GATWICK ROUNDUP 01-02-12

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John Dyer Posted: Wed, Feb 1 2012 9:20 PM

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VISITORS
FlairJet Phenom G-NUDD (50000024) managed to touch down just after midnight, so became the first newcomer of the month. Arriving at a slightly more sensible time was Citation 560XLS OK-XLS (6060) registered to Silesia Air on its first Gatwick visit.

FLEET NEWS
EasyJet A319 G-EZEU (2283) left Southend today as CC-AFX on its delivery flight to Sky A/L.
Thomson A/W B738 G-TAWC (39922) made its first flight yesterday.

ROUTE NEWS
None today

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
A decent enough start to the year with January producing 48 first visits compared to a mere 21 last year. Mind you, much of the credit must go to THY, who provided 5 A320s, 14 A321s & 2 B738s that we hadn't seen before. The breakdown was 37 airliners, 10 biz jets & one helicopter. Apart from the new THY machines, the airliners included what was, to many people, the star of the month, Air Asia Philippines A320 RP-C8191 on its delivery flight. The rest comprised two of the newer Ryanair B738s, a Jet2 B738, the latest Thomson A/W B738 on its delivery flight, the three newest Norwegian B738s, our first sight of an Omni Air B772, another Vietnam A/L B772, both the latest Emirates B773s, a CityJet 146, the third Estonian Air CRJ9, a UK registered Legacy & a very rare type these days in the form of a RAF Tristar.
Among the biz jets, old favourite Gulf 5 ZS-AOL appeared as ZS-AJL & doubtless the new ZS-AOL, now a Gulf 550, will visit in due course. Also from South Africa was BD700 ZS-AMP. The new helicopter was a UK registered EC135T. 
Little new on the airline front except that Air Zimbabwe seems to have taken fright after the impounding of one of its B762s last month & has cancelled all Gatwick flights since then.

Cebu Pacific has a novel take on safety demonstrations as these clips from You Tube show - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqh8e2KYIrU & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D91KSkpkt4 I wonder if it will catch on over here? Come on easyJet & Ryanair - give it a go (perhaps not - somehow I don't think it would be the same!). As I am flying with Cebu Pacific from Manila to Ho Chi Minh next month, I am looking forward to seeing this for real!

Our long stay MD80 I-DAVA was due to be towed from the 150s to the 230s this afternoon prior to a final move at a later date.

Due tomorrow:
CS-DFE DA2000 eta 11.05 as NJE001L
CS-DNQ DA2000 eta 11.20 (suspect either this or the one above is incorrect)
CS-DRJ HS125 ETD 08.45 as NJE689K
D-CHHH Ce560XL eta 07.35 as AUF141, etd 08.50 as AUF142
TC-DLZ Ce560XLS eta 16.00 (first visit)
Regulars - BER8596/D-ABBW, BER8598/D-ABBJ (second visit), CUB400/CU-T1251, EXS2134/G-CELU, UAE15/A6-EGM (second visit)
NAX flights - 10G/NOB (also 12J), 14X/NOL, 18Z/NIB, 32A/DYH, 34G/NOS, 36C/DYV, 51ZC/DYN, 55YB/NOM, 351L/NOV, 5818/DYO

CREDITS
Andy Borrett, Colin Wright, Peter Stanbrook, Mike Fryer, Ian Gawtrey, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Charles Bronson & anybody else that I have forgotten.

Happy spotting!
John (& my cat Mad Max)  
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/blogs/john_dyer/default.aspx

MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
AIRLINERS
AEA1013 E195 EC-LKM
AEA1015 E195 EC-KRJ
AMC116 A320 9H-AEO
AUI501 B738 UR-PSC
AWE732 A332 N283AY
BER8596 B737 D-ABLB
BER8598 B737 D-AHXB
BMR8919 E145 G-RJXH
BRU851 B735 EW-251PA
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBY
CIM191 CRJ2 OY-RJI (also CIM195)
DAL12 B763 N152DL
DLH896 B735 D-ABIP
DLH898 B733 D-ABEF
EIN23A A320 EI-DVF
EIN232 A320 EI-CVD
EIN244 A320 EI-DES (also EIN248)
EIN246 A320 EI-EDP
EXS104C B752 G-LSAB
EXS2178 B733 G-CELK
EZS8463 A319 HB-JZO (also EZS8467)
EZS8481 A320 HB-JZY
HCC501 A320 OK-HCA
HFY233 A313 CS-TEX
HVN141 B772 VN-A149
ISS351 A319 EI-DFP
MAH612 B736 HA-LON
MAH614 B737 HA-LOI
MLD863 A320 ER-AXV
NAX6EX B738 LN-DYP
NAX10G B738 LN-NOH
NAX18Z B738 LN-NOQ
NAX32A B738 LN-DYI
NAX36C B738 LN-DYH (also NAX31F)
NAX51ZC B738 LN-DYT
NAX59ZA B738 LN-DYC
NAX351L B738 LN-NOD
NAX5818 B738 LN-DYN
RYR2MU B738 EI-DLE (also RYR5ZG)
RYR4RB B738 EI-EFX
RYR5FE B738 EI-DPL
RYR6MN B738 EI-ENR (also RYR1ZR)
RYR7NH B738 EI-EGB
RYR8BA B738 EI-EFT
RYR71FX B738 EI-DCL
RYR5301 B738 EI-EKB (also RYR76VT)
SDM297 A148 RA-61705
TAP338 A319 CS-TTF
TAP342 A319 CS-TTB
TAP344 A319 CS-TTK
THY1997 cancelled due to heavy snow in IST
TSC222 A333 C-GKTS
TSC242 A332 C-GTSR
UAE9 B773 A6-ECI
UAE11 B772 A6-EMJ
UAE15 B773 A6-EGJ
XAX14 did not operate
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
CS-DRJ HS125 (NJE628K)
G-CDLT HS125 (GMA005, dep with same callsign)
G-NUDD Phenom (FLJ571, first visit, dep as FLJ517F)
OK-XLS Ce560XLS (SUA712, first visit, dep as SUA713)
OO-GML DA2000EX (arr 29/1, dep today with reg as callsign)
ZS-AJZ Gulf 5 (AJZ505)