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Monday 31 December 2007 - EMA

Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 747-400F N408MC - which
is operated on their behalf by Atlas - was an end of year
visitor to East Midlands
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Photo: Dave Sturges
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Photo: John Banbrook

Monday 31 December 2007 - BHX

After over 60 years of use Birmingham's Runway 06/24
was formerly closed
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Sunday 30 December 2007 - BHX

A busy Sunday morning at BHX! - easyJet operated a extra
Geneva service with the result that they had three aircraft
on the ground at the same time
.
Photo: John Banbrook

Saturday 29 December 2007 - BHX

SAS used Airbus A319 OY-KBP on their morning Copenhagen service
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Photo: Martin McGrath
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Now that the ski season is in full swing Austrian Arrows returned
with their weekly Dash 8Q-400 IT flight to Bolzano - OE-LGA
operated the first flight
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BA Cityflyer are also operate a large weekend programme of ski IT

flights - Avro RJ 100 G-BZAX still wears "BA Connect" titles
.

Photos: Ian Bowley

Friday 28 December 2007 - BHX

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The BBC visit to film the closure of Runway 06/24
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A runway is/(was) a runway!!
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Smile your on camera - take one!!.
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Smile your on camera - take two!!.


Wednesday 26 December 2007 - BHX

The morning Lufthansa service to Munich was operated by
Canadair CRJ 700 D-ACPS in "Star Alliance" colours
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RAF C 17 ZZ171 was parked up for Christmas on the old runway 06/24
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Hello MD 90 HB-JIB lifts off Runway 15 on the BritishJET flight to Malta
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Photos: Ian Bowley

Monday 24 December 2007

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!
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Christmas is coming - Santa is already on approach....!!
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.... and the BHX carol singers are out and about
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A Christmas wave from all at Birmingham International Airport....
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Meanwhile back on the front line a Christmas wave from just some
of the team who have brought BAEG unparallel photographic
coverage of movements at BHX during 2007….
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…. Dave Sturges and Ian Bowley prepare for another
day of action at BHX!!

A “royal” wave from BAEG's “quality controller”….

HAPPY CHRISTMAS
FROM THE
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"BIRMINGHAM AVIATION ENTHUSIAST GROUP"

Sunday 23 December 2007 - BHX

A beautiful winters day at BHX despite much of southern England
being shrouded in thick fog....

.... early morning arrival was Seagle Air Boeing 737-300 OM-HLA
operating the Air Slovakia service from Bratislava
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Photo: Dave Sturges
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RAF Hercules ZH886 arrived to pick up passengers off....
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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RAF Tristar ZE705 which arrived shortly afterwards
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Photo: Dave Sturges
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Airbus A340 HZ-124 was the next arrival....
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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.... followed by Atlas Blue Airbus A321 CN-ROF which diverted
in from Gatwick
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Photo: Dave Sturges
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Tassilli Dash 8Q-400 7T-VCL departed on an air test....
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Photo: Dave Sturges
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.... while easyJet Boeing 737-700 G-EZKA departed to Grenoble
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Tassilli Dash 8Q-400 return from its air test and was soon
back inside the flybe hangar
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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As the day started to draw to an end there were more diversions -
Air India Boeing 767-300 G-CDPT arrived from Ahmedabad....
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Photo: Martin McGrath
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... while Gadair Boeing 757 EC-JRT which was operating
for Astraeus and diverted in from Gatwick
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Photo: Martin McGrath

Wednesday 19 December 2007 - BHX

West Air Europe BAe ATP SE-KXP operated the inbound FedEx service
from Paris CDG and spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron
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Tassili Airlines Dash 8Q-400 7T-VCL has now reappeared from the flybe
hangar and is currently parked up in front of hangar 2
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easyJet Airbus A319 G-EZIT lift off Runway 15 on its way to Geneva
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Photos: Mike Hollick

Friday 14 December 2007 - the day easyJet came to BHX!!

easyJet commenced operations from Birmingham with their
inaugural Airbus A319 flight to Geneva
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Joe Kelly, Acting Managing Director of Birmingham International
Airport, cuts the ribbon to formerly open "check in" for the first
easyJet flight from BHX to Geneva. On hand to help were the
easyJet Airport Manager Andy Campbell and "Geneva" and "Grenoble"
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Airbus A319 G-EZIS arrives from Geneva parking on stand 45
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Anyone for skiing?
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The easyJet cabin staff await there first passengers from BHX
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Thanks to Birmingham International Airport Limited
for the photographs and for hosting this event

Thursday 13 December 2007 - BHX

Another busy day at BHX - Tasilli Airlines Dash 8Q-400
7T-VCL arrived in the morning for attention by flybe....
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Photo: Dave Sturges
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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.... and to replace 7T-VCM which departed back to Algiers
in the gathering gloom of a winter afternoon
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Tuesday 11 December 2007 - EMA

easyJet Airbus A319 G-EZIA departs Runway 27 to Geneva....
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.... while bmi regional Embraer 135 G-RJXL was departing to Brussels
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CGWI Islander G-BEFI was parked in the maintenance area....
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.... as was RAF Avia Saab 340 YL-RAG
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Photos: Gordon Stretch

Tuesday 11 December 2007 - BHX

Jet2 Boeing 737-300 G-CELG operated a charter to Munich....
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.... while bmi Airbus A321 G-MIDC operated the latest of a series
of "Santa" flights from Rovaniemi
.
Photos: Ron Kosys

Friday 7 December 2007 - Birmingham

TUIfly Boeing 737-800 D-ATUA operated the Air Berlin
flight from Munster-Osnabruck
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Photo: Paul Sliwinski

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