Thursday 15 July 2010 - Nightexpress Short 360 D-CCAS operates freight charter

Nightexpress Short 360-300 D-CCAS was an afternoon
arrival on a priority freight charter flight
.
Aer Arran ATR 72-212 EI-SLL operated their service to Waterford

Wednesday 14 July 2010 - Saga Boeing 737 TC-JGH operates IT flight from Dalaman

Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-TGH operated
their weekly IT flight from Dalaman....
.
.... while Boeing 737-48E TC-TGD operated their flight to Bodrum
.
Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TAD was an afternoon
arrival operating a priority freight charter
.
BAe 125 CC3 ZD704 was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
.
Falcon 2000EX N85M was a morning arrival parking up
to nightstop on the Elmdon apron

June 2010 passenger figures

Birmingham International Airport handled 871,385 passengers
during June 2010 - a fall of 3.1% on the previous year
.
Another solid performance reflecting the increasingly seasonal
nature of the IT market as tour operators now move capacity
around the country for each regions main holiday period....
.
.... the Midlands peak of course starts next week when in addition
to extra flights by the main UK IT operators BHX gains charter
flights operated by Aurela (LY-), BA Cityflyer, Iceland Express
(Astraeus) and Travel Service (OK-)
.
July 2010 also sees a number of new scheduled routes - Aer Lingus
Regional have added Shannon while flybe commence new seasonal
services to Avignon, Bordeaux, Limoges, Perpignan and Rennes in
France filling gaps in their summer schedule as a result of reduced
flying on business routes during the holiday season
.
Wednesday 14 July 2010

Tuesday 13 July 2010 - Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVI makes its first visit to BHX

Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVI operated the morning Swiss flight to
Zurich - its first visit to BHX - its was formerly F-GPNL with Regional
.
Super King Air F-GRSO was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Monday 12 July 2010 - Challenger N500M evening arrival on the Elmdon apron

Challenger 604 N500M was an evening arrival after a transatlantic
flight from Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States
.
Falcon 7X LX-ZXP was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron....
.
.... while Citation XLS F-GVYC made a brief afternoon visit

Saturday 10 July 2010 - Sky Airlines Boeing 737 TC-SKR makes its first visit to BHX

Sky Airlines Boeing 737-83N TC-SKR operated their weekly
IT flight from Bodrum - its first visit to BHX. It wears additional
"Adam & Eve" titles advertising a Turkish hotel chain
.
KLM cityhopper Embraer 190-100LR PH-EZD operated
their mid morning service from Amsterdam
.
Gulfstream 450 VP-CET was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Friday 9 July 2010 - RAF Tristar ZD950 visits on a medevac flight

RAF Tristar KC1 ZD950 was an early morning arrival operating
a Medevac flight and parking on the Elmdon apron....
.
.... after unloading it positioned out to Brize Norton
.
Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILL operated their
mid morning service to Frankfurt
.
FedEx Feeder/Air Contractors ATR 42-300F EI-FXC operated
their early morning service from Paris CDG in place of the
usual ATR 72 parking up on the Elmdon apron.. Photo: Ron Kosys

Cello Aviation granted AOC by UK CAA

New BHX based executive air transport operator Cello Aviation
has now been granted its AOC - Air Operator's Certificate - by the
UK CAA - Civil Aviation Authority - and is now open for business!!
.
Flights will start shortly using callsign "Cellojet" and
three letter flight code "CLJ" - for more information
or visit the Cello Aviation blog at - http://celloaviation.blogspot.com/
.
Friday 9 July 2010

Wednesday 7 July 2010 - freighters

Lithuanian freighter day at BHX!!
Aviavilsa Antonov 26B LY-APN - which had been "due" for most of
the day finally arrived from Kosice, Slovakia, just after 1930....
.
.... after landing it back tracked up Runway 33....
. .... to park on the Elmdon apron - good to see an Antonov
in such a smart colour scheme!
. It was soon having it cargo of priority freight off loaded
. Earlier in the day Aviavilsa ATR 42-300F LY-ETM had arrived
from Barcelona on another priority freight charter
. Bin Air Metro 23 D-CNAG was an evening arrival on yet
another a priority freight charter

Wednesday 7 July 2010 - Saga Boeing 737 TC-SGI operates IT flight to Dalaman

Saga Airlines commenced their summer IT programme from BHX
- Boeing 737-86J TC-SGI operated the first flight to Dalaman....
.
.... while Boeing 737-48E TC-SGE departed to Bodrum - the aircraft
wears titles promoting "Dedeman Hotels & Resorts" a Turkish hotel chain
.
Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72-212 EI-SLM arrived from Dublin after
AT7 EI-REO diverted there on its way from Shannon and the crew
changed aircraft! - the first visit of this Aer Arann aircraft to BHX
.
Royal Danish Air Force Challenger 604 C-172 was an afternoon
visitor to the Elmdon apron to collect passengers off....
.
.... RAF C 17 ZZ174 which parked up to night stop on
Taxiway Lima - the end former cross Runway
.
Roger Penske Racing Gulfstream 450 N500RP was an early
morning arrival in advance of this weekends British Grand Prix
at Silverstone - after unloading it departed to Luton

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

Saturday 3 July 2010 - Onur Air Airbus A321 TC-OAN operates IT flight from Dalaman

Onur Air Airbus A321-231 TC-OAN was a morning arrival
operating their IT flight from Dalaman
.
Lufthansa Regional Avro RJ85 D-AVRE operated their mid morning
service to Frankfurt - from Saturday 28 August 2010 this rotation
will again become a CityLine Embraer 190 operation at the weekends

Friday 2 July 2010 - RAF C17 ZZ175 visits on a medevac flight

RAF C 17 ZZ175 was an afternoon visitor operating a Medevac flight
.
Citation CJ3 D-CAST was an afternoon arrival on the Elmdon apron..
.
.... while Beech King Air 350 N37172 also made a brief visit

Thursday 1 July 2010 - Aer Arann ATR 72 EI-REO operates inaugural flight to Shannon

Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72-212A EI-REO operated the inaugural
flight of their new service to Shannon. The flights are operated by
an Aer Arann aircraft in Aer Lingus colours....
.
.... with the service operating daily except on Saturday
.
Nouvelair Tunisie Airbus A320-212 TS-INN again operated
the weekly Koral Blue IT flight to Sharm el Sheikh
.
PIA Boeing 777-340ER AP-BHV operated their flight to Islamabad
- it wears the Thar "Colours of the Desert" tail scheme

Lufthansa update - CityLine Embraer 190's and Contact Air Fokker 100's to BHX!!

While Lufthansa (LH) aircraft allocations are normally only
planned about two weeks in advance there are a couple of
significant changes coming later in the summer/year -
.
+ From Saturday 28 August 2010 the first inbound Frankfurt
service on Saturday and Sunday (only!) which is currently
operated by an Avro RJ85 will again become a CityLine
Embraer 190 operation until the end of the summer schedules
.

+ From Monday 1 November 2010 the morning Dusseldorf
service will be operated by a Contact Air Fokker 100 (in
place of the Eurowings CR7/CR9) The other Dusseldorf
flights will continue to be operated by Eurowings
.
All flight information is subject to change!!
.
Thursday 1 July 2010

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