Wednesday 22 August 2012 - Air Transat Airbus A330 C-GKTS operates Toronto flight

Air Transat Airbus A330-342 C-GKTS which is still in
the interim version of their new colour scheme....
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.... which has "Welcome" on the tail as well as the rear fuselage
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.... operated their weekly flight to Toronto
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Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-232 TC-JAI operated their
flight to Istanbul - its first visit to BHX registered as such but
it had previously visited as TC-TCC when operated by Turkuaz
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Armavia Boeing 737-55S EK73771 operated their weekly flight
to Yerevan - its former registration of OM-BTS when operated
by Slovakian Airlines is still clearly visible on the rear fuselage
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Mistral Air Boeing 737-3M8QC EI-DUS positioned in to
operate the final student charter of the season back to Rome
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Monarch Airbus A320-231 G-MPCD positioned in to operate
a delayed flight - this 320 is not a BHX regular
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Shovkoviy Shlyah - Silk Way Ukraine - Antonov 12B UR-CAF
which had arrived on Monday remained parked on the Elmdon
apron during a day of sunshine and showers Photo: Mike Hollick
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JetAlliance Citation XLS OE-GSP made a brief morning visit
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Falcon 2000LX M-LJGI was a morning arrival parking up to night stop

Wednesday 8 August 2012 - Armavia Boeing 737 EK73775 operates flight from Yerevan

Armavia Boeing 737-55S EK73775 operated their
weekly flight from Amritsar via Yerevan....
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.... it first visit as such but the aircraft had previously
visited BHX as OK-EGO while flying for CSA
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Mistral Air Boeing 737-3M8QC EI-DUS operated their
weekly student charter to Rome parking on Stand 3
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Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DLM operated their flight to Kaunas
- it wears additional "bye bye Latehansa" titles Photo: Ron Kosys
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Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EGO which wear "1000th 777" titles
operated their lunchtime service from Dubai Photo: Ron Kosys

.Global Express N881TS which had arrived on Monday
was a morning departure to Shannon
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Air Charter Scotland/Amsair Legacy 650 G-SUGA was an
afternoon arrival from Glasgow followed a bit latter by....
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.... TAG Aviation Legacy G-SYLJ - also from Glasgow - with
both aircraft parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Wednesday 1 August 2012 - Armavia Boeing 737 EK73771 operates their flight to Yerevan

Armavia Boeing 737-55S EK73771 operated their weekly flight
to Yerevan and onto Amritsar - the aircraft is in the basic colour
scheme of Slovakian Airlines whose titles are still visible as it
its former registration - OM-BTS - on the rear fuselage....
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.... Slovakian Airlines never commenced operations and the
former CSA Czech Airlines aircraft was returned to Armavia
- it had previously visited BHX as OK-CGK while flying for CSA
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For more information the new weekly Armavia service
to Birmingham from Yerevan please see here
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Air Transat Airbus A330-342 C-GTSO operated their flight to Toronto
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Mistral Air Boeing 737-3M8QC EI-DUS operated their
weekly student charter to Rome
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Citation Bravo D-CHZF was a morning arrival parking up
to night stop on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Britten Norman BN-2T Islander F-HFIT made another of its regular
visits when it stopped for fuel while routing from its base at Pontoise
to Cumbernauld. It is used for surveying work by FIT Conseil and has
recently gained small titles on the nose and an insignia on the tail

Armavia resume weekly service from Birmingham to Yerevan and onto India

Armavia have resumed their service from Birmingham to
Yerevan with the flights now offering direct connections
onto Amritsar, India....

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.... Armavia first operated from Birmingham in September
2010 - see here for more information - but the flights had
to be suspended because of issues over Traffic Rights
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Flights will now depart Birmingham for Yerevan at 1125
on Wednesday's and will offer a direct connection onto
Amritsar - the return flight arrives at 1025 on Wednesday
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Initially the flights will operate on a weekly basis but are
expected to increase for the peak winter season
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Armavia summer 2012 schedule from Birmingham
to Yerevan and onto Amritsar

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1025/1125 U8 107/108 320 from/to Yerevan
- operates weekly on Wednesday

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Schedule/timings subject to change!!

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Wednesday 25 July 2012

Wednesday 25 July 2012 - Armavia Airbus A320 EK32008 makes its first visit to BHX

Armavia Airbus A320-211 EK32008 operated the first flight
as they resumed their new weekly service to Yerevan....
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.... which now offers an onward connection to Amritsar, India
- this was the first visit of an Armavia Airbus A320 to BHX
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Global Express VP-CEO was an early morning arrival from Luton
for parking during the London 2012 Olympics
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More photos soon!!

Armavia resuming Airbus A319 flights to Yerevan and onto Amritsar, India!!

Armavia are planning to resume their weekly service

from Birmingham to Yerevan and onto India

on Thursday 10 March 2011 - this flight is not operating!

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Start up delayed again - more information in due course!!

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Armavia have now secured traffic rights to operate flights

into Amritsar and will be commencing a twice weekly

service to that Indian destination from Yerevan to allow

connections both ways off their weekly BHX flights which

will initially be operated by an Airbus A319 as follows -

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE - operates on a Thursday -
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1040/1140 U8 107/108 319 from/to Yerevan
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Schedule subject to change!!

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Friday 4 March 2011

Armavia - full schedule to Yerevan and Delhi now planned to start in late 2010

Armavia have now advised that following the successful proving
flight on Tuesday 28 September 2010 their regular scheduled flights

to Yerevan and onto Delhi will now start in late 2010

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The updated schedule will appear here in due course!

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Monday 4 October 2010

Tuesday 28 September 2010 - Armavia Airbus A319 inaugural flight to Yerevan

Armavia Airbus A319-132 EK 32011 operated the inaugural flight

of new their new weekly service to Yerevan and onto Delhi....
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.... for a full report see below or at -
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2010/09/news-armavia.html

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CityJet/VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLJ was a morning arrival
operating a day stopping charter from Rotterdam
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Challenger 300 N742E was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
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.... while Hans Grohe Learjet 60 D-CFFB was an evening arrival

Armavia launch new weekly service from Birmingham to Yerevan and onto Delhi

Armavia has launched a new weekly service between Birmingham

and Yerevan in Armenia, which offers an onward connection to Delhi

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Illarion Gharibyan, Deputy Director General of Armavia (centre left)

cut the ribbon to launch the new route as he was welcomed by

Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport (centre right)
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Armavia operates throughout Europe, the Middle East and Russia

with Birmingham the airlines first UK destination. The weekly

service, departing Birmingham at 0925 on Tuesday, will be

operated by a 134 seat Airbus A319 aircraft with

8 business class seats and 126 economy seats

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Illarion Gharibyan said: "There are 20,000 people in the UK from

Armenian descent and people can currently only access flights to

Armenia from Heathrow so the Birmingham operation will provide

more choice for those wanting to reach Yerevan"

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Paul Kehoe said: "Not only will Armavia Airlines offer people a

brand new service to Armenia, it will provide another welcome

connection to India, which will be of particular interest to

the 200,000 Indian people living in the Midlands"

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE - operates on a Tuesday -

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0655/0925 U8 107/108 319 from/to Yerevan

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Schedule subject to change!!

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http://www.armavia.am/index/index/lang/en

Tuesday 28 September 2010

Armavia to serve BHX with Airbus A319's!!

Armavia (U8) - the Armenian airline - are planning to

commence a scheduled service to Birmingham operating a

"one stop" Airbus A319 flight to Delhi, India, via Yerevan

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The provisional start date is 28 September 2010 with flights

initially operating once a week on a Tuesday - flight U8 107 arrives

BHX at 0655 - flight U8 108 departs BHX at 0925 - with a second

weekly service planned to start for the peak travel season to India

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Update - start date changed from 21 to 28 September 2010

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Schedule and start date subject to confirmation!!

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http://www.armavia.am/index/index/lang/en

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Thursday 12 August 2010