Monday 17 March 2008

SAS started to use Atlantic Airways BAe 146-200's their services

from Copenhagen - OY-RCA operated the morning service

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Photo: Ian Bowley

Tuesday 1 April 2008

The start of the "summer" schedules brought new colour to BHX

- Swiss starting using a Helvetic Fokker 100 on two of their daily

flights from Zurich - HB-JVE passes Terminal 1 on arrival

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Thursday 1 May 2008

The first day of what was to be a busy and interesting summer

season for IT Flights!

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Koral Blue Airbus A320 SU-KBA operated their first flight to

BHX from Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt
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Photo: Ian Bowley

Wednesday 21 May 2008

Loganair commenced their new three time daily service from

Dundee - which is operated under a franchise agreement with

flybe - with Saab 340 G-LGNN operating the inaugural flight

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Photo: Gordon Stretch

AMC Boeing 737-800 SU-BPG operated their weekly IT flight to

Sharm el Sheikh making the full use of the runway length available!

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Photo: Ian Bowley

Sunday 8 June 2008

Sunday 10 August 2008

Recently delivered Air Bee MD 82 I-DAVB operated their weekly

IT flight from Naples - the first time since Sunday 25 May 2008

that this flight has been operated by an Air Bee aircraft! Unlike

I-DAVA which visited on that date this aircraft does not wear

additional Itali Airlines titles

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Photo: Gordon Stretch

KLM used recently delivered Boeing 737-700 PH-BGE on the

afternoon KL1429/1430 service from Amsterdam - the first

visit of a KLM 73W - Boeing 737-700 with winglets - to BHX

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Photo: Chris Mabbott

Friday 19 September 2008

Koral Blue Airbus A319 SU-KBB operated their weekly
IT flight to Hurghada in Egypt

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Photo: Ian Bowley

Monday 15 December 2008

Turkish Airlines launched their new 5 times weekly service from

Istanbul with the aircraft receiving a water cannon welcome!

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Photo: Gordon Stretch

The inaugural service was operated by Airbus A321 TC-JRE

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Photo: Ron Kosys
More photos of the important launch can be seen at -
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2008/12/monday-15-december-2008-turkish.html

Wednesday 17 December 2008

KLM cityhopper Embraer 190 PH-EZA operated their lunchtime
service from Amsterdam - the first visit of a KLM E90 to BHX

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Photo: Ian Bowley

Turkish Airbus A320 TC-JPE operated their sevice to Istanbul

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Monday 22 December 2008

Tuesday 23 December 2008

Turkish Boeing 737-800 TC-JGS operated their service from
Istanbul - the first visit of a TK 73H since the service started
the previous week

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Well that was 2008 at BHX!!

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We hope you enjoyed our review of the year!!

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The photographers of the
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"Birmingham Aviation Enthusiasts Group"
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see our photos at -
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http://baeg.blogspot.com/

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Thanks to the following BAEG members have contributed

photographs to this annual review -

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John Banbrook, Ian Bowley, Andrew Fellows, John Gregory,

Mike Hollick, Laurence Jones, Ron Kosys, Stuart Lawson,

Chris Mabbott, John Mason, Martin McGrath, James Ralph,

Paul Sliwinski, Gordon Stretch and Dave Sturges