Wednesday 10 December 2008 - Lufthansa Canadair CRJ700 D-ACPT in "Star Alliance" colours

Lufthansa Canadair CRJ 700 D-ACPT operated their mid morning
service to Munich - the aircraft is in "Star Alliance" scheme
.
KLM Fokker 100 PH-KLD operated one of their Amsterdam services
.
Brussels Airlines Avro RJ 85 OO-DJW still retains
the old SN Brussels fuselage colour scheme
.
Emirates Airbus A330-200 A6-EAP operated their lunchtime
service to Dubai in place of the usual Boeing 777-300ER

Tuesday 9 December 2008 - Jet2 Boeing 737 G-CELF operates a charter to Hannover

Jet2 Boeing 737-300 G-CELF positioned in from
Leeds to operate a charter flight to Hanover
.
Super King Air 200 D-ICFI of Cobham Flight Inspection
made a couple of low passes down Runway 33

Monday 8 December 2008 - Qatar Airways Global Express A7-AAM departs to Doha

Qatar Airways Global Express A7-AAM which had arrived on
Sunday evening departed to Doha, Qatar, as "Amiri 6"
.
bmi Airbus A321 G-MIDC was an early morning departure
operating a "Santa" flight to Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland

Sunday 7 December 2008 - Qatar Airways Global Express A7-AAM makes its first visit to BHX

Qatar Airways Global Express A7-AAM was a late afternoon
arrival as "Amiri 6" parking up on the Elmdon apron
.

Belgian Air Force Hercules C-130H CH-05 was
a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron
.

Air Southwest Dash 8-300 G-WOWB positioned in from
Plymouth to operate a return charter flight to Guernsey

Saturday 6 December 2008 - bmibaby Boeing 737 G-BVZE now flying with billboard titles

bmibaby Boeing 737-500 G-BVZE has recently been
repainted into their new style "billboard" colour scheme
.
Air Slovakia Boeing 737-300 OM-ASD again operated their
weekly service to Bratislava that connects onto Amritsar
.
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DLX wears additional
"Gerona" titles and insignia
.
bmi Airbus A319 G-DCBG was an early morning departure
operating a "Santa" flight to Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland

Friday 5 December 2008 - Air Southwest Dash 8 G-WOWD operates charter from Guernsey

Air Southwest Dash 8-300 G-WOWD operated a charter
flight from Guernsey before positioning to Plymouth

Monday 15 December 2008 is decision day for Birmingham's proposed Runway Extension!!

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council have now confirmed
that Birmingham Airport's Planning Application for the
proposed Runway Extension will be considered at its planning
committee meeting on Monday 15 December 2008....
.
.... the Council Planning Officers are recommending that
Solihull Council approve - subject to conditions - the
Planning Application
.
For more information on the proposed Runway Extension
.
Friday 5 December 2008

Thursday 4 December 2008 - flybe Dash 8 G-KKEV is named "Kevin Keegan"

flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-KKEV which is named "Kevin Keegan"
has gained a black nose presumably to mark his departure
from the Managers job at Newcastle United FC
.
Lufthansa Airbus A321 D-AIRX operated their morning service
from Frankfurt - the aircraft is in their "retro" colour scheme
.
SAS used Atlantic Airways Avro RJ 85 OY-RCD in place of the
usual BAe 146 on their morning service from Copenhagen

Wednesday 3 December 2008 - Sky Europe Boeing 737 OM-NGC arrives with MSK Zilina

SkyEurope Boeing 737-700 OM-NGC brought MSK Zilina (of
Slovakia) in for their UEFA Cup match against Aston Villa on
Thursday evening - the aircraft positioned back to Bratislava
.
RAF C 17 ZZ175 operated a medivac flight before
positioning to Brize Norton
.
Royal Navy Sea King HU5 XV673 - which had arrived on
Tuesday afternoon - departed shortly after the C 17 left
.
Cessna Citation XLS N575NR - which is a regular visitor to
Wellesbourne - spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 2 December 2008 - Eurowings Canadair CRJ200 D-ACRB operates flight to Dusseldorf

Eurowings Canadair CRJ 200 D-ACRB operated the
mid morning Lufthansa service to Dusseldorf
.
Lufthansa Canadair CRJ 900 D-ACKC operated their mid
morning service to Munich - the first of a number planned
visits by CR9's during December
.
Brussels Avro RJ 85 OO-DJP operated their service to Brussels

December 2008 schedule changes at BHX

The start of December 2008 sees a number of schedule
changes at Birmingham Airport -
.
+ City Airline - has now suspended their morning service
from Gothenburg - it is currently planned to resume at the
start of the summer 2009 schedules
.
+ Eurowings/Lufthansa have reverted to a Canadair
CRJ 200 operation on their 4 times daily service from
Dusseldorf - it is currently planned to revert back to a
Canadair CRj 700 in early January 2009 - TBC!
.
+ Lufthansa will be making regular use of Canadair CRJ 900's
on their Munich service in the run up to Christmas
.
Later in the month sees the return of easyJet and the
start of the new Turkish Airlines service to Istanbul
- more information on these and other schedule changes
over Christmas and the New Year in due course
.
1 December 2008

Monday 1 December 2008 - Falcon 2000EX M-LJGI training on Runway 33

Falcon 2000EX M-LJGI - which was an early morning arrival -
went on a mid morning training sortie performing a number of
touch and goes on Runway 33
.
Eurowings have reverted to a Canadair CRJ 200 operation on
the 4 times daily Lufthansa service from Dusseldorf. D-ACRD
retains their original colour scheme
.
Lufthansa Regional Canadair CRJ 700 D-ACPG operated
the mid morning service to Munich
.
Aer Lingus Airbus A320 EI-CVA operated their mid morning
service to Dublin
.
Atlantic Airways BAe 146-200 OY-RCW operated the
morning SAS service to Copenhagen

Sunday 30 November 2008 - Challenger S5-ADB spends day parked on the Elmdon apron

Challenger S5-ADB - which had arrived in the fog on Saturday
morning spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron
.
Cessna 525 CitationJet D-IKOP - another Saturday arrival -
also remained parked on the Elmdon apron

Friday 28 November 2008 - Netjets Boeing BBJ N127QS off to Paris Le Bourget for the day

NetJets Boeing BBJ N127QS was a morning departure to Paris
Le Bourget returning to BHX again in the early evening
.
The diversion of a RAF Tristar from Brize Norton resulted in
visits by two RAF BAe 125 CC3's ZD704....
.
.... and ZE396 which both made a rapid turnround at BHX
.
RAF Islander CC2 ZF537 was another afternoon visitor
to the Elmdon apron....
.
.... where RAF Tristar KC1 ZD948 spent most of the afternoon
waiting for the fog at Brize Norton to lift
. VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLS was a lunchtime arrival operating a
charter flight from Amsterdam before positioning to Rotterdam

Thursday 27 November 2008 - Air Nostrum Canadair CRJ 900 EC-JNB off to Alicante

Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional Canadair CRJ 900 EC-JNB
positioned in from Valencia to operate a charter flight to
Alicante - this was the only Air Nostrum CR9 that was
not delivered via flybe at BHX!
.

Lear Jet 45 G-ZXZX - which had arrived on Wednesday
evening - was a morning departure ....
.
.... while NetJets Boeing BBJ N127QS which had also returned on
Wednesday evening spent the day parked on the Elmdon Apron

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