Monday 11 June 2012 - Sunwing/Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 C-FTLK off to "Euro 2012"!!

Sunwing Boeing 737-8K5 C-FTLK positioned in from Dublin
to operate a Thomson charter flight to Donetsk in the Ukraine
taking England fans to watch their first "Euro 2012" match
against France this evening/Monday. The aircraft - which left
BHX at 0540! - is in the Hapag Lloyd "retro" colour scheme
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Air VIA Airbus A320-214 LZ-MDB positioned in from Bourgas
to operate for Monarch initially departing on their morning
service to Alicante - this was its first visit to BHX

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Lufthansa Airbus A321-231 D-AIDB operated their morning
service from Frankfurt - its first visit to BHX - while....
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.... Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBO operated their
afternoon service from Munich - also on its first visit to BHX
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Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 72-212A EI-REL operated
their inaugural service to Knock/Ireland West Airport - a route
dropped by bmibaby the previous day
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Suckling Dornier 328-110 G-BWWT operated the morning flybe
service to Dundee in place of the usual Loganair Saab 340
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Citation XLS+ D-CHEM was a morning arrival parking up to night
stop on the Elmdon apron - its first visit to BHX Photo: Mike Hollick
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Jet Ranger III G-MFMF operating in the area as "Electricity 18"
made a precautionary landing on the Elmdon apron adjacent to
Taxiway Golf - after a check it was on its way again Photo: Mike Hollick

Friday 20 May 2011 - Augsburg Airways Embraer 195 D-AEMB flying for Lufthansa

Augsburg Airways Embraer 195LR D-AEMB operated the morning
Lufthansa service to Munich - from Monday 23 May 2011 all services
on this route will be flown by CityLine Embraer 195's
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Avion Express Italia Airbus A320-212 LY-VEX which had
arrived on Thursday departed back to Milan Malpensa
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Aer Arann ATR 42-300 EI-CPT operated their service from
Waterford arriving with a bounce! Photo: Ron Kosys
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Luxembourg Air Rescue Learjet 35A LX-TWO which had arrived
on Thursday evening operating an air ambulance flight was
an afternoon departure to Split

Wednesday 21 April 2010 - Ash cloud? - Birmingham Airport is back in business!!

After clearance was granted on Tuesday evening to reopen UK

airspace the race was on to restart operations - first departure

(with passengers) from BHX on Wednesday morning was

Monarch flight ZB 402 to Faro which was operated by

Airbus A321-231 G-OZBG - well done to Monarch

for having 3 of the first 4 departures from Birmingham ....

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.... and to Tim and Lucy from the "Express and Star" for

being on hand to catch the first departure

- see http://tinyurl.com/bhxexpressandstar -

which earned them a copy of the "BHX Flight Guide"!!

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Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBG lifts off Runway 33 on its way
to Faro - the first departure since Thursday 15 April 2010! - the
race was then on to repatriate all the stranded passengers....
. .... Lufthansa used CityLine Embraer 195LR D-AEBB to operate
their afternoon service to Munich - its first visit to BHX - in
place of the usual Canadair CRJ 900 while....
..... Turkish Airlines laid on two extra flight to repatriate passengers
stranded in Istanbul - Airbus A321-231 TC-JRB was an evening
arrival with 321 TC-JML operating an (extra) lunchtime service
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Eurocypria Boeing 737-8BK 5B-DBZ operated their

much delayed IT flight to Paphos

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Hawker 850XP G-CERX was an overnight arrival

spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron....
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.... while Eurojet Citation XLS G-KPEI was an afternoon visitor
operating a training flight

Friday 8 December 2017 - LGW Dash 8Q-402 D-ABQB flying for Eurowings to Dusseldorf

LGW Dash 8Q-402 D-ABQB which has now been painted all white with Eurowings titles operated....

.... the delayed morning Eurowings service to Dusseldorf - note the de-icer fluid on the engines and tail

Helvetic Embraer 190LR HB-JVN operated the delayed morning Swiss service to Zurich

Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEME operated their morning service to Munich

Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-111 OO-SSX operated their morning service to Brussels

Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JZHW was a morning departure to Lanzarote

Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JZBC, which is in basic Jet2holidays colours without titles,
was an afternoon departure to Krakow

CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJO operated the lunchtime KLM service from Amsterdam

Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CAAM spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Air Hamburg Citation CJ2 D-IGMW made a brief morning visit

Agusta A-109SP Grand New G-CHFD was an afternoon visitor

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Tuesday 30 May 2017 - Air Malta Airbus A320-214 9H-AEI flying in their "retro" colour scheme

Air Malta Airbus A320-214 9H-AEI which is in their "retro" colour scheme operated their flight from Malta

flybe Embraer 195LR G-FBEN was an evening arrival when it made an emergency landing while enroute....

.... from Doncaster to Faro - all was OK but it was followed down the runway by the Airport Fire Service

Wizz Air Airbus A321-231 HA-LXL operated their flight from Sofia while....

Wizz Air Airbus A321-231 HA-LXJ operated their flight from Warsaw - its first visit since it was repainted
back into their standard colours - it was previously in a "Budapest" scheme promoting their Olympic bid

Eurowings Airbus A319-112 D-ABGK which is leased from Air Berlin operated their morning service to Dusseldorf

Former Pegasus Boeing 737-82R TC-AAY briefly emerged from the Monarch hangar....

.... to confirm it is now registered G-ZBAV as it is prepared for service with Monarch

Embraer Legacy 600 T7-RBA was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron departing to Nice Photo: Chris Mabbott

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Tuesday 21 March 2017 - Wizz Air "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 HA-LXE operates their flight to Warsaw

Wizz Air "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 HA-LXE operated their flight to Warsaw

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

Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBH operated their afternoon flight from Munich

Falcon 2000EX N147CJ which had arrived on Saturday was a morning departure to Hamburg

Citation CJ1 D-IRKE was a day stopping visitor on the Elmdon apron

King Air D-IMPO which had arrived on Tuesday evening spent the day parked
on the Elmdon apron before departing back to Bielefeld

Flight Calibration Services Navajo Chieftain G-FCSL visited to check the ILS/Instrument Landing System

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Tuesday 7 March 2017 - ASL Airlines Boeing 737SF F-GIXC operates a cargo charter to Vienna

ASL Airlines Boeing 737-38BSF F-GIXC was a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron....

.... when it positioned in from Toulouse - its first visit to BHX

.... to operate a cargo charter to Vienna

Fleet Air International Saab 340AF HA-TAB was an early morning arrival operating a cargo charter
from Bucharest - it had been escorted into BHX following a loss of communications by two RAF
"Quick Reaction Alert" Eurofighter Typhoons - for a full photo report see here Photo: Ron Kosys

Zimex Aviation ATR 72-202F HB-ALQ was an early morning arrival from Porto spending the day
parked up on the Elmdon apron - it is still in the basic colours of former operator Aurigny

flybe Dash 8-402Q G-PRPK which is still in United Express colours did engine runs on Taxiway Juliet before....

.... taxying over to Stand 83 - it later departed to East Midlands for painting into flybe colours Photo: Matt Waudby

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

Icelandair Boeing 757-208 TF-FIP operated their flight from Reykjavik Keflavik - the aircraft
has recently been fitted with Aviation Partners Boeing Scimitar Blended Winglets

Eurowings Airbus A320-214 D-AIZS operated their afternoon service to Dusseldorf

Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBC operated their afternoon flight from Munich

Robinson R-44 Raven II G-MUSH was a day stopping visitor on the Elmdon apron

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