GATWICK ROUNDUP 01-06-12

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John Dyer Posted: Fri, Jun 1 2012 9:19 PM

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VISITORS
A useful bunch of newcomers to kick off the new month with an A332 & three B738s. Air China A332 B-6080 (815) was first to appear on the early Beijing run & was followed by Ryanair B738 EI-EVL (40299) on the first Dublin service of the day & also returned on the second flight. Aerosvit restarted their service from Kiev at lunchtime with the first appearance here of B738 UR-AAO (38120), which was only delivered from Boeing Field to Kiev a week ago. This was the carrier's second B738 to be delivered & a further five are due this year. The evening provided us with a first visit from Calima Aviacion B738 EC-LKO (28821 ex F-GRNC, D-ABBL) subbing for Strategic A/L &, unfortunately, in a boring all white scheme.
On its second visit was A320 OK-LEE.

FLEET NEWS
Air Berlin A319 D-ABGS (3865) is now SP-IBA & was ferried from Dusseldorf to Ostrava today for painting into OLT Express scheme.
BMI Regional. The sale of BMI Regional to Sector Aviation Holdings was completed today.
Cimber Sterling. The ferry flight of B737 OY-MRG (28010) to Eindhoven was cancelled again yesterday.
EasyJet A319 G-EZIE (2446), which was cancelled from the register on 25/4, was delivered from Ostrava to Volgograd today as VP-BDZ for RusLine.
Emirates B773 A6-EGS (41078) made its first flight yesterday.
Lufthansa. The ferry flights of A319s D-AKNH (0794) & D-AKNJ (1172) from Budapest to Munich were delayed until today.

ROUTE NEWS
Aerosvit. Much to my surprise, this carrier made a welcome reappearance today. According to the Gatwick website timetable it should appear five time weekly (not days 2 & 4), eta 12.50, etd 14.10.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
In case you hadn't noticed, May was an extraordinarily good month for first visits with a massive total of 90 (compared to 63 in the same month last year). In fact, it was the best month I have on record since I started keeping notes about such things in January 2007, beating the former highest month (November 2007) by 7. We only had one blank day & that was only blank because Gulf 4 N424QS failed to take up its evening slot.
The breakdown was 73 airliners, 14 biz jets, one biz prop & two helicopters. Three new easyJet A320s were delivered here & our scheduled carriers provided the following newcomers - Air Berlin one A320 & a B738, Air Europa one B738, Emirates two B773s, Estonian Air one E170, Holidays Czech A/L two A320s, Korean Air six B772s, Lufthansa two A319s, two A321s & two CRJ7s, Rossiya one A319, Ryanair five B738s, Thomson A/W four B738s, THY five A320s & seven B738s. New services were started by Air China who sent in ten A332s & Air Nigeria with a single A332 leased from Egyptair. Chelsea's football match in Munich & the rugby final at Twickenham gave us an Air Finland B752, Bin Air Metro, Edelweiss A333, Germania B737, Jet2 B733, Orbest A332 & two Transavia B738s. A Eurolot DH8D was delivered through here though, disappointingly, the next two went through Manchester, while other airline newcomers were an Air Italy B738, Medallion Air MD83, Neos B738, Small Planet A/L B733 & a German CRJ. Finally, two Thomson A/W B752s had US registrations applied here before heading off to the US for FedEx.
Military newcomers were a French A/F C160R & an Italian A/F Falcon 900EX. Other biz jets included three Yugoslav Citations, a US registered Eclipse & a Manx HS125. The biz prop was a Manx PC-12, while the two helicopters were a Redhill based R-44 & an American AS350B.

CREDITS
Chris Ufkes, Neil Barnes, Simon Shoubridge, John Creasey, Paul Seymour, Malcolm Baldry, Alan Edwards, Derek Malt, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Sir Laurence Olivier & 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-DSS
AEA1013 B738 EC-IDT
AEA1015 B738 EC-HJP
AEW225 B738 UR-AAO (first visit)
AMC116 A320 9H-AEP
ANP293 A332 SU-GCI
AUI501 B738 UR-PSC
AWE732 A333 N273AY
BAW2607 B752 G-ZAPX
BER8596 B737 D-ABLB (also BER8598)
BPA8883 B763 EI-EED (third visit)
BRU851 B735 EW-290PA
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBK
CCA851 A332 B-6080 (first visit)
CRK875 A332 B-LNK
CTN494 A319 9A-CTH
CTN494H A319 9A-CTL
DLH4HV B735 D-ABIR
DLH898 B733 D-ABEW
EIN23A A320 EI-DEA (also EIN236/242/244)
EIN232 A320 EI-DEF
EIN248 did not operate
ELL103 B735 ES-ABL
EZS43LJ A319 HB-JZO
EZS128X A320 HB-JZY
EZS463R A319 HB-JZW
EZS467C A320 HB-JYA
EZS8434 A319 HB-JZN
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZT
HCC501 A320 OK-LEE (second visit)
HFY371 A332 CS-TQP
HVN145 B772 VN-A149
ISS355 A319 EI-DFA (also ISS351)
LLC354C B733 LY-SKW
MGX712 F100 4O-AOT
NAX6EX B738 LN-NOP
NAX10G B738 LN-NOV (also NAX12J)
NAX14X B738 LN-DYO
NAX18Z B738 LN-DYH
NAX32A B733 LN-KKD
NAX36C B738 LN-DYW (also NAX31F)
NAX51M B738 LN-DYA
NAX55Q B738 LN-DYQ
NAX59T B738 LN-DYK
NAX351L B738 LN-NOO
NAX4441 B738 LN-NOG
NAX5818 B738 LN-NOZ
RYR2MK B738 EI-EVA
RYR2MU B738 EI-DWB (also RYR8GR)
RYR2NE B738 EI-DLS
RYR5YE B738 EI-DPK
RYR6MN B738 EI-EVL (first visit, also RYR5YX)
RYR6NL B738 EI-EFB
RYR6XB B738 EI-EBB
RYR8BZ B738 EI-DPE
SDM297 A319 VQ-BAS
STU634P B738 EC-LKO (first visit)
STU2517 A320 LX-STB
TAP332 A319 CS-TTO
TAP334 A319 CS-TTM
TAP344 A319 CS-TTK
TAP346 A320 CS-TNQ
TCX93RC A332 OY-VKF
THY1981 A321 TC-JMH
THY1997 A321 TC-JRB
TSC204 A332 C-GTSZ
TSC326 A332 C-GITS
TSC422 A332 C-GPTS
TSC496 A332 C-GTSR
UAE9 B773 A6-ECE
UAE11 B773 A6-EBL
UAE15 B773 A6-EGM
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
A6-ESH A319CJ (arr 31/5)
G-LEAA Ce510 (LNX46AA, dep with same c/s)
G-FPLE Be200 (assume dep)
G-WLVS DA2000EX (reg as c/s, third visit, dep with reg as c/s)
N211DK Gulf 4 (arr 29/5)
N431CB CL601 (arr 30/5, stand 144R, dep today with reg as c/s)
OK-SLX Ce560XL (SUA611B, dep as SUA612)