GATWICK ROUNDUP 06-03-2013

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John Dyer Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2013 9:25 PM

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VISITORS
THY A321 TC-JSF (5465) made its first visit today on the morning service from Istanbul/Ataturk. Due to make their first visits later this evening are Falcon 900LX TC-MKR (257) of Setair & Lear 60 EC-JYQ (249 ex N4004Q, D-CLUB) of SOKO Aviation.

My thanks to Ken Ede & Mike Hooker for keeping track off the first visits in my absence. In the unlikely event that any have been missed, please let me know. Here goes with the list:
16/2 OE-LVC Fk100 (11446 ex N1443A, PH-ZFF) Austrian A/L
16/2 OO-EBE Citation 560XLS (6025) Flying Service NV
18/2 M-MNBB Falcon 7X (091) Novartis AG
18/2 OY-EDP Citation 650 (0014 ex N650CJ, C-GHOO, OE-GCN) John Peter Jenson Holding A/S
19/2 M-ABFO Beech 400XP (RK-417 ex CS-DMG) Porto Mediterranean Investments
19/2 TC-ARB BD100 (20181) Arkasair
20/2 VP-CAQ B732 (22431 ex HB-IEH, N737WH, N787WH) Jet Connections Ltd
22/2 LN-NGI B738 (39020) Norwegian Air Shuttle
22/2 M-LWSA BD700 (9092 ex N15FX, N799WW, N899WW) Lynx Aviation
23/2 G-OZBY A320 (1320 ex G-OOAR) Monarch A/L
23/2 OE-GVF Lear 60 (401) VistaJet
24/2 EC-LTM B738 (36591) Air Europa
24/2 G-DGPS DA42 (42.355 ex OE-VPW, D-GTTI) Flight Calibration Services
24/2 P4-VIP CRJ1 (7158 ex N978CA, N855VP) Flight Test Consultants
24/2 TF-LLX B752 (29311 ex EC-HIU, A6-RKA) Icelandair
27/2 G-MEDH A320 (1922) British A/W (from Sofia at end of lease)
27/2 I-FEDN Falcon 2000LX (204) Sirio SpA
27/2 N607CH Gulf 550 (5159) JP Morgan Chase Bank
27/2 UR-DSB EMB190 (19000501) Ukraine International
28/2 G-HBJT EC155B (6807) Starspeed Ltd
28/2 HS-STI B744 (28194 ex G-VTOP) Orient Thai (reregistered at LGW)
28/2 M-MDMH EMB505 (50500116) Herrenknecht Aviation
01/3 9Y-LGW B763 (26327 ex CC-CEB) Caribbean A/L
02/3 M-SNAP Falcon 2000EX (089 ex VP-CAM, M-XJOB) Dassault Aviation
03/3 G-EUUX A320 (3550) British A/W (LHR Diversion)
03/3 G-EUYL A320 (4725) British A/W (LHR diversion)
03/3 G-VGEM A333 (1215 ex B-18392) Virgin Atlantic
03/3 SP-LND EMB195 (19000516) LOT (LHR diversion)
04/3 N531QS Gulf 550 (5133) NetJets
05/3 OY-PWO EMB505 (50500102) Anpartsselskabet AF
05/3 YI-AQY A332 (1339 ex 9M-XXJ) Iraqi A/W

FLEET NEWS
Emirates B773 A6-ENG (35604) left Boeing Field on 19/2 on delivery to Dubai, with A6-ENH (41086) following on 1/3. A6-ENI (41087) made its first flight on 3/3.
Icelandair B752 TF-ISF (24595 ex N637AM) was ferried from Keflavik to Norwich today for painting.
Jet2 B733 G-GDFO (28740 ex G-THOP) was delivered from Southend to Leeds/Bradford on 1/3 after painting into Jet2 Holidays scheme.
Lufthansa A320 D-AIZP (5487) made its first flight on 19/2 as D-AXAA & was delivered from Finkenwerder to Frankfurt on 1/3. D-AIZQ (5497) made its first flight on 26/2 as D-AXAE & is due to be delivered from Finkenwerder to Frankfurt tomorrow (both have sharklets).
Monarch A320 G-ZBAA (5526) made its first flight on 21/2 as F-WWBZ (sharklets). It is due for delivery to Luton on 14/3.
Norwegian Air Shuttle B738 LN-NGI (39020) arrived at Oslo on delivery on 15/2. LN-NGJ (39021) made its first flight on 20/2 & arrived at Oslo on delivery today.
Thomson A/W B738 G-TAWN (37251) made its first flight on 21/2. G-TAWM (37249) arrived at Manchester on delivery on 28/2.
THY A321 TC-JSG (5490) was delivered from Finkenwerder to Istanbul/Ataturk today.
Virgin Atlantic B744 G-VTOP (28194) was cancelled from the register on 27/2 & left Gatwick on 4/3 as HS-STI on delivery to Orient Thai at Don Muang.

ROUTE NEWS
Air Berlin. Despite apparently just suspending its service from Nuremberg for the winter, the carrier appears to have pulled off the route completely.
Air Zimbabwe is due to resume its B762 service from Harare from 1/7 (days 3&7)
Atlantic A/L will return from 6/6 with a twice-weekly (days 1&7) service from Vagar.
Croatia A/L seems to have pulled out of Gatwick for the summer at least. Airline Routes reports that the twice-weekly services from Split & Zagreb have been cancelled.
EasyJet is increasing its service from Gatwick to Copenhagen to 4 daily (3 on Saturdays) from 19/5.
Icelandair is to increase its service from Reykjavik to Gatwick by adding a third weekly service from 14/5 & a fourth from 13/9.
Iraqi A/W. As expected, the carrier started its services to Gatwick yesterday. The schedule is due to be as follows:
IAW237 eta 20.00 from Baghdad days 2&4, etd 22.00 as IAW238
IAW239 eta 20.00 from Sulaymaniyah day 5, etd 22.00 as IAW240
Flights operate via Malmo & the carrier intends to operate six weekly by mid June.
Lufthansa. The summer timetable is currently only showing the morning service from Frankfurt as returning from 2/4.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Catching up on the events of the last three weeks. Hopefully, I haven't missed any important news snippets.

For various reasons, I regret to announce that I will no longer be producing my European Airline Scene blog on Flightglobal. My thanks to all those who have contributed over the last four years.

Some recent additions & deletions on the UK register
Add:
G-CHRZ RJ85 (E2388 ex OH-SAJ) 21/2 for Triangle Regional Aircraft (parked at Kemble)
G-CHSF RJ85 (E2389 ex OH-SAK) 21/2 for Triangle Regional Aircraft (parked at Kemble)
G-CHSJ A343 (170 ex C-FYLD, EC-KSE) 27/2 for Air Canada (!)
G-GGLA Citation 560XL (6044 ex I-GGLA) 5/3 for E&A Aviation
G-JAGA EMB505 (50500134) 20/2 for London Executive Aviation
G-LENM RJ85 (E2273 ex OO-DJL, G-CGYR) 4/3 for Chevron Aircraft Maintenance
Delete:
G-JEAF Fk27 (10637) cancelled 26/2 (has been stored at Bergamo since about 2009)
G-MGNE EMB505 (50500017) to USA 25/2 & reg N135BC the same day
G-OZRH B462 (E2047) to USA 15/2 & reg N880PA 19/2
G-SRBN EMB500 (50000056) to USA 25/2 & reg N80EJ 26/2
G-UYAD CL604 (5307) to USA 21/2 & reg N16DA the same day
G-VTOP B744 (28194) to HS-STI 27/2
G-VYGB A332 (1248) to RAF as ZZ331 21/2

The B787 Dreamliner (or, if you prefer, the B7LATE7 Delayliner) continues to set unwanted records. Already holding the record for the length of time from roll-out (08/07/07) to first flight (15/12/09), it has now well exceeded the length of time that an airliner has been grounded. This was previously held by the DC-10 (37 days), while the B787 has now reached 49 days & counting. 

Due tomorrow:
A7-AFE A313 eta 02.40 as QAF008
HB-GPS Be200 eta 18.05 (second visit)
SX-DVR A320 on AEE6LW (third visit)
Regulars - MLD822/ER-AXV, NVD201/LZ-MDR
NAX flights - 1ZN/NGA (also 12J), 5WP/NOI, 14X/NIE, 32A/DYC, 34G/NGF, 36C/DYD, 51M/DYH, 5818/NOT

CREDITS
Malcolm Baldry, Simon Shoubridge, Steve Spence, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Shane Warne, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten

Happy spotting!
John & my cat Mad Max   (dogs have masters, cats have staff!)

MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
AIRLINERS
AEA1013 E195 EC-LFZ
AEA1015 B738 EC-JBL
AEE6LW A320 SX-DVX
AMC116 A320 9H-AEO
AUI501 B733 UR-GAN
AWC52B B763 G-POWD
AWC70Y B752 G-POWH
AWE732 A332 N283AY
BRU851 E175 EW-340PO
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBY
BWA902 B763 9Y-LGW (second visit)
EIN02H A319 EI-EPR (also EIN024/028)
EIN23A A320 EI-DEK
EIN232 A320 EI-EDP (also EIN236/912/248)
EIN242 A320 EI-DVM (also EIN244)
EZS2VL A319 HB-JZT (also EZS505V)
EZS7FR A319 HB-JZF
EZS529L A319 HB-JZS
GBQ1310 A319 D-ASTA
HVN141 B772 VN-A149
NAX1ZN B738 LN-NGA (also NAX12J)
NAX5WP B738 LN-NIA
NAX6EX B738 LN-DYG
NAX18Z B738 LN-NIE
NAX31F B738 LN-NIC
NAX32A B738 LN-DYN
NAX36C B738 LN-NOQ
NAX51M B738 LN-NOT
NAX59T B738 LN-NOF
NAX351L B738 LN-DYP
NAX5818 B738 LN-NOL
NVD201 A320 LY-COM
RYR2MK B738 EI-EKD
RYR6MN B738 EI-EBN (also RYR5YX/2MU)
RYR6XB B738 EI-EMH
RYR8GR B738 EI-DWZ
TAP334 A319 CS-TTQ
TAP338 A319 CS-TTD
TAP342 F100 CS-TPB
TAP344 A319 CS-TTF
THY1YH A321 TC-JSF (first visit)
THY8DT B738 TC-JFK
TSC242 A332 C-GTSN
UAE9 B773 A6-ECE
UAE11 B773 A6-EBY
UAE15 B773 A6-EGQ
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
I-SNAW DA2000 (SNM051, stand 230s, dep as SNM052)
N431CB CL601 (arr 5/4)
N531QS Gulf 550 (arr 4/3, dep today with reg as c/s)
Due later on first visits are Falcon 900LX TC-MKR eta 22.15 & Lear 60 EC-JYQ eta 22.25