GATWICK ROUNDUP 01-10-12

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John Dyer Posted: Mon, Oct 1 2012 9:25 PM

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VISITORS
Two newcomers to start the month. Arriving early afternoon was Alitalia A319 EI-IMU (5130) operating a very delayed service from Milan/Malpensa on behalf of Air One. The other newcomer was Premier D-ISAG (RB-221) operated by Peak Air.

FLEET NEWS
Norwegian Air Shuttle B738 LN-NGE (39050) is due to arrive at Oslo on delivery tomorrow.

ROUTE NEWS 
Meridiana Fly is to start a daily A319 Verona service from 12/10
ISS597 eta 09.00, etd 19.55 as ISS598 (eta changing to 08.25 from 28/10). It seems strange that this is due to day stop.
There will also be some changes to the timing of the current service from Florence. 

Further route news may be found below.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
I may have missed half of it while in Africa, but September was a very satisfactory month for newcomers with a total of 58 compared to 37 in the same period last year. At the end of 3Q12 we had seen 548 first visits to Gatwick, compared to 460 at the end of 3Q11. The breakdown of September's first visits was 36 airliners, 20 biz jets, one twin & a single Spitfire, which I am counting as a first visit even though it only did a low pass down the runway.
Among our regular airlines, Air Berlin gave us an A320 & A330, British A/W loaned us two A320s from LHR along with a B763 for refurbishment, Emirates pitched in with the latest three B773s, as did Ryanair & Norwegian with four & two new B738s respectively. EasyJet took delivery of another A320, Lufthansa provided us with two A321s & a DH8D, Onur Air an A320 & A321 & we also saw another THY A321 & B738, Air China A330, Meridiana A330 & Korean Air B772, along with single E175s from Belavia & Flybe. From the non-regulars came an Avion Express A319, two WOW Air A320s (though these are set to become regular), a Small Planet Polska A320, Mistral Air B734, two Travel Service B738s, a German CRJ8 & a sole military visitor in the shape of a Belgian E145.
The twenty biz jets comprised two Mustangs, a Citation 550, two 560XLS, five Challengers, three Falcon 900EX & a 2000LX, a pair of Galaxies, two Gulfstream 4s, a HS125 & a Lear 60, while the twin was a Swiss Avanti.
On the airline front, Hong Kong A/L has stopped its business-class only A332 service, though their aircraft have been spending time here for possible charter work, & Air Nigeria ceased operations, while Atlantic A/W appear to have stopped, for the winter at least. Lufthansa will suspend the twice-daily service from Frankfurt until the spring, while Estonian Air will disappear to London City. I have also been told today that we will lose Rossiya, Montenegro A/L, Czech Holidays & Air One (a bit odd given that the early afternoon flight has recently moved to later in the day), while Ryanair will make a number of reductions for the winter, with flights from Dublin, Cork & Shannon only (more opportunities for the orange one?). A number of seasonal services have also ceased & it remains to see whether they will return next year. On the plus side, Gambia Wings is due to start to Gatwick in two days time, Icelandair on 18/10 with Aegean & Air Arabia Maroc from 28/10. The same date will also see Aer Lingus begin a service from Belfast (with A319s?), while the Korean Air B772 is to be rescheduled & will no longer night stop.

No guarantees, given recent performance, that they will turn up but THY currently plans to use the following - A319 on THY1997 on 10/11 & B739 on THY1981 on 10/10 & 07/11.

Due tomorrow:
N4PG Gulf 550 eta 07.05 (first visit)
There is also an intriguing rumour that a USAF C-20 (Gulf 4) is due tomorrow evening from Rennes to night stop.
NAX flights - 1ZN/NOE (also 12J), 32A/NOQ, 34G/DYE, 36C/NGB, 38W/KKW, 51M/NOJ, 55Q/NIA, 4441/DYN, 5818/NOF

CREDITS
Ian Gawtrey, Roy Blewett, Simon Shoubridge, John Creasey, Derek Wakelin, Neil Greatorex, Paul Mutton, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, the European Ryder Cup Team & 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 A319 EI-IMU (first visit)
ADH304 A320 EI-DSZ
AEA1013 B738 EC-HJP
AEA1015 E195 EC-KXD
AMC116 A319 9H-AEJ
AUI501 B734 UR-GAV
AWC1Y B752 G-ZAPX
AWE732 A333 N271AY
BER8596 B737 D-AHXE (also BER8598)
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBL
CCA851 A332 B-6080 (third visit)
CTN494 A320 9A-CTK
CTN494H A319 9A-CTG
DLH4HV B735 D-ABIT
DLH898 A320 D-AIQM
EIN23A A320 EI-DEF (also EIN236/242)
EIN232 A320 EI-DEJ (also EIN248)
EIN244 A320 EI-DEN
ELL103 CRJ9 ES-ACB
EZS43LJ A320 HB-JZZ
EZS128X A320 HB-JYA
EZS463R A319 HB-JZQ
EZS467C A319 HB-JZT
EZS8434 A319 HB-JZO
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZQ
HCC501 A320 OK-HCB
ISS355 A319 EI-DFP (also ISS351)
LLC176C B733 LY-SKW (also LLC116C)
NAX1ZN B738 LN-NOD (also NAX12J)
NAX6EX B738 LN-DYH
NAX14X B738 LN-NON
NAX18Z B738 LN-DYI
NAX32A B738 LN-DYD
NAX36C B738 LN-DYT (also NAX31F)
NAX51M B738 LN-NIB
NAX55Q B738 LN-NOF
NAX59T B738 LN-NOB
NAX351L B738 LN-NOE
NAX4441 B738 LN-DYN
NAX5818 B738 LN-NOU
OHY7359 A321 TC-OAL
PGT1451 B738 TC-AAN (also PGT493)
RYR2MK B738 EI-EVG
RYR2MU B738 EI-EGB (also RYR8GR)
RYR2NE B738 EI-DWA
RYR5YE B738 EI-EBK
RYR6MN B738 EI-EBG (also RYR5YX)
RYR6NL B738 EI-ESO
RYR6XB B738 EI-EFT
RYR8BZ B738 EI-EKJ
SDM297 A319 VP-BIU
STU2136 A320 LX-STC
TAP332 A319 CS-TTI
TAP334 A320 CS-TNJ
TAP344 A319 CS-TTC
TAP346 A319 CS-TTO
THY1981 A320 TC-JPC
THY1997 A320 TC-JPS
TSC722 A313 C-GTSK
TSC728 A313 C-GTSY
UAE9 B773 A6-ECJ
UAE11 B773 A6-EBO
UAE15 B773 A6-EGQ
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
CS-DUE HS125 (NJE134H, dep as NJE970N)
D-ISAG Premier (reg as c/s, first visit, dep with reg as c/s)
G-FPLD Be200 (arr in the early morning, presumably calibrating)
Possibly still due later is G550 HB-JKB eta 23.00