Sunday 31st August 2008

Boeing 737-500 LN-BUE was used on the morning SAS Norge schedule from Oslo, operating CNO609/608.

Challenger 601 G-LWDC (the former N54JC) called in at the Ocean Sky ramp again, touching down in the gloom during the first part of the morning for a quick 30 minute visit, an a repeat appearance later in the day. 

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Saturday 30th August 2008

Air Express Fokker 100 SE-DUV visited from Amsterdam on the early morning KLM 1073/1074 flight.

Karthago Airlines Boeing 737-300 TS-IEE operated their weekly KAJ6422/6423 charter from Monastir, which reverts to an afternoon arrival from 6/9.  

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Friday 29th August 2008

London Executive Challenger 300 G-KSFR visited from Ronaldsway and out to Cannes during the morning, operating as LNX67KR.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Thursday 28th August 2008

Jet Time Boeing 737-300 OY-JTA positioned in early morning to operate an outbound football charter to Karup as JTG867.

Still awaiting a livery, new Airbus 319 LZ-FBB visited for the second time in a week, operating Bulgaria Air flight 499/500 from Sofia.

In complete contrast, smart retro Finnair 'silver bird' A319 OH-LVE flew the morning schedule from Helsinki again showing off it's new paint.

A first visit on the last scheduled FedEx MD-11 Paris CDG > Manchester > Memphis freight service with N529FE passing through during the evening ops FDX35.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Wednesday 27th August 2008

Former Cityjet BAE146-200 EI-CNQ positioned in during the morning to operate an Aer Arann charter to Karup, Denmark as REA4391.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Tuesday 26th August 2008

Amongst the GA traffic Citation 560XL D-CMMP (FFD951) arrived early to night stop, and Challenger 604 P4-CHV touched down at noon to the Ocean Sky hangar.

The expanding fleet of Air Berlin yielding another new Airbus 319 with D-ABGM making a first appearance on the late morning BER8264/8265 Hamburg flight.  

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Monday 25th August 2008

Air Charter Express Douglas DC-8 9G-AXB departed shortly after midday after an overnight stay on stand 83.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Sunday 24th August 2008

Air Charter Express Douglas DC-8 9G-AXB touched down late morning positioning in as ACE215 to nightstop.

Finnair's retro livery Airbus 319 OH-LVE made a first visit in new (old) paint operating the evening FIN937/938 Helsinki schedule.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Saturday 23rd August 2008

Air Traffic Executive Learjet 31 D-CURT arrived mid evening using call sign "Snoopy231" (ATJ231) for an overnight stay.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Friday 22nd August 2008

Citation 560XLS CS-DXW visited for the first time during the afternoon wearing the revised grey and white NetJets Europe livery.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review-updated

Thursday 21st August 2008

Easyjet Airbus 319 G-EZIE positioned in from Stansted during the morning to operate to Malaga and back as EZY192W/1924 in place of the usual 320 type.

Gulfstream 100 C-GTDO arrived late on Wednesday evening to night stop on the Ocean Sky exec ramp, departing early afternoon.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review updated

Wednesday 20th August 2008

Kalitta Air Boeing 747-100 N717CK departed early morning after a three day stop over, heading off to Philadelphia as CKS228.

Piper Malibu Mirage D-EKAU touched down mid morning for a five hour visit to the Ocean Sky exec centre ramp.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Tuesday 19th August 2008

Royal Air Force VC-10s aplenty during the afternoon with visits from XV101 (RRR2325) and XV107 (RRR2313).

New bmi Baby livery Boeing 737-300 G-TOYI arrived from Malaga late afternoon to operate based scheduled flights, starting with a trip to Alicante (BMI3521).

San Marino Citation 650 T7-VII vacated the freight apron area during the day after a two night stay on stand 71.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Monday 18th August 2008

Falcon 2000 OY-CKN made an appearance early morning, departing to Birmingham after a brief stay on the exec ramp as MMD4352.

TAG Aviation Falcon 2000 HB-IAZ departed the freight ramp area after night stop, heading off to Genoa as FPG069 early morning, leaving Citation 650 T7-VII on stand 71.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Sunday 17th August 2008

A busy day for GA traffic included the early evening arrival of Citation 650 T7-VII (T7 = San Marino), to park on stand 71. Other movements included CRJ-700 VP-BCL, Challenger 300 G-KSFR, Falcon 900 HB-IFJ and two visits from Citation 560XL G-OROO.

Airliners of note included Aer Arann ATR-72 EI-REO (REA515+892) and later in the day Air Berlin A320 D-ABDT in from Hamburg on BER8264/8265.

Kalitta Air Boeing 747-100 N717CK made a long positioning flight from Luanda as CKS747 for an expected stay until midweek.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Saturday 16th August 2008

Lufthansa Airbus 340-600 (a 2nd of type visit) D-AIHM called in for fuel early morning whilst operating Charlotte to Munich as DLH429. The aircraft is said to have crossed the Atlantic with undercarriage extended.

At the opposite end of the day, Olympic Airlines Boeing 737-400 SX-BKU made a first appearance in the rain from Athens on their late night OAL277/278 flight.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Friday 15th August 2008

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BWV departed the Thomas Cook engineering hangar during the day, and returned to Moscow as AFL8242.

Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 N704X finally made a first visit, operating a delayed DAL154/155 from New York JFK.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Thursday 14th August 2008

Learjet 40 N152UT touched down early evening and went to the Ocean Sky hangar on arrival.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Wednesday 13th August 2008

Danish football side FC Midtjylland (a reasonable score at scrabble) and their supporters flew in during the day with Saab 340 LY-RUN, ATR-42 LY-DOT and Dornier 328 OY-NCC arriving to night stop. The team play Manchester City on Thursday evening.

Exec traffic included Citation XL pair G-KPEI and CS-DXX (wearing a change to the usual NetJets Europe livery) and Global Express N18TM.

Lat Charter Airbus 320 YL-LCD swapped with YL-LCC on based Air Malta summer charter flights mid afternoon.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Tuesday 12th August 2008

Classic Royal Air Force VC-10 XV109 visited from Akrotiri during the afternoon, flying with call sign "Ascot2309".

Onur Air Airbus 321 TC-TUB (Best Air lease) operated a charter from Antalya during the morning as OHY2316.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Monday 11th August 2008

Belavia Tupolev 154 EW-85703 operated BRU853/854 from Minsk at midday, in place of the usual Boeing 737 equipment.

Challenger 600 D-BUSY visited the exec ramp either side of noon, operating as JEI616.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | 1-15 July Review

Sunday 10th August 2008

Volga-Dnepr Antonov 124 RA-82074 arrived as VDA4305 from Baku in Azerbaijan early morning on a freight charter. The aircraft departed mid afternoon.

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 TC-JHB made a first visit on the first of two Istanbul schedules during the day, operating THY1993/1994.

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BWV arrived late evening as AFL8241 for maintenance at the Thomas Cook engineering hangar.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Saturday 9th August 2008

Futura Boeing 737-400 EC-KUI operated their FUA1450 Palma charter during a wet morning, whilst visitors to the exec ramp later in the day included Premier G-OMJC and King Air G-SYGA. 

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | July Review

Friday 8th August 2008

Livingston Airbus 330 I-LIVN returned to Milan early afternoon as LVG9332 after midweek on maintenance with Thomas Cook Engineering.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Thursday 7th August 2008

New Airbus visits during the morning included Hemus Air A319 LZ-FBB on LZB499/500 and Turkish A320 TC-JPM (THY1993/1994).

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Wednesday 6th August 2008

Air One CRJ-900 EI-DVP arrived early afternoon as ADH8024 from Luton to spend the rest of the day parked up whilst the Juventus football team provided the opposition to Manchester United.

Another new Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 was used on the now many scheduled flights from Istanbul with TC-JHA operating the morning THY1993/1994.

Beech 200 King Air pair G-JASS and G-SYGA joined a busy exec ramp during the morning and afternoon, where PC-XII N126BK also remained after night stop.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Tuesday 5th August 2008

Visitors to the exec ramp included PC-12 N126BK, King Air N554CF, Gulfstream 4 N257H and the departure of Learjet 35 LX-LAR early evening after an overnight stay.

Futura Boeing 737-800 EI-DKD and Lufthansa Airbus 320 D-AIQA got into a bit of a tangle during the afternoon.

Livingston A330 I-LIVN positioned in at night fall as LVG9332 for attention with Thomas Cook engineering.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Monday 4th August 2008

Three 'Jetran Air' charters from Lourdes during the day featured three different airlines. First in was Pronair MD-87 EC-KJI (MDJ611/612F). Then White Airways A310 CS-TDI (MDJ613/614F) and finally Jetran Air's own MD-82 YR-MDR during the evening (MDJ615/616F).

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 TC-JGZ from Istanbul operating THY1995/1996 (TC-JGT also operating as THY1993/1994 earlier in the day).

Condor Boeing 757-300 D-ABOJ departed as CFG671 after overnight attention at the Thomas Cook engineering facility.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Sunday 3rd August 2008

SAS Norge had two charters from Kristiansund during the day, with Boeing 737-700 LN-TUM operating as CNO9061/7116 & CNO9063/7114.

Air Slovakia Boeing 757-200 OM-ASA filled in for the usual Lat Charter A320 on Air Malta charter flight AMC6606 to Las Palmas.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Saturday 2nd August 2008

Kuwait Airways Boeing 747-400 9K-ADE visited either side of midday operating as KAC001.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Friday 1st August 2008

Blueline MD-83 F-GMLX operated an inbound charter from Kristiansund during the evening as BLE586 before departing on a positioning flight number.

Condor Boeing 757-300 D-ABOI headed off late evening as CFG670 after 24 hours on maintenance with Thomas Cook engineering.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review