Thursday 25 July 2013 - Danish Air Transport Super King Air LY-LTE is an afternoon arrival

Danish Air Transport/DAT Lite Super King Air LY-LTE was a late afternoon
arrival parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Citation G-LOFT positioned over from Coventry for attention in the Eurojet hangar Photo: Mike Hollick

RAF C-17A Globemaster III ZZ173 was a morning visitor operating a medevac flight

Wednesday 24 July 2013 - Danish Air Transport ATR 72-202 OY-RUB flying for Aer Lingus Regional

Danish Air Transport ATR 72-202 OY-RUB operated the early evening
Aer Arann/Aer Lingus Regional service to Dublin

FedEx Express Boeing 757-23ASF N922FD went "tech" on arrival from Manchester on Tuesday evening....

.... after spending the morning on the Elmdon apron it continued its journey to Paris CDG Photos: Mike Hollick

Blu Express/Blue Panorama Boeing 737-436 OM-CEX operated a student charter
to Rome - the aircraft is leased from Air Explore

SAS MD 82 OY-KHE which is in "Star Alliance" colours operated their evening service from Copenhagen

Lufthansa Airbus A321-231 D-AIRY operated their delayed early morning service to Frankfurt....

.... it has an image of "Die Maus" a German children's TV character on its  rear fuselage

Air Transat Airbus A310-308 C-GLAT operated their weekly flight to Toronto
- from next week this becomes an Airbus A330 service until the end of August

Citation Ultra 9H-VLZ was an afternoon arrival....

.... parking up on the Elmdon apron to night stop Photo: Mike Hollick

.... other visitors included Citation CJ1 F-HKRA

.... while Challenger 300 N360PA which had arrived on Tuesday departed Photos: Mike Hollick

Fly Point Mitsubishi MU-2B D-IAHT was an afternoon visitor operating a priority freight charter flight

Tuesday 23 July 2013 - Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDT is a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDT was an early morning arrival parking up on the Elmdon apron....

.... after crew rest it positioned out to Katowice Photos: Mike Hollick

.... departing off Runway 15

Atlantic Airlines BAe ATP G-BTPA operated a freight charter from Leipzig Photo: Mike Hollick

Citation CJ1 F-HKRA was an evening arrival

Other visitors to the Elmdon apron included Navajo Chieftain G-STHA and....

Eurocopter EC 135 T2+ G-HOLM which made a brief afternoon visit Photos: Mike Hollick

.... departing to Oxford

Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 42-300 EI-CBK operated their late afternoon service to Dublin

Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYS operated their evening service to Zurich
- the aircraft is in the "Shopping Paradise Zurich Airport" scheme

Air Malta Airbus A320-214 9H-AEN operated their flight to Malta

Monday 22 July 2013 - RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAC is lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron

RAF Avia Antonov 26B YL-RAC was a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.... departing off Runway 15 to Riga - it had previously visited when
it was operated on behalf of Air Bright

London Executive Aviation Super King Air G-FRYI made two visits during the day

Sunday 21 July 2013 - Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200LR EC-JEE operates SAS service to Copenhagen

Cimber A/S Canadair CRJ200LR EC-JEE operated the evening SAS service to Copenhagen
- the aircraft is leased from Air Nostrum and had previously visited BHX on its delivery flight

West Air Europe BAe ATP SE-KXP operated the early morning newspaper flight to the Isle of Man

Jet Executive Learjet 35A D-CCCA made an afternoon visit operating an air ambulance flight

Solaris Aviation Citation Excel S5-BDG was an evening visitor

Sky Side adventure takes off in the brand new interactive "Sky Zone" at Birmingham Airport

A fun and interactive children’s adventure takes off at Birmingham Airport today, Monday 15 July 2013,

giving youngsters jetting off on holiday a unique and engaging experience at the Airport before they fly

The "Sky Side" experience is free to join and starts from the moment the child arrives at check-in

and ends when they arrive at a themed "Sky Zone", an area in the new International Pier furnished

with modern interactive games and activities, including touch screen tables, interactive floor projection,

a gazing station, music light beams and a story telling pod

The objective for children is to become a qualified "Sky Cadet" like "Zoom", the scheme’s mascot

who offers support to children as they achieve the multiple challenges set out in their "Sky Pass"

The initiative has resulted in the creation of 14 new summer jobs to recruit the "Sky Side"

crew responsible for facilitating the children’s journey, from check-in to the "Sky Zone" 

Jo Lloyd, the Airport’s Marketing Director said: "We’re absolutely thrilled to launch our brand new

"Sky Side" experience, which is great news for young families flying from Birmingham this summer

  

 "This fun and interactive children’s experience is another way of offering excellent customer service

to all of our passengers. We recognised that we needed to improve our family facilities after

speaking to mum and dads about what they would like to see at the Airport. We’re confident

"Sky Side" will prove to be tremendously popular with children and parents alike!"

Sky Passes are available at check-in and a dedicated Facebook page -

www.facebook.com/birminghamairportskyside

  

has been set up to inform passengers about the "Sky Side" scheme before they arrive

at the Airport so that children can prepare themselves for their exciting mission

"Sky Side" launched on Monday 15 July 2013 and will run throughout the summer

Monday 15 July 2013

Saturday 20 July 2013 - 12 aircraft "fly in" from Shobdon to visit Birmingham's new ATC Tower

Europa G-BXIJ was the first arrival of a "flight" of 12 aircraft that flew in from Shobdon in Herefordshire
for a visit to the new ATC Tower at Birmingham - the other visitor to the Elmdon apron were....

 

Alpi Pioneer 300 G-CDYY

Czech Aircraft Works Sportcruiser G-MOGS

Evektor EV-97 Eurostar G-CBJR

Evektor EV-97 Eurostar G-CFDJ

Gulfstream Aerospace AA-5B Tiger G-DINA

Piper Cherokee G-ATOR

Piper Cherokee Archer II G-BSEU

Piper Cherokee Archer II G-BRXD

Herefordshire Aero Club Piper Cherokee Archer II G-FBRN

Piper Cherokee Arrow II G-BAHS

.... and Victa Airtourer 115 G-AZRP

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR which had been parked up since it arrived
on Wednesday evening departed to Châteauroux

Cyprus Airways Airbus A320-232 5B-DCH operated the Olympic Holidays IT flight from Larnaca