Saturday 26 November 2016 - TAP Express Embraer 190LR CS-TPS diverts in from Manchester

TAP Express/Air Portugal Embraer 190LR CS-TPS was an evening arrival when it diverted in....

.... due to poor visibility at Manchester - the first visit of a TAP Embraer 190 to BHX - after
off-loading the passengers and refuelling it positioned back to Lisbon Photos: Chris Evans

UPS Boeing 767-34AFER N315UP was a late evening arrival from Philadelphia when it was
rerouted after missing the 2000 closure of East Midlands runway for weekend resurfacing

Blue Air Boeing 737-4D7 YR-BAQ operated their flight from Bucharest

Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 A7-BCY operated their flight to Doha

Citation Sovereign CN-TLA was an evening arrival from Barcelona....

.... parking up for a couple of hours before continuing onto Luton

Netjets Citation XLS CS-DXH....

.... and Citation XLS CS-DXS visited the Elmdon apron during the day

RVL Cessna 310R G-SOUL was an afternoon arrival in advance of the closure of East Midlands runway

Piper Turbo Arrow 4 G-BPXJ was a day stopping visitor

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Monday 7 November 2016 - UPS reroute their overnight parcel operation to Birmingham Airport

UPS moved their overnight parcel operation from East Midlands to Birmingham on Sunday
night/Monday morning due to the latter airport's weekend runway closure for resurfacing....

.... 4 flights were rerouted resulting in three Boeing 767s being parked on the Elmdon apron
at BHX at the same time in the early hours of Monday morning

.... the parcel containers were off loaded from the aircraft and transferred onto a fleet of trucks
to be taken to/from the UPS freight terminal at East Midlands Airport - aircraft involved were....

UPS Boeing 767-34AFER N359UP which operated from/to Cologne - its first visit to BHX....

Star Air Boeing 767-219F OY-SRN which arrived from Cologne before continuing onto Belfast....

Euro Atlantic Cargo Boeing 767-375F CS-TLZ, which is on lease to Star Air, and which
arrived from Cologne before continuing onto Edinburgh - its first visit to BHX - and....

UPS Boeing 767-34AFER N315UP which operated from/to Cologne - its first visit to BHX

Thursday 26 February 2015 - DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLE departs after attention by Monarch

DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLE was a lunchtime departure to East Midlands after attention
by Monarch Aircraft Engineering starting up on Taxiway Lima.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... the aircraft had been pushed out of the Monarch hangar and towed Lima One

.... then taxying around the airport and along Taxiway Sierra

.... to depart off Runway 33 for a one hour air test before continuing onto East Midlands

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZUD operated their flight to Geneva - its first visit to BHX

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZU which is in their new style colour scheme
operated their lunchtime service to Amsterdam

Icelandair Boeing 757-223 TF-ISK operated their flight to Reykjavik/Keflavik

Challenger 300 OE-HDU was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Multiflight Eurocopter Squirrel 2 G-WENA was a morning visitor while....

.... Army Air Corps Eurocopter Dauphin 2 ZJ780 was an evening visitor Photos: Mike Hollick

Monday 2 February 2015 - Two Royal New Zealand Air Force Beechcraft T-6C Texan IIs arrive from Iceland

Two Royal New Zealand Air Force Beechcraft T-6C Texan IIs where afternoon arrivals
from Keflavik, Iceland, on their long delivery flight from the US to New Zealand....

.... first to land was N2770B Photo: Nick Broome

.... which will become "NZ1409" Photo: Mike Hollick

.... followed in by N2763B Photo: Nick Broome

.... which will become "NZ1408" Photo: Mike Hollick

.... with both aircraft parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron - they are expected to continue to

Naples, Italy, on Tuesday morning - note destination later changed to Bournemouth Photo: Mike Hollick

Valair Embraer Phenom 100 CS-DTC was a day stopping visitor from Geneva....

.... while GlobeAir Cessna 510 Mustang was a morning arrival parking up to night stop Photos: Mike Hollick

DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLE arrived in the early hours of Monday morning on
its first visit to BHX for attention by Monarch Aircraft Engineering initially parking on
Stand 82 on the terminal side of the airport - it was later towed across to the hangar

Monday 10 March 2014 - DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLG departs back to East Midlands

DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLG reappeared out of the Monarch Hangar during the morning....

.... unfortunately waiting until late afternoon before departing Photos: Mike Hollick

.... back to East Midlands off Runway 33 in the gathering gloom

Aer Lingus had a busy day as the Irish started to arrive for the "Cheltenham Festival"
- Airbus A321-211 EI-CPH operated two additional flights from Dublin while....

Airbus A321-211 EI-CPE operated their afternoon service in place of the usual Airbus A320

Ryanair Learjet 45 M-ABEU made a short afternoon visit to the main terminal site

Monarch Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAA which had arrived on Sunday evening was towed
across to the Monarch Hangar during the morning

Netjets Citation XLS CS-DQB was an afternoon arrival from Dublin while....

Citation XLS G-EYUP arrived from Shannon before continuing to Chester Photos: Mike Hollick

Wednesday 5 March 2014 - DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLG arrives for attention by Monarch

DHL Air Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLG was an afternoon arrival from East Midlands.... Photo: Laurence Jones

.... when it positioned in for attention by Monarch Aircraft Engineering Photo: Nick Broome

The aircraft wears additional "Hao Hao & Xing Hui's Pandastic Journey" titles having recently flown these....

.... two giant Panda's from Chengdu to Belgium and their new home in "Pairi Daiza" a zoo Photo: Nick Broome

Boeing 767-3JHF G-DHLG initially stopped on Taxiway Hotel....

.... to be attached to a Monarch tug Photos: Brett Allen

The aircraft was then pushed back into the Monarch Hangar and the doors closed!

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-TCDA operated their weekly IT flight from Enfidha which restarted
- the aircraft wears additional "Egypt where it all begins" titles and their new style tail logo

SAS Boeing 737-76N SE-REU operated their lunchtime flight from Stockholm Arlanda
- the service having restarted the previous Friday evening after its winter break

Challenger 300 N91HK which had arrived on Sunday evening reappeared out of the Eurojet
hangar and departed to  Olive Branch, Mississippi, via Bangor, Maine Photo: Brett Allen

Arcus Air Phenom 100 D-IAAW was a lunchtime arrival parking up to night stop

Citation CJ2 D-IPVD made a brief morning visit to the Elmdon apron

Eurocopter EC 135 P2+ G-SENS made a brief afternoon visit