Birmingham Airport Photo Blog

40 years ago today on Wednesday 4 April 1984 the current passenger terminal at Birmingham Airport opened to passengers for the first time

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Today 40 years ago the current terminal at Birmingham Airport opened to passengers for the first time - to mark this historic event BBC "Midlands Today" was broadcast live from the Airport - click "play" below to watch the programme - please note the image above does appear at the start the video but it will play - and also click "full screen" for a better viewing experience!

Thursday 7 January 2021 - Boeing 737-73W N946BC arrives for conversion to an E-7 Wedgetail for the RAF

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Boeing 737-73W BBJ N946BC was an afternoon arrival from Bangor - the first aircraft for

conversion to an E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning aircraft for the Royal Air Force

by STS Aviation Services in their hangar at Birmingham Airport.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... the aircraft was previously operated as a Boeing BBJ by Deer Jet as B-5273 before

being acquired by Boeing and prepared at Georgetown, Delaware, from where it had

departed on Wednesday morning using flight number "BOE126" Photo Andrew Fellows

.... after night stopping at Bangor, Maine, it continued onto BHX for a late afternoon

arrival landing on Runway 33 and taxying to the STS Aviation Services hangar which

it soon disappeared into - it is due to enter service with the Royal Air Force in 2023

Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EPE operated their "EK040" flight to Dubai....

.... the aircraft is in their Expo 2020 green "Sustainability" colour scheme

.... on a day when aircraft appeared and disappeared as banks of fog moved across

the airfield Photos: Matt Kidgell

easyJet Airbus A320-251N G-UZLF operated their flight "EZY203" from Belfast International

SAS Airbus A330-343 LN-RKM was a morning departure operating another freight flight to Brussels

Beech King Air D-IBFS was an afternoon arrival from Coburg - after a short stop on

the Elmdon apron it departed to Nuremburg and onto Coburg Photo: Andrew Fellows

Saturday 26 December 2020

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Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-271NX TC-LSC operated their flight "TK1967" from Istanbul

KLM Boeing 737-7K2 PH-BGH operated their morning flight "KL1422" to Amsterdam

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZDA operated their flight "EZY202" to Belfast International

Embraer Phenom 300 2-EMBR was a lunchtime departure to Liverpool

Monday 9 August 2010 - US Army Beech C-12 84-0158 visits the Elmdon apron

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US Army Beech C-12U Huron 84-0158 was a lunchtime visitor to

the Elmdon apron - the aircraft wears "United States of America"

titles and used the callsign "Duke 19"....

.... it departed back to Wiesbaden in Germany
. Turkish Airbus A321-211 TC-JME operated their flight to Istanbul

Sunday 8 August 2010 - Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU operates charter to Malaga

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Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU which wears a smart black scheme....

.... positioned in to operate the final student charter back to Malaga
.Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABKL operated their
weekly flight to Paderborn - its first visit to BHX
.

Aurela Boeing 737-382 LY-SKW operated the third of a series

of peak season IT flights for Thomas Cook from/to Ibiza

Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J TC-SGI was an evening

arrival operating their weekly IT flight from Dalaman
.

Flairjet Embraer Phenom 100 G-RAAL was a

morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Thursday 7 August 2008 - Lagunair Embraer 145 EC-KBI operates a charter from Pamplona

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Lagunair Embraer 145 EC-KBI operated a charter flight from

Pamplona before positioning back to Leon. The aircraft wears

"Aeropuerto de Leon" titles and insignia on its nose

Friday 6 August 2010 - Top Fly ATR 42 EC-IDG arrives with Athletic Bilbao

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Top Fly ATR 42-300 EC-IDG was an evening arrival bringing in
Athletic Bilbao for their friendly match against Wolverhampton
Wanderers - Wolves - on Saturday afternoon

Cimber Canadair CRJ200ER OY-RJJ positioned in from Manchester
after dropping off CA Osasuna for their friendly match against Bolton

- it will nightstop at BHX and then take the team home after their
friendly match against West Bromwich Ablion on Saturday
.

RAF Super King Air ZK454 made an ILS approach
and go around to Runway 15
.Citation CJ3 D-COWB was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 5 August 2008 - Aegean Avro RJ100 SX-DVE arrives for attention with flybe

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Aegean Avro RJ 100 SX-DVE was an early morning arrival

as the "AEE800F" - it quickly disappeared into Hangar 2
for attention by flybe

Tuesday 4 August 2009 - Lufthansa Canadair CRJ200 D-ACLY operates service to Munich

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Lufthansa Regional Canadair CRJ 200 D-ACLY operated

their afternoon service to Munich

Sunday 3 August 2008 - Fly Excellent MD 83 SE-DJE flying for Air Bee

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Fly Excellent MD 83 SE-DJE operated the Air Bee/Itali Airlines

IT flight to Naples. The aircraft wears "Purobeach" titles

advertising a Spanish hotel chain
.

flybe chartered Jet2 Boeing 737-377 G-CELA to operate their

delayed IT flight to Bastia after an Embraer 195 went tech

Tuesday 2 August 2011 - Blu Express and Mistral Air operate final student charters

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Blu Express Boeing 737-31S EI-DXB positioned in from Milan Linate
to operate the final Blue Panorama student charter flight to Rome
.

Mistral Air Boeing 737-33AQC EI-DVC positioned in from Rome
to operate their final student exchange charter flight of the season
.

Air Transat Airbus A330-342 C-GCTS operated their flight to Toronto
.

Austrian Arrows/Tyrolean Dash 8Q-402 OE-LGI operated the mid
morning Brussels Airlines service in place of the usual aircraft OE-LGC
.

RAF Puma HC1 XW226 overflew the airfield during the morning

Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-AND the first "dreamliner" to visit Birmingham on Thursday 1 August 2013

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Air India Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" VT-AND was an early evening arrival.... Photo: Ron Kosys

....operating their inaugural flight from Amritsar via Delhi Photo: Robert Jones

.... the first Being 787 "dreamliner" to land at Birmingham Airport

.... touching down on Runway 15

The aircraft rolled passed the Elmdon site.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... and Birmingham Airport's new Air traffic Control Tower

The "dreamliner" then turned onto Taxiway Charlie....

.... to receive a water cannon salute from Birmingham Airport's

.... new "Striker" Fire fighting vehicles Photos: Laurence Jones

From the other side the salute was a little wetter! - with a strong southerly wind you can see
the wall of water already moving across the apron and the awaiting crowd had a good soaking!

Air India Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" parked on Stand 42C.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... at the end of the International Pier

Now the aircraft is on stand Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, leads out the VIP's....

.... with the cake cutting being performed by Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council,
Rohit Nandan, Chairman of Air India, and Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport

The cake!

All this took place at the rear of the aircraft as the baggage was unloaded

Meanwhile the "Dholl Blasters" provided musical entertainment....

.... and certainly kept the media occupied!

No point having "787" painted on the stand if you don't have a "dreamliner" to park on it!

Time now to have a look on board the Boeing 787 "dreamliner"....

.... the cockpit

Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport is interviewed about the new Air India service
and other developments at the airport by Derek Pedley of airteamimages.com ....

.... in the spacious Business Class section of the aircraft

All Economy passengers have a seat back video entertainment system

Time to say goodbye - the return flight was checking in....

.... the inaugural service back to Delhi and onto Amritsar

A big well done and thank you to the team from Birmingham Airport
for organising another very successful launch event!!

Thursday 1 August 2013

Thursday 31 July 2008 - Cairo Aviation Tupolev 204 SU-EAI flying for Koral Blue again!

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For the second week running Cairo Aviation Tupolev 204-120

SU-EAI operated the Koral Blue IT flight from Sharm el Sheikh

in place of their Airbus A320

.
..

Eurowings Canadair CRJ 701ER D-ACSB operated the
afternoon Lufthansa service from/to Dusseldorf. The
aircraft was formerly G-DUOA with Birmingham based duo

Saturday 30 July 2011 - "Global Gathering" at Long Marston airfield results in influx of biz jets!

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The "Global Gathering" festival being held at Long Marston airfield
near Stratford on Avon continued to attract interesting movements
to the Elmdon apron - Solid Air Citation Bravo PH-DYN wears
"Swedish House Mafia" titles - a group of Swedish DJ's Photo: Ron Kosys
.

Colmuba Air Citation CJ2 9A-CLN arrived from Ohrid Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Other visitors included Citation II D-CJJJ
.

....and Augusta Air Citation XLS D-CLLL Photos: Mike Hollick
.

Flight Ambulance Learjet 35A D-COKE was an evening arrival
from Turkey operating an air ambulance flight
.

Jetairfly - TUI Belgium - Boeing 737-8K5 OO-JAX positioned
in from Brussels to operate a return student flight to Rome
.

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECF is named "Adam Stansfield" in memory
of the Exeter City footballer who died in 2010 Photo: Ron Kosys
.

BA Cityflyer Embraer 190-100LR G-LCYJ positioned in
from Glasgow to operate a peak season IT flight to Palma

Thursday 29 July 2010 - Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-603 EP-MNR operates their service from Tehran

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Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-603 EP-MNR operated

their flight from Tehran - only its third visit to BHX

Koral Blue Airbus A320-214 SU-KBE operated their weekly
IT flight to sharm el Sheikh - the first time for many weeks

that they have used one of their own aircraft on the service

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DLG operated their morning

service to Dublin - the aircraft wears "Zegnamy PLL LOT"

titles - or "Bye Bye LOT"
.

Rooney Air Citation XLS G-OROO was an afternoon visitor
to the Elmdon apron departing to Newcastle

Wednesday 28 July 2010 - Cello take Aston Villa to Portugal for Guadiana Cup

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Cello Avro Business Jet G-RAJJ was an afternoon departure to Faro

taking Aston Villa to Portugal for this weekend's Guadiana Cup....

.... the team had earlier arrived at the Elmdon terminal....
. .... to much media interest - would Milner be on the flight!?
.For a video report of Aston Villa enjoying the "Cello experience"
see - http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/Paul_Brown/0,,10265~2104395,00.html
.

Global Jet Austria Boeing 737-8DR BBJ2 OE-ILX which had been

a morning departure returned again in the afternoon....
.

.... parking up again on Taxiway Lima
.

Air Harrods Sikorsky S 76C G-WIWI was an evening

arrival parking up to night stop on the elmdon apron

Monday 27 July 2009 - Cyprus Turkish Airbus A320-232 TC-TCC operates their flight to Ercan

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Cyprus Turkish Airbus A320-232 TC-TCC - which is leased from Turkuaz

Airlines - operated their service from Ercan via Dalaman

RAF C17 ZZ176 was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

on a medevac flight before positioning out to Brize Norton
.

Monday 26 July 2010 - Royal Danish Air Force C-130J Hercules B-537 visits on medevac flight

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Royal Danish Air Force Hercules C-130J B-537 departs off Runway 33

after another visit to collect passengers off a RAF Tristar

Sunday 25 July 2010 - Golbal Jet Boeing 737-8DR BBJ2 OE-ILX makes its first visit to BHX

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Global Jet Austria Boeing 737-8DR BBJ2 OE-ILX was....

.... an afternoon arrival parking up on Taxiway Lima
. This was the first visit of a Boeing BBJ2 to BHX
.

Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLU operated the student charter from Malaga
.

.... it wears a smart black scheme with just small Blue Line titles
.

.... and departed back to Malaga
. Aurela Boeing 737-382 LY-SKW positioned in from Glasgow
under a Thomas Cook/Kestrel flight number to operate an
additional peak season IT flight to Ibiza - its first visit to BHX

Thursday 24 July 2008 - Cairo Aviation Tupolev 204 SU-EAI operates for Koral Blue

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Cairo Aviation Tupolev 204-120 SU-EAI operated the Koral Blue
IT flight from Sharm el Sheikh in place of their Airbus A320 - this

was only the second visit of a Tupolev 204 to BHX

. .

Wednesday 23 July 2008 - Thomsonfly Boeing 737-33V G-THOO operates IT flight to Salzburg

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Thomsonfly used winglet equipped Boeing 737-33V
G-THOO on their weekly IT flight from/to Salzburg

Fokker 100 YR-FKA operated the weekly Adria flight from
Ljubljana. The aircraft is leased from Carpatair of Romania
for the summer
.After spending nearly a week parked up on stand 86C,
work started on repairing PIA Boeing 777-200ER AP-BGL.
The aircraft had been damaged by a ground service vehicle
last Thursday evening

Tuesday 22 July 2008 - Air Express Sweden Fokker 100 SE-DUV flying for KLM

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Air Express Sweden Fokker 100 SE-DUV operated

the early evening KLM service from Amsterdam
.

PIA used Boeing 777-340ER AP-BHW on their flight from

Islamabad in place of the usual 777-200. The aircraft

wears the Lahore "The Garden of Mughal" tail colour

scheme although it currently has an all white rudder
.

Thursday 21 July 2011 - Shell Falcon 7X VQ-BSP is an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

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Shell Aviation Falcon 7X VQ-BSP made a brief afternoon visit
before departing to Rotterdam Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Meridian Aviation Antonov An 12BK UR-DWF which had arrived....
.

.... on Wednesday morning remained parked up Photos: Ron Kosys
.

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO was an early morning arrival
operating another freight charter from Casablanca via Brest....
.

.... while Bin Air Metro III D-CNAF which had arrived in the early

hours of the morning spent the day parked up Photos: Ron Kosys

Sunday 20 July 2008 - Belavia Boeing 737-5Q8 EW-251PA operates charter from Minsk

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Belavia Boeing 737-5Q8 EW-251PA operated the inbound charter

flight from Minsk on behalf of the "Children of Chernobyl" charity....

.... after offloading its passengers it positioned to Shannon

Ken Borek Air Twin Otter C-GPAO arrived from Brindisi

in the early hours of Sunday morning. After a stopover at

BHX it departed in the late afternoon to Iqaluit in Canada,

via Keflavik in Iceland. The aircraft was returning home

after flying for an oil company in Burma.
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Welcome Air Dornier 328 OE-GBB operated the weekly medivac flight

Tuesday 19 July 2011 - Trawel Fly Boeing 737-436 EI-DMR flying for Mistral Air

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Trawel Fly Boeing 737-436 EI-DMR operated the Mistral Air student
charter from Rome in place of the previously planned Jetran MD 82
.

.... its first visit wearing this registration - the aircraft had previously
visited BHX on a diversion when it was G-DOCR with British Airways
.

Blu Express Boeing 737-31S EI-DXB operated the Blue Panorama
student charter flight to Rome - its first visit to BHX
.

Air Transat Airbus A330-343X C-GTSD operated their weekly
flight to Toronto - its first visit to BHX Photo: Ron Kosys
.

Citation CJ3 OO-FYS was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron....
.

.... as was JOTA King Air G-JOTA Photos: Ron Kosys
.

The two Royal Moroccan Air Force Texan T-6C's departed on the
next stage of their delivery flight - "13/TM" (CN-BTM) leaving first....
.

.... followed by Texan T-6C "14/TN" (CN-BTN)