Saturday 21 November 2015 - MNG Airlines Cargo Airbus A300C4-605R TC-MCA is an evening visitor

MNG Airlines Cargo Airbus A300C4-605R TC-MCA was an evening arrival on the Elmdon apron....

.... operating a cargo charter from Seville, Spain - its first visit to BHX

.... after unloading the aircraft departed to Leipzig

Volotea Boeing 717-2BL EI-FBL was an afternoon arrival from Toulon bringing in Toulonnaise for their
"European Rugby Champions Cup" match against Wasps on Sunday afternoon - another first visit

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYP operated their flight from Madrid

Monarch Airbus A330-243 G-SMAN which has been repainted into flynas colours spent
the morning parked in front of the Monarch hangar before being towed to Stand 86C

West Atlantic BAe ATP G-BTPF positioned in from Guernsey in preparation....

.... for operating the newspaper flight to the Isle of Man on Sunday morning while....

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLA operated an early morning newspaper flight to
the Isle of Man due to the windy weather conditions delaying the ferry....

.... the aircraft has recently been repainted - no change to the scheme but it has gained new style titles

Netjets Citation CS-DXV was a morning arrival when it diverted in due to strong winds at RAF Northolt

Wednesday 7 October 2015 - Volotea Boeing 717-2BL EI-EXI operates charter flight to Granada

Volotea Boeing 717-2BL EI-EXI was a morning arrival when it positioned in from Stansted....

.... to operate a charter flight to Granada, Spain - its first visit to BHX

More photos later

Saturday 23 August 2014 - Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD makes its first visit to BHX

Evelop Airlines "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 EC-LZD operated their flight from Palma....

.... its first visit to BHX and the first time this weekly flight has been operated by an Evelop Airlines aircraft

.... all previous flights having been operated by Airbus A320-214 CS-TRL in Orbest colours

Aegean Airbus A320 SX-DVU operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Rhodes....

.... it wears additional "Discover the new Acropolis museum" titles and image on the rear fuselage

Turkmenistan Boeing 717 EZ-A106 which had arrived from Ashgabat via Minsk on Friday evening
was a lunchtime departure to Keflavik and onto Marana in Arizona, USA, for maintenance

Grand Cru Boeing 737-382 LY-LGC positioned in from Gdansk - its first visit as such - to operate
the delayed Estonian Airlines flight to Salzburg after the latter’s Embraer 170 went "tech"

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECE has recently been repainted into their new "#purpleplane" colour scheme

bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXF spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron before taking
Newcastle United home after their "Premier league" football match against Aston Villa

Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-394TI which arrived on Friday after spent the day parked up

Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED was a late afternoon arrival operating an air ambulance flight while....

Super King Air F-GHSV also made an evening visit operating an air ambulance flight

Monday 23 June 2014 - RAF Airbus A330 Voyager KC3 ZZ332 was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

RAF Airbus A330 Voyager KC3 ZZ332 was an afternoon arrival from Keflavik, Iceland....

.... operating a medevac flight and parking on the Elmdon apron

.... after unloading it continued on RAF Brize Norton

.... climbing quickly off BHX's now extended runway!

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JEDV positioned in from Norwich after becoming
their third aircraft to be repainted as a "#purpleplane"

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ENK operated their lunchtime flight to Dubai - its first visit to BHX

Blue1 Boeing 717-2K9 OH-BLO operated the SAS service to Stockholm

Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILU - "Lu" - operated their morning service to Frankfurt - the aircraft
wears additional markings as part of Lufthansa's "jetfriends" promotion for younger travellers

Zorex Metro II EC-JYC was an evening arrival on the Elmdon apron

Sunday 18 May 2014 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW operates relief flight to South Sudan

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW positioned in from Riga to operate a relief flight....

.... on behalf of Oxfam to Juba in South Sudan - photo report here - with the aircraft
departing off Runway 15 to its first stop at Heraklion Photos: Mike Hollick

GainJet Boeing 737-406 SX-ATF operated the return charter from Santorini....

.... parking on stand 42L before positioning out to Luton Photo: Matt Kidgell

Austrian Dash 8-402Q OE-LGF operated the afternoon Brussels Airlines flight in place of the usual aircraft OE-LGC

Blue1 Boeing 717-23S OH-BLJ operated the SAS service from Stockholm Arlanda Photo: Matt Kidgell

 

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHO which had gone "tech" on Saturday afternoon was towed
to the Elmdon apron for engine runs before departing back to Istanbul Photo: Mike Hollick

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEB positioned out to Edinburgh to operate a charter back to Farnborough

Challenger 300 N425DB which is a Bombardier demonstration aircraft made an early morning visit
routing from Bradley, Connecticut, via Goose Bay and then continuing onto Geneva where it was to
be displayed at annual the EBACE business aircraft show

Gulfstream 200 N217BA was an evening arrival from Teterboro, New York....

.... parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Super King Air N820DL made a brief evening visit Photo: Mike Hollick

Robinson R-66 Turbine N4480W made a brief morning visit

Sunday 16 March 2014 - Germanwings Airbus A320-211 D-AIQH operates their flight from Berlin

Germanwings Airbus A320-211 D-AIQH operated their flight from Berlin Tegel in place of the usual A319

Blue1 Boeing 717-23S OH-BLJ operated the SAS service from Stockholm Arlanda Photos: Ian Bowley

Wednesday 12 February 2014 - Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-343 G-VKSS diverts in from Heathrow

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-343 G-VKSS was an afternoon arrival....

when it diverted in due to poor weather and cross winds at Heathrow....

.... it was operating flight "VS 401" from Dubai Photo: Brett Allen

After parking up the sun soon came out - after unloading the passengers
at BHX the aircraft later positioned back to Heathrow

Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXC operated their morning flight to Paris CDG - the
first visit to BHX of this aircraft which was until recently been based in the Caribbean

Blue1 Boeing 717-2K9 OH-BLO operated the morning SAS service from Copenhagen....

.... its first visit to BHX - the colour scheme on this aircraft is called "Forest Bond"

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR still in its "The Expendables 3" colour scheme but now
wearing additional Air Bright titles was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Falcon 7X M-LJGI was a morning arrival soon disappearing into the
Monarch Hangar to protect the aircraft from the coming storm

Falcon 7X VP-BZE was a lunchtime arrival parking up to night stop

Citation Bravo G-EHGW appeared out of the Eurojet hangar as it operation was transferred to Flairjet