GATWICK ROUNDUP 30-09-12

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John Dyer Posted: Sun, Sep 30 2012 9:18 PM

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VISITORS
Two newcomers today starting early this morning with Air China A332 B-6533 (1237) on the Beijing run. Mid afternoon saw Small Planet A/L Polska A320 SP-HAC (0739 ex VP-BVA, F-WQUN, SU-LBH, N413AC) position in to operate a Monarch flight to Faro.
Making second visits today were THY B738 TC-JHA, THY A321 TC-JSB & Emirates B773 A6-EGX.

Thanks to Ken Ede for doing his usual excellent job of keeping an eye on first visits while I was away. They were:
16/9 LZ-YUR CL604 (5625 ex VH-OCV) Air Lazur
16/9 OE-INY CL604 (5644) VistaJet
18/9 I-SEAR Falcon 900EX (183 ex A6-MAF, A6-MMF, F-GVFL) Servizi Aerei SpA
21/9 A6-EGX B773 (35602) Emirates
21/9 EI-EVR B738 (40295) Ryanair
21/9 LX-NAT Citation 560XLS (5564 ex N560TM, EC-JVF, OE-GAC) Luxaviation
21/9 LY-VEY A320 (0419 ex A4O-EE, A9C-EE, N419AG) WOW Air (op for Monarch)
21/9 OK-TVP B738 (32907 ex D-AHLR) Travel Service
22/9 A6-EGW B773 (35601) Emirates
22/9 OE-GRF HS125/850XP (258813) Grossman Air Service
22/9 TC-JHM B738 (40980) THY
23/9 EI-EVS B738 (40313) Ryanair
23/9 M-XJOB Falcon 2000EX (089 ex VP-CAM) Dassault Aviation
23/9 OK-TVW B738 (30295 ex HB-IIR) Travel Service
24/9 A6-EGY B773 (41080) Emirates
24/9 D-ADHB DH8D (4029) Lufthansa Regional
24/9 N163WG CL601 (3057 ex N19J, 9J-RON, N747TS) Blue Water Aviation
24/9 N577DA CL604 (5398 ex N597DM, N477DM) Delta Private Jets
26/9 EI-EVT B738 (40315) Ryanair
26/9 G-EUUV A320 (3468) British A/W
26/9 I-SEAS Falcon 900EX (192) Servizi Aerei SpA
27/9 D-AIRY A321 (0901) Lufthansa
28/9 EI-EVV B738 (40314) Ryanair
28/9 EW-340PO E175 (17000350) Belavia
28/9 G-EZWE A320 (5289) easyJet (delivery)
28/9 I-EEZM A332 (822 ex EC-KDF, 4X-ABE) Meridiana Fly
28/9 TC-OBN A320M (2571 ex HA-LPZ, LZ-WZA) Onur Air

FLEET NEWS
Air Berlin B738 D-ABMI (37770) left Boeing Field on delivery on 20/9 & D-ABMJ (36872) made its first flight on 27/9.
Astraeus B733 G-STRJ (25119) was finally cancelled from the UK register on 27/9 & is to be delivered from Sofia to Eastern Skyjets as A6-ESG.
Belavia E175 EW-340PO (17000350) arrived at Minsk on delivery on 17/9 & made its first Gatwick visit eleven days later.
EasyJet A319 G-EZGR (4837) was registered to the Swiss subsidiary as HB-JYB on 26/9. A320 G-EZWE (5289) made its first flight on 24/9 as D-AXAL & was delivered from Finkenwerder to Gatwick on 28/9. G-EZWG (5318) made its first flight on 14/9 as F-WWBI.
Flybe E175 G-FBJH (17000351) arrived at Manchester on delivery on 28/9.
Lufthansa A319 D-AIBI (5284) was delivered from Finkenwerder to Frankfurt on 21/9 & was followed by D-AIBJ (5293) on 28/9. B733 D-ABXM (23871) left Frankfurt on 26/9 for scrapping at Tulsa, OK.
Rossiya A319 EI-ETP (1753 ex B-2339) was registered on 27/9 & arrived at St Petersburg on delivery on 28/9.
Ryanair B738 EI-EVW (40318) made its first flight yesterday. New aircraft arriving at Dublin have been:
EI-EVR (40295) on 19/9
EI-EVS (40313) on 18/9
EI-EVT (40315) on 18/9
EI-EVV (40314) on 26/9
THY B738 TC-JYG (40983) left Charleston, SC on 21/9 on delivery to Istanbul/Ataturk. A343 TC-JIK (257) has become AP-EDF for Air Blue & was delivered from Istanbul/Ataturk to Islamabad on 29/9.

ROUTE NEWS 
Air Arabia Maroc is to start two services from Gatwick on 28/10 as follows:
From Casablanca
MAC2105 eta 13.10, etd 14.10 as MAC2106 days 1,5,7
From Tangier
MAC2101 eta 15.30, etd 16.15 as MAC2102 days 4,7
The carrier currently operates the following A320s:
CN-NMA (3809)
CN-NMB (3833 ex D-ABDV)
CN-NME (2166 ex A6-ABB)
CN-NMF (4539 ex A6-ANC)
British A/W is to introduce a service from Gatwick to Alicante from 31/03/13. Initially, this will operate 17 times weekly, increasing to 21 weekly from 01/07/13.
Estonian Air is moving its Tallinn service from Gatwick to London City from next March.
RAM is to resume its thrice-weekly service from Casablanca to Gatwick from 27/03/13 using B738s. It also plans to increase frequency to ten weekly during the peak summer season.
WOW Air began a twice-weekly service from/to Reykjavik on 17/9.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Back to reality after another very successful trip to Africa with Aeroprints. Highlight was undoubtedly the flight from the airshow at Waterkloof back to Johannesburg on a SAA Historic Flight DC-4 through a thunderstorm (the aircraft was all over the place!). We had flown down in the other DC-4 earlier in the day &, although it followed us out of Waterkloof, it failed to make it in & had to divert to another airfield. Not an experience for the faint-hearted! The flight in the same organisation's DC-3 two days earlier was also memorable as we had a Harvard formatting with us for some great air-to-air shots.

Biz jets joining the UK register have been:
G-CHKE EMB505 (50500117) for FlairJet on 27/9
G-IONX Falcon 7X (111 ex SX-DCV) for TAG Aviation on 21/9
G-MACO CL604 (5733 ex N533TS, G-OCSF, G-CGFF, G-MACP) for Perfect Aviation on 25/9
Biz jets leaving the UK register have been:
G-MACP CL604 (5733 ex N533TS, G-OCSF, G-CGFF) reregistered G-MACO on 25/9
G-SHEF BD700 (9306 ex LX-SPI) to Luxembourg 21/9

Some for tomorrow:
B-6080 A332 eta 05.45 as CCA851 (third visit)
D-ISAG Premier eta 14.05, etd 16.25 (first visit)
HB-JKB Gulf 550 eta 23.00 (second visit)
Regulars - AWC1Y/G-ZAPX, ELL103/ES-ACB, PGT1451/TC-AAN, UAE9/A6-ECJ, UAE11/A6-EBO
NAX flights - 1ZN/NOD (also 12J), 14X/NON, 32A/NOY, 36C/DYE, 51M/NIB, 55Q/NOF, 5818/NOU

CREDITS
Peter Hillman, Dave Broome, Simon Shoubridge, Nick Yeadon, Ken Ede, David Hewitt, Laurie Berryman, Gerry P, Alan Edwards, Ian Gawtrey, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Harry Secombe & 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-DSY
ADH304 A320 I-WEBA
AEA1013 B738 EC-ISN (also AEA1015)
AEW225 B737 UR-AAP
AMC116 A319 9H-AEH
AUI501 B734 UR-GAO
AWE732 A333 N270AY
BER8598 B737 D-AHXE
BGH5551 A320 LZ-BHB
BRU851 B733 EW-282PA
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBS
BWA902 B762 N234AX
CCA851 A332 B-6533 (first visit)
CTN494H A319 9A-CTG
DLH4HV B735 D-ABIK
DLH898 A319 D-AIBH
EIN23A A320 EI-DEC (also EIN236/242/244)
EZS128X A320 HB-JYA
EZS467C A319 HB-JZW
EZS8432 A319 HB-JZP
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZI
HCC503 A320 OK-HCB
ISS355 A319 EI-DFP (also ISS351)
LBT8402 A320 TS-INI
LLC172 B733 LY-SKW (also LLC176C)
MGX812 F100 4O-AOM
MON216P A320 SP-HAC (first visit, due back as MON217 eta 22.20, etd 23.00)
MON328 A343 CS-TQL
MON8457 A320 EI-EZN (third visit)
NAX1ZN B738 LN-DYP (also NAX3522)
NAX6EX B738 LN-DYS
NAX12J B738 LN-NOV
NAX14X B738 LN-NOM
NAX18Z B738 LN-NGC
NAX31F B738 LN-DYT
NAX34G B738 LN-NOL
NAX36C B738 LN-NGD
NAX51M B738 LN-NOR
NAX55Q B738 LN-NOG
NAX59T B738 LN-NIA
NAX351L B738 LN-NOV
NAX1304 B738 LN-DYD
NAX4441 B738 LN-DYM
NAX5818 B738 LN-DYA
RYR2MK B738 EI-EVG
RYR2MU B738 EI-EVT (third visit, also RYR8GR)
RYR2NE B738 EI-ENV
RYR5YE B738 EI-DWJ
RYR6MN B738 EI-DLG (also RYR5YX)
RYR6NL B738 EI-ESO
RYR6XB B738 EI-DAG
RYR8BZ B738 EI-EKJ
SDM297 A319 EI-ETN
STU2633 A320 LX-STC (also STU2751)
TAP332 A320 CS-TNN
TAP334 A319 CS-TTP
TAP346 A319 CS-TTF
TCX249 A332 OY-VKF
TCX1005 B752 EC-ISY
THY1981 B738 TC-JHA (second visit)
THY1997 A321 TC-JSB (second visit)
TSC472 A332 C-GTSJ
TSC622 A333 C-GCTS
UAE9 B773 A6-ECQ
UAE11 B772 A6-EBM
UAE15 B773 A6-EGX (second visit)
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
D-COKE Lear 35 (arr 29/9, dep today)
OH-FIX DA2000 (arr 28/9, dep today as FIX31)
OH-GVI CL605 (arr 28/9, dep today as JEF77)
KAF325 L-100 (arr 28/9, dep today)