Sunday 16 May 2010 - the Icelandic Volcanic Ash Cloud is coming back again....

.... but first we have the diversions! With the Volcanic Ash Cloud

returning to UK air space many airports north of BHX closed

resulting in a large number of aircraft diverting in during the

afternoon filling the 70's and 80's stands....

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.... and with 7 Ryanair Boeing 737's parking on Taxiway Tango

the former cross/short runway - BHX closed at 1900.....

Aurigny ATR 72-202 G-BWDB operated the afternoon Guernsey

to Manchester service to BHX while ....
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.... a number of biz jets also diverted including Learjet 40XR G-HPPY
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.... and Learjet 31A D-CSAP
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Pegasus Boeing 737-8S3 TC-APH operated their weekly flight
to Antalya - the aircraft wears billboard "flypgs.com" titles
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Turkmenistan Boeing 737-7GL EZ-A007 was an early morning
visitor as it made a fuel stop on its way back to Ashkabad from

Lackland in the US where it had been for maintenance

Tuesday 14 April 2009 - Turkmenistan Boeing 767 EZ-A700 on the way to the USA!!

Turkmenistan Boeing 767-300 EZ-A700 prepares to depart for

Lakeland/Kelly AFB outside San Antonio in Texas, USA....

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.... it had earlier arrived from Ashkabad, Turkmenistan, and is a

VIP/Goverment aircraft like Boeing 737-700 EZ-A007 which had

passed through BHX in the opposite direction at the start of April -

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Air Slovakia Boeing 757 OM-ASG operated their service from

Amritsar via Bratislava before positioning out to Paris CDG
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Monarch Airbus A321 G-OZBT positioned in from Manchester
to operate a service to Palma - its first visit to BHX
. Regional Fokker 100 F-GPXL operated the early morning
Air France service from/to Paris CDG in place of the usual
CityJet Avro RJ 85 - its second visit to BHX in a week

Tuesday 31 January 2017 - Blue Air Boeing 737-42C YR-BAO operates their flight from Bucharest

Blue Air Boeing 737-42C YR-BAO operated their service from Bucharest - only its second visit....

.... and its first visit since it was recently repainted in their new colour scheme

Turkmenistan Boeing 757-22K EZ-A011 operated their flight to Ashkhabad

Condor Boeing 757-330 D-ABOA was an early morning departure operating their final charter
to Faro, Portugal, in conjunction with the launch of the new Skoda Kodiaq SUV

Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TVJ which had arrived from Ostrava on Monday
evening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Luxembourg Air Rescue Learjet 45 LX-ONE which had arrived on Monday
evening was a morning departure to Catania

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Tuesday 17 May 2016 - RAF Airbus A400M Atlas C1 ZM406 makes two approaches to Runway 15

RAF Airbus A400M Atlas C1 ZM406 made two low approaches and go arounds....

.... to Runway 15 during the afternoon

.... only the second visit of this new type of aircraft in RAF service to BHX

.... after the second approach it continued onto RAF Brize Norton

Turkmenistan Boeing 737-82K EZ-A017 operated their flight to Ashkhabad

Smartlynx Estonia Airbus A320-214 ES-SAK operated the Blue Air flight to Bucharest

Bright Flight Antonov 26B LZ-FLL was a morning arrival from Dusseldorf joining
Antonov 26B LZ-FLA which had arrived in the early hours of the morning

Sky Taxi Saab 340A SP-MRB was a morning arrival from Wroclaw operating a freight charter
- the aircraft wears additional IGAvion titles for when it is used on passenger services in France

Eurocopter Ecureuil II G-DCAM was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

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Sunday 1 May 2016 - Air India Express Boeing 737-86N VT-GHB spends the day parked up

Air India Express  Boeing 737-86N VT-GHB spent the day parked up on Stand 71 before
departing on Sharjah and onto India during the evening Photo: Ron Kosys

Czech Airlines Airbus A319-112 OK-NEP operated their flight from Prague....

.... it is has an image of Prague Castle on the rear fuselage

.... as part of the "Wow Prague" special colour scheme

Small Planet Airbus A320-233 SP-HAC operated their flight from Paderborn....

.... its first visit to BHX

Turkmenistan Boeing 777-22KLR EZ-A779 operated their flight from Ashkhabad

Iberia Express Airbus A320-214 EC-MEG operated their flight to Madrid - also on its first visit

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Friday 12 February 2016 - easyJet "Shakespeare" and "Hamburg" Airbus A319-111s are lunchtime visitors

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZBI which wears an image of William Shakespeare on the rear
fuselage operated their flight to Geneva - it is named "Romeo Alpha Juliet" while ....

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZBG which wears a "Hamburg" flag on the rear fuselage
operated their lunchtime service to Belfast International Photo: Ron Kosys

KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZS operated their lunchtime service to Amsterdam

Turkmenistan Boeing 777-22KLR EZ-A778 operated their flight to Ashkhabad....

.... departing off Runway 15

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYW operated their flight from Malaga

Wizz Air "Sharklet" Airbus A320-232 HA-LYA operated their flight from Warsaw while....

Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LWF operated their service to Poznan

Cello Aviation Boeing 737-476 G-RAJG operated a charter to Rome for the "Six Nations" Rugby match

Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJD operated their morning service to Zurich

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

Former TUIfly Nordic Boeing 767-304ER SE-RFS is now parked back on Stand 25

Jet Executive Learjet 55 D-CGBR was a lunchtime visitor operating an air ambulance flight Photo: Ron Kosys

Synergy Super King Air G-SYGA was a lunchtime visitor operating an air ambulance flight

Dart Group Navajo Chieftain G-IFIT was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

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