Tuesday 2 August 2011 - Blu Express and Mistral Air operate final student charters

Blu Express Boeing 737-31S EI-DXB positioned in from Milan Linate
to operate the final Blue Panorama student charter flight to Rome
.

Mistral Air Boeing 737-33AQC EI-DVC positioned in from Rome
to operate their final student exchange charter flight of the season
.

Air Transat Airbus A330-342 C-GCTS operated their flight to Toronto
.

Austrian Arrows/Tyrolean Dash 8Q-402 OE-LGI operated the mid
morning Brussels Airlines service in place of the usual aircraft OE-LGC
.

RAF Puma HC1 XW226 overflew the airfield during the morning

Monday 19 November 2012 - TAG Aviation Global Express G-XXRS makes its first visit to BHX

TAG Aviation Global Express G-XXRS arrived on Sunday evening on its first visit to BHX - after

spending the night parked up on the Elmdon apron it departed to Kiev Photo: Mike Hollick

Star Air Boeing 767-25EF OY-SRM flying on behalf of UPS made its first visit to BHX when it was an

early morning visitor to the Elmdon apron routing from Cologne to Belfast International via BHX due

to the overnight closure of the runway at East Midlands for maintenance Photo: Mike Hollick

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHM operated their service to Istanbul - its first visit to BHX

Austrian Arrows Dash 8-402Q OE-LGE operated the morning Brussels Airlines flight

in place of the usual DH4 OE-LGC

SAS Boeing 737-76N SE-RET operated their flight to Stockholm Arlanda - another first visit to BHX!

Finishing the day as it started Global Express VP-CNY was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

- it is operated for "New Yorker" a German fashion company Photo Mike Hollick

Monday 3 September 2012 - Gainjet Boeing 737 SX-MTF takes England U21's to Baku

GainJet Boeing 737-329 SX-MTF was an afternoon departure
taking the England Under 21 Football team to Baku for their
UEFA U21 European Championship match against Azerbaijan
on Thursday.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... it had earlier positioned in parking on Stand 504 on
the Elmdon apron - it is jointly marketed by Multiflight
whose titles are on the tail

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 TC-JRB operated their
flight to Istanbul - it is in "Star Alliance" colours with large
15th anniversary stickers on the rear fuselage

bmibaby Boeing 737-59D G-BVZE which had operated
BHX flights on Sunday positioned back to East Midlands
- the least visit of a bmibaby "735" to Birmingham....

.... while Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYD commenced its last week
of operations from BHX with bmibaby scheduled to cease
operations on Sunday 9 September 2012

Austrian Arrows Dash 8-402Q OE-LGD operated the afternoon
Brussels Airlines flights in place of the usual DH4 OE-LGC

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZD operated the first flight
on their additional daily service that will now operate until
the end of the summer schedules - more information here

Jet Executive Learjet 35A D-CGHC was an afternoon visitor....

.... while Bell Longranger III G-ODCC was an early arrival
- to nightstop - for an event organised by the Helicopter
Club of Great Britain on Tuesday Photos: Mike Hollick

Thursday 5 July 2012 - Global Express HB-JII makes its first visit to BHX

Global Express HB-JII was a mid morning arrival parking up
to night stop - its first visit to BHX Photo: Laurence Jones
.

DC Aviation Global 5000 D-ACDE was a day stopping visitor....
.

.... also on its first visit to BHX Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Embraer Phenom 100 M-YTOY made two brief visits to the
Elmdon apron including its first visit to BHX Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Other visitors during the day included Citation Sovereign D-CYOU....
.

.... Scottish Aviation Bulldog TI G-CBBT which still wears
its RAF colour scheme and serial number - XX695
.

.... and Cessna T206H Stationair G-SEMR Photos: Mike Hollick
.

RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAE was a morning arrival Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Austrian Arrows Dash 8-402Q OE-LGK continued to operate
the Brussels Airlines flights in place of the usual DH4 OE-LGC
.

Denim Fokker 50 PH-JXN positioned in from RAF Fairford
- to where it had operated a charter for the Royal International
Air Tattoo - to operate for flybe - its first visit to BHX
.

Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ100LR OY-RJH operated
the evening SAS service to Copenhagen

Tuesday 3 July 2012 - Jet Executive Learjet D-CCCA visits the Elmdon apron

Jet Executive Learjet 35A D-CCCA made a brief afternoon visit....
.

.... while Piper Cheyenne IV D-ICGN was a day stopping
visitor parking on the Elmdon apron Photos: Mike Hollick
.

Austrian Arrows Dash 8-402Q OE-LGK operated the afternoon
Brussels Airlines flight replacing OE-LGC - its first visit to BHX
.

Strategic Airlines Airbus A320-211 LX-STB operated their afternoon
flight from Heraklion - its first visit to BHX Photo: Laurence Jones

Monday 14 May 2012 - Royal Danish Air Force Challenger C-080 visits the Elmdon apron

Royal Danish Air Force Challenger 604 C-080 was a morning
arrival to collect passengers off.... Photo: Mike Hollick
.

.... RAF Tristar C2 ZE704 which arrived on a medevac flight
.

ZeptAir Challenger 300 OE-HZP which had arrived on Sunday
was a lunchtime departure to Geneva Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Turkish Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JFL operated their service
to Istanbul - the aircraft is in their new colour scheme
.

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

Sunday 26 February 2012 - Gulfstream Galaxy OE-HAS visits the Elmdon apron

Gulfstream G200 Galaxy OE-HAS which arrived on Saturday
evening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron
.

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECI still wears "british european" titles....
.

.... although the rest of the aircraft is in their current colour scheme
.

Brussels Airlines leased Tyrolean Dash 8Q-402 OE-LGC operated
their afternoon service to Brussels - it overheated it brakes on
landing and required the attendance of the Airport Fire Service

Sunday 23 October 2011 - Jet2 Boeing 757 G-LSAJ operates Hajj flight to Jeddah

Jet2 Boeing 757-236 G-LSAJ positioned in to operate the first
of a series of Hajj pilgrimage charter flights to Jeddah
.

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

Titan Boeing 737-3L9QC G-ZAPW positioned in to operate
a charter flight to Ibiza
.

Netjets Falcon 2000EX CS-DLH was a morning visitor
to the Elmdon apron - its first visit to BHX

Sunday 16 October 2011 - British Airways Boeing 767 G-BNWU diverts in from Heathrow

British Airways Boeing 767-336ER G-BNWU was an early morning
arrival when it diverted in while operating flight "BA 092" from
Toronto due to landing delays at Heathrow as result of fog
- after refuelling it continued its journey
.

Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABKT operated their flight
to Paderborn - its first visit to BHX
.

Brussels Airlines leased Tyrolean Dash 8Q-402 OE-LGC
operated their afternoon service to Brussels
.

Flairjet Embraer Phenom 300 G-MGNE was an afternoon arrival