi Europe Cessna 406 Caravan II D-IFFF was an afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron - the Germans don't let a little snow stop them!! |
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