Monarch G-OZBR Airbus A321 operated there afternoon flight to Tenerife.

Thomas Cook G-JMCE B757-200 operated there fight to Lanzarote.



Ryanair EI-DCL B737-800 painted in Boeing livery operated the flight to Girona.

Alot of diverts into bhx today including Britsh Airways G-VIIA Boeing B777-200ER



British Airways G-VIIB Boeing B777-200ER


Wizzair HA-LPQ Airbus A320


Wizzair HA-LPX Airbus A320


Jet2 G-CELU Boeing B737-300

EasyJet Switzerland A319 HB-JZG started the winter flights to Geneve.
Departing off a foggy runway 15.

Thomsonfly Boeing B737-300 operated a santa flight to Lapland.





Bmibaby Boeing B737-300 operated there flight to Belfast.



Manhan Air Airbus A310 operated there flight to Tehran.

Ryanair EI-DAJ operated there flight to Gerona,Spain off a very wet and windy runway 33.

RAF C-17A Globemaster III ZZ175 operated a Medevac flight.






Eurowings CRJ900 D-ACNG operated the afternoon flight from Dusseldorf.

Olympic Dash8-Q400 G-JECV was pushed backed out of the hanger.

CityJet RJ85 EI-RJX operated there flight to Paris.

Emirates have announced plans to construct a 7,000 sqft premium passenger lounge at Birmingham Airport. It will be the biggest lounge offered by a long-haul airline at the airport.

Eurocypria Airlines B737-800 5B-DBV operated there weekly IT flight to Larnaca.

Mahan Air A310-300 F-OJHH operated there flight to Tehran.

Turkish Airlines B737-800 operated there flight from Istanbul.

Onur Air MD83 TC-OAT operated there weekly IT flight from Dalaman.

Onur Air Airbus A320 TC-OBD operated there weekly IT flight from Bodrum.

Balkan Holidays Airbus A320 LZ-BHB operated there weekly IT flight from Bourgas.

Turkmenistan B737-700 EZ-A008 was a morning arrival from Boeing field on a delivery flight to Ashgabat.

After a short stop EZ-A008 then departed to Ashgabat off runway 33.

US Airways B757-200 N939UW operated there flight to Philadelphia.

Continental B757-200 N14118 operated there flight to Newark.

Matt at mcpcshowcaseHD has let us feature this video of the Emirates A380 landing at Birmingham Airport, Its a top video so enjoy!

The day A380 came to town.

Today the Emirates A380 landed at birmingham Airport for the official opening of new International Pier and to mark the Airport's 70th anniversary.

A380 A6-EDE made a perfect landing on runway 33.

Birmingham Airport also seen a number of different aircraft today, one of them being KLM Boeing 737-800 PH-BXA which is in their 90th anniversary scheme.

Tomorrow is the day we have all been waiting for, Emirates A380 comes to Birmingham Airport plus retro scheme aircraft from KLM and Luthansa.
Full update with pictures will be uploaded tomorrow.

2nd A380 to visit Birmingham

Airbus have just announced that an company Airbus A380 F-WWOW will be making a approach and go around fly through at Bimingham on Saturday 5 September 2009 as part of a UK tour on that date.

The A380 provisionally scheduled time at BHX is 1540.

Brum's Gone To Iceland

Birmingham International Airport is pleased to welcome a new airline, Iceland Express. The low-fare airline will commence a new service between Birmingham International Airport and Keflavik International Airport, Reykjavik, offering travellers the first chance to visit Iceland direct.

“Launching this new route is an exciting development for Iceland Express,” says Matthias Imsland, Iceland Express CEO.

We are seeing high consumer demand for travel to Reykjavik and are confident our schedule will be a success.

We are proud to be able to serve another UK destination and look forward to working with Birmingham International Airport. Our new route will make flying to Iceland more convenient for many people and we cannot wait to begin the service.”

The new route is due to kick-off during the peak summer months in 2010 and will initially run once-a-week, every Sunday, for around 13 weeks.

“We are delighted to welcome Iceland Express as a new partner of the Airport,” says Paul Kehoe, Birmingham International Airport CEO.

This is the first time we have had a direct flight to Iceland. This weekly service will give passengers the chance to visit the world’s most northerly capital and sample the delights of whale watching, horseback riding or the spectacular Geysir.

Initially this service will be seasonal, however we are confident this service will prove to be popular so we can work with Iceland Express to make this a year round service flying on more days per week in the near future.”

Ryanair announced recently that they will open up 39 new routes across the network to and from the Canary Islands this Winter 2009/2010. From Birmingham the airline will fly to Arrecife - twice weekly (Mon & Fri), Las Palmas - also twice weekly (Wed & Sun) and Tenerife South - 3 times weekly (Tue, Thur & Sat) as of 26th October 2009.

Jet2 Boeing 737 G-CELP operating a one off charter from Seville, departing on runway 15 back to Stansted



Monarch Airbus A321 G-OZBH operated there flight to Almeria, Spain.

Emirates A380 to fly into BHX

On Wednesday 9th September 2009, Emirates will operate for 1 day only the Airbus A380on the lunchtime service (EK039/040) for the airport's 70th birthday party and official opening of its new International Pier.

Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline, says: "Emirates and Birmingham International Airport have enjoyed a successful partnership since we started services in 2000, and it's fitting that we should mark this significant milestone in the airport's history by flying in our most talked about aircraft. We hope that many travellers from around the region will take advantage of this opportunity to fly on the superjumbo for the first time. With the range of amenities we have on board, including the world's first Onboard Shower Spas in First Class, we are sure they won't be disappointed."

Joe Kelly, Birmingham International Airport's Deputy Chief Executive Officer, said: "Our 70th anniversary is a fantastic milestone for the airport and we are delighted that Emirates is helping us celebrate our birthday with the A380. Additionally, this is the first commercial flight of an A380 outside of London Heathrow in the UK". As well as celebrating our 70th anniversary, Wednesday 9th September 2009 is also the official opening date of our new £45 million International Pier. The Pier replaces the existing Pier, constructed in 1984, with state of the art facilities and it is therefore very fitting that the Emirates Airbus A380 will be one of the first aircraft to use it."

A380 schedule: Wed 9th September 2009
EK039/040 Arr 12:35 - Dep 14:15 - A380-800.

New photos have been added to the gallery.

Hellenic have cancelled there inaugural service tomorrow (30th may).


Mahan Air restart flights 4x weekly from Birminghan on July 2nd using A310's

26th May 2009

Hellenic Imperial Airways start there flights from Birmingham to Athens using B747's this Saturday (30th May) arriving at 19:40 and departing 21:40. This flight is sold out upto 13th June.

Sorry People!

Sorry for the lack of updates! My computer has packed up, new one tomorrow so will start updating again.

New Gemini Jets April release's have been added to the online shop.

Hellenic update.

You can now book flights from the Hellenic website ( Birmingham to Athens), So if this is so we should see B747 Fying into Birmingham from June 1st.

12th May 2008

Hellenic Imperial Airways wants to launch its first services from Britain – with direct flights from Birmingham Airport to Athens. Hellenic Imperial Airways also plans to launch flights to Jeddah, the Post reports, with the two routes combined offering midlands passengers a route to the middle east.

Hellenic is so confident of the demand for both destinations it wants to operate four flights per week to the Greek capital using a 456-seat Boeing 747 jumbo jet with a mixture of economy, premium economy, business and first class seats. Two of the weekly flights will have onward connections to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.


US Airways operate their inaugural service from Phildelphia tomorrow ( 13th May)
We will uploaded photo's as soon as we get them!

4th May 2009

Birmingham Airport boss defends runway plans



The boss of Birmingham International Airport said he has a problem with the science behind climate change as he defended the airport’s plan to extend its runway.

Speaking at The Prince’s May Day Summit on Climate Change, Birmingham International Airport chief executive Paul Kehoe told delegates how he believed the controversial 400m extension was necessary for the city’s future economy.

Although he said he was not a “climate change apologist” Mr Kehoe said he had “a problem with climate change and the science and technology behind it. There is a conditionality to all the claims,” he added.

He said it was not just carbon dioxide emissions that needed to be taken into account but also emissions from nitrous oxides and water vapours.

Mr Kehoe told an audience of local businesses at the event, organised by Business in the Community, that he did not know what the carbon footprint of the airport was.

He said that the extension to the airport by an extra 400 metres would bring a £2 billion contribution to the region’s GDP.

“Great cities need great connectivity. We are going to deliver the global connectivity that this city needs.”

He added: “I’m positive about what we are doing. I would not wish to say to our children that I am rationing you – who is going to make that decision?”

Plans to extend the runway at the airport finally got the go-ahead earlier this month from Solihull Council after the airport had to resubmit its proposed Section 106 agreement, which explained how it planned to counteract noise pollution and to protect the environment.

Measures include limits on night flights, noise control, public transport plans and a 20-year annual £10,000 tree planting scheme.

Expansion of the runway will enable bigger jets to fly non-stop to long-haul destinations, such as China, India and the west coast of America.

But the Government’s drive to extend the capacity of the UK’s airports, which includes plans for new runways at Heathrow and Stansted, has come in for a barrage of criticism from the green lobby, which says they seriously undermine the Government’s own ambitious climate change targets to cut emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.

The Prince’s May Day Summit in Birmingham was part of a nationwide series of events bringing together businesses committed to taking action on climate change.

Other speakers at the event, which took place at 11 BrindleyPlace, included Andrew Whitehead, partner and head of energy and utilities at Martineau and Coun Len Gregory, cabinet member for transportation and street services.