Tuesday 12 April 2016 - Avantiair Fokker 100 D-AOLG operates a charter to Gothenburg

Avantiair Fokker 100 D-AOLG which had arrived on Sunday was a lunchtime departure....

.... off Runway 33 operating a charter to Gothenburg

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP EI-FHP operated their flight to Madrid

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHB was a morning arrival operating a charter from Yenisehir
in Turkey before positioning back to Istanbul

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 TC-JSN operated their afternoon service from Istanbul - its first visit to BHX

PIA Boeing 777-240ER AP-BGK operated their flight from Islamabad

Vueling Airbus A320-214 EC-LVX was a morning arrival from Malaga when it diverted
in due to poor visibility at Cardiff while....

.... Citation CJ2+ D-IBBS arrived from Dortmund - another Cardiff diversion Photo Mike Hollick

Flairjet Embraer Phenom 300 G-KRBN was a morning departure to Paris Le Bourget Photo: Mike Hollick

Eurocopter Ecureuil 2 M-EXPL was another morning arrival....

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

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Monday 11 April 2016 - Germania Airbus A321-211 D-ASTP operates a charter to Dubrovnik

Germania Airbus A321-211 D-ASTP was an early morning departure operating a charter to Dubrovnik

Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 A7-BCB operated their flight to Doha - its first visit to BHX

Iberia Express Airbus A320-214 EC-JFG operated their flight from Madrid - another first visit to BHX

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-9F2 TC-JYO operated their morning flight from Istanbul

Stobart Air ATR 72-201 EI-REH operated the mid-morning Aer Lingus flight from Dublin

Icelandair Boeing 757-27B TF-FIW operated their flight to Reykjavik/Keflavik - the aircraft has recently
returned from lease to Sierra Leone start up airline Fly Salone which has now ceased trading and it is
in an all-white scheme without any titles

Cavok Air Antonov 12BP UR-CNN was a morning departure to Bergen....

.... departing off Runway 15 Photo: Mike Hollick

.... and climbing away in a typical fashion!

Netjets Hawker 750 CS-DUC was a lunchtime arrival parking up to night stop

Cessna Mustang G-JJET made a brief morning visit departing to Norwich

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Wednesday 6 April 2016 - flybe Embraer 195 G-FBEJ is now flying in "Welcome to Yorkshire" colours

flybe Embraer 195LR G-FBEJ operated their afternoon service from Paris CDG....

.... it had also operated their morning service from Paris - its first visit to BHX since being
repainted into their new colours and the special "Welcome to Yorkshire" logo jet scheme

Cello Boeing 737-476 G-RAJG was a morning departure to Ostend at the start of its summer....

.... lease to Jetairfly - in preparation of this a "TUI" tail logo was added on Monday

West Atlantic Boeing 737-322SF G-JMCL which had arrived on Sunday evening when Coventry....

.... was closed was a morning departure when it positioned out to Stansted

Small Planet Airbus A320-214 LY-SPF positioned in from Vatry to operate their flight to Paderborn

Iberia Express Airbus A320-214 EC-LEA operated their flight from Madrid - its first visit to BHX
- it was greeted by a water canon salute to mark their recent inaugural flight - report here

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JVI operated their afternoon flight from Istanbul

Sprint Air ATR 72-202F SP-SPC which had arrived from Krakow on Tuesday
evening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Cavok Air Antonov 12BP UR-CBG which had also arrived on Tuesday evening
was an afternoon departure to Eindhoven

Falcon 2000LX F-HJCD was an early morning arrival from Farnborough....

.... departing at lunchtime to Manchester

Tyrol Air Ambulance Astra SPX OE-GBE which had arrived on Tuesday evening
departed to Innsbruck - it had previously visited when registered D-CRIS

Robinson R44 Raven II G-EEZR was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

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Thursday 7 April 2016 - Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOS makes its first visit to BHX

Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EOS operated their delayed flight from Dubai after A6-EOP which was originally
operating the service had returned there with a technical problem - this was the first visit of A6-EOS to BHX

Sprint Air ATR 72-202F SP-SPC which had arrived on Tuesday evening operating a freight charter
was a lunchtime departure when it positioned out to Warsaw Photo: Paul Townsend

Air France "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 F-HEPF operated their lunchtime service to Paris CDG

Icelandair Boeing 757-256 TF-FIU operated their service to Reykjavik/Keflavik....

.... the aircraft is in their special "Hekla Aurora" - Northern Lights" colour scheme

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZP operated their evening service from Amsterdam

Netjets Hawker 800XPi CS-DRZ was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

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Iberia Express launches 4 times weekly Airbus A320 service from Madrid to Birmingham Airport

Trevor Martin, Iberia Express’ Head of Revenue Management and Network and Paul Kehoe, Chief
Executive of Birmingham Airport, are pictured with the crew of the launch Madrid-Birmingham service

 Iberia Express was today formally welcomed at Birmingham Airport to mark the start of their
four times weekly flight from Madrid which had commenced on Sunday 27 March 2016

Flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. All services carry Iberia
and British Airways codes and members of Iberia Plus programme as well as BA’s Executive
Club can earn and redeem Avios when they fly with Iberia Express

The flights are scheduled to offer the best connections from Madrid to another 34 Iberia Group
destinations, such as Dakar, Buenos Aires, Havana, Mexico City, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile
and São Paulo. Madrid is also a major destination for business travellers and tourists alike

Welcoming Iberia Express as it landed at Birmingham Airport was Paul Kehoe, the Airport’s Chief
Executive. He said: "Not only is this great news as it increases capacity to Madrid, but Iberia Express
is also a "Oneworld" alliance airline and BA codeshare carrier, giving travellers enormous benefits

Flying over to Birmingham on the launch flight from Madrid, Iberia Express’ Head of Revenue
Management and Network, Trevor Martin, added: "Through the Iberia Group, we are able to
offer those in the Midlands region a seamless transit experience through our Madrid Airport hub
across Europe and Latin America"

Iberia Express will operate a 177 seat Airbus A320 on the Birmingham service
with Business and Economy seating

Iberia Express schedule from Sunday 27 March 2016 

1000/1035 I2 3634/3635 320 from/to Madrid
- operates on Monday and Friday
1700/1735 I2 3634/3635 320 from/to Madrid
- operates on Wednesday and Sunday

www.iberiaexpress.com

Wednesday 6 April 2016

Sunday 3 April 2016 - Gulfstream 650 HS-VSK and Agusta A-109S G-LCFC visit the Elmdon apron

Gulfstream 650 HS-VSK was a lunchtime arrival from Southend....

.... it had come to collect the owner of Leicester City FC who arrived in Agusta A-109S Grand G-LCFC
after their victory in the "Premier League" match against Southampton.... Photos: Ian Bowley

.... while the helicopter positioned out Photo: Paul Townsend

.... Gulfstream 650 HS-VSK departed to Bangkok Photo: Ian Bowley

.... climbing quickly off Runway 15 - it had been the owners birthday which he had celebrated
by buying the Leicester City fan a beer and a doughnut! - see here Photo: Paul Townsend

Eurowings "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 D-AEWA operated their flight from Hamburg while....

Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 A7-BCH operated their flight to Doha on its first visit to BHX Photos: Paul Townsend

Iberia Express Airbus A320-216 EC-LYE operated their flight from Madrid also its first visit Photo: Ian Bowley

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FOT operated their early morning flight to Dublin

AlbaStar Boeing 737-4K5 EC-LTG which had operated a Thomson Holidays flight from Verona on Saturday....

.... spent the morning parked up before positioning out to Geneva Photo: Paul Townsend

Starwings Citation CJ3 D-CJOS made a brief morning visit to the Elmdon apron

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