Back To Work And Back To Birmingham

 

So it was back to work today. After going into the depot for my list of jobs I was off out and about the Solihull area and obviously I would be making a quick stop at Birmingham Airport. The star visitor today was La Compagnie’s other Airbus A321Neo F-HBUZ which was running late so I sadly missed.

So whilst in the Minworth area I managed to the Turkish Airlines Airbus A321Neo TC-LUP departing back to Istanbul.

The following where noted around 1130:

G-TUKX TUI Boeing 737-800

EI-EFH Ryanair Boeing 737-800

EI-DHX Ryanair Boeing 737-800

G-SUND Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

G-CMMT Aer Lingus Regional ATR72

EC-MBY Vueling Airbus A320

G-SUNG Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

KLM cityhopper EMB175 PH-EXZ Arriving At Manchester

 

A Lovely Sunny Day In The Garden Seeing Aeroplanes On Approach To Birmingham Airport!

     

    So as today was the last bank holiday of the year in England and the sun was beating down we decided to have a family day in the back garden. Pool out, BBQ out and then the youngest shouted "Look Daddy a Jet2". looking up she was rite a Jet2 Airbus A321Neo banking over my house.

    Checking Flight Radar the runway in use was indeed. When This runway is in use I probably get around 40% of all traffic.

So from around midday this is what I noted:

    G-SUNC Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    EI-IFW Ryanair Boeing 737Max8-200

    OE-LST easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    A7-BCV Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8

    9H-WME Wizz Air Airbus A321Neo

    G-JZBD Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-PEMB Aurigny ATR72

    G-TAWV TUI Boeing 737-800

    F-HBLD Air France EMB190

    EI-DWH Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    TC-SOB Sun Express Boeing 737 Max8

    G-DRTR Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    OM-LEX Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-SUND Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    EI-IGO Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    EI-DPF Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-IHW Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    9H-SWK Sun Express Airbus A320

    G-TUMP TUI Boeing 737Max8

    EI-DHX Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    PH-HSD KLM Boeing 737-800

    9H-VVS Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    YL ABC Air Baltic Airbus A220

    So around 1800 I'd had enough sun and went inside. Some new aircraft that I needed went the other way over Tamworth. "You Can't Win Em All"

Aer Lingus Regional ATR72 EI-GPP Arriving at Manchester From Dublin

 

Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900 ET-AWP Arriving At Manchester

 

Juneyao Air Boeing 787-9 B-226N Departing Manchester Airport

 

Pegasus Airbus A320Neo TC-NCN Arriving At Manchester From Turkey

 

RARE!! Kuwait Airways Airbus A330-800Neo 9K-APH Arriving At Manchester Airport

 Although Its Not Rare For Operating Into Manchester, This Is The First Time I've Seen One. Most Airlines Use The A330-900Neo

Unexpected Visit To Birmingham

 

So as per everyday I’m always first up on my household. Make a fresh coffee or two whilst scanning through email checking on Facebook and or course the check to see what’s arriving at Birmingham. Today three arrivals caught my eye. The first one being the brand new (even maybe first revenue flight) Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200 EI-ILF. Sadly this one had already come and gone. The second of the three was La Compagnie Airbus A321Neo F-HNCO  which was arriving from New York Newark, And finally another first visit for an aircraft was former China Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-400F TF-AKG now operated by Network Aviation. But with this running a little late this too was sadly missed.

So just a very small log, because by the time I got there all the morning holiday flight had long gone leaving a very quiet airport.

Noted from the Elmdon Multi Storey Car Park around 1015:

    D-ABGK Lufthansa Airbus A319

    F-HBLE Air France EMB190

    EI-DWC Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    F-HNCO La Compagnie Airbus A321Neo

    TC-SMK Sun Express Boeing 737Max8

    G-TUIA TUI Boeing 787-8

    G-TUID TUI Boeing 787-8

    EI-EBE Ryanair Boeing 737-800

Easyjet Airbus A319 OE-LQN Arriving at Manchester Airport On Runway 05R

 

Lufthansa City Airbus A320Neo D-AIJQ Departing Manchester Airport

 

Early Morning Sun On This Ryanair Boeing 737Max8-200 EI-IHJ At Manchester Airport

 

Aurigny ATR72 G-PEMB Arriving At Manchester Airport

 The Aircraft Still Wears Basic Avianca Colours Of Which It Previously Operated For.

Air Transat Airbus A321Neo C-GOIX Arriving At Manchester Airport

 

Austrian Airlines EMB190 OE-LWB Arriving At Manchester

 

Saudia Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner HZ-AR25 At Manchester Airport

 

SAS Airbus A320Neo EI-SIR Arriving At Manchester Airport

 

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321Neo TC-LTB Arriving At Manchester From Istanbul

 

Sun Express Boeing 737-800 TC-SEK Arriving At Manchester Airport

 

A Day At The Beach Turned Out To Be A Day's Spotting

 

    A day trip to Weston Super Mare with the family turned out to be a spotting trip as well. This wasn't the plan when we started out from home. The skies were cloudy but after a two hour drive and not much traffic we arrived at the massive Weston Super Mare beach. The runway in use at Bristol today was 09. This meant passed over top of the western beach at around 4500ft well below the cloud, but by now was breaking up. In fact all the cloud soon disappeared and we were left with a lovely sunny day and stunning sun set.

    I wouldn’t  rush down to Bristol for a day spotting trip with it being very slow and the same based aircraft in and out all day. Airlines wise it’s mainly the normal three as at any other airport these days, easyJet Ryanair and jet2. Eastern Airways operated the Amsterdam service. Aer Lingus operated the ATR72 from Cork and Dubli, Blue Island operated an ATR72 from Jersey and Aurigny a ATR72 Guernsey.

Here what was seen from around 1100 till 2000 on Wednesday 21st August 2025:

    G-JZDC Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-UZMB easyjet Airbus A321Neo

    G-EZUN easyjet Airbus A320

    G-UZLY easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-EZUC easyjet Airbus A320

    G-PBOT Aurigny ATR72

    G-UZLL easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    9H-VVM Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-UZHH easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-EZWP easyjet Airbus A320

    G-DRTO Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    EI-HGH Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-CLSN Eastern Airways EMB190

    G-DRTV Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    9H-QBV Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-JZBH Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-UZHC easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    9H-QAB Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-TUMG TUI Boeing 737 Max8

    EI-ENP Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-EZWY easyjet Airbus A320

    EI-IKD Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-EZWD easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZTM easyjet Airbus A320

    G-TUOA TUI Boeing 737 Max8

    G-TUMS TUI Boeing 737 Max8

    G-UZMK easyjet Airbus A321Neo

    G-DRTP Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    OE-LQX easyjet Airbus A319

    G-JZHJ Jet 2 Boeing 737-800

    G-JZHM Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-UZHJ easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-UZHO easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    EI-FAV Aer Lingus Regional ATR72

    G-EZWZ easyjet Airbus A320

    9H-VVM Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-CLSN Eastern Airways EMB190

    G-JZDD Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-UZLV easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-UZHC easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-EZWS easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZUC easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZWY easyjet Airbus A320

    G-UZHH easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    EI-IHE Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    9H-QBV Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    OE-LQD easyjet Airbus A319

    G-SAJJ Loganair EMB145

    G-ISLN Blue Island ATR72

    G-EZUN easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZWD easyjet Airbus A320

    EI-HGH Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    EI-FAV Aer Lingus Regional ATR72

    G-EZTH easyjet Airbus A320

    OE-LKO easyjet Airbus A319

    G-EZTB easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZTM easyjet Airbus A320

    EI-IKD Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    

Easyjet Airbus A320 G-EZUZ Taxiing At Manchester Airport

 

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-EKV Full Reverse Throttle At Manchester Airport

 

TUI Boeing 737-800 G-TAWX Arriving At Manchester Airport

 

Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000 A7-AOA Arriving At Manchester Airport From Doha

 

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 G-RUKO At Manchester Airport

 

Pegasus Airbus A321Neo TC-RBC Arriving At Manchester Airport

 

Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200 EI-IJE Arriving At Manchester Airport

 

KLM Airbus A321Neo PH-AXB At Manchester Airport

 

Easyjet Airbus A320Neo G-UZEG Exiting Runway 05R At Manchester Airport

 

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 9H-QFE Appling Reverse Thrust At Manchester Airport

 

Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 Max8 TC-MKD Arriving On Runway 05R At Manchester Airport

 

KLM cityhopper PH-EZM Arriving At Manchester Airport On Runway 05R

 

Piper Warrior G-WARB Taxiing For Departure At Halfpenny Green

 

Piper Cherokee G-BSLU Taxiing at Halfpenny Green

 

Easyjet Airbus A320 G-EZUT Arriving at Manchester

 

Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200 9H-VVK Arriving At Manchester Airport

 

Egyptair Airbus A321Neo Arriving At Manchester After Its Flight From Cairo

 

Air France Airbus A220 F-HNPH Arriving At Manchester Airport On Runway 05L

 

Emirates Airbus A380 A6-EOD Arriving Runway 05L At Manchester Airport

 

A Magnificent Monday Spotting At Manchester Airport

 

    So this week I’m on annual leave, and today was the only day I hadn’t got anything planned to do with the family. So after a lot of begging and pleading I managed to get a day spotting behind the camera.

    So Manchester was my destination after those quick short visits during work really wetted the appetite to go. My last proper spotting trip here must of been 2019 before my flight to Stockholm.

    Anyway back to today! My alarm was set to 05:15 opened the curtains hoping that gorgeous weather we’d had the last few days, and you guessed it cloud! Oh well. I left my house just before 0600 and arrived at Manchester Airport south side around 0715. The good thing of getting there early is you can park in the lay by or what I call the small parking area just off the island. 

    There have been some reports on social media that people are parking in front of the crash gates and other access point for the emergency services and the council in due course are going to make it a no parking area with red lines. At the moment this isn’t the case so just think where you park and don’t spoil it for others. There is a holiday inn about 500m down the road which I was told you can park for a charge.

    After a two minute walk I was on one of the south side mounds and this is where I would stay until around 1330.

This was my view from the viewing mound.

Here’s what was logged from today’s Visit:

    9A-ABC Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    EI-HAX Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-RUKM Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-HMZ Ryanair Boeing 737Max8-200

    G-EZTD easyjet Airbus A320

    9A-LAB Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-EZUK easyjet Airbus A320

    G-SUNB Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-TAWZ TUI Boeing 737-800

    G-EZUZ easyjet Airbus A320

    9H-QFE Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-JZHH Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYB Jet2 Airbus A321

    9H-QCF Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYK Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-JZBM Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-EZTZ easyjet Airbus A320

    9H-VVK Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-JZHO Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-VYGM Jet2 Airbus A330

    EI-EMC Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-UZLF easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-TUKO TUI Boeing 737-800

    G-DRTX Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYA Jet2 Airbus A321

    G-DRTW Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-SUNP Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-TAWU TUI Boeing 737-800

    G-HLYI Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-SUNG Jet2 Airbus A321Neo

    G-TUML TUI Boeing 737 Max8

    G-UZLR easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    G-TUIB TUI Boeing 787-8

    A7-BHC Qatar Airways Boeing 787-9

    B-226N Juneyao Air Boeing 787-9

    G-EIDY Aer Lingus Airbus A330

    B-303C Hainan Airlines Airbus A330

    G-EILA Aer Lingus Airbus A330

    A6-ETP Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300

    G-DRTU Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    EI-DEM Aer Lingus Airbus A320

    9H-AMJ Eurowings Airbus A320

    EI-EKC Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-EVA Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-IHJ Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    D-AIJQ Lufthansa City Airbus A320Neo

    G-LMTD Loganair ATR72

    G-FZDY TUI Boeing 737-800

    YL-ABQ Air Baltic Airbus Airbus A220

    G-EZTK easyjet Airbus A320

    EI-IKM Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-PEMB Aurigny ATR72

    ET-AWP Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900

    B-LRS Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900

    OE-IVQ easyjet Airbus A320

    PH-EXS KLM cityhopper EMB 175

    D-AIDB Lufthansa Airbus A321

    G-VNVR Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000

    EC-OGC Vueling Airbus A320 

    EI-GPO Aer Lingus Regional ATR 72

    SP-RKC Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-RUKG Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    9H-QDI Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    EI-EBP Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    G-VLUV Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330

    TC-JSI Turkish Airlines Airbus A321

    OH-LVL Finnair Airbus A319

    TC-SMD Sun Express Boeing 737 Max8

    G-EZRX easyjet Airbus A320

    EI-SIB SAS Airbus A320Neo

    EI-SCF SAS Airbus A320Neo

    SX-NET Aegean Airbus A320Neo

    D-ASTX Lufthansa City Airbus A319

    G-EZUT easyjet Airbus A320

    G-VEVE Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000

    G-EZWI easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZUK easyjet Airbus A320

    OO-TCH Brussels Airways Airbus A320

    PH-AXB KLM Airbus A321Neo

    G-UZHT easyjet Airbus A320Neo

    D-AISO Lufthansa Airbus A321

    G-LTMG Loganair ATR72

    EI-IKK Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    G-EZWR easyjet Airbus A320

    G-EZOA easyjet Airbus A320

    TC-RDY Pegasus Airbus A321Neo

    CS-TPW TAP Air Portugal EMB190

    9H-CXE Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800

    EI-EMH Ryanair Boeing 737-800

    F-HBXA Air France EMB 170

    9K-APH Kuwait Airways Airbus A330-800Neo

    G-GDFV Jet2 Boeing 737-800

    G-EZWA easyjet Airbus A320

    G-CJML Aer Lingus ATR72

    TC-SPV Sun Express Boeing 737-800

    9H-VUK Ryanair Boeing 737 Max8-200

    EI-IGL Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200

    G-EZUA easyjet Airbus A320

    A6-EOD Emirates Airbus A380

    TC-NCN Pegasus Airbus A320Neo

    C-GIOX Air Transat Airbus A321Neo

    OE-LQN easyjet Airbus A319

    EI-SIR SAS Airbus A320Neo

    HZ-AR25 Saudia Boeing 787-10

    TC-LTB Turkish Airlines Airbus A321Neo

    TC-SEK Sun Express Boeing 737-800

    A7-AOA Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000

    TC-RBC Pegasus Airbus A321Neo

    TC-MKD Corenden Airlines Boeing 737Max8

    PH-EZM KLM cityhopper EMB190

    SU-GFS Eygptair Airbus A321Neo

    F-HPNH Air France Airbus A220