GATWICK ROUNDUP 01-03-12

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John Dyer Posted: Thu, Mar 1 2012 9:23 PM

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VISITORS
Our first newcomer of the month was Citation 560XL EC-KOL (5088 ex VP-BSD, G-WCIN) of Aerotaxi Los Valles, which was a Farnborough diversion this morning inbound from Porto & which later departed to Torrejon. Lunchtime saw a first visit from THY B738 TC-JFG (29769). This takes the total number of different THY aircraft to visit Gatwick since this service began on 20/12 to 50 (1xA319, 10xA320, 24xA321 & 15xB738).

FLEET NEWS
Air Berlin A320 D-ALTJ (1838) was ferried from Istanbul/Ataturk to Dublin today for painting for Brussels A/L & is to become OO-SND. B738 D-ABBI (32920) was ferried from Budapest to Dublin today for painting for XL A/W Germany.
Emirates B773 A6-EGN (41074) left Boeing Field yesterday on delivery to Dubai.
Flybe will apparently have Suckling A/W D328 G-BWWT (3022) operating on their behalf as it was ferried from Bournemouth to Dundee today after painting into full Flybe scheme.
Malev. The following B737s were noted reregistered at Shannon today & are understood to be for Transaero:
HA-LOB (29346) now EI-EUV
HA-LOL (29352) now EI-EUX
HA-LOR (29355) now EI-EUZ
Meridiana-Fly MD83 EI-CRW (49951) left Olbia today heading for Marana, AZ on return to the lessor.
Norwegian Air Shuttle B738 LN-DYX (39011) left Boeing Field today on delivery to Oslo. B733 LN-KKO (24909) was ferried from Norwich to Oslo on 28/2 after painting all white.
Pegasus B738 TC-CPB (38177) left Boeing Field today on delivery to Istanbul/Sabiha Gokcen.
Thomson A/W B752 G-BYAO (27235) left Shannon today on delivery to Cecil Field, FL for Allegiant Air with whom it will become N905NV.
THY A321 TC-JRV (5077) made its first flight today as D-AVZO & was flown from Finkenwerder to Maastricht for painting.

ROUTE NEWS
None today.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
February was a fairly ordinary month for first visits with 51 compared to 63 last year (February 2011 was the first month to enjoy the "Air Berlin effect", so produced an unusually high total for that month). This February's total is in line with the average monthly figure for the last four years, which is 50 (or if you are being really picky 50.0833 recurring). Last month's breakdown was 38 airliners, 11 biz jets, one biz prop & one twin.
The majority of the airliners were from our regular carriers - three Ryanair B738s, three easyJet A320s, three Thomson B738s, an Air Berlin A319 & three B738s, a THY A319 along with three A320s, four A321s & seven B738s plus the final pair of Vietnam A/L B772s to visit us. More unusual were our first sight of a German A/F A319, a Hi-Fly A330, a pair of Blue1 B712s operating for Estonian Air, the Djibouti Government B762, a TUI Nederland B763, another former BA B752 on delivery to FedEx & a BA Cityflyer E170 on diversion from LCY.
The more interesting among the biz jets were a UK registered Phenom, a Turkish Citation 560XLS, a Slovak Falcon 2000 plus a Citation 510 & 560XLS from the neighbouring Czech Republic. The single biz prop was a German PC-12, while the twin was an Italian Avanti.
On 24/2, easyJet celebrated its 10th anniversary of Gatwick operations, begun with a Barcelona service, though the Swiss subsidiary had been operating into here for a long time before that.

Joining the register yesterday was CL605 G-LTSK (5872) for (surprise, surprise!) TAG Aviation at Farnborough, while leaving these shores will be Citation 680 G-SVSB (0094), which is to depart to the USA.

Some UK registered biz movements due tomorrow with thanks to John Creasey:
G-EHGW C550 (yet again) eta 16.25 as GOJ302A, etd 17.50
G-KALS BD100 eta 18.25 as MCE13A, etd 19.20
G-LATE DA2000EX etd 16.00 as HGR892

CREDITS
Malcolm Baldry, Mike Fryer, Martin Stephen, John Creasey, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Sir Alf Ramsey & 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 (also AEA1015)
AMC116 A320 9H-AEP
AUI501 B738 UR-PSD
AWE732 A333 N275AY
BER8596 B737 D-ABLB (aircraft change from the predicted D-ABBT)
BER8598 B737 D-AHXH
BTI6GL B733 YL-BBS
CIM191 did not operate
CIM193 CRJ2 OY-RJB
CIM195 CRJ2 OY-RJA
CUB400 Il96 CU-T1250
DAL12 B763 N182DN
DLH896 B733 D-ABXL (aircraft change from the predicted D-ABIK)
DLH898 B735 D-ABIP
EIN23A A320 EI-DEM
EIN232 A320 EI-DVE (also EIN236/244)
EIN246 A320 EI-EDS
EIN248 eta 22.10
ELL101 B735 ES-ABL
EZS43LJ A319 HB-JZS
EZS8463 A319 HB-JZO (also EZS8467)
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZU
HCC501 A320 OK-HCA
ISS351 A319 EI-DFP
NAX6EX B738 LN-NOP
NAX10G B738 LN-NOV (also NAX12J)
NAX14X B738 LN-DYH
NAX18Z B738 LN-NOI
NAX31F B733 LN-KKJ
NAX32A B738 LN-DYW
NAX34G B738 LN-DYD
NAX36C B733 LN-KKJ
NAX51ZC B738 LN-NOJ
NAX55YB B738 LN-NOF
NAX59ZA B738 LN-NOU
NAX351L B738 LN-NOD
NAX5818 B738 LN-DYQ
RYR03P B738 EI-ENW (positioned in to operate the outbound RYR5253/41YH as the inbound RYR5252/87JL had not appeared)
RYR4RB B738 EI-EGB
RYR5FE B738 EI-EKF
RYR6MN B738 EI-DWM (also RYR1ZR/2MU/5ZG)
RYR6XB B738 EI-DCP
RYR7NH B738 EI-DYN
RYR8BA B738 EI-EFE
RYR71FX B738 EI-DWD
RYR76VT B738 EI-DAI
RYR87JL see RYR03P above
RYR5301 B738 EI-EMP
TAP334 F100 CS-TPF
TAP338 A319 CS-TTA
THY1997 B738 TC-JFG (first visit)
TSC360 A332 C-GTSZ
UAE9 B773 A6-EMM
UAE11 B773 A6-EBM
UAE15 B773 A6-EBB
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
EC-KOL Ce560XL (VDC142, first visit, dep as VDC143)
G-LATE DA2000EX (arr 29/2)
G-SEAJ Ce525 (CLF365, dep with same c/s)
OE-IRM BD700 (GLJ98RM)