GATWICK ROUNDUP 17-05-12

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John Dyer Posted: Thu, May 17 2012 9:41 PM

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VISITORS
Another four airliners made their first visits today. First to arrive was Air Nigeria A332 SU-GCI (696) on lease from Egyptair, which operated the inaugural service from Lagos early this morning. It wears a rather smart scheme (see Derek Malt's photo on Skyliner), but judging from its rate of climb on departure wasn't exactly overloaded. Lunchtime saw Emirates B773 A6-EGP (35599) make its first appearance, while CSA A320 OK-MEH (3031) turned up on the Holidays Czech A/L flight from Reykjavik. Rounding off today's first visits was THY A320 TC-JPA (2609) on the second service of the day from Istanbul/Ataturk.
For reasons unknown to me, four of today's Norwegian services failed to operate.
Correcting Tuesday's roundup, Phenom G-VKGO was on its second visit on 14/5 & not its first.

FLEET NEWS
Emirates B773 A6-EGQ (41076) left Paine Field yesterday on delivery to Dubai.
Lufthansa B733 D-ABES (26432) flew its last revenue service on Tuesday from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt & will be ferried to Tulsa, OK for scrapping.
Malev B738 HA-LOC (32797), which wears the temporary registration EI-ETZ, was noted at Shannon today in full Yakutia scheme prior to delivery & will become VP-BEP. 
Onur Air is to add former Avia Nova A320 TC-OBU (0661 ex EI-EEI) to its fleet.
Ryanair B738 EI-DHI (33818) has become TC-SAI for Sun Express & will operate for AnadoluJet in whose scheme it was noted at Norwich today awaiting delivery.
Thomson A/W B752 G-BYAU (27220) is due to be reregistered N927FD for FedEx in Hangar 6 tomorrow. G-BYAL (25626) arrived from Shannon as TOM9221 this afternoon minus titles & tail logo & promptly undertook a test flight from/to Gatwick as TOM9293. It will reportedly become N966FD for FedEx.
THY is to add three former Izmir A/L A320s to its fleet - TC-JUA (2404 ex TC-IZM), TC-JUB (2414 ex TC-IZR) & TC-JUD (2452 ex TC-IZH).
VIA A320 LZ-MDR (5158) made its first flight on Tuesday as D-AXAC.

ROUTE NEWS
British A/W is to start a thrice-weekly B777 service from Gatwick to Las Vegas from 29/10. The route is already flown six times per week by Virgin Atlantic with B744s.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
The latest situation regarding departures to Munich on Saturday for the big game appears to be as follows (the list gets smaller all the time!). Some aircraft will position in tomorrow.
BAW9116 B772 etd 05.30
BMI8853 A320 etd 05.30
TRA8993 B73H etd 05.35
GMI2424 B73G etd 05.35
EXS6230 B733 etd 05.50
XLF920M A333 etd 06.20
TCX9884 B752 etd 07.40
TVS???? B738 etd 08.30
HFY561  A330 etd 09.00
VIR9920 A346 etd 09.10
TCW9562 A320 etd 09.15
NOS6170 B738 etd 10.10
EDW2012 A330 etd 10.10

Due tomorrow:
A6-EGP B773 eta 07.20 as UAE11 (second visit)
A7-HHK A342 eta 19.00 as QAF004
B-6505 A332 eta 05.50 as CCA851 (second visit)
D-AGET B737 eta 14.50 as GMI7115 (first visit)
OO-TCH A320 eta 16.10 as TCW956T
OY-VKG A333 eta 09.15 as VKG8211
Regulars - AEA812/EC-LPR, ELL103/ES-ACB, UAE15/A6-EGL
NAX flights - 10G/NOI, 14X/NOQ, 32A/DYQ, 36C/DYY, 51M/DYM, 55Q/NOX, 4441/NOJ, 5818/DYJ

CREDITS
Paul Giblin, Ian Terry, Andy Durrant, Rory Marks, Vince Horan, Gary Jones, Rob Hotchkiss, Roger Slaytor, David Hewitt, Ian Gawtrey, Silkman, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Tommy Cooper & 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 A320 EI-DSR
ADH302 A320 EI-DSS
AEA1013 E195 EC-LIN
AEA1015 B738 EC-HJQ (aircraft change from the predicted EC-JHL)
AEY83 B762 I-AIGI
AMC116 A320 9H-AEK
ANP293 A332 SU-GCI (first visit/new service)
AUI501 B738 UR-PSA
AUI1503 B734 UR-GAP
AUR608A B462 G-ZAPK
AWE732 A333 N273AY
BAW2607 B752 G-ZAPX
BER8596 B737 D-AHXF
BER8598 B737 D-ABLA
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBK
CRK875 A332 B-LNJ
CTN494H A319 9A-CTI
DLH4HV B735 D-ABIS
DLH898 A319 D-AIBD (third visit)
EIN23A A320 EI-DEK (also EIN236/242/244)
EIN232 A320 EI-DEF
EIN248 eta 21.55
EZS128X A320 HB-JYA
EZS43LJ A319 HB-JZS
EZS463R A319 HB-JZU
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZV
HCC501 A320 OK-MEH (first visit)
HFY371 A332 CS-TQP
ISS351 A319 EI-DEZ
KAL909 B772 HL7715 (eta 22.30, third visit)
NAX6EX B738 LN-NOC
NAX10G B738 LN-NOE (also NAX12J)
NAX14X did not operate
NAX18Z B738 LN-NOY
NAX32A did not operate
NAX34G did not operate
NAX36C B738 LN-DYU (also NAX31F)
NAX51M B738 LN-NOU
NAX55Q B738 LN-DYN
NAX59T B738 LN-NOJ
NAX351L did not operate
NAX3522 B738 LN-NOE
NAX4441 B738 LN-DYV
NAX5818 B738 LN-DYJ
RYR2MK B738 EI-DAS
RYR2NE B738 EI-DPS
RYR6MN B738 EI-EMH (also RYR5YX/2MU/8GR)
RYR6NL B738 EI-ENW
RYR6XB B738 EI-DYZ
RYR61EC B738 EI-DYK
STU2375 A320 LX-STB
TAP332 A319 CS-TTB
TAP334 cancelled (presumably due to Portuguese ATC strike)
TAP346 cancelled (presumably due to Portuguese ATC strike)
THY1981 A320 TC-JPG (third visit)
THY1997 A320 TC-JPA (first visit)
TSC205 A332 C-GTSZ
TSC274 A332 C-GGTS
TSC322 A332 C-GPTS
TSC352 A313 C-GTSF
UAE9 B773 A6-ECI
UAE11 B773 A6-EGN
UAE15 B773 A6-EGP (first visit)
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
A6-ESH A319CJ (arr 16/5, dep today as SHJ01)
A7-HHM A332 (QAF002)
CS-DFS Ce560XL (arr 16/5, dep today as NJE605W)
CS-DXL Ce560XLS (arr 16/5, dep today as NJE295K, returned as NJE264A, etd 21.45 as NJE542P)
N92AE Gulf 4 (arr 14/5)
N211DK Gulf 4 (arr 15/5, dep with reg as c/s, returned later with reg as c/s, stand 142)

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Survivors replied on Fri, May 18 2012 9:20 AM

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John,

Munich Airport on-line arrivals board indicates outbound TVS flight number on Saturday will be TVS4518.

Roy