GATWICK ROUNDUP 18-10-12

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John Dyer Posted: Thu, Oct 18 2012 9:27 PM

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VISITORS
Icelandair B752 TF-FIV (30424) made its first visit this morning operating the inaugural service from Reykjavik. The day's other newcomer was THY A321 TC-JML (3382) on the afternoon flight from Istanbul/Ataturk. Positioning in from LHR this evening was British A/W B772 G-YMMK (30313) on its first visit to Gatwick.
Making its second visit this morning was Jet2 B752 G-LSAK.

FLEET NEWS
EasyJet. The correction situation regarding the A319s at Southend seems to be as follows:
G-EZEF (2176) due to go to Fastjet of Tanzania next month
G-EZIU (2548) for Sky A/L as CC-AHE 
HB-JZK (2319) due to be the first for Allegiant
Strategic A/L. A small correction to yesterday, A320 LX-STB (0436) left Luton & not Manchester.

ROUTE NEWS
Icelandair began its twice-weekly service from Reykjavik today. This is due to increase to thrice-weekly next summer.
Thomson A/W is to use the B788 on the following routes out of Gatwick next summer:
To Cancun from 02/05/13
TOM092 LGW0915 - 1355CUN day 4
TOM062 LGW0925 - 1405CUN day 5
TOM030 LGW0930 - 1410CUN day 2
TOM093 CUN1550 - 0825LGW day 4
TOM063 CUN1605 - 0840LGW day 5
TOM031 CUN1610 - 0845LGW day 2
To Orlando/Sanford from 01/05/13
TOM070 LGW0945 - 1420SFB day 3
TOM046 LGW1050 - 1525SFB day 6
TOM071 SFB1630 - 0700LGW day 3
TOM047 SFB1725 - 0755LGW day 6

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
At the risk of being accused of being sexist (a charge to which I would be forced to plead guilty), the link below from Ryanair may be of interest to some of you. Blame Mr Anon for sending it to me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Cs10Ynz6W30

This piece comes from one of the satirical websites, though you can never be too sure into what strange realms of fantasy Mr O'Leary's mind has wandered:
"Cost-cutting airline Ryanair is set to introduce a new 'priority exit' service on their flights via a set of bomb doors. For a £10 fee, passengers will soon be able to elect to leave the plane up to an hour before regular passengers by utilising a 'sudden loss of floor' system.
'Some people are in a hurry and don't want the hassle of queuing to get off the plane, or all the formalities of baggage collection and landing to slow things down,' said Ryanair chairman Michael O'Leary, who is confident the new service will prove a hit with customers who survive.
Consumer watchdogs have attacked the charges however, with a spokesman claiming: 'Although £10 sounds reasonable, the small print states that a parachute is £250 extra, and I hardly feel a parachute should be classed as an extra."

Due tomorrow:
F-GYAR A321 eta 10.25 as BIE782F (first visit)
F-OFDF A332 eta 07.10 as HFY371
G-SXTY Lear 60 eta 13.05, etd 14.10
I-SNAW DA2000 eta 08.45 as SNM051
Regulars - BWA902/N378AX, CCA851/B-6113, TSC496/C-GTSJ
NAX flights - 1ZN/NOD (also 12J), 14X/DYE, 32A/DYR, 36C/DYO, 51M/DYK, 55Q/NOG, 4441/NIB, 5818/NOL

CREDITS
Chris Mellon, Duncan Philip, Alan Edwards, Simon Shoubridge, John Creasey, Peter Hillman, Andrew Stewart, Peter Collins, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Sophia Loren & 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
ADH300 A320 EI-DSK
AEA1013 B738 EC-JHL
AEA1015 E195 EC-LKM
AMC116 A320 9H-AEP
AUI501 B734 UR-GAP
AWE732 A333 N271AY
BAW9151 B772 G-YMMK (first visit)
BER8596 A320 D-ABFA
BER8598 A319 D-ABGP
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBI
BWA902 B763 N378AX
CTN494H A19 9A-CTI
DLH4HV B735 D-ABIR
DLH898 A319 D-AILD (third visit)
EIN23A A320 EI-DVE (also EIN236/242/244)
EIN232 A320 EI-DVI (also EIN248)
EXS5912 B752 G-LSAC
EXS9058 B752 G-LSAK (second visit)
EZS43LJ A319 HB-JZO
EZS128X A320 HB-JYA
EZS463R A319 HB-JZJ
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZQ
HCC501 A320 OK-HCB
ICE470 B752 TF-FIV (first visit, c/s displayed as ICE471 on SBS)
ISS597 A319 EI-DFP (also ISS351)
KAL909 B772 HL7575 (eta 23.22)
LBT4012 A320 TS-INO
MON368 B763 PH-AHQ
NAX1ZN B738 LN-NGB (also NAX12J)
NAX14X B738 LN-DYE
NAX18Z B738 LN-DYZ
NAX32A B738 LN-DYH (also NAX6EX)
NAX34G B738 LN-NOM
NAX36C B738 LN-DYR (also NAX31F)
NAX51M B738 LN-NOF
NAX55Q B738 LN-NOB
NAX59T B738 LN-NOR
NAX351L B738 LN-NOD
NAX3522 B738 LN-NGA
NAX4441 B738 LN-NOJ
NAX5818 B738 LN-NON
RYR2MK B738 EI-DYO
RYR2MU B738 EI-ENC (also RYR8GR)
RYR2NE B738 EI-EBZ
RYR6MN B738 EI-DWI (also RYR5YX)
RYR6NL B738 EI-DHR
RYR6XB B738 EI-EKV
RYR8BZ B738 EI-DPG
RYR61EC B738 EI-EKT
TAP332 A320 CS-TNK
TAP334 A319 CS-TTL
TAP346 A319 CS-TTC
THY1981 B738 TC-JFH
THY1997 A321 TC-JML (first visit)
TSC274 A332 C-GTSJ
TSC322 A313 C-GTSF
UAE9 B773 A6-ECV
UAE11 B772 A6-EML
UAE15 B773 A6-EBR
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
N441QS Gulf 4 (arr 14/10, stand 142L, dep today with as reg as c/s)
N545CS Gulf 4 (reg as c/s, dep with reg as c/s)
N8767 BBJ (arr 16/10)