GATWICK ROUNDUP 01-11-12

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John Dyer Posted: Thu, Nov 1 2012 9:14 PM

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VISITORS
A very good start to November with five first visits today. Premier I-AFOI (RB-245) of Italfly arrived from Milan/Linate this morning & was followed by Icelandair B752 TF-FIZ (30052 ex EC-HIX) on the service from Reykjavik. Other morning newcomers were Dauphin G-CGGD (6435 ex N365NZ, N272NE) registered to Multiflight Ltd, possibly from its base at Leeds/Bradford, & Flybe E175 G-FBJE (17000336) on a flight from Jersey & which operated from there to Gatwick twice more during the day. It is thought that the Dauphin may have brought in the passengers for the USAF C-37B. A lunchtime newcomer was VistaJet Lear 60 OE-GVP (407) from Warsaw.

FLEET NEWS
Air Berlin. Despite it having operated both Nuremberg services yesterday, we won't be seeing A319 D-ABGO (3689) again. It was ferried to Hamburg this morning & then to Vienna for Niki with whom it will become OE-LOD. D-ABGP (3712) was ferried from Dusseldorf to Vienna today, also for Niki, & is to become OE-LOC.
Flybe. Correcting yesterday, E145 G-EMBX (145573) was ferried to Biggin Hill for painting yesterday as it had lost its slot at Bournemouth. G-EMBW (145546) is to follow.
Virgin Atlantic A346 G-VFOX (449) was ferried from LHR to Dublin yesterday for painting white prior to return to the lessor.

ROUTE NEWS
Norwegian Air Shuttle started a new evening service from Sandefjord today.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
As always, the change to the winter schedule in late October saw some gains & some losses. On the debit side we lost Air One & Estonian Air. Stopping for the winter were Atlantic A/W, Lufthansa, Montenegro A/L & Rossiya, while Ryanair has dropped all its services except those from the Irish Republic. Strategic A/L lost the Olympic Holidays contract & promptly went out of business & Livingston is operating the few remaining flights. On the plus side, Aegean, Air Arabia Maroc, Gambia Bird & Icelandair all began new services, while Wow Air replaced Holidays Czech A/L on the Iceland Express run from Reykjavik. Aer Lingus also added a new route from Belfast/George Best giving us our first sight of their A319s.
It was another very good month for first visits with 58, compared to 44 in the same month last year. This broke down to 36 airliners (all either Airbuses or Boeings!), 19 biz jets & a single biz prop, helicopter & twin. Nine of the airliners were operating new services to Gatwick & comprised the Gambia Bird A319, both Aer Lingus A319s, an Air Arabia Maroc A320, Aegean A320 & A321 along with three Icelandair B752s. From our regular carriers came two Lufthansa A319s an A320 & A321, an EasyJet Swiss A319, Air Berlin A320 & B738, British A/W A320 & B772, a new easyJet A320, THY A321 & three B738s, Virgin Atlantic A346, the latest Norwegian B738 & an Emirates B773. Of the remainder, the one generating the most interest was the MAS B734, which diverted in en route to Kemble for storage. Others were an Alitalia A319 operating for Air One, a Livingston A320, which has taken over some of the routes previously operated by Strategic A/L, a VIA A320 for Wow Air, an Air Mediterranee A321, Jet2 B733, Transavia France B738 & a Travel Service Slovakia example, Ryan International B763 & our first glimpse of one of Caribbean A/L's own B763s. 
Among the biz jets the most interesting were probably the two USAF Gulfstreams, while others included BD700 M-MNAA, Citation 510 OK-OBR, Citation 560XL S5-BDG, CL604 EC-JYT, & Lear 45 9H-BCP. The biz prop was a German TBM850 & the helicopter & twin were both British.  

Having only joined the UK register on 12/10 for Hyperion Aviation of Luqa, Malta, BD700 G-OKKI (9336) was cancelled yesterday as transferred to Malta.

Due tomorrow:
CS-DXL Ce560XLS eta 07.55 NJE029T
D-ABFT A320 eta 19.25 as BER8598 (second visit)
D-IIVA Avanti eta 12.10 (third visit)
I-SEAS DA900 eta 15.15
VQ-BSP DA7X eta 17.50

CREDITS
Ian Gawtrey, Paul Giblin, Stephen Dedman, JonO, Neil Barnes, Martin Stephen, Laurie Berryman, the Stig, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Mel Gibson & 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
AAW912 A320 ER-AXP
AEA1013 B738 EC-JAP (also AEA1015)
AEE606 A321 SX-DGA (third visit)
AMC116 A320 9H-AEP
AUI501 B738 UR-PSB
AWC52B B763 G-POWD
BEE938 E175 G-FBJE (first visit, also BEE944/7SE)
BER8596 A320 D-ABFC
BER8598 did not operate
BTI6BL B733 YL-BBX
BWA902 B763 N378AX
EIN02A A319 EI-EPS (also EIN024/028, the latter an aircraft change from the predicted EI-EPR)
EIN23A A320 EI-DEA
EIN232 A320 EI-DEJ (also EIN236/912)
EIN242 A320 EI-DEB (also EIN244)
EIN248 delayed to 22.40
EZS345M A320 HB-JZY (also EZS505V)
EZS529L A319 HB-JZV
EZS967N A320 HB-JZZ
EZS9004 A319 G-EZUZ
ICE470 B752 TF-FIZ (first visit)
ISS597 A319 EI-DEZ (also ISS351)
KAL909 B772 HL7526
MON368 B763 PH-OYE (third visit)
NAX1ZN B738 LN-NOZ (also NAX12J)
NAX6EX B738 LN-DYZ
NAX14X B738 LN-DYU
NAX18Z B738 LN-DYI
NAX31F B738 LN-DYB
NAX32A B738 LN-NOB
NAX34G B738 LN-DYH
NAX36C B738 LN-NOC
NAX51M B738 LN-NOD
NAX55Q B738 LN-DYN
NAX59T B738 LN-DYJ
NAX351L B738 LN-NOH
NAX2436 B738 LN-DYT
NAX3522 B738 LN-NIZ
NAX4441 B738 LN-NOU
NAX5818 B738 LN-NOL
NVD201 A320 LZ-MDR (also NVD203)
RYR2MK B738 EI-DYY
RYR2MU B738 EI-EKM (aircraft change from the predicted EI-DYN, also RYR8GR)
RYR6MN B738 EI-DWP (also RYR5YX)
RYR6XB B738 EI-EKW
TAP334 A319 CS-TTL (also TAP338)
TCX413 A332 OY-VKF
THY1981 A321 TC-JRO
THY1997 A321 TC-JRH
TSC322 A313 C-GFAT
UAE9 B773 A6-EBU
UAE11 B773 A6-EGJ
UAE15 B773 A6-EBK
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
G-CGGD AS365N (Yorkair01, first visit, dep with same c/s)
I-AFOI Premier (ITL201, first visit, stand 231R, dep with same c/s)
N908CA DA900B (arr 29/10, stand 232L)
N8767 BBJ (arr 27/10, stand 230s)
OE-GVP Lear 60 (VJS207, first visit, stand 152, dep with same c/s)
ZS-AOL Gulf 550 (arr 31/10, stand 230s)
06-0500 C-37B (arr 30/10, stand 141M, dep today as Sierra125)