Hellenic Imperial find yet another elderly Boeing 747-200 to send to Manchester, this time on one of their own flights with SX-TIB (once D-ABZH) arriving from Stansted to operate to Larnaca.

Volga Dnepr Ilyushin 76 RA-76951 returned from Cairo shortly before nightfall as VDA4876. No departure time known.

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Friday 15th February 2008

Tyrolean Jet Service Global Express OE-IEL passed through Ocean Sky during the morning operating as TJS20/21F, as did Solid Air Citationjet PH-SOL (SOX623).

Earlier in the day Royal Air Force C130J Hercules ZH886 made a very quick visit calling as "Ascot4567".

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Thursday 14th February 2008

Volga Dnepr IL-76 RA-76951 positioned in late afternoon to take an aircraft engine to Cairo, departing mid evening using flight number VDA4876. 

Wearing a basic livery, Hola Airlines Boeing 737-300 EC-JTV arrived with Athletico Madrid football fans during the morning. 

Zorex Metroliner EC-GPE departed mid afternoon after nightstop having operated to Paris Le Bourget and back on Wednesday.

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Wednesday 13th February 2008

Classic ATA Airlines DC-10 N702TZ (AMT8659) diverted in early morning due to fog at Mildenhall. The aircraft (showing signs of its Northwest Airlines days as N234NW) continued to Stansted early afternoon. 

Operating for Hola Airlines (HOA1903), Gadair Boeing 757-200 EC-JRT brought Athletico Madrid FC to the region for their Thursday UEFA football match at Bolton.

Amongst latest batch of midweek executive aircraft were Falcon 900 G-JPSX, King Air F-GIJB, Citationjet D-ISGW (both night stop) and Citation 560XL OE-GTK.

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Tuesday 12th February 2008

Beech Premier N814BP called in at the Ocean Sky Jet Centre over the lunch time period, staying for around forty minutes on the ramp.

Boeing 767-300 G-CEOD arrived after dark from Glasgow as GSM767P to the Thomas Cook Engineering hangar.

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Monday 11th February 2008

Delta Air Lines introduced Boeing 757-200 aircraft on some Trans Atlantic schedules into Manchester with former TWA/American Airlines N713TW arriving from New York JFK (DAL154) resplendent in the latest livery.

No stranger to Ringway from days gone by, Air Atlanta Boeing 747-200 TF-AMC continues to grace the skies, although its Houston to Brussels Saudi Airlines SVA902 freight flight was cut short during the afternoon for some fuel and a leg stretch.

British Airways sent new Airbus 320 G-EUUT up from London Heathrow on shuttle flight early morning and the Thomas Cook brand continues to replace the orange of MyTravel Airways with A330 G-OMYT making good use of the lighting.

German Challenger 604 D-AIND provided the main executive aircraft item of interest at the Ocean Sky ramp during the afternoon.

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Sunday 10th February 2008

A trio of Wizzair A320s passed through during the day with HA-LPH (WZZ305H Gdansk) and HA-LPO (WZZ405W Warsaw) giving foggy Liverpool a miss before midday and HA-LPM choosing Manchester over Doncaster from Gdansk (WZZ329P) late evening.

Plenty of executive and GA movements throughout, including CRJ-200 VP-BHX, Irish Air Corps Gulfstream 4 '251', UK Royal Flight BAE146 ZE700 "Kittyhawk27R" and Citation 560 N365WA (Liverpool diversion).

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Saturday 9th February 2008

Hamburg International aircraft operated three charters during the day with Boeing 737-300 D-AHIG departing to Salzburg early morning after nightstop, later returning HHI801F/8008 to operate to Munich and 737-700 D-AHIC visiting as HHI843F/8431 out to Lyon.

Gulfstream 550 N63HS made the short hop over the hills from Leeds Bradford early afternoon beneath post-winter (hopefully!) blue skies.

Airbus 321 G-OOPH (formerly G-OOAH) positioned up from Luton early morning to operate to Geneva and Salzburg. The registration changes to some First Choice Airways aircraft is taking place to avoid 'last two' clashes with Thomsonfly aircraft.

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Friday 8th February 2008

New Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 G-FDZF arrived from Paris CDG mid afternoon to operate outbound to Tenerife South as TOM793B. Also new to the fold, Lufthansa sent Airbus 321 D-AISK early evening from Frankfurt ("DLH8PY/1KE" 4856/4857).

Another midweek day, more bizjets! The latest array of notables during the afternoon, were in order: Gulfstream 550 N933H, Citationjet2 D-IGIT, Learjet 45 D-CSMS and at nightfall, Citation 525A G-HGRC (HGR880). Global Express 5000 N1DG also remained present from Wednesday.

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Thursday 7th February 2008

The latest array of exec jet visitors during the day consisted of Citation 550 YU-BZZ in the early hours, Challenger N25SB at Ocean Sky since Wednesday evening and Falcon 900 VP-CAB 

Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-400 converted freighter B-HKS (the former 9V-SPC) operated CPA37/38 from Delhi and out to Milan Malpensa during the morning.

DC-9 TG-URY departed eastbound shortly after midday continuing its delivery flight to Eastern Skyjets in the United Arab Emirates.

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Wednesday 6th February 2008

Scandinavian Airlines recently took MD-82 SE-DII back from JetX (TF-JXB) and registered it as LN-RMC. The aircraft operated SAS539/540 early morning.

Later in the day, Spanair lease MD-87 EC-KJE (the former SE-DIF) also visited from Copenhagen covering SAS1541/1542.

GA/exec movements making most of the sunshine included the departure of TBM-850 N223JG after night stop and the arrival of Global 5000 N1DG.

DC-9 TG-URY remained parked throughout.

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Tuesday 5th February 2008

Former Tikal Jets Douglas DC-9 TG-URY arrived in the early hours to park remote opposite Terminal 2. The aircraft is thought to be bound for the United Arab Emirates to be operated by Eastern Skyjets.

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Monday 4th February 2008

Latest FlyBe. DHC-8 400 G-ECOB made a return appearance from Saturday morning covering BEE7015/7016 mid morning from its current Belfast base.

Another view of Aeroflot Cargo Boeing 737-300 converted freighter VP-BCN visiting again from Moscow early morning operating as RCF923/924.

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Sunday 3rd February 2008

Emirates Boeing 777-300ER A6-EBW made a first visit operating the early UAE17/18 flight from Dubai either side of a grey midday.

Challenger 604 G-STCC remains parked on the exec area, and was joined early afternoon by TBM-700 N700GY.

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Saturday 2nd February 2008

A diverse selection of exec movements during the day including visits from Citation 550 SE-RCY, Citationjet2 HB-VOL (SPW41), TBM-850 LX-JFL and Global Express N613WF.

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Friday 1st February 2008

SAS Scandinavian Boeing 737-600 OY-KKH took up new marks LN-RRD recently, and made its first appearance as such operating from Oslo during the morning.

Amongst the 'biz', Global Express OY-ILG arrived during the first part of the day and Challenger N623HA reappeared late Thursday now as G-STCC.

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