Thursday 12 July 2012 - Airport Fire Service marks 15 years of United Airlines at Birmingham Airport

The Airport Fire Service were on hand to mark the celebration of
the 15th anniversary of United Airlines service to Birmingham....
.

.... with a water cannon salute as Boeing 757-224 N17128 taxied
for departure back to Newark, New York, as the "UA 027"....
.

.... with the early morning sun creating a rainbow!
.

For more on United Airlines 15th anniversary celebration see here
.

Swiftair Embraer Brasilia EC-HTS which is normally a
nocturnal visitor operating the FedEx Feeder flight
from/to Belfast International failed to depart and spent the
day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Citation II N80AX which was formerly G-JETJ with Eurojet
finally reappeared out of their hangar and departed to Wick
on delivery to the USA Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov An 12BK UR-CAH was an
evening departure with a load of freight for Monrovia
via Malaga by which time it was raining again!

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 ....

.

.... 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"!!

.

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
.

Eurocypria Boeing 737-8BK 5B-DBZ operated their

much delayed IT flight to Paphos

.

Hawker 850XP G-CERX was an overnight arrival

spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron....
.

.... while Eurojet Citation XLS G-KPEI was an afternoon visitor
operating a training flight

Thursday 31 July 2014 - Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANB completes one year of service to BHX

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANB operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi....

.... effectively the first anniversary of the service which had started on
Thursday 1 August 2013 - the flight does not operate on a Friday!

easyJet Airbus A319-111 which wears the "Linate - Fiumicino Per Tutti" special
colour scheme operated their morning service to Belfast International

Atlantique Air Assistance Beech 1900C F-GVLC which had arrived on Wednesday....

.... was an afternoon departure to Nantes

Challenger 601 N23SB which had arrived on Thursday spent the day parked up

Citation XLS+ G-CHUI was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
- this former Eurojet aircraft is now operated by Air Charter Scotland

SaxonAir Beechjet 400XP G-KLNR was a lunchtime visitor Photos: Mike Hollick

Monday 11 August 2014 - Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANQ makes its first visit to BHX in the rain!

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANQ operated their flight from Amritsar via Delhi....

.... arriving in the middle of an unseasonal downpour! - its first visit to BHX

Turkmenistan Boeing 757-22K EZ-A012 operated their flight from Ashkhabad

Germanwings Airbus A319-132 D-AGWG operated their flight to Berlin Tegel - its first visit to BHX

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECY - the "#purpleplane" - was a morning departure to Jersey and Guernsey

Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TAD spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Cessna 500 Citation G-LOFT - which had been stored in the former Eurojet hangar
since last year - was a morning departure to Coventry while.... Photos: Mike Hollick

.... former Eurojet Cessna 500 Citation G-JTNC which has recently been registered
G-BWFL appeared out of the hangar

.... also departing to Coventry during the late afternoon - this leaves

.... Cessna 500 Citation G-DJAE as the only remaining aircraft in the former Eurojet
hangar - it is being dismantled and will leave by road in due course

Cirrus SR22T N648AB which had diverted in from Coventry on Sunday evening
spent the day parked up Photos: Mike Hollick

Gallagher Eurocopter Ecureuil II G-GHER was a morning arrival....

.... spending the day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Thursday 7 August 2014 - Former Eurojet Citation G-JTNC registered G-BWFL while G-IPAX departs

Former Eurojet Cessna 500 Citation G-JTNC has now been re registered G-BWFL 

following its recent sale and is being prepared for departure.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... while former Eurojet Citation Excel G-IPAX was towed out of the hangar

.... having also been sold to start up on the Elmdon apron

.... and then departed to Doncaster and its new owner

Citation Jet D-IRKE was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... departing during the afternoon

Challenger 601 N23SB made a brief afternoon visit before departing to Luton Photo: Mike Hollick

Gama Aviation Learjet 45 G-GMAA was an evening visitor operating an air ambulance flight

Cessna 177 G-TOTO was another day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EMK which is in the "National Express - UK Airport Transfers" logo jet ....

.... colour scheme operated their early morning service to Ibiza

Eurowings Canadair CRJ900LR D-ACNF operated the morning Lufthansa service to Dusseldorf - the aircraft
wears additional Germanwings titles by the front passenger door for when used on their services

bmi regional Embraer 145EU G-EMBJ which operated their service to Gothenburg is now devoid of titles

PIA Boeing 777-240LR AP-BGY operated their flight to Islamabad - a now rare visit by a long range "77L" to BHX

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZIW operated their evening service from Belfast International - the
aircraft wears the "Linate - Fiumicino Per Tutti" special colour scheme - Per Tutti = For All

Aer Lingus Airbus A321-211 EI-CPH operated their evening service from Dublin in place of the usual A320