GATWICK ROUNDUP 29-11-12

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John Dyer Posted: Thu, Nov 29 2012 9:20 PM

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The blank spell continues!

FLEET NEWS
Air Berlin B738 D-ABML (37773) made its first flight yesterday & D-ABMK (37772) left Boeing Field today on delivery to Berlin/Tegel. A320 D-ABND (5290) was ferried from Paderborn to Shannon yesterday for painting - for a new operator?
EasyJet A320 G-EZUE (4646) was ferried from Gatwick to Geneva yesterday & reregistered HB-JYD.
Emirates B773 A6-END (41084) made its first flight today.
Ryanair B738 EI-EXE (40321) is due to arrive at Dublin tomorrow on delivery from Boeing Field.
Thomas Cook A332 G-MLJL (254) arrived back at Manchester today after Hajj lease to Garuda.
Thomson A/W A321 G-OOPH (0781) was ferried from Norwich to Shannon yesterday after painting all white. B738 G-FDZD (35132) left Manchester today for winter lease to Sunwing A/L.

ROUTE NEWS
Korean Air. Disappointingly, this carrier is reportedly to drop its Seoul to Gatwick route, with the last service expected to operate on 12/1. However, in a further twist it is now also reported that tickets are on sale for this service from the start of next summer's schedules.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
More charges from Rip-off Ryanair!
"No frills airline Ryanair is to introduce two new charges from Friday but its reason for imposing a credit card booking fee has been questioned by a regulator. The carrier said it was bringing in a 2% credit card processing fee on all new bookings made from tomorrow in order to comply with a recent Office of Fair Trading (OFT) ruling.
However, the OFT said: "We have not required any airline to introduce new payment charges, increase their credit card charges, or scrap any discounts they wish to offer. We took action to make sure that debit card charges are included in the headline price and credit card charges are transparent and not sprung on shoppers towards the end of the booking process."
Ryanair also announced that its passengers would have to pay a £6 administration fee to cover the airline's website costs. The only exceptions will be bookings made using Ryanair's "cash passport" scheme in Ireland (Xetra), Germany and Spain, where administration fees can be avoided until February 1, February 15 and March 21 2013 respectively.
Ryanair defended the move saying it was continuing to "deliver the lowest fares and a no-fuel surcharges guarantee to all our passengers" and that passengers could avoid credit card fees by paying with a debit card. On the row over its card processing fee, it released a statement which said: "Ryanair is disappointed, but not surprised, by the OFT's attempt to distance themselves from their anti-consumer rulings. Before the OFT imposed these baseless changes, airlines could partner with card providers to allow their cardholders the exclusive advantage of avoiding such fees. As the OFT has removed our ability to help passengers avoid fees through exclusive partnerships, perhaps they may wish to pay these fees on the consumers' behalf."

Due tomorrow:
D-CAWM Ce560XL etd 15.20
I-SNAW DA2000 eta 08.30 as SNM051
N71NE Gulf 4 eta 11.55 as PEG8 (third visit)
OH-FIX DA2000 eta 15.50 as FIX31
TC-MKA Ce550 eta 01.30, etd 02.05 (first visit)
ZS-AOL Gulf 550 eta 08.35 as AZJ550
Regulars - AEE606/SX-DVO, BWA902/N378AX, CCA851/B-6505, NVD201/LZ-MDR
BRU851 due to be an E175
NAX flights - 1ZN/NOH (also 12J), 14Z/DYH, 32A/DYW, 36C/DYS, 51M/NOI, 55Q/NGA, 4441/NOU, 5818/DYL

CREDITS
Alan Edwards, Richard Flint, Dave Hewitt, Malcolm Baldry, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, David Niven & 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
AEA1013 B738 EC-JBL
AEA1015 B738 EC-LPQ
AEE606 A321 SX-DVO
AMC116 A319 9H-AEL
AUI501 B738 UR-PSC
AWE732 A332 N279AY
BER8596 A320 D-ABDR (also BER8598)
BTI6BL B733 YL-BBS
EIN02E A319 EI-EPS
EIN024 A319 EI-EPR (also EIN028)
EIN23A A320 EI-DEA
EIN232 A320 EI-DVH (also EIN236/912/248)
EIN242 A320 EI-DEB (also EIN244)
ES148C B733 G-CELS
EZS345M A320 HB-JYA (also EZS505V)
EZS529L A319 HB-JZM
EZS967N A320 HB-JZZ
HFY371 A332 CS-TQP
ICE470 B752 TF-FIZ
ISS597 A319 EI-DEZ (also ISS351)
KAL909 B772 HL7715
NAX1ZN B738 LN-DYP (also NAX12J)
NAX6EX B738 LN-DYD
NAX14X B738 LN-DYW
NAX18Z B738 LN-NOC
NAX31F B738 LN-NOQ
NAX32A B738 LN-NOG (also NAX36C)
NAX34G B738 LN-NGF
NAX51M B738 LN-NOO
NAX55Q B738 LN-DYJ
NAX59T B738 LN-NOI
NAX351L B738 LN-NOY
NAX2436 B738 LN-DYO
NAX3522 B738 LN-DYP
NAX4441 B738 LN-NOU
NAX5818 B738 LN-NIA
NVD201 A320 LY-VEY
RYR2MK B738 EI-DPZ
RYR2MU B738 EI-DCG (also RYR8GR)
RYR5YX B738 EI-EBA
RYR6MN B738 EI-DCJ
RYR6XB B738 EI-DPD
TAP334 A319 CS-TTI
TAP338 delayed to 22.35
THY1981 A321 TC-JRT
THY1997 A320 TC-JPN
TSC360 A332 C-GTSJ
UAE9 B773 A6-ECW
UAE11 B773 A6-EMM
UAE15 B773 A6-EGK
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
D-CAWM Ce560XL (reg as c/s, third visit, stand 142L)
PH-HRM Ce560XLS (reg as c/s, second visit, stand 145L, etd 22.15)