GATWICK ROUNDUP 07-12-12

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John Dyer Posted: Fri, Dec 7 2012 9:09 PM

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FLEET NEWS
Air Berlin. The delivery flight of B738 D-ABAS (28073) as SP-ENW from Munich to Katowice for Enter Air was delayed from 4/12 to today.
BH Air A320 LZ-BHB (0294) left Sofia yesterday for Marana, AZ on return to the lessor.
Ryanair B738s EI-EVZ (40316) & EI-EXD (40320) arrived at Dublin on delivery this afternoon.

ROUTE NEWS
Meridiana. Strong rumour is that the carrier will cease flying to Gatwick from 13/1, though there may be a possible return in the summer.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
This is my last roundup for a week as I am off tomorrow to grab some sun before winter really arrives. The next roundup will appear on Friday 14/12.

Ryanair is apparently threatening the Aviation Herald with legal action concerning comments made by its readers regarding an incident at Memmingen in September. See:
http://avherald.com/h?article=45a1cb11&opt=0
and
http://avherald.com/h?article=459fa8f6&opt=0
Following advice from my legal eagle I shall refrain from comment!

The VFW-614 was an early West German designed airliner, built as a DC-3 replacement & was unique in having its engines located above the wings. It was not a financial success, with only 19 ever taking to the air. Most were retired in 1981, though the German A/F continued to fly them until 1999. Since then, the only flying example has been D-ADAM (G17) operated by the DLR Flugtriebe for test purposes. This last aircraft has now been replaced by A320 D-ATRA (0659) & was ferried from Braunschweig to Oberschleissheim today for preservation. Despite the small number built, it is already surprisingly well represented on the preservation scene with D-ASAX (G15) at Bremen (as "D-BABK"), D-ASDB (G19) at Kemble, D-AXDB (G18) at Nordholz, N614GB (G14) at Berlin/Tempelhof & OY-TOR (G04) at Speyer.
Those that visited Gatwick were:
D-BABC (G03) Fokker-VFW 26/07/74
D-BABE (G05) Air Alsace 30/06/77
F-GATG (G05) Air Alsace 03/02/78
F-GATH (G13) Air Alsace 29/09/78
F-GATI (G15) Air Alsace 07/05/78
17+01  (G14) WGAF 10/12/86
17+03  (G19) WGAF 13/03/86

Hardly worth posting, but here is what Mr Anon's crystal ball has come up with for tomorrow:
Regulars - AEE606/SX-DVO, GBQ1600/D-ASTA, TSC522/C-GTSI, UAE11/A6-EGN
NAX flights - 1ZN/NOV, 14X/DYG, 32A/NOG, 38W/KHB, 51M/NIA, 5816/NOF

CREDITS
Les Wallis, Simon Shoubridge, Malcolm Baldry, Nick Yeadon, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Chris Tarrant & 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
AEA1013 B738 EC-LPQ
AEA1015 B738 EC-JBJ
AEE606 A321 SX-DVO
AMC116 A319 9H-AEL
AUI501 B738 UR-PSC
AWC25B B763 G-POWD
AWE732 A332 N279AY
BER8596 A320 D-ABFE (also BER8598)
BRU851 E175 EW-341PO
BTI6BL B733 YL-BBR
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBX
BWA902 B763 N378AX
CCA851 A332 B-6549 (third visit)
EIN02E A319 EI-EPR (also EIN028)
EIN024 A319 EI-EPS
EIN23A A320 EI-DEG
EIN232 A320 EI-DVH (also EIN242/912/248)
EIN244 A320 EI-DEN
EXS6282 B733 G-CELU
EZS345M A319 HB-JZJ
EZS505V did not operate?
EZS529L A319 HB-JZQ
EZS967N delayed to 23.15
HVN145 B772 VN-A143
ISS597 A319 EI-DEZ (also ISS351)
KAL909 B772 HL7715 (delayed from yesterday)
MAC2105 A320 CN-NME
NAX1ZN B738 LN-NOJ (also NAX12J)
NAX6EX B738 LN-DYD
NAX14X B738 LN-DYE
NAX18Z B738 LN-DYG
NAX31F B738 LN-NGF
NAX32A B738 LN-DYT
NAX36C B738 LN-DYN
NAX51M B738 LN-NIB
NAX55Q B738 LN-NOI
NAX59T B738 LN-NIA
NAX351L B738 LN-NOV
NAX2436 B738 LN-DYZ
NAX4441 B738 LN-NOU
NAX5818 B738 LN-DYA
NVD201 A320 LZ-MDR
RYR2MK B738 EI-EBZ
RYR6MN B738 EI-ENM (also RYR5YX/2MU/8GR)
RYR6XB B738 EI-ESZ
RYR1112 B738 EI-DPG
TAP334 A319 CS-TTJ
TAP338 A319 CS-TTF
TAP342 A320 CS-TNK
THY1981 A321 TC-JRT
THY1997 A321 TC-JRV
TSC422 A313 C-GTSF
UAE9 B773 A6-ECE
UAE11 B773 A6-EGL
UAE15 B773 A6-EGM
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
CS-DXV Ce560XLS (arr 6/12)
G-FBKB Ce510 (BKK6F, dep with same c/s)
G-SIRS Ce560XL (LNX68RS, dep with same c/s)
I-LUXO Gulf 550 (reg as c/s)
I-SEAR DA900EX (arr 6/12, missed from yesterday's roundup, dep today as SNM052)
LX-ZAK BD700 (arr 6/12, dep today as SVW65ZK)
OK-KKG E135BJ (GSJ7W, stand 145R)
OO-SLM Ce560XLS (AAB292, dep with same c/s)