Sunday 22 June 2008 - Norwegian Boeing 737-31S LN-KHA makes its first visit to BHX

Norwegian used their new Boeing 737-31S LN-KHA on

their service from Warsaw - its first visit to BHX

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For the second week in a row Swiftair MD 83 EC-JUG

operated the Air Bee/Itali Airlines IT flight to Naples
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Eurocypria Boeing 737-800 5B-DBX operated their flight from Larnaca
and is seen on Taxiway Charlie after landing on Runway 15

Wednesday 28 April 2010 - Cello's new Avro Business Jet G-RAJJ makes its first visit to BHX!!

Cello Aviation's "Avro Business Jet" BAe 146-200 G-RAJJ

made its first visit to BHX arriving from Southend....

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.... and parking on the Elmdon apron
. .... to be welcomed by Cello's Birmingham based staff
. The aircraft has a 46 VIP interior and will be available for charter
Photo: Mike Hollick .. For more information on Cello please see -
http://celloaviation.blogspot.com/ and http://www.flycello.com/
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The aircraft later returned to Southend and will be on
display at EBACE in Geneva between 2-6 May 2010
. Eurocypria Boeing 737-8Q8 5B-DBR operated their IT flight to Paphos
."Lu" - Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILU operated
their morning service to Frankfurt
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Businesswings Twin Otter D-IVER was a lunchtime visitor

to the Elmdon apron operating a priority freight charter

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Synergy Super King Air G-SYGA spent the day parked up....

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.... on the Elmdon apron where Cherokee Arrow G-AXWZ....
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.... and Agusta A-109S Grand G-STGR were also visitors

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

Wednesday 27 October 2010 - Eurocypria Boeing 737 5B-DBZ flying for Cyprus Airways

Eurocypria Boeing 737-8BK 5B-DBZ operated the final Wednesday

afternoon Cyprus Airways flight for the summer 2010 season
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Air Berlin Airbus A319-112 D-ABGP operated their flight to Hannover
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Bin Air Merlin IV C D-CCCC was an afternoon arrival

operating a priority freight charter
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Eurojet Citation Excel G-CBRG spent the day parked up
on the Elmdon apron

Sunday 24 October 2010 - Lufthansa Embraer 190 D-AECA operates flight to Frankfurt

Lufthansa Regional Embraer 190-100LR D-AECA operated

their mid morning flight to Frankfurt

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Eurocypria Boeing 737-8Q8 5B-DBR operated their flight to Larnaca
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Turkish Boeing 737-752 TC-JKN operated their flight to Istanbul
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RAF Islander CC.2B ZH537 was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 17 October 2010 - Onur Air Airbus A320 TC-OBH operates IT flight to Dalaman

Onur Air Airbus A320-233 TC-OBH operated their IT flight to Dalaman

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CityLine Embraer 190-100LR D-AECG operated the morning

Lufthansa service to Frankfurt
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Eurocypria Boeing 737-8Q8 5B-DBX operated their

weekly IT flight to Larnaca
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Thomas Cook Boeing 767-31KER G-DAJC operated their

weekly IT flight from Dalaman
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Netjets Citation XLS CS-DFU was a lunchtime visitor
to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 10 October 2010 - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Boeing BBJ HZ-MF1 departs

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Boeing 737-7FG BBJ HZ-MF1 was
a late afternoon departure to Paris Le Bourget....

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.... it had arrived on Saturday evening and had spent the day
day parked up on the Elmdon apron.. Photo: Ron Kosys
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KLM cityhopper Embraer 190-100LR PH-EZI operated

their late afternoon service from Amsterdam
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLU which had arrived

on Saturday evening positioned out to Norwich
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Eurocypria Boeing 737-8Q8 5B-DBV operated their
weekly IT flight to Larnaca
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TAS Aviation Citation Bravo EC-KKO was a morning arrival
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Fox Flight Learjet 35A C-GUAO which was an early morning arrival
spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron.. Photo: Ron Kosys

Wednesday 6 October 2010 - Air Berlin Airbus A319 D-ABGI makes its first visit to BHX

Air Berlin Airbus A319-112 D-ABGI - which is in the interim new

scheme - operated their flight to Hannover - its first visit to BHX

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Eurocypria Boeing 737-8Q8 5B-DBV operated the afternoon

Cyprus Airways service from Larnaca
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A busy day for business aircraft! - the final day of the Conservative

Party Conference at the ICC in Birmingham saw the departure of

Hawker 1000B M-FINK which had arrived on Monday....
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.... and Falcon 7X VP-BZE which had arrived last Saturday
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VistaJet Learjet 40 OE-GVX was a morning arrival....
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.... while London Executive Challenger 300 G-KSFR.. Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... and Kraft Foods Gulfstream 550 N550KF both made brief

morning visits to the Elmdon apron.. Photo: Laurence Jones