Tuesday 10 June 2008 - Sky Wings MD 83 SX-BTG flying for Viking Airlines to Heraklion

Sky Wings MD 83 SX-BTG operated the Viking Airlines
IT flight to Heraklion - the aircraft is in Viking colours
with small "operated by Sky Wings" titles

.

.Cimber Air Canadair RJ 200 OY-MAV departed back
to Basle at lunchtime

Monday 24 May 2010 - Delta Boeing 757-251 N544US diverts in due to Manchester security alert

Delta Boeing 757-251 N544US operating flight "DL 154" from
New York JFK was one of a number of aircraft to divert into
BHX when Manchester Airport was closed by a security alert....

.

.... after refueling it continued onto Manchester
.

The other two diversions were Continental Boeing 757-224 N17133

operating flight "CO 020" from Newark....
.

.... and Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-SGI which was in an all
white scheme with just a small "Istanbul - European Capital of

Culture" sticker by the front passenger door
.

Tailwind Airlines Boeing 737-4Q8 TC-TLC operated the KTHY

Cyprus Turkish Airlines flight from Dalaman and Ercan in

Northern Cyprus - the first visit of this Turkish airline to BHX
.

Viking Boeing 737-86N SE-RHX which had positioned in on

Sunday afternoon operated their weekly flight to northen Iraq
.

Citation CJ2 YU-BUU was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 4 May 2010 - seeing Viking double - Boeing 737's SE-RHU and SE-RHV at BHX

Seeing double Viking! - but note the different style titles -

Boeing 737-36N SE-RHV positioned in from Gatwick to operate

their weekly flight to northern Iraq....

.

.... while Boeing 737-36N SE-RHU which had been parked up on

the 70's stands positioned to Lasham for maintenance
.

SAS MD 82 SE-DIN operated their morning service

to Copenhagen in place of the usual Canadair CRJ 900

Tuesday 14 September 2010 - Aviavilsa ATR 42F LY-ETM spends the day parked up

Aviavilsa ATR 42-300F LY-ETM was a morning arrival from Rzeszow

in Poland via Leipzig and Rotterdam with a cargo of priority freight

- it spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron.. Photo: Mike Hollick

.

Viking Airlines Boeing 737-86N SE-RHS was a morning arrival from

northern Iraq via Malmo before positioning to Gatwick - this was

the final service of this weekly operation which has now ceased
.

Your Jet Citation Ultra HB-VNW....
.
.... and Citation Ultra HB-VLZ were both day stopping visitors
Photos: Mike Hollick

Monday 6 September 2010 - Viking Boeing 737 SE-RHR operates their flight to Northern Iraq

Viking Boeing 737-8Q8 SE-RHR operated their weekly flight

to Malmo and onto Northern Iraq

.

Aer Arran ATR 72-212 EI-SLL operated their service from Waterford
.
KLM cityhopper Embraer 190-100LR PH-EZR operated their
late afternoon service from Amsterdam - its first visit to BHX
.

Gulfstream IV N999GG made a brief visit to the Elmdon apron
before departing to the US while....
.

.... Gulfstream IV N317MJ which had arrived

on Saturday also departed to the US

Monday 19 July 2010 - Pegasus Boeing 737 TC-AAZ makes its first visit to BHX

Pegasus Boeing 737-82R TC-AAZ operated their

weekly IT flight to Dalaman - its first visit to BHX
.

Viking Boeing 737-8Q8 SE-RHR positioned in from Gatwick

to operate their weekly flight to Malmo and onto Northern Iraq

Monday 5 July 2010 - Viking Boeing 737 SE-RHR positions in from Gatwick

Viking Boeing 737-8Q8 SE-RHR positioned in from Gatwick

to operate their weekly flight to northern Iraq via Gotenburg
.

Thomson Boeing 757-2B7 G-OOBI which was previously in First

Choice colours has now been repainted into their new scheme
.

Challenger 605 HB-JGT was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron....
.

.... while Citation XLS D-CNOC visited during the afternoon

Monday 21 June 2010 - Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVH makes its first visit to BHX

Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVH operated the evening Swiss flight from

Zurich - its first visit to BHX - its was formerly F-GPNK with Regional
.

Cyprus Turkish KTHY Airbus A321-211 TC-KTD operated their

flight to Dalaman and onto Ercan - one of KTHY's final flights as

they ceased operations due to financial problems later in the day

.

Pegasus Boeing 737-8S3 TC-APH operated

their weekly IT flight from Dalaman
.

Viking Boeing 737-8Q8 SE-RHR operated their weekly flight
to Malmo and onto Northern Iraq

.

Cega Air Ambulance Beech 200 Super King Air G-CEGP
was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron

Monday 31 May 2010 - Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-GLKB on the way home!

Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-GLKB was an afternoon arrival from

Dubrovnik on its way home to Canada from the Maldives....

.

.... after refueling on the Elmdon apron it continued to Keflavik

.

Jet2 Boeing 737-33AQC G-CELO was an afternoon arrival from

Lisbon bringing the American group the "Black Eyed Peas" to

Birmingham for their Concert at the LG Arena, NEC....

.

.... CityLine Hungary Antonov 26 HA-TCN had arrived earlier

from Lisbon via Bordeaux with their equipment
.

Pegasus Boeing 737-86N TC-AAO operated the first of

a new weekly IT flight to Dalaman
.

Viking Boeing 737-8Q8 SE-RHR had positioned in on Sunday evening
to operate their weekly flight to Northern Iraq - its first visit to BHX
. Belgian Air Force Embraer 145LR CE-04 was an afternoon
visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 13 April 2010 - PIA Boeing 777LR AP-BGZ operates their flight to Islamabad

PIA Boeing 777-240LR AP-BGZ operated their flight

to Islambad in place of the usual 777-300

.

Viking Boeing 737-3Q8 SE-RHT operated their

weekly flight to Northern Iraq via Malmo
.

Suedzucker Beechjet 400A D-CEIS was a morning arrival

spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 16 March 2010 - Nightexpress Beech 99 D-IEXB operates freight charter flight

Nightexpress Beech 99 D-IEXB was a late afternoon arrival....

.

.... on the Elmdon apron operating a priority freight charter flight
.

Viking Boeing 737-3Q8 SE-RHT positioned in from Gatwick

to operate their weekly flight to Northern Iraq via Malmo
.

bmi regional Embraer 145EU G-EMBI operated their

afternoon service to Aberdeen
.

Citation Bravo OE-GLG was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 2 March 2010 - Viking Boeing 737 SE-RHU operates flight to northern Iraq

Viking Boeing 737-36N SE-RHU operated their weekly flight

to Northern Iraq via Gothenburg

.

KLM cityhopper Embraer 190 PH-EZC operated

their morning service to Amsterdam
.

Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-FDZS operated their weekly IT flight
to Taba, Egypt - the aircraft is in their new style colour scheme
.
Specsavers Beech King Air M-SPEC was a morning visitor
to the Elmdon apron