Friday 13 February 2009 - Centre-Avia Yak 42 RA-42423 arrives with CSKA Moscow

Centre-Avia Yak 42D RA-42423 arrived from Moscow Domodedovo
bringing in the CSKA Moscow football team for their UEFA cup tie
against Aston Villa next week. The aircraft will be staying over at
BHX until after the match next Wednesday evening

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Thursday 12 February 2009 - Netjets Hawker 750XP CS-DUD visits the Elmdon apron

NetJets Hawker 750XP CS-DUD was a visitor to the Elmdon apron....

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.... as was CitationJet 525B D-CPMI

Tuesday 10 February 2009 - first visit of a Turkish Airlines Airbus A319 to BHX!!

Turkish Airlines Airbus A319-132 TC-JLM operated their
service from Istanbul - the first visit of a Turkish 319 to BHX

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Falcon 7X N8000E departed back to Brno in the Czech

Republic after parking for the day on the Elmdon apron
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VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLS operated a charter from Geneva

spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron
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Recently delivered Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EBC was a morning

visitor arriving from East Midlands before continuing to Bristol

Monday 9 February 2009 - KLM "retro" Boeing 737 PH-BXA operates flight from Amsterdam

KLM Boeing 737-800 PH-BXA operated their KL1423/1424 service

from Amsterdam. The aircraft is now in a "retro" colour scheme to

mark the airlines 90th anniversary in 2009

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KLM (and Air France) are moving from T2 to T1 on 11 March 2009
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Brussels Airlines Airbus A319 OO-SSM operated their mid morning
service from Brussels in place of the usual Avro RJ85/100

Sunday 8 February 2009 - Lufthansa Airbus A319 D-AILC operates their flight to Munich

Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILC operated

their mid morning service to Munich

Saturday 7 February 2009 - KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZT operates Amsterdam service

Recently delivered KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZT operated
their lunchtime service to Amsterdam. The aircraft was previously
F-GLIT with Air France subsidiary Regional Airlines

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Lufthansa Airbus A320 D-AIPE operated their mid morning
service to Munich
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Cessna 172R Skyhawk G-BXSD was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Friday 6 February 2009 - more snow in the UK! - more diversions to BHX!!

Snow again closed Luton resulting in Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-330

LZ-BOW - which was operating SkyEurope flight "NE 2122" from

Prague - diverting in. It later positioned back to Prague
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Also diverting from Luton was Air Slovakia Boeing 737-3Z9 OM-ASC

which was operating SkyEurope flight "NE 120" from Bratislava
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Scot Airways Dornier 328-110 G-BZOG was an afternoon visitor to

the Elmdon apron arriving with the Newcastle United FC team for
their match against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday afternoon

Centre Avia Yak 42 to bring Moscow CSKA to BHX for UEFA Cup tie against Aston Villa

A Centre Avia Yak 42 will be bringing CSKA Moscow for their

UEFA Cup tie against Aston Villa on Wednesday 18 February 2009

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The aircraft is currently planned to arrive on Friday 13 February

2009 and stay over until after the match - provisional timings are -

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FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2009
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Arrive as the CVC9623 from Moscow Domodedovo at 1230
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WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2009
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Depart as the CVC9624 to Moscow Domodedovo at 2330

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All times/dates subject to change!!

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A Centre Avia Yak 42 visited BHX in February 2008 - see here

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Thursday 5 February 2009

Thursday 5 February 2009 - PIA Boeing 777 AP-BHV arrives in the snow!

Another snowy day at BHX! - PIA Boeing 777-340ER AP-BHV

arrives from Islamabad

Wednesday 4 February 2009 - Air Libya BAe 146 5A-DKQ visits the flybe hangar!!

BAe 146-300 5A-DKQ positioned up from Kemble as the
"Air Libya 146P" for attention by flybe and was soon inside
Hangar 2 at BHX. It was previously G-JEBD with flybe

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Gazelle HA-LFB was an afternoon vistor to the Elmdon apron
- it is operated by the Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria
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Atlantic Airways Avro RJ100 OY-FJE operated the morning SAS
service from Copenhagen - it retains the basic scheme of Faroe Jet
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Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 G-CDZP operated a charter to
Tenerife arriving from Edinburgh
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RAF Islander CC2 ZH537 was a visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Emirates Boeing 777-300ER A6-EBZ arriving on their

midday service from Dubai!

Tuesday 3 February 2009

The day saw the last of the diverted aircraft that had

arrived on Sunday and Monday positioning out....

.... British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-CIVW departed to Heathrow

off Runway 15 - who needs a runway extension!?

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easyJet Airbus A319 G-EZBR had diverted in from Bristol on

Monday evening - it is the "100th Airbus" to join the easyJet

fleet hence the additional titles
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easyJet Boeing 737-700 G-EZJF departed to Luton from where

it had been diverted on Sunday evening while operating flight

"EZY 2058" from Geneva

Monday 2 February 2009 - winter comes to the UK! - diversions come to BHX!!

Significant snow falls in the south east on Sunday evening

resulted in a large number of diversions to BHX from

Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and London City and

the bad weather continued into Monday....
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.... the result was an airport packed with overnight diversions!
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Good use was made of the former cross runway - now Taxiway

Tango - and despite the number of earlier diversion they kept

coming during Monday although BHX had to close a number

of times during the day for snow clearance
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Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 LZ-WZB was operating flight "W6 901"

from Sofia to Luton when it diverted in. It had another go to get
into Luton in the early afternoon only to divert back to BHX again!
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British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVW was operating flight
"BA 118" from Bangalore when it diverted in from Heathrow
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Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LPI was operating flight "W6 201"
from Budapest to Luton later positioning direct back to Budapest
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The snow ploughs prepare for another run down the runway!
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Air Slovakia Boeing 737-3Z9 OM-ASC was operating SkyEurope
flight "NE 120" from Bratislava to Luton when it diverted in
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Boeing 737-7AH BBJ N888TY which had been parked on the
Elmdon apron since it arrived from the US on Saturday evening
departed to Zurich in the middle of a blizzard!

Sunday 1 February 2009 - Boeing BBJ N888TY spends day parked on the Elmdon apron

Boeing BBJ N888TY arrived on Saturday evening and is now parked

up on the Elmdon apron. It is operated on behalf of Ty Corporation

who manufacture "Beanie Babies" stuffed toys and is visiting BHX in

connection with the "International Spring Fair" that is being held at

the nearby NEC this week

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Another week - another flybe delivery! - Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOO

arrived from Reykjavik as the "BE 040" at the end of its

delivery flight from Canada

Saturday 31 January 2009 - Titan Boeing 737 G-ZAPZ operates IT flight from Chambery

Titan Boeing 737-33AQC G-ZAPZ operated their weekly

IT flight from Chambery

Thursday 29 January 2009 - PIA Boeing 777 AP-BHV flying as the "Colours of the Desert"

PIA Boeing 777-340ER AP-BHV operated their service from Islamabad
- the aircraft wears the Thar - "Colours of the Desert" tail scheme

bmibaby add new service to Newquay - drop Cork

bmibaby, the low cost airline, has announced a new summer
service to Newquay from Birmingham International Airport.
The new route will operate from 22 May to 20 September
2009, on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays

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bmibaby is the only low cost airline to fly this route from
the airport and expects to carry over 20,000 passengers on
the new service over the summer months. Prices start
from just £13.99 one way including taxes and charges

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Crawford Rix, managing director, bmibaby, said: "bmibaby
is proud to introduce a new route from Birmingham

International Airport to Newquay. This destination is currently
not served by any other airline from Birmingham, so by launching
this new service we are offering customers a unique summer
destination at fantastically low fares. "Newquay offers something
for everyone, from its stunning coastline to numerous golden
beaches which are great for walking and surfing. There is also
plenty to do for those who prefer dry land, from walks along the
dramatic coastline, to top class food at Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen
restaurant; visitors to Newquay will be spoilt for choice

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"In the current economic climate the airline industry is seeing a

weakening in demand from consumers for impulsive city breaks

and an increase for typical beach destinations. In order to meet

the demand for more sunshine routes from the Midlands, we will

be replacing our city route from Birmingham to Cork with the

new route to Newquay. This will enable us to meet the high

consumer demand for services to beach destinations"
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Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham International

Airport, said: "It is excellent news for the Airport that Newquay
will again be available as a route from Birmingham through
bmibaby during the summer months. This route has operated
previously and has always been successful for the Airport and
the airlines that have operated it. It is important that during
these trying times that our airlines are able to be flexible in their
schedules in order to cater for the needs of our passengers"
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Customers holding bookings from Birmingham to Cork for travel

after 29th March 2009 will be contacted by bmibaby as soon as

possible and offered an alternative flight or a full refund
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Wednesday 28 January 2009

Tuesday 27 January 2009 - Ryanair "dreamliner" Boeing 737 EI-DCL operates Shannon flight

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DCL which is in the Boeing "dreamliner"

colour scheme again operated the afternoon service from Shannon

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Citation XLS D-CAIR which had arrived on Monday evening spent

most of the day parked on the Elmdon apron - it wears Berner titles

on the engines and is called "Lucky"
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Falcon 900EX PR-FRU arrived on its second visit to BHX on Monday

evening and spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron