Monday 25 November 2013 - Van RV-9A G-XSAM is an unusual visitor to the Elmdon apron

Vans RV-9A G-XSAM was an unusual visitor on a busy day on the Elmdon apron...

FlightCal Diamond DA-42 Twin Star G-DGPS was a morning arrival before checking the Runway 33 ILS

Aerodata Surveys Rockwell 690A Turbo Commander OO-GOA which had arrived
on Saturday remained parked up while....

.... Aerodata Surveys Merlin III PH-PIX went for a short flight

Learjet 45 9H-BCP day stopping visitor

Challenger 300 N125TM which had arrived on Saturday spent the day parked up before departing

Challenger 300 D-BADO was an afternoon arrival spending the evening parked up

Eurocopter EC120B Colibri G-FCKD was a day stopping visitor Photos: Mike Hollick

Monarch Airbus A300B4-605R G-MAJS was a morning arrival from Manchester....

.... after an extended tour of the airport it parked up on Stand 85C

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-752 TC-JKO operated their morning service to Istanbul

Star Air Boeing 767-232F OY-SRP flying on behalf of UPS was an early morning visitor when it made
its first visit to BHX operating an additional flight from/to Cologne via BHX due to the overnight runway
closure at EMA - it was followed in by....

Star Air Boeing 767-219F OY-SRN which operated the regular Cologne - EMA - Belfast International service
on behalf of UPS - again operating via BHX because of the overnight closure of the runway at EMA

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR in its "The Expendables 3" colour scheme remained parked up

Friday 22 November 2013 - Citation CJ2 YU-BUU is a morning departure from the Elmdon apron

Citation CJ2 YU-BUU which had arrived on Thursday was a morning departure

Falcon 7X VP-BZE which had arrived on Thursday was an afternoon departure to Teterboro, New York

Piper Meridian PH-FHB was a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Titan Boeing 757-256 G-POWH was a morning departure operating a charter to Prague.....

.... the aircraft wears "Titan Airways - 25 years" titles by the front passenger door

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZIW which wears the "Linate - Fiumicino Per Tutti" special
colour scheme again operated their morning service to Belfast International

Monarch Airbus A300B4-605R G-OJMR was repositioned to spend the weekend parked on the Elmdon apron

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR which wears "The Expendables 3" colour scheme remained parked up

Tuesday 19 November 2013 - "Captain's Choice" Boeing 757-2T5 G-MONJ spends day parked up

"Captain's Choice" Boeing 757-2T5 G-MONJ which had arrived from Luton on Monday morning
spent the day parked up in front of the Monarch Hangar waiting its turn to go inside for a check
- the aircraft is operated by Monarch on behalf of "Captain's Choice" - an Australian tour operator
that specialises in luxury air tours for which the aircraft is fitted out in a VIP configuration

Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEMC operated their morning service to Munich - the aircraft
has recently been transferred from the now defunct Augsburg Airways to Lufthansa CityLine

Lufthansa "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 D-AIZT operated their lunchtime service to Frankfurt

Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWL operated their flight from Alicante

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR which had arrived on Monday evening spent the day parked up
on the Elmdon apron in its  "The Expendables 3" colour scheme

Monday 11 November 2013 - Star Air Boeing 767-219F OY-SRG flying for UPS makes its first visit to BHX

Star Air Boeing 767-219F OY-SRG flying on behalf of UPS made its first visit to BHX when it was
an early morning visitor to the Elmdon apron routing from Cologne to Belfast International via BHX
due to the overnight closure of the runway at East Midlands for maintenance Photo: Mike Hollick

Air Bright Antonov 26B LZ-ABR which had been parked up on the Elmdon apron since
it arrived on the previous Wednesday evening was an afternoon departure to Hahn....

.... quickly climbing off Runway 15 into the low cloud

Lufthansa "Sharklet" equipped Airbus A320-214 D-AIZZ operated their lunchtime service to Frankfurt
- its first visit to BHX. It wears a slightly different scheme to their out recent additions ....

.... with a small Lufthansa "crane" on the winglets - and no "lufthansa.com" titles on the rear fuselage

CityJet Avro RJ85 EI-RJO was a lunchtime arrival when it positioned back from Gothenburg
after earlier operating the first of a series of charters that continue until Friday