Saturday 11 July 2015 - Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-REL flying in flybe colours for Aer Lingus

Stobart Air ATR 72-212A EI-REL which is in flybe's new purple colour scheme operated
the delayed mid-morning Aer Lingus service from Dublin

Enter Air Boeing 737-85F SP-ENZ operated their weekly IT flight from Kefalonia

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW which had arrived on Thursday a lunchtime departure to Vatry

Air X Charter Boeing 737-505 9H-OME which had arrive on Friday positioned out to Luton

Speedwings Executive Jet Citation Excel OE-GXL was a morning visitor....

.... to the Elmdon apron departing to Toulon

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

Sunday 28 December 2014 - Thomson Boeing 757-28A G-OOBF flying to Orlando for TCS Expeditions

Thomson Boeing 757-28A G-OOBF was a morning departure positioning out to Orlando Sanford....

.... to operate a round the world air tour on behalf of "TCS Expeditions" whose titles it wears

Swiss Airbus A321-212 HB-IOM operated their morning service to Zurich

Eastern Airways Embraer 145MP G-CGWV which had arrived from Newcastle on Saturday evening spent
the day parked up before taking Sunderland home after their Premier League match against Aston Villa

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW which had arrived on Saturday afternoon was loaded with....

.... relief supplies before departing to Juba in South Sudan via Heraklion and Luxor Photos: Mike Hollick

Blink Cessna 510 Mustang G-FBNK and....

Beechjet 400XP N497XP where visitors to the Elmdon apron while....

Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED which has been based on standby over the Christmas
holidays while Oxford Airport was closed remained parked up Photos: Mike Hollick

Saturday 27 December 2014 - Cavok Air, Jet2 Holidays and Wizz Air are overnight diversions due to snow

Cavok Air Antonov 12BP UR-CKL was a morning departure positioning over to East Midlands....

.... it was one of a number of diversions on Friday evening when East Midlands had been closed
by snow - it had held for two hours before diverting to BHX - other diversions included....

Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737-8K5 G-GDFU which had arrived from Arrecife - its first visit as such although....

.... it had previously visited when it was D-AHFX with TUIfly - it positioned back to East Midlands

Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737-85P G-GDFF had arrived from Tenerife also a first visit as such....

.... it had previously visited as EC-HGP with Air Europe - it also returned to East Midlands

Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LWF had diverted in from Doncaster which was also closed by snow....

.... it positioned back to Katowice from where it had arrived - this was its first visit to BHX

Swiss Airbus A321-111 HB-IOC operated their delayed morning service to Zurich

Austrian Airbus A320-214 OE-LBR operated their weekly IT/inclusive tour flight from Innsbruck

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

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW was a late afternoon arrival from Ponta Delgada
in the Azores as it positioned to operate an aid flight to South Sudan on Sunday

Aviation Beaumont Citation XLS G-OJER made a brief lunchtime visit to the Elmdon apron

Hangar8 Hawker 900XP G-URTH was an afternoon arrival from Edinburgh

Friday 26 September 2014 - Danish Air Transport/DAT ATR 72-202 OY-RUG operating on charter to flybe

Danish Air Transport/DAT ATR 72-202 OY-RUG which is on charter to flybe operated their
morning service to/from Glasgow before visiting the Elmdon apron for a crew change

RAF Airbus A330 Voyager KC2 ZZ338 made an afternoon visit....

.... while operating a training flight from RAF Aldergrove/Belfast International

.... after a brief stop on the Elmdon apron it continued onto RAF Brize Norton Photo: Mike Hollick

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW spent the afternoon parked up in the sun.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... having earlier operated a freight charter from Casablanca

Challenger 300 D-BIGA made a brief morning visit while....

SaxonAir Beechjet 400XP G-KLNR was an afternoon visitor Photo: Mike Hollick

Citation XLS G-RSXL made a brief afternoon visit

Aviation Beauport Citation XLS G-CXLS was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Oxfam operate a relief flight to Juba in South Sudan from Birmingham Airport using Antonov 12 UR-CGW

Oxfam operated a relief flight to Juba in South Sudan from Birmingham Airport on Sunday 18 May 2014....

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW positioned in from Riga to operate the flight....

.... which was carrying a large amount of Oxfam relief supplies for South Sudan

.... including a framed tent - yes everything in these photos was to go inside the Antonov 12!

Loading of the Antonov 12 soon started....

.... with all the crates having to be carefully positioned and tied down - it was a long
slow process as it was important to get the aircraft's "weight and balance" correct....

.... but finally everything was on board with every inch of space used!!

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW then started up for Heraklion its first stop
en-route to Aswan, Egypt and then onto Juba in South Sudan....

.... it was almost certainly the heaviest loaded Antonov 12 to ever depart Birmingham

.... so made full use of the runway followed by a long slow climb out

The flight was organised by Air Charter Services on behalf of Oxfam
and was handled at Birmingham Airport by Blue City Aviation

Donations to the Oxfam South Sudan emergency response appeal can be made here -

 www.oxfam.org.uk

Sunday 18 May 2014