GATWICK ROUNDUP 22-01-13

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John Dyer Posted: Tue, Jan 22 2013 9:13 PM

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VISITORS
Aegean A320 SX-DVJ (3365) was our first newcomer, arriving on the regular service from Athens. A spell of freezing fog at Stansted & LCY mid morning gave us several diversions, of which those new to us were BA Cityflyer E170 G-LCYI (17000305), which was a LCY diversion & the only one of their Embraers that had not been to see us before, followed by Falcon 900 N105BK (070 ex N450FJ, A26-070, VH-VIW) operated by Springway, which diverted in from Stansted on a flight from Moscow/Vnukovo, while more newcomers diverting from LCY were Lufthansa Regional E190 D-AECB (19000332) & Alitalia CityLiner example EI-RND (19000512), which is in Sky Team colours.

FLEET NEWS
Jet2. Thanks to Malcolm Nason for pointing out that the prospective B738s G-GDFP/R, previously with Austrian A/L, are actually carrying EI-EZB/H at Shannon at the moment. Also, Calima B738 EC-LKO (28821), which is due to become G-GDFV has been temporarily registered F-WTDE & was ferried from Montpellier to Toulouse on 19/1.

ROUTE NEWS
None today.
 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
On Saturday I included a link to an article from the Northern Ireland News, which stated that some Aer Lingus flights had been cancelled due to an ongoing row between management & staff regarding rosters. I am assured by one of our friends in Ireland that this seems to have been a case of misreporting by the media & that all cancellations were weather-related.

From 24/1 Gatwick will have a new HAP (Helicopter Aiming Point) located on Taxiway Uniform by stand 234M. At present all helicopter flights need to obtain runway slots, which during the summer can be a problem. All flights will arrive from & depart to the north & at no time will be allowed to go south of the H.

Due tomorrow:
Regulars - AEE6LW/SX-DVZ, BRU851/EW-276PJ, BWA902/9Y-LHR, MLD833/ER-ECB, SNM051/I-SEAS
NAX flights - 1ZN/DYP (also 12J), 5WP/NGB, 32A/NOC, 36C/NGG, 51M/NOX, 5818/DYY

CREDITS
Brendan O'Moore, Malcolm Nason, Malcolm Baldry, Pete Bance, David Cooper, Chris Mellon, Stephen Dedman, Les Wallis, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, George Segal & anybody else that I have forgotten.

Happy spotting!
John & my cat Mad Max   (dogs have masters, cats have staff!)
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/blogs/john_dyer/default.aspx

MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
AIRLINERS
AAW912 A320 ER-AXV
AEA1013 B738 EC-JHL (also AEA1015)
AEE6LW A320 SX-DVJ (first visit)
AMC116 A319 9H-AEM
AUI501 B733 UR-GAH
AWC52B B763 G-POWD
AWE732 A332 N279AY
BAW4 A318 G-EUNB (LCY diversion)
BTI6BL B733 YL-BBJ
CFE93C E170 G-LCYI (first visit, LCY diversion)
DLH6KV E190 D-AECB (first visit, LCY diversion)
EIN02H A319 EI-EPR (also EIN024/028)
EIN23A A320 EI-DVI
EIN232 A320 EI-DEM (also EIN236/912)
EIN242 A320 EI-DVH (also EIN244)
EIN248 did not operate
EZS2VL A319 HB-JZU (also EZS505V)
EZS7FR A319 HB-JYC
EZS529L A319 HB-JZP
HVN145 B772 VN-A141
NAX1ZN B738 LN-NGC (also NAX12J)
NAX5WP B738 LN-DYH
NAX6EX did not operate
NAX18Z B738 LN-NOT
NAX32A B738 LN-DYF (also NAX31F)
NAX34G B738 LN-DYE
NAX36C B738 LN-NOM
NAX38W B733 LN-KKM
NAX51M B738 LN-NOI
NAX59T B738 LN-NOR
NAX351L B738 LN-NOV
NAX3522 did not operate
NAX5818 B738 LN-DYV
NVD201 A320 LZ-MDR
RYR1DC B738 EI-EMC (Stansted diversion)
RYR1EX B738 EI-DCI (Stansted diversion)
RYR2MK B738 EI-EGA
RYR6MN B738 EI-DLX (also RYR5YX/2MU/8GR)
RYR6XB B738 EI-DWD
SUS09A D328 G-BWIR (LCY diversion?)
TAP334 did not operate
TAP342 F100 CS-TPF
TAP344 A319 CS-TTD (also TAP338)
THY1YH A321 TC-JRM
THY8DT A321 TC-JRH
TSC122 A332 C-GITS
UAE9 B773 A6-ECO
UAE11 B773 A6-EMV
UAE15 B773 A6-EGL
VLE7050 E190 EI-RND (first visit, LCY diversion)
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
A7-CEF BD700 (arr 21/1, stand 232L)
A7-HHH A345 (QAF001)
A7-HHK A342 (arr 21/1)
CS-DUB HS125 (arr 21/1, dep as NJE497M)
D-ALMS DA900EX (arr 21/1, stand 144L, dep today as ADN92L)
M-ONAV HS125 (arr 21/1, dep with reg as c/s)
N105BK DA900 (reg as c/s, first visit, Stansted diversion, stand 230s, dep with reg as c/s)
VQ-BJA BD700 (reg as c/s, second visit, stand 230s)
ZS-AOL Gulf 550 (arr 19/1)