Tuesday 16 May 2017 - AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGL now flying for Jet2

AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGL lines up to depart on the final stage of its delivery flight to Jet2....

.... at Manchester - it had earlier arrived from RAF Brize Norton after a flight over the Irish Sea

.... the aircraft has been leased to Jet2 for the summer 2017 season and will be based at Manchester

.... it parked on Stand 85C for its short visit to BHX

CityJet Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B EI-FWE operated the early evening Brussels Airlines service to Brussels

bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXC operated their flight to Nuremberg

Eurowings Europe Airbus A320-214 OE-IQD operated their service from Vienna

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZS operated their early evening flight from Amsterdam

Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TAD was an evening departure to Chateauroux

Citation CJ2 D-IPVD was an afternoon visitor operating a priority freight charter

Piper Turbo Navajo B N95TA was an afternoon arrival from Biggen Hill parking up to night stop

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Sunday 26 February 2017 - Enter Air Boeing 737-43Q SP-ENI departs to Kiruna in Swedish Lapland

Enter Air Boeing 737-43Q SP-ENI which had positioned in from Bristol on Saturday evening....

.... operated an IT/inclusive tour flight to Kiruna in Swedish Lapland which is within the Arctic Circle

Eurowings Airbus A320-214 D-AEWG operated their flight to Hamburg - the
aircraft wears additional "Visit Sweden" and "Goteborg" titles and logos

Air France Airbus A318-111 F-GUGR operated their morning service to Paris CDG

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

AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGL which had been parked up for much of February....

.... positioned out to RAF Brize Norton while....

RAF Airbus A330 Voyager KC2 ZZ338 positioned in from RAF Brize Norton....

.... to operate their weekly flight to Paderborn

RAF Avia Saab 340A YL-RAG spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Netjets Challenger 350 CS-CHD which had arrived on Saturday was a morning departure

Salzburg Jet Aviation Citation CJ2 OE-FRS made a brief afternoon visit

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Wednesday 1 February 2017 - Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FTO makes its first visit to BHX

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FTO operated their lunchtime service from Dublin - its first visit to
BHX and only the third revenue flight for this recently delivered aircraft Photo: Mark Presswood

Small Planet Airbus A320-214 LY-SPH operated their weekly flight to Paderborn

Air France Airbus A318-111 F-GUGR operated their morning service to Paris CDG

AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGM went for another test flight....

.... only going as far as Stoke on Trent before turning round and returning to BHX

Businesswings Dornier 228-100 D-IROL which had arrived on Tuesday was an afternoon departure

Gulfstream IV N900RL was an early morning arrival parking up to night stop

Air X Charter Legacy 600 9H-WFC which had diverted in on Monday evening spent the day parked up

Air Hamburg Citation XLS+ D-CGAA was an afternoon visitor

Sikorsky S-76A 2-BYDF was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.... 2- indicating that the helicopter is registered in Guernsey

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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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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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Tuesday 22 November 2016 - AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGM flying for TUI Netherlands

AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGM was a morning departure off Runway 15 when
it positioned out to Amsterdam to operate a TUI Netherlands flight to Punta Cana

Blue Air Boeing 737-46N YR-BAE operated their flight to Bucharest

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-NIKO operated their flight to Tenerife

 

SAS Airbus A319-132 OY-KBR operated their morning service to Copenhagen

Global 5000 M-CVGL was a morning arrival from Faro

Citation Bravo N550ML which had arrived on Sunday afternoon remained parked on the Elmdon apron

RVL Cessna 406 Caravan G-RVLY spent the morning parked up before departing to Belfast City

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