Sunday 28 June 2009 - Twinjet Airbus A319CJ G-NMAK departs to Antigua

Twinjet Airbus A319CJ G-NMAK departed to Antigua
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Premier 1A M-YAIR was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Saturday 11 April 2015 - Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBS "Building Bridges" for Eurovision 2015

Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBS operated their final IT flight of the ski season from Innsbruck....

.... the aircraft wears additional "Building Bridges" markings on the rear fuselage promoting
the Eurovision Song Contest which is being held in Vienna during May 2015

.... the other side of the aircraft retains their normal colour scheme!

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYK operated their flight to Malaga

Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIF was a morning departure to Cancun, Mexico....

.... the aircraft is now named "Neil" after the winner of the Thomson #787pics competition

easyJet Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-JXD operated their service to Geneva - its first visit to BHX

Enter Air Boeing 737-4Q8 SP-ENA operated a return charter from Lourdes  before positioning back

United Boeing 757-224 N14120 operated their service to Newark - the aircraft is in "Star Alliance" colours

Air France Airbus A321-212 F-GTAH operated their morning service to Paris CDG

Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJB operated their morning service to Zurich after their Friday evening service was cancelled

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FIG operated their early morning service to Dublin - its first visit to BHX

Beechjet Premier 1A F-HNCY was a morning arrival....

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

Wednesday 4 February 2015 - Marine Nationale/French Navy Falcon 10MER 101 is an afternoon visitor

Marine Nationale/French Navy Falcon 10MER 101 was an afternoon visitor arriving
from Bergen and continuing onto Landivisiau Naval Air Base in Brittany Photo: Brett Allen

Beechjet Premier 1 M-GDRS made a brief afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron

Network Rail Twin Squirrel 2 G-NLDR was an afternoon arrival parking up to night stop
- it is operated on behalf of Network Rail by PDG Helicopters

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW which arrived from Graz on Tuesday evening spent the day parked up

Saturday 2 August 2014 - Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EMK "National Express - UK Airport Transfers"

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EMK operated their service to Bratislava having earlier arrived from Murcia...

.... on its first visit to BHX since it gained a "National Express - UK Airport Transfers" logo jet colour scheme

Air Contractors Boeing 737-4YO EI-JRD operated the morning Ryanair service from Dublin - its first visit to BHX

.... it has been leased in with EI-JRE for the peak summer season and these aircraft will be operating
the Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon Ryanair flights from Dublin during August 2014

Air Explore Boeing 737-4YO OM-AEX which is also on lease to Ryanair diverted in while operating a
Dublin - Leeds service due to poor visibility at the latter airport - after refuelling it continued to Leeds

Air Europa Boeing 737-85P EC-LPQ was a wet morning arrival from Barcelona - another first visit to BHX....

.... parking on the Elmdon apron - it had positioned in to collect FC Barcelona

.... after their pre-season training at the Football Association's St George's Park training facility

.... and take them to Nice to play a pre-season friendly before returning to Barcelona

Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-394TI which had arrived on Friday departed to Stockholm.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... climbing quickly off Runway 15

.... before finally finding a sunny break as it made a signature Antonov 12 departure

RAF Hercules C4 ZH869 was an afternoon visitor on a medevac flight - after an extended tour of the airfield....

.... it parked on the Elmdon apron before continuing to RAF Brize Norton Photo: Mike Hollick

West Air Europe BAe ATP SE-MAO which had positioned in from Guernsey spent the day parked up in
preparation for operating the newspaper flight to the Isle of Man on Sunday morning Photo: Mike Hollick

Luxwing Citation VII 9H-WII made a lunchtime visit to the Elmdon apron

Fly Alpha Beechjet 390 Premier 1A D-IDBA made a brief morning visit

Sunday 2 February 2014 - Air France Airbus A321-212 F-GTAE flying in "Skyteam" colours

Air France Airbus A321-212 F-GTAE which operated their afternoon service to Paris CDG....

.... the aircraft is in "Skyteam" colours and was on its first visit to BHX

Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABMV operated their flight from Paderborn - also on its first visit to BHX

Beechjet 390 Premier 1 G-OOMC was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Flight Calibration Services Navajo Chieftain G-FCSL spent the day calibrating the ILS - Instrument Landing System

Thursday 20 June 2013 - Travel Service Boeing 737-8Z9 OK-TVX in "Prague (loves) You" scheme!

Travel Service Boeing 737-8Z9 OY-TVX operated the return Olympic Holidays flight from Zakynthos
in place of the previously planned Enter Air Boeing 737 - the aircraft is in the "Prague (loves) You"
special colour scheme and had previously visited when operated by Austrian Airlines as OE-LNR

Jettime Boeing 737-3Y0 OY-JTB operated the morning SAS service to Copenhagen

DC Aviation Airbus A319-133X CJ D-ADNA was an afternoon arrival from Glasgow bringing in
Bruce Springsteen and team for his concert at the Rioch Arena, Coventry Photo: Mike Hollick

Beechjet 390 Premier 1A D-ISAG made a brief afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron while....

Cessna 210M Centurion G-TOTN arrived to night stop Photos: Mike Hollick

Monday 11 March 2013 - Beechjet 390 Premier 1A D-ISAR visits the Elmdon apron

Beechjet 390 Premier 1A D-ISAR was a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron

parking up to night stop at BHX Photo: Mike Hollick

Gulfstream 550 EI-GDL was a morning arrival parking up on the Elmdon apron

as visitors started to arrive for the "Cheltenham Festival" racing week

SAS Boeing 737-7BX SE-RES operated their service to Stockholm Arlanda

Star Air Boeing 767-25EF OY-SRK flying on behalf of UPS 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