Wednesday 14 October 2009 - Businesswings Twin Otter D-IVER visits the Elmdon apron

Businesswings Twin Otter D-IVER which had arrived from Münster

Osnabrück on Tuesday evening operating a freight charter spent the

day parked on the Elmdon apron

.

Miniliner Fokker Friendship 500F I-MLRT which had arrived from

Milan Bergamo in the early hours positioned to Dusseldorf
.

Time Air Piper Cheyenne OK-MPM was another visitor....
.

.... while Citation 560XL N142AA which had arrived on Monday
afternoon spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron
.

flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-FLBE departed on delivery

to Olympic Air in Athens as the "BE 8031"
.

Eurowings BAe 146-300 D-AQUA operated the mid morning
Lufthansa service to Frankfurt

Tuesday 13 October 2009 - flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-FLBE flying in Olympic colours

Dash 8Q-400 G-FLBE positioned back from Norwich as the

"BE 039P" after painting into Olympic colours - after spending

the morning parked on Stand 23....

.

.... it entered service with flybe operating the "BE 7005" to Aberdeen
.

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZS operated their "KL 1422"

service to Amsterdam - its first visit to BHX - it was formerly

F-GLIS with Air France subsidiary Regional
.

Eurowings BAe 146-200 D-ACFA operated the mid morning

Lufthansa service to Frankfurt

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Thomas Cook Boeing 757-21K G-WJAN operated their flight to Toronto
.
PIA Boeing 777-240ER AP-BGL operated their flight from Islamabad
.

Boeing 737-73T BBJ N500LS which had arrived on Monday

evening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Saturday 12 September 2009 - Turkmenistan Boeing 737 EZ-A009 transits on delivery flight

Another day - another Turkmenistan delivery! - Boeing 737-7GL

EZ-A009 arrived from Boeing Field, Seattle, via Goose Bay and

after refueling continued its delivery flight to Ashgabat

.

Air Berlin Airbus A319 D-ABGH operated their flight to Hannover in

place on the usual 320 - the aircraft is in their interim new scheme
.

Dash 8Q-400 G-JECV continued to operate for flybe despite

having been repainted into Olympic colours
.

Onur Air MD 83 TC-OAT operated their service from Dalaman
in place of the usual Airbus A321
.
flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-JECL is named "The George Best"
.

Friday 11 September 2009 - Turkmenistan Boeing 737 EZ-A008 on delivery to Ashgabat

Turkmenistan Boeing 737-700 EZ-A008 prepares to line up

on Runway 33 for its departure to Ashgabat....

.

.... it had earlier arrived from Boeing Field via Goose Bay,

Canada, on its delivery flight

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Dash 8Q-400 G-JECV continued to operate flybe schedules despite

now being in Olympic colours - it will be leased to them in due course
.

City Airline Embraer 135 SE-RAB is still lacking its tail insignia
- it previously was in a "Depeche Mode" scheme in support of
that bands European tour
.
Jet Fly Citation Bravo OE-GLL was a morning arrival....
.
.... while NetJets Hawker 800XP was an evening arrival - both
aircraft parking up on the Elmdon apron

Thursday 3 September 2009 - Dash 8Q-400 G-PTHB off to be painted into Olympic colours

Dash 8Q-400 G-PTHB reappeared from the flybe hangar and

departed to Norwich as the "BE 038P" for painting into Olympic

colours - the aircraft will be registered SX-OBB in due course

.

Bell 430 N5120 was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 1 September 2009 - Turkmenistan Boeing 737 EZ-A006 on delivery from the US

Turkmenistan Boeing 737-700 EZ-A006 was a morning arrival

from Boeing Field via Goose Bay on its delivery flight....

.

.... after refueling it continued onto Ashgabat
.
Dash 8Q-400 G-JECV continued to operate flybe schedules despite
having been repainted into Olympic colours in preparation for a
lease - it is seen here departing on the "BE 7035" to Paris CDG
.
Turkish Airbus A321 TC-JRG operated their service to Istanbul
.
RAF C 17 ZZ172 was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
operating a Medevac flight before continuing onto Brize Norton
.
NetJets Gulfstream 450 N405QS was a morning visitor

Monday 31 August 2009 - Corendon Boeing 737 TC-TJC operates for Cyprus Turkish

Corendon Boeing 737-4Q8 TC-TJC operated the Cyprus Turkish KTHY

flight from Dalaman and Ercan in place of their usual Boeing 737-800

.

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Brit Air Canadair CRJ 700 F-GRZA operated the afternoon Air France

service from Lyon in place of the usual CRJ 100. Unlike other aircraft
in the fleet it is in their own colour scheme
.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EFP which wears additional ".... say

Yes to Europe" titles operated their morning service to Dublin
.

Dash 8Q-400 G-PTHB - the next aircraft due to go to Olympic -
arrived at 1300 from Reykjavik at the end of its delivery flight
from Canada as the "BE 040". This aircraft was originally planned
to be G-FLBG with flybe but it will now painted in Olympic colours
at Norwich and become SX-OBB in due course
.

flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-JECV which had arrived from Norwich on

Sunday after repainting into Olympic colours operated the

afternoon flybe service to/from Stuttgart - flights "BE 7125/7126

Sunday 30 August 2009 - Dash 8 G-JECV arrives from Norwich after painting in Olympic colours

flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-JECV arrived from Norwich as the "BE 042D"

after repainting into Olympic colours in preparation for its lease to

that airline. It parked up on Terminal 2 Stand 24

.

Wednesday 19 August 2009 - bmi Airbus A321 G-MEDF takes Aston Villa to Vienna

bmi 321 G-MEDF positioned in from Heathrow to take Aston Villa to

Vienna for their UEFA Europa League match against Rapid Vienna

on Thursday evening....

.

.... the aircraft was previously operated by British Airways

franchisee BMED and is in a hybrid colour scheme
.

Lufthansa Airbus A319 D-AILM operated their

morning service from Frankfurt
.

Dash 8Q-400 G-PTHA re-emerged from the flybe hangar now

registered SX-OBA and departed as "Pantheon 032P" to Norwich

for painting into Olympic colours – Pantheon are part of the

new Olympic Air and use flight code "NOA"

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RAF Islander CC2A ZF573 was an afternoon visitor

to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 16 August 2009 - Olympic Dash 8Q-402 G-FLBD departs on delivery to Athens

Olympic Dash 8Q-402 G-FLBD reappeared from the flybe hangar and

taxied to Terminal 2 in preparation for its departure on delivery....

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.... to Athens to where it departed as the "BE 031P" at 1040
.

G-FLBD is being leased to Olympic Air - a photo of it arriving in

Athens and more details of the other flybe aircraft going to Greece

can be seen at - http://athensairport.blogspot.com/
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Dash 8Q-400 G-PTHA - the next aircraft due to go to Olympic -

arrived at 1245 from Reykjavik at the end of its delivery flight

from Canada as the "BE 040". This aircraft was originally planned

to be G-FLBF with flybe but it will now painted in Olympic colours

at Norwich and become SX-OBA in due course
.

bmi Airbus A319 G-DBCI positioned in from Aberdeen to
operate the second of a series of peak season IT flights to Reus