Thursday 29 July 2010 - Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-603 EP-MNR operates their service from Tehran

Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-603 EP-MNR operated

their flight from Tehran - only its third visit to BHX

.

Koral Blue Airbus A320-214 SU-KBE operated their weekly
IT flight to sharm el Sheikh - the first time for many weeks

that they have used one of their own aircraft on the service

.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DLG operated their morning

service to Dublin - the aircraft wears "Zegnamy PLL LOT"

titles - or "Bye Bye LOT"
.

Rooney Air Citation XLS G-OROO was an afternoon visitor
to the Elmdon apron departing to Newcastle

Ryanair launch Birmingham Airport base - and announce another 9 new routes!!

An Ozzy Osbourne look alike was on hand to launch the new Ryanair base with Peter Vella,
BHX's Business Development Director and Ryanair's Bridget Dowling and a member of their crew

Ryanair (FR), Europe’s largest low fares airline today,
Tuesday 17 June 2008, started its 25th base in Birmingham.
Ryanair also announced today that it will launch 9 new routes
to, Alicante, Derry, Fuerteventura, Katowice, Kaunas, Krakow,
Palma, Malaga and Murcia in October 2008
.
Celebrating Ryanair’s 25th base in Birmingham today, Ryanair’s

Bridget Dowling said: "There’s a double celebration at Birmingham
International Airport this week. We’re celebrating the arrival of our
first based aircraft here and we’re also announcing a further 9 new
routes which go on sale today. With 32 low fare routes announced
from Birmingham to date, people of the West Midlands no longer
have to suffer BA high fares or their high fuel surcharges
.
By 2012 , Ryanair’s will have 10 aircraft based in Birmingham,

which will deliver 5M passengers p. a. sustaining 5,000 jobs. This

will equate to £400 M visitor spend for the West Midlands. While

other airlines, like BA, are busy increasing fares and fuel surcharges,
Ryanair is guaranteeing the lowest fares and no fuel surcharges

.

Peter Vella, Birmingham Airport's Business Development Director,

said: "We are delighted to be officially unveiling Birmingham Airport
as Ryanair's 25th base as well as welcoming the announcement of
these further nine scheduled routes from the airport. These new
services will offer passengers travelling from their local airport even
greater choice and flexibility, allowing them to travel from within
their region - whether that be for leisure or business"

.

Peter Vella, Business Development Director of Birmingham Airport

and Bridget Dowling of Ryanair welcome the crew of the first flight
.

The first Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS to be based at BHX
- EI-DPE - departs on their first service to Dinard
.

Ryanair will now be serving 32 destinations
from Birmingham Airport -

Alicante, Biarritz, Billund, Bologna, Bratislava, Bydgoszcz, Dinard,
Dublin, Frankfurt (Hahn), Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Gerona, Katowice,
Kaunas, Krakow, Londonderry, Marseille, Malaga, Murcia, Olbia, Oslo,
Palma, Perpignan, Pisa, Poitiers, Porto, Shannon, Stockholm, Trieste,
Reus, Rzeszow & Trapani
.

Tuesday 17 June 2008

Wednesday 4 June 2008 - Ryanair move operations to Terminal 2 as they prepare to open BHX base

Ryanair moved their flights into Terminal 2 preparation for

the opening of their BHX base on 17th June 2008....

.

.... the first service - the FR662/663 from/to Dublin was

operated by Boeing 737-8AS EI-DAY....
.

.... followed shortly afterwards by Boeing 737-8AS EI-DWK

operating the FR 5681/5682 from/to Pisa
.

Adria used Canadair CRJ 900LR S5-AAK, in place of the

planned Fokker 100, on their delayed service to Ljubljana

Monday 2 June 2008 - Orionair BAe 146-300 EC-JVO flying for CityJet/Air France to Paris CDG

CityJet used Orionair BAe 146-300 EC-JVO on the delayed

Air France "AF 5132/5135" service from/to Paris CDG

.

Boeing 737-8AS EI-DAF operated the lunchtime Ryanair flight from/to

Dublin - the aircraft wears additional "City of Nykoping" titles

Sunday 31 May 2009 - Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-SGH operates IT flight from Dalaman

Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-SGH arrived from Dalaman on

the return sector of an extra IT flight for the Bank Holiday before

positioning to Glasgow. It wears additional "Scottravel Holidays"

titles on the lower rear fuselage
.

Emirates Airbus A330-243 A6-EAK arrived from Dubai operating

the final Airbus evening service before it is upgraded to a Boeing 777

operation effective from Monday 1 June 2009
.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EFF operated their evening service from

Dublin - its second visit of the day having "first visited" at lunchtime
.

Gulfstream 550 EI-GDL was an early evening arrival parking

on the Elmdon apron

Thursday 22 May 2008 - Eurowings BAe 146 D-AEWP operates Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt

Eurowings BAe 146-300 D-AEWP operated the morning

Lufthansa service from Frankfurt
.

Challenger 300 D-BUBI - which had arrived on Wednesday

evening - spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron
.

As part of the preparations for Ryanair's move into Terminal 2
in early June a full trial run took place with their lunchtime flight

FR666/667 from/to Dublin operating from Terminal 2
. The flight was operated by Boeing 737-8AS EI-CTA

Thursday 8 May 2008 - Air Baltic Boeing 737 YL-BBD flying for SAS

Air Baltic Boeing 735-53S YL-BBD operated the evening

SAS service from Copenhagen

.

KLM cityhopper Fokker 100 PH-OFF operated their evening flight
from Amsterdam. The aircraft is in their new colour scheme
. Koral Blue Airbus A320-212 SU-KBA operated their
IT flight from Sharm el Sheikh
.Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DAD operated their morning service from
Dublin. The aircraft wears "No Lufthansa Fuel Surcharge" titles

Thursday 1 May 2008 - Koral Blue Airbus A320 SU-KBA operates their first service to BHX!

Koral Blue Airbus A320 SU-KBA operated their first service of the
summer 2008 IT season - flight KBR 4488 from Sharm el Sheikh

.

VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLY operated the return sector of a charter flight

from Hanover before positioning out to Antwerp
.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-CTB operated their lunchtime service from

Dublin - the aircraft wears additional "Say No to BA fuel levy" titles

Sunday 27 April 2008 - Heineken Cup semi final played at Ricoh Stadium, Coventry

The second semi final of the Heineken Cup between Saracens
and Munster resulted in a "fly in" of Irish rugby fans....

.

....Thomas Cook Boeing 767-300 G-DAJC arrived from Shannon and

spent the day parked up on the 80's stands....

. .... while Monarch Airbus A330-200 G-SMAN arrived from Cork

and then positioned out to Gatwick
.

Titan BAe 146 G-ZAPN arrived from Shannon and parked up for the day on Terminal 2
. Ryanair operated a number of extra flights - Boeing 737-8AS EI-CSZ

which wears "Arrivederci Alitalia!" titles operated an early

morning rotation from Shannon
. Monarch Airbus A300-600R G-OJMR positioned in late on Saturday

night and parked up on the 80's stands before operating the return

charter flight to Cork

Monday 11 December 2017 - Seeing double Emirates Airbus A380s as 4 visit after Sundays snowfall

Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOY operated their lunchtime flight from Dubai landing as
A380-842 A6-EUY which had diverted to Manchester the previous day was still boarding

As no stand was available A380 A6-EOY then had to hold on Taxiway Alpha while a
number of following arrivals landed and then backtracked down Runway 33 to pass it

Emirates Airbus A380-842 A6-EUY was soon on its way albeit nearly 24 hours late....

.... departing to Dubai and causing its own snowstorm as it lifted off Runway 33

As a result of Sunday's diversions both of which went to Manchester and then returned
today/Monday a total of 4 Emirates Airbus A380s operated through Birmingham -

1030/1230 EK39D/8040 388 from Manchester/to Dubai A6-EUY
- return of flight diverted on Sunday - Emirates
1125/1330 EK039/040 388 from/to Dubai A6-EOY
- planned aircraft allocation - Emirates
1730/1930 EK37D/8038 388 from Manchester/to Dubai A6-EOX
- return of flight diverted on Sunday - Emirates
1845/2050 EK037/038 388 from/to Dubai A6-EDJ
- planned aircraft allocation - Emirates

Above are "planned times - the final flight did not depart until after 0200 Tuesday morning!

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-GDF operated their flight from Tenerife - its first visit to BHX

Icelandair Boeing 757-23N TF-FIC operated their flight from Reykjavik Keflavik going on
an extended airport tour on arrival due to a number stands still being blocked by snow

Jet2 Boeing 737-8K5 G-GDFX positioned in from Belfast to operate their flight to Krakow
as they brought in additional capacity to catch up after Sunday's snow related delays

Jet2 Boeing 737-86Q G-GDFY operated their flight to Tenerife

SAS Airbus A321-232 OY-KBE operated their morning service to Copenhagen
after their Sunday afternoon service was cancelled due to the snow

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZWY operated their flight from Geneva
as they increased their schedule for the start of the ski season

easyJet Airbus A320-214 G-EZRD operated their mid-morning service to Belfast International

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-FLBD taxy's to the terminal from the Monarch Aircraft Engineering hangar

Air Taxi Europe Cessna 406 Caravan II D-IFFF was an afternoon arrival
on the Elmdon apron - the Germans don't let a little snow stop them!!

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Saturday 6 May 2017 - Blue Air Boeing 737-8K5 YR-BMI flying in basic Transaero colours

Blue Air Boeing 737-8K5 YR-BMI operated their flight from Bucharest - its first visit to BHX....

.... the aircraft has recently entered service with Blue Air and still wears the basic
colour scheme of its previous operator Transaero (of Russia)

HOP! Embraer 190-100LR F-HBLH operated the lunchtime Air France flight from Paris CDG

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FZM operated their lunchtime service to Dublin

Jet2 Boeing 737-8K5 G-JZHC operated their service from Reus - note the different titles/slogans
to based Jet2 aircraft - this flight is operated weekly by a Newcastle based aircraft

Freebird Airbus A320-214 TC-FHC was an evening arrival from Gothenburg
to operate a new weekly IT/inclusive tour flight to Antalya for the summer

Global Express N928SZ was a morning arrival when it positioned over from Coventry
for weekend parking after earlier arriving from Teterboro, New York

United Technologies Falcon 2000EX N308U was a morning arrival from Washington Dulles....

.... spending the day parked up on the Elmdon Apron before departing

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