Wednesday 7 May 2008 - BHX

Air Transat Airbus A310-300 C-GTSK made its first visit to BHX

before departing back to Toronto

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Merlin D-IMWK spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

before departing in the early evening
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Photos: Ron Kosys

Tuesday 6 May 2008 - BHX

Air Baltic Boeing 737-500 YL-BBD operated the evening

SAS service from Copenhagen

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PIA Boeing 777-200 AP-BGJ operated their service to Islamabad

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Photos: Ian Bowley

Monday 5 May 2008 - BHX

SAS used Air Baltic Boeing 737-500 YL-BBD on their evening service

from Copenhagen....

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.... while Swiss used Helvetic Fokker 100 HB-JVC on their service from Zurich

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Photos: Martin McGarth

Saturday 3 May 2008 - BHX

Air Contractors ATR 72 EI-FXH - which is in FedEx Feeder colours -

was parked up on the Elmdon apron in front of Hangar 1

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Photo: James Ralph

Friday 2 May 2008 - BHX

LTE Airbus A320 EC-JRC operated their first IT flight of the

summer season to Tenerife

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Thursday 1 May 2008 - EMA

Avient DC 10-30 freighter Z-ALT visited EMA departing in the

evening sunshine....

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.... while Lufthansa Cargo MD 11 freighter D-ACLR was an arrival

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Photos: Dave Sturges

Thursday 1 May 2008 - GLO

The evening Manx2 flight from the Isle of Man was operated

by FLM Aviation Metro D-CNAG

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Thursday 1 May 2008 - BHX

Koral Blue Airbus A320 SU-KBA operated their first flight

of the summer 2008 IT season

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Photo: Ian Bowley
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Sunday 27 April 2008 - CVT

Heineken Cup semi final at Rioch Stadium, Coventry

The second semi final of the Heineken Cup between Saracens and Munster
resulted in a "fly in" of Irish rugby fans and a very busy day at Coventry....

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.... star movement was Embraer Legacy 600 PT-SZB

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Photo: Mike Hollick
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Other visitors included Agusta A 109E N449J
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Photo: Mike Hollick
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Jetstream Express Jetstream 31 G-CCPW
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Hawker 850XP EI-KJC
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Aeronova Metro EC-JCU
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Photo: Mike Hollick
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Citation XLS CS-DXS
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Photo: Mike Hollick
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CDEB
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Sunday 27 April 2008 - BHX

Heineken Cup semi final - take 2!

While most of the action was at Coventry a number of airliners movements went

to BHX with Monarch Airbus A330-200 G-SMAN arriving from Cork....

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.... while Thomas Cook Boeing 767-300 G-DAJC arrived from Shannon

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Saturday 26 April 2008 - CVT

Aer Arran ATR 72 EI-REN - which is in their new colour scheme - operated

a charter flight from Shannon in connection with the Heineken Cup semi

final being held at the Rioch Stadium in Coventry on Sunday

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Saturday 26 April 2008 - BHX

Adria Canadair CRJ200 S5-AAJ operated a charter flight to Jerez, in Spain, in
connection with the launch of the new Ford Kuga

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Photo: Dave Sturges

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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Malmo Aviation Avro RJ 100 SE-DSY operated a charter flight from
Hahn and parked up on Terminal 2

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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Photo: Dave Sturges
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Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 G-CDZI operated a charter flight from Cork in
connection with Sunday's "Heineken Cup" semi final between Saracens and
Munster which is being played at the Ricoh Stadium in Coventry
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Tuesday 22 April 2008 - CVT

Sprint Air Saab 340 SP-KPV departs Coventry on its evening freight flight

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Photo: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 22 April 2008 - BHX

Air Comet Airbus A320 EC-KBM diverted into BHX due to a runway closure

at Gatwick - after refueling it departed back to Gatwick

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Photo: Ian Bowley

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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Swiss used Contact Air Fokker 100 D-AGPH on their lunchtime

service from Zurich - the aircraft is in Star Alliance colours

Photo: Ian Bowley
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Danish Air Transport ATR 72 OY-RUB operated a charter from Billund

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Photo: Ron Kosys
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RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 operated a medivac flight before positioning to Brize Norton
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Friday 18 April 2008 - BHX

Loganair operated a Saab 340 charter flight to Norwich carrying the West

Bromwich Ablion football team for their match on Saturday - the flight operated

from the Elmdon apron and the aircraft was in British Airways colours

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Photo: Mike Hollick

Thursday 17 April 2008 - BHX

Boeing BBJ HL7770 of Samsung visited BHX for the afternoon arriving from, and
departing back to, Farnborough. The local photographers were out in force for

the first visit of a Korean registered aircraft to Birmingham

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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Photo: Mike Hollick
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Photo: Dave Sturges
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Arriving shortly after the Boeing BBJ was Kenn Borek Twin Otter C-GKBH
on its way back to Canada from the Maldives....
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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.... after refueling it continued to Iceland
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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Just to prove types large and small are welcome at BHX another visitor

was Diamond DA-42 Twin Star which parked up on the Elmdon apron

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Photo: Mike Hollick