VISITORS
A blank start to the month.
FLEET NEWS
EasyJet A319 G-EZFP (4087) is due to be delivered from Finkenwerder to Gatwick tomorrow at 15.35 as EZY8004. G-EZFN (4076) is currently scheduled for delivery to Madrid as EZY8001 on Tuesday, with G-EZFO (4080) to be delivered to Stansted also as EZY8001 on 13/11.
Ryanair. Dates for the eight B738s due to be delivered to Dublin this month are currently scheduled as follows:
EI-EFV (35017) 11/11
EI-EFW (35018) 6/11
EI-EFX (35019) 6/11
EI-EFY (35020) 7/11
EI-EFZ (38489) 13/11
EI-EGA (38490) 20/11
EI-EGB (38491) 20/11
EI-EGC (38492) 21/11
TAP A320 CS-TNT (4095) was ferried back from Finkenwerder to Toulouse on 30/10, while CS-TNU (4106) made its first flight on the same day as F-WWDR & was immediately ferried from Toulouse to Finkenwerder. Due in January is CS-TNV (4145).
Transavia. How fast news can become out-of-date. No sooner had I posted the Transavia fleet list than I received news that B738 PH-HZA (28373) flew its last revenue service yesterday as TRA944 from Dalaman to Amsterdam. It was ferried to Prague today as TRA059 prior to return to the lessor. Both PH-HZB (28374) & PH-HZC (28375) will also be withdrawn before the end of the year.
ROUTE NEWS
EasyJet starts operating from Gatwick to Oporto tomorrow, with an Agadir service due to start on Wednesday.
EasyJet Switzerland has dropped the first two Geneva flights (EZS8469/71) from the Sunday timetable. The Saturday Basel service has been renumbered from EZS8534 to EZS8532, while a Sunday flight, EZS8534, has been added.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has shuffled the timetable around a bit for the winter & it now looks like this:
NAX1302 from OSL sta 08.10 days 1,2,3,4,5,6
NAX1304 from OSL sta 13.50 days 1,2,3,4,5 & 12.50 day 7
NAX1306 from OSL sta 19.30 days 1,2,3,4,5,7
NAX1316 from BGO sta 10.25 days 1,4,5,7
NAX1318 from BGO sta 19.40 days 1,2,3,4,5,7
NAX1320 from TOS sta 19.30 day 2
NAX1322 from TOS sta 09.10 day 6
NAX1332 from SVG sta 20.00 days 1,3,4,5,7
NAX3510 from CPL sta 08.15 days 1,2,3,4,5 & 10.10 day 6
NAX3514 from CPL sta 18.55 days 1,2,3,4,5 & 19.30 day 7
NAX3521 from AAL sta 19.50 days 2,4,7
Translating the codes, AAL = Aalborg, BGO = Bergen, CPH = Copenhagen, OSL = Oslo, SVG = Stavanger/Sola & TOS = Tromso.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
October saw 41 newcomers make their way to Gatwick. While well up on the previous month's disastrous total of 25, it was still slightly down on the 45 that visited in October 2008, but takes the total for the year close to the 500 mark. These broke down to 26 airliners, 13 biz jets one helicopter & a TBM850. New deliveries helped the airliner total, with a further 3 easyJet A319s, the Astraeus A320, the third Afriqiyah A332 plus the latest TAP A320, Norwegian B738 & Emirates B773 helping to swell the numbers. Also of interest was a pair of MD-80s in the shape of Bulgaria Air Charter's LZ-LDR & Sky Express example SX-BLL along with Air Berlin A332 D-ALPI. Other airliners catching the eye were a couple of Belavia newcomers, CRJ2 EW-276PJ & B735 EW-290PA, while Koral Blue sent in their two A320s. A further military C-130 was 84006 from the Swedish A/F, the other 5 new ones this year having all been RAF examples. A new airline for us was Olympic Air, resurrecting the old Olympic A/L service from Athens & already providing us with 3 different A320s, while Transavia restart into Gatwick tomorrow. We also caught up with the final Ryanair B738 that hadn't been to Gatwick, though this is not a situation that is going to last past next Friday! On the biz front, there was little of interest other than CL604 B-LBL & Premier EC-KHH.
CREDITS
Mark Williams, Paul Dopson, Dave Broome, Neil Barnes, Mike Hooker, Irish Spotters, Jethro, Skyliner, Helen Mirren & anybody else that I have forgotten.
Happy spotting!
John (& "Mad" Max) is back!
MOVEMENTS SUMMARY (most from SBS)
AAW912 - A332 5A-ONH
ADR450 - CRJ2 S5-AAJ
AEA1013 - E195 EC-KYP
AEA1015 - B738 EC-JBJ
AMC116 - A319 9H-AEJ
AMC118 - A320 9H-AEP
AUI501 - B733 UR-GAH
AWE732 - A333 N273AY
AZW722 - B762 Z-WPE
BEL2121 - B463 OO-DWA
BEL2129 - B462 OO-DJL
BRU851 - B735 EW-251PA
BTI651 - B733 YL-BBJ
CIM767 - CRJ2 OY-RJC
CIM5265 - B737 OY-MRG
CIM5763 - B737 OY-MRU
CIM5765 - B737 OY-MRH
CTN4494 - A319 9A-CTG
DAL12 - B763 N1602
ECA996 - B738 5B-DBU
EIN23A - A320 EI-DEM (also EIN236/246/248)
ELL101 - B733 ES-ABJ
EXS6912 - B752 G-LSAC
EZS8473 - A319 HB-JZH
EZS8477 - A319 HB-JZI
EZS8534 - A319 HB-JZN
ISS3531 - A319 EI-DFA (also ISS3535)
MAH612 - B736 HA-LOI (also MAH614)
MGX712 - F100 4O-AOP
MXA1594 - B762 XA-MXN
NAX1304 - B738 LN-NOF
NAX1306 - B738 LN-NOO
NAX1316 - B733 LN-KKD (also NAX1318)
NAX1332 - B733 LN-KKA (callsign displayed as NAX1179 on SBS)
NAX3510 - B733 LN-KKF
NAX3514 - B738 LN-NOG
NAX3521 - B738 LN-NOD
OHY2537 - A321 TC-AOL
OHY7363 - A321 TC-OAF
QTR075 - A332 A7-ACI
RAM672 - B738 CN-ROJ
RYR1MT - B738 EI-DHD
RYR112 - B738 EI-DWX (also RYR114)
RYR116 - B738 EI-DPM (also RYR118)
RYR1124 - B738 EI-DCN (also RYR1126)
RYR1182 - B738 EI-EFT
RYR5371 - B738 EI-DYB
RYR5562 - B738 EI-EBH
RYR9228 - B738 EI-DLM
RYR9852 - B738 EI-DCE
SAS4623 - B735 LN-BRO
TAP334 - A320 CS-TQD
TAP348 - A320 CS-TNE
TRK473 - A321 TC-TCE
TSC622 - A313 C-GTSX
TSC652 - A313 C-GPAT
UAE009 - B773 A6-ECJ
UAE011 - B772 A6-EMI
UAE015 - B773 A6-ECE
VIK164 - B738 SE-RHS (also VIK840A)
VIK166 - B733 SE-RHV
VIK362 - B733 SE-RHU (also VIK824A)
VIK378 - eta 22.30
BIZJETS, ETC
A7-AAG A320 (arr 31/10 & dep today)
CS-DRO HS125 (NJE259T)
EC-KQP TBM850 (arr 30/10 & dep today)
LX-JFI PC-12
M-BWFC Ce560XL
N932XL Ce560XLS (arr 30/10)
VP-BLW Gulf 550 (arr 30/10 & dep today)
ZS-AOL Gulf 5 (arr 31/10)