GATWICK ROUNDUP 27-01-12

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John Dyer Posted: Fri, Jan 27 2012 9:25 PM

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VISITORS
Just the one newcomer & that was Falcon 900EX G-JMMX (184) registered to Jaymax, which arrived mid/late afternoon.

FLEET NEWS
Aer Lingus A319 EI-EPS (3377) was delivered from Madrid to Shannon today.
Air Berlin A319 D-AHIN (3853) was ferried from Prague to Montpellier today for paining for Syphax A/L.
EasyJet A320 G-EZTW (4250) was ferried from Gatwick to Geneva as EZY9001 on 25/1 & cancelled from the register yesterday. It has been transferred to easyJet Switzerland & entered service today as HB-JYA operating EZS1363 from Geneva to Nantes. G-EZUL (5019) & G-EZUM (5020) are due for delivery to Gatwick on 30/1 & 31/1 respectively, eta 15.40. Both are expected to remain based at Gatwick until 15/2 at least & their initial schedules (subject to change!) are:
G-EZUL - no flights on 31/1
1/2 EZY8793/4 Sofia etd 07.40
2/2 EZY8683/4 Lanzarote etd 07.40
3/2 EZY8935/6 Madeira etd 07.10
4/2 EZY8611/2 Malaga etd 17.10
G-EZUM - no flights on 1/2 
2/2 EZY8793/4 Sofia etd 07.40
3/2 EZY8805/6 Paphos etd 07.20
4/2 EZY8480/1 Geneva eta 18.10
Emirates. Two A332s are being advertised for sale by Airbus - A6-EAA (348) from December & A6-EKZ (345) from October.
Thomson A/W B752 G-BYAP (27236) arrived back at Gatwick this evening as TOM9293 after painting into Allegiant Air scheme at Norwich. It is to become N906NV in due course.
Virgin Atlantic is to withdraw four A346s from service by October this year & they are already being advertised by Airbus for sale or lease as follows:
G-VSHY (383) from July
G-VMEG (391) from October
G-VOGE (416) from November
G-VFOX (449) from December

ROUTE NEWS
Rossiya will not operate the service from St Petersburg on the following Mondays 27/2, 5/3, 12/3 & 19/3.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Yesterday's story about the loose cat prompted Gary Jones (our GAS website chap) to recount the following tale from a trip he & his family made around the USA in their Cessna 172 some years ago:
"Shortly after leaving Jackson Hole in Wyoming and climbing over the rest of the Rockies, my youngest son, sitting up the back, suddenly announces the presence of a mouse. Being a regular joker, he was ignored. A day or two later we night-stopped at Joliet south of Chicago. When reading the notices on the board, there was an interesting article about a mouse that downed a plane (PA18 from memory) after chewing through control cables. The sectors home to New York passed without incident.
Opening up the aircraft a week later, the smell told its own story!
We never found the mouse, but we did find 5 very young, very dead ones behind the padding near the rudder pedals. It took ages to get rid of that smell. We reckon the mother had climbed the rear tie-down ropes in Jackson while it was parked for a week, made a nest and given birth then probably left in search of food at North Platte or Omaha en route. It is probably good for us that she missed her flight out".

Spanair will cease operations at midnight after Qatar A/W pulled out of takeover talks.

Some for tomorrow:
A6-EGK B773 eta 18.25 as UAE9
A6-EGM B773 eta 11.55 as UAE15 (first visit)
A6-EWB B77L eta 06.35 as UAE11
D-CEFD Ce525B eta 09.10
EC-KSM B744 eta 17.30 as PLM600P from Madrid, etd 09.30 as PLM001 on 29/1 to Montego Bay
N123DN B763 eta 05.20, etd 23.00 (second visit)
TC-DLZ Ce560XLS eta 14.00 (first visit)
VN-A149 B772 eta 05.46 as HVN141

CREDITS
Dave Broome, Stevee, Pete Bance, Dave Hewitt, Jon Wickenden, Ian Gawtrey, Graham Stevens, Laurie Berryman, Nick Yeadon, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Max Headroom & 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 E195 EC-LKM
AEA1015 E195 EC-KRJ
AMC116 A319 9H-AEL
AUI501 B734 UR-GAO
AWE732 A332 N280AY
BER8596 B737 D-ABLB
BER8598 B737 D-AHXC
BRU851 CRJ2 EW-100PJ
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBI
CIM191 CRJ2 OY-RJG
CIM193 CRJ2 OY-RJJ
CIM195 CRJ2 OY-RJF
CTN4494 A319 9A-CTH
DAL12 B763 N189DN
DLH896 B735 D-ABIC
DLH898 B735 D-ABIL
EIN23A A320 EI-DVG
EIN232 A320 EI-DVJ (also EIN236/244)
EIN238 A320 EI-CVD
EIN248 eta 22.10
EXS178C B733 G-CELK
EZS43LJ A319 HB-JZS
EZS8463 A319 HB-JZJ (also EZS8467)
EZS8481 A320 HB-JZY
HCC501 A320 OK-HCA
HVN145 B772 VN-A144 (third visit)
ISS351 A319 EI-DEZ
ISS355 cancelled
MAH612 B737 HA-LOP
MAH614 B738 HA-LOC
NAX6EX B738 LN-NOG
NAX10G B738 LN-NOC (also NAX12J)
NAX14X B738 LN-NOQ
NAX18Z B738 LN-DYD
NAX32A B738 LN-NOI (as NAX1302)
NAX36C B738 LN-DYT (also NAX31F)
NAX51ZC B738 LN-DYS
NAX55YB B738 LN-NOU (also NAX59ZA)
NAX351L B738 LN-NOE
NAX5818 B738 LN-NOT
RYR4RB B738 EI-DLZ
RYR5FE B738 EI-DWM
RYR5ZG B738 EI-EFV
RYR6MN B738 EI-DPS (also RYR1ZR/2MU)
RYR6XB B738 EI-EBW
RYR7NH B738 EI-DHE
RYR8BA B738 EI-EFT
RYR71FX B738 EI-DWL
RYR1112 B738 EI-EKY
RYR5301 B738 EI-EML (also RYR76VT)
SAY821 D328 G-BZOG
SDM297 A319 VP-BIU
TAP334 A319 CS-TPC
TAP338 A319 CS-TTO
TAP342 F100 CS-TPA
THY1997 A321 TC-JRP (third visit)
TSC422 A333 C-GCTS
UAE9 B773 A6-EGI (third visit)
UAE11 B772 A6-EMH
UAE15 B772 A6-EMI
XAX14 A343 9M-XAC
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
CS-DMX Be400 (arr 25/1)
G-EHGW Ce550 (GOJ327A, dep as GOJ327B)
G-JMMX DA900EX (reg as callsign, first visit)
ZS-AMP BD700 (arr 26/1)