Saturday 11 October 2008 - early morning fog results in diversions from Hearhrow

.... United Boeing 777-200ER N204UA was operating flight UA924

from Washington Dulles when it diverted in parking on Stand 86C

.

.... after refueling it continued onto Heathrow
.
British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUPY was operating flight
BA761 from Oslo when it diverted in....

.... while British Airways Airbus A320 G-BUSK arrived as the
BA699 from Vienna before continuing onto Heathrow
.
Final diversion was British Airways Boeing 757 G-CPES on the
BA499 from Lisbon that was also soon on its way to Heathrow
.
Onur Air used MD 83 TC-OAV on their IT flight from Bodrum
in place of the usual Airbus A321 - the first time one of their
MD 83's has visited BHX

Friday 10 October 2008 - Titan Boeing 757 G-ZAPU operates a charter to Berlin Tegal

Titan Boeing 757-2Y0 G-ZAPU operated a charter flight to Berlin Tegal

.

Thomsonfly Boeing 767-304ER G-OBYJ operated their weekly

IT flight to Orlando Sanford. BHX is about to enter the final

week of operations by "TOM" 763 with a First Choice aircraft

set to take over these flights from Monday 20 October 2008
.

Thursday 9 October 2008 - Maldivian Air Taxi Twin Otter C-GKBR continues onto Brindisi

Maldivian Air Taxi/Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter C-GKBR

which had arrived from Keflavik on Wednesday evening

departed to Brindisi on its way to the Maldives. It wears

much larger Maldivian Air Taxi titles than recent visitors

Wednesday 8 October 2008 - Jet2 Boeing 757 G-LSAH evening visitor to the Elmdon apron

Jet2 Boeing 757 G-LSAH operated a charter flight - parking
on the Elmdon apron - before positioning to Manchester
. Cyprus Airways Airbus A320 5B-DBD departs off Runway 33 operating their service to Larnaca
.

Brit Air Canadair CRJ200 F-GRJE operated the
afternoon Air France service from Lyon

September 2008 passenger figures

Birmingham International Airport handled 984,245 passengers
during September, including 687,139 scheduled passengers and
297,106 charter passengers spread across the two passenger
terminals; an increase of 1.5% over the previous year
.
Peter Vella, Birmingham International Airport's Business
Development Director, said: "September saw an increase in
passengers travelling through the Airport compared against
the same month last year, which again re-affirms the reputation
of Birmingham Airport as the region's gateway to the world
.
With the Airport celebrating its busiest ever month in August
and with a number of exciting new routes launching in the coming
weeks and months, there has never been a better time for people
to fly from their local airport"
.
In September, growth was achieved on EU routes of 14.5%, while
the Irish Republic saw an increase of 7.2%
.
Scheduled routes that experienced growth in September includes:
Bratislava (+808.4%), Stuttgart (+617%), Larnaca (+86.6%),
Inverness (+69.6%), Marseille (+52.5%), Milan (+50.3%),
Ercan (+45.2%), Ibiza (+44%), Dusseldorf (+32.2%),
Copenhagen (+20.2%), Lisbon (+13.3%), Krakow (+8.8%),
Waterford (+6%), Amsterdam (+5.5%), Murcia (+5.4%),
Hanover (+4.4%), Dundee (+3.7%), Paris (+3.4%),
Faro (+3%), Zurich (+2.8%) and Arrecife (+2.8%)
.
Charter traffic which experienced growth were:
Egypt (+73.1%), Croatia (+24.5%), Madeira (+24.2%),
Mexico (+20.9%), Dominican Republic (+14.5%) and Bulgaria (+5%)
.
Wednesday 8 October 2008

Monday 6 October 2008 - Air Finland Boeing 757 OH-AFI visits the Elmdon apron

Air Finland Boeing 757 OH-AFI was an afternoon arrival

parking on the Elmdon apron....

.

.... before positioning out to Helsinki in the evening gloom
.
Police Service of Northern Ireland Islander G-BSWR
was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron
.
RAF C17 ZZ174 operated a medivac flight before positioning
to Brize Norton - another C17 ZZ176 had visited earlier

Sunday 5 October 2008 - Air Caraibes Airbus A330 F-OPTP positions out to Paris

Air Caraïbes Airbus A330-223 F-OPTP - which had arrived
on Saturday evening - positioned out to Paris Orly....

.

.... before its departure it was parked next to Airbus A340-213
HZ-124 on the 80's stands - a pity about the weather!!
.
Titan Boeing 757-256 G-ZAPX was an afternoon arrival
parking on the Elmdon apron
.
Eastern Jetstream 41 G-MAJM positioned in to operate
a charter flight on Monday morning. The aircraft is in a
"North East" colour scheme

Saturday 4 October 2008 - Air Caraibes Airbus A330 F-OPTP makes first visit to BHX

Air Caraïbes Airbus A330-200 F-OPTP arrived in the

gathering evening gloom and parked up on stand 85C

to night stop - its first visit to BHX

.

Eurocopter EC 155B1 Dauphin N604FD was a mid day

arrival parking on the Elmdon apron

Friday 3 October 2008 - Airbus A340 HZ-124 is a morning departure

Airbus A340-200 HZ-124 which had been parked up

at BHX for several days was a morning departure
.

Flightline MD 83 G-FLTL operated a charter flight to Tenerife
- while the aircraft has recently been on lease to VolareWeb

and worn their titles they had recently been painted out!
.

LTE Airbus A320 EC-JTA operated their weekly

IT flight to Tenerife
.

Aeronova Metro EC-JCU positioned in during the

afternoon to operate a freight flight
.

European Boeing 737-200 G-CEAE operated the

return charter flight from Montpellier
.

Based Legacy G-IRSH was a late afternoon arrival

Thursday 2 October 2008 - Bulgaria Air Boeing 737 LZ-BOW spends day parked up

Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-300 LZ-BOW spent the day parked

up on stand 82 waiting to take Litex Lovech back to Sofia

after their UEFA Cup match against Aston Villa

.

New flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOY - which was fomerly LN-RDG

with SAS - operated the morning service to/from Paris CDG

.

European Boeing 737-200 G-CEAE operated a

charter flight to Montpellier

Wednesday 1 October 2008 - Bulgaria Air Boeing 737 LZ-BOW arrives with Litex Lovech

Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-330 LZ-BOW arrived from Sofia

bringing Litex Lovech to Birmingham for their UEFA Cup

match against Aston Villa. The aircraft parked on stand 82

and should stay until after the match on Thursday evening

.

Highland Jetstream 41 G-ISAY arrived from Edinburgh

and after spending the morning parked on the Elmdon

apron departed to Stansted. It was formerly G-MAJN

of Eastern whose basic colour scheme it still wears
.

Scot Airways Dornier 328 G-BZOG operated a return
charter flight from Hannover parking on the Elmdon

apron before positioning out to Dundee
.

Air Transat Airbus A310-308 C-GSAT operated

their service to Toronto
.

NetJets Hawker 750XP CS-DUE was an afternoon visitor to

the Elmdon apron. The aircraft is in their new colour scheme
.

Cyprus Airways Airbus A320-231 5B-DBC operated their

scheduled service to Larnaca

Tuesday 30 September 2008 - Eastern Saab 2000 G-CDKA operates charter flight to Hannover

Eastern Saab 2000 G-CDKA operated a charter flight

to Hannover. The airctaft is in their new colour scheme
.

Lufthansa Airbus A319 D-AILU operated their morning

flight to Frankfurt. The aircraft carries an image of cartoon

character "Lu" on its rear fuselage
.

Fox Flight Lear Jet 36A C-FEMT which arrived on an Air

Ambulance flight on Monday morning departed to Keflavik

Monday 29 September 2008 - KTHY Boeing 737 TC-MZZ operates weekly flight to Ercan

KTHY - Cyprus Turkish Airlines - Boeing 737-800 TC-MZZ

operated their service to Ercan, Northern Cyprus, via Dalaman

.

Czech Air Force Challenger 5105 was an early arrival

spending the morning parked on the Elmdon apron
.

Scot Airways operated two charters to Hannover - the

first flight was operated by Dornier 328 G-CCGS....
.

.... followed out by Dornier 328 G-BZOG
.
Fox Flight Lear Jet 36A operated an Air Ambulance
flight parking up on the Elmdon apron
.
Thomsonfly Boeing 767-200 G-BYAB positioned in to cover for
a "tech" Boeing 757 - it also experienced a technical problem on
push back and start and was towed to a remote stand for
attention before departing to Ibiza