GATWICK ROUNDUP 01-05-12

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John Dyer Posted: Tue, May 1 2012 9:20 PM

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VISITORS
A busy start to the month for newcomers beginning with Air Berlin B738 D-ABKN (37756) on this morning's Nuremberg service, then THY B738 TC-JGP (34414) on the first flight from Istanbul/Ataturk, which was closely followed by Robinson R-44 G-PAMY (11641) belonging to Batchelor Aviation winging its way in from Redhill. Late afternoon saw Lufthansa A321 D-AISH (3265) make its debut from Frankfurt (only the second A321 from this carrier to visit Gatwick). Due later is a further newcomer, Korean Air B772 HL7714 (27951) Good to see that Korean Air have started, though how long the B772 I need takes to turn up remains to be seen!
On a second visit was THY B738 TC-JFO (first visit was way back on 10/09/04).

First visits while I was away included the following (if anyone knows of any others, please shout!):
28/4 C-GTSJ A332 (795 ex G-TCXA) Air Transat
28/4 D-AILU A319 (0744) Lufthansa
28/4 G-EUUS A320 (3301) British A/W
28/4 G-FBKB Citation 510 (0126) Blink Ltd
28/4 G-OGFS HS125/800B (258130 ex G-ETOM, G-FDSL, D-CPAS, G-TPHK, G-BVFC, D-CPAS, G-OSPG, G-DCTA, G-GRGA) Aircraft Holdings Ltd
28/4 HL7598 B772 (27949) Korean Air (new service from Seoul)
29/4 D-CAST Ce525B (0330) Virbo Air Flugservice)
29/4 G-LSMB DA2000EX (047 ex N711HE, N404UK, N365FJ) Aviation Beauport
29/4 G-TAWH B738 (38107) Thomson A/W
30/4 D-ABKW B738 (36884) Air Berlin
30/4 G-TAWI B738 (37267) Thomson A/W
I wonder if G-OGFS holds the record for the number of UK registrations worn by a biz jet? 

FLEET NEWS
Air Berlin A320 D-ABFU (4743) was ferried from Munich to Vienna on 25/4 on summer lease to Niki. A321 D-ALSD (1607) was registered D-AIAA on 30/4 & delivered from Dusseldorf to Berlin/Schonefeld for Condor Berlin.
Air Europa B738 EC-LPQ (35496) arrived at Palma on delivery yesterday.
Atlantic A/L has added a second B733F to its fleet & G-JMCM (24679 ex 9V-TRA, SX-BGK, EC-KRA) was registered to the company on 30/4 (it was delivered to Coventry as EC-KRA on 27/4).
Lufthansa B733 D-ABEM (25416) left Frankfurt today for scrapping at Tulsa, OK. It last visited Gatwick on 10/2 (its first visit was on 30/03/92).
Onur Air A321 TC-OAK (0954) was registered EI-ETL at Istanbul on 30/4 prior to delivery to Kolavia MetroJet.
Ryanair B738 EI-EVP (40293) arrived at Dublin on delivery on 28/4.
Spanair A320 EC-ILH (1914), which recently became EI-EUH, was delivered from Perpignan to Barcelona on 28/4 as EC-LRE for Vueling.
Thomas Cook B752 G-JMCG (26278) left Toronto as C-GJZD on 28/4 on return to Manchester following winter lease to Jazz Air & was restored to the UK register on 30/4. SmartLynx A320 YL-LCI (0724) positioned from Stockholm/Arlanda to Newcastle on 30/4 on summer lease to Thomas Cook. It is white with a Thomas Cook tail logo.
Thomson A/W B738 G-FDZD (35132) left Toronto today on return to Luton following winter lease to Sunwing A/L.
Titan A/W will no longer be taking AtlasJet B752 TC-OGS (29307) & it was delivered from Istanbul/Ataturk to Keflavik on 28/4 as TF-IST for Icelandair.

ROUTE NEWS
Air China. The new A332 service from Beijing starts tomorrow & will operate on days 1,3,5,7.
Vietnam A/L is to reschedule three of its Gatwick flights to stop at Prague on the way from or to Hanoi. Those from Hanoi on 3/7, 6/7 & 10/7 will stop at Prague en route as well as those from Gatwick to Hanoi on 14/8, 17/8 & 21/8.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Due tomorrow:
B-6091 A332 eta 06.30 as CCA851 (first visit)
G-CGWV 145 eta 00.15 as EZE1517, etd 0055 or 13.30 as EZE117P
I-AIGI B762 eta 17.00 from Islamabad, etd 18.55 to Verona
VP-CRB Lear 60 eta 07.10, etd 08.30
NAX flights - 10G/DYX, 32A/NOL, 36C/DYO, 51ZC/DYV, 55YB/NOH, 4441/NOR, 5818/NOD

CREDITS
John Creasey, Ian Gawtrey, Martin Stephen, Groundstar, Tim Bryan, Simon Shoubridge, Nick Yeadon, Pete Bance, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Giuseppe Garibaldi & 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
ADH300 A320 EI-DSR
ADH302 A320 EI-DST
AEA1013 B738 EC-IDT (also AEA1015)
AMC116 A320 9H-AEQ
AUI501 B738 UR-PSC
AWE732 A333 N276AY
BER8596 B738 D-ABKN (first visit)
BER8598 B737 D-ABLE
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBX
CRK875 A332 B-LNJ
DLH4HV B735 D-ABIO
DLH898 A321  D-AISH (first visit)
EIN23A A320 EI-DEB (also EIN236/242/244)
EIN232 A320 EI-DEK
EXS6224 B733 G-CELF
EZS43LJ A319 HB-JZT
EZS463R A319 HB-JZL (also EZS128X)
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZK
HCC501 A320 OK-HCB
HVN145 B772 VN-A145
ISS355 A319 EI-DEZ (also ISS351)
KAL909 B772 HL7714 (eta 22.55, first visit)
LLC917A B733 LY-SKA
NAX6EX B738 LN-DYB
NAX10G B738 LN-NOE (also NAX12J)
NAX18Z B738 LN-DYU
NAX32A B738 LN-NOQ
NAX34G B738 LN-DYY
NAX36C B738 LN-NOC (also NAX31F)
NAX38W B733 LN-KKJ
NAX51ZC B738 LN-NOX
NAX55YB B738 LN-DYK
NAX59ZA B738 LN-DYV
NAX351L B738 LN-DYP
NAX3522 B738 LN-NOZ
NAX4441 B738 LN-DYN
NAX5818 B738 LN-DYS
RYR2MK B738 EI-ENC
RYR2NE B738 EI-EVI
RYR6MN B738 EI-EFO (aircraft change from the predicted EI-EMF, also RYR5YX/2MU/8GR)
RYR6NL B738 EI-EST
RYR6XB B738 EI-DYK
RYR61EC B738 EI-DWV
TAP332 A319 CS-TTG
TAP334 A319 CS-TTJ
TAP344 A319 CS-TTD
TAP346 A319 CS-TTM
THY1981 B738 TC-JGP (first visit)
THY1997 B738 TC-JFO (second visit)
TOM89K B738 G-TAWH
TOM9276 B738 G-TAWI
TSC122 A332 C-GTSJ (third visit)
UAE9 B773 A6-EGA
UAE11 B773 A6-EGL
UAE15 B773 A6-EGO
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
CS-DFF DA2000 (arr late 30/4, dep today as NJE442N)
CS-DMN Be400 (arr 22/4, dep today as NJE479W following repairs)
G-PAMY R-44 (RDL02, first visit, dep with same c/s)