Thursday 31st July 2008

Pakistan Government Airbus 310 AP-OOI passed through east bound early morning, parking up for two hours and operating with flight number PIA002.

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Wednesday 30th July 2008

US Airways utilised a Boeing 767-200 on their morning flight from Philadelphia again, with N255AY operating USA734/735.

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Tuesday 29th July 2008

Atlantic Airways BAE 146-200 OY-RCW operated a charter from the Faroe Islands as FLI7722/7723 during the morning.

Jetran Air MD-82 YR-MDS flew several flights from Manchester to Lourdes during the day before positioning out mid evening.

Royal Air Force Lockheed L1011 TriStar ZD950 called in during the afternoon as "Ascot3721".

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Monday 28th July 2008

Kalitta Air Boeing 747-100 N717CK operated through Manchester during the day as CKS9209/226, departing late afternoon to Philadelphia.

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Sunday 27th July 2008

Evening GA traffic included the arrivals of Tyrolean Ambulance Citation 550 OE-GPS (TYW872), Hawker 400XP CS-DMT (NJE876T) and a look at the new paint on Challenger VP-CFT.

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Saturday 26th July 2008

Token Futura registration change Boeing 737-400 EC-KTM (formerly EC-IVR etc) made an appearance early morning from Glasgow and out to Palma as FUA1450.

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Friday 25th July 2008

Amongst the Onur Air Airbus influx, MD-88 TC-ONP operated an additional charter as OHY5436/1380 from Glasgow and out to Dalaman.

GA traffic included the arrival of Learjet 40 D-CNIK (DCS492) and Gulfstream 4 N396U, a day stopper.

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Thursday 24th July 2008

Aerovalles Citation 560XL EC-KOL (formerly G-WCIN) visited the Ocean Sky ramp either side of midday, with call sign VAD641/642.

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Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Visiting the GA ramp during the day were Linxair Citation 560XL S5-BAV and on an excursion north, Metropolitan Police EC-145 G-MPSC (UKP252).

Axis Airways Boeing 737-400 F-GLXQ covered the afternoon Air France 2568/2569 schedule from Paris CDG.

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Tuesday 22nd July 2008

FlyBaboo Embraer 190 HB-JQG and Turkish Airlines Airbus 330 TC-JNE provided a change of scenery on the afternoon AFR2568 and THY1995 schedules from Paris CDG and Istanbul respectively.

Hawker 400XP CS-DMW -one of the many new additions to the NetJets Europe fleet- arrived from Nice during the morning and Citationjet OE-FSS (KFK2378/9) visited.

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Monday 21st July 2008

Belavia Tupolev 154 EW-85748 arrived early evening, operating a delayed BRU853/854 schedule from Minsk instead of the usual Boeing 737.

Boeing 737-800 G-CEJO passed through mid afternoon as GSM101E/738E to help out with Globespan Airways ops from Manchester.

Blueline MD-83 F-GMLK positioned in overnight to fly for Monarch Airlines during the day to Corfu as MON8946.

KLM Boeing 737-800 PH-BGC visited, operating from Amsterdam mid morning as KLM1081/1082.

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Sunday 20th July 2008

Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster ZZ173 called in briefly during the afternoon, operating with call sign "Ascot6641".

Other movements saw Turkish Airlines send Airbus 321 TC-JRJ from Istanbul mid afternoon, Gulfstream 4 N113AR departed after night stop and Pace Airlines Boeing 767-200 N767MW headed back across the Atlantic after another visit.

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Saturday 19th July 2008

Karthago Boeing 737-300 TS-IEC visited during the morning, operating the KAJ6422/6423 charter from Monastir.

Hawker 900XP N944XP departed the Ocean Sky ramp mid afternoon after an overnight stay.

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Friday 18th July 2008

Brightening up an otherwise dull day, Air Mediterranee Airbus 321 F-GYAR made two appearances during the day operating charters from Lourdes.

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Thursday 17th July 2008

Hawker 900XP M-AJOR (which along with sistership M-INOR is yet another addition to the expanding Isle of Man register) made a first visit to the Ocean Sky ramp mid afternoon.

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Wednesday 16th July 2008

Adria Airways CRJ-900 S5-AAL made an early morning visit on ADR462/463 and later in the day Atlantic Airways RJ-100 OY-RCC operated a football charter as FLI7720/7721.

Citation 750 N750TX arrived in the early hours to day stop on the exec ramp, departing late afternoon.

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Tuesday 15th July 2008

Early morning movements included Diamond Twin Star D-GBBB on a freight flight and Beech 90 F-HHAM.

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Monday 14th July 2008

Boeing 767-200 N767MW arrived mid morning with Pace Airlines call sign PCE6715.

Notables amongst the schedules included Belavia Boeing 737-300 EW-254PA in from Minsk on BRU853/854 and Air Berlin Airbus 319 D-ABGL on the Hamburg flight.

Other traffic saw Blackpool-based Eclipse N500UK call in over the lunchtime period (a second of type visit) and Gemini Cargo MD-11 N702GC headed west to Philadelphia as GCO7926. 

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Sunday 13th July 2008

Gemini Air Cargo MD-11 N702GC arrived mid evening as GCO4061 from Brussels to night stop.

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Saturday 12th July 2008

Markoss Aviation CRJ G-MKSA operated from the Ocean Sky ramp, departing during the morning before returning mid evening for a further overnight stay.

Also on the exec apron, new Westair Learjet 45 EI-WFO remained present throughout after a Friday arrival as EFF009.

Karthago Airlines reverted their Monastir flight back to a morning flight, Boeing 737-300 TS-IEE assigned to KAJ6422.

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Airbus 380 fly past

Manchester Airport got its first close-up view of the Airbus 380 when F-WWDD (C/n 004) performed a planned missed approach on Runway 23R early afternoon on Saturday 12th July 2008. Click here to view the fly past in pictures.

Friday 11th July 2008

Omni Air DC-10 N522AX arrived at Manchester instead of Brize Norton during the afternoon, operating as OAE504 from Hanover.

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BAV headed off home mid afternoon after a week on maintenance with Thomas Cook, departing as AFL8242.

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Thursday 10th July 2008

Colourful Hemus Air Airbus 319 LZ-FBA operated Bulgaria Air LZB499/500 schedule from Sofia during the morning. The aircraft visited on a delayed flight for the first time in the early hours last Friday.

Monarch Airlines Airbus 321 G-OZBI flew based flights during the day wearing promotional ITV television titles before positioning out to Luton for the evening.

Toyota Motors Gulfstream 5 N100TM was a visitor to the executive ramp during the afternoon from Birmingham and out to East Midlands.

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Wednesday 9th July 2008

Arkefly Boeing 767-300 PH-AHQ positioned in to operate a charter for Monarch Airlines to Paphos and back as MON8960/8961.

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Tuesday 8th July 2008

An aircraft change saw Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-400 converted freighter B-HOU visit as CPA001/002 late morning.

Titan Airways Beech 350 G-POWB made another appearance, positioning in from Stansted to operate to Northolt as AWC66A during the afternoon.

Another King Air, Beech 200 F-GOCF visited from France during the evening, operating with call sign OCF103/104.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Monday 7th July 2008

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BAV was soon moved into the Thomas Cook engineering facility overnight after a late Sunday arrival.

Lufthansa Regional/Eurowings CRJ-700 D-ACSC was sent in from Dusseldorf on the afternoon DLH4884/4885 schedule in place of the usual CRJ-200.

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Sunday 6th July 2008

Euro Atlantic Airways helped out at Manchester during the day, with Boeing 757-200 CS-TFK returning from Las Palmas on a delayed AMC6606 charter, and Boeing 767-300 CS-TLO positioning in to take a plane load to Tenerife for Monarch Airlines as MON568.

After the Friday evening appearance of D-AHXK, another of the latest batch of TUIfly Boeing 737-700s - D-AHXJ - was assigned to the evening HLX1982/1983 Stuttgart schedule. This it's third visit.

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BAV touched down late evening from Moscow Sheremetyevo with call sign AFL8241 for attention at the Thomas Cook engineering hangar.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | June Review

Saturday 5th July 2008

Boeing 737-400 CC-CBD visited early morning operating a Futura charter in from Palma and out to Glasgow as FUA1449/1450.

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Friday 4th July 2008

Another guilt-free look the light side of life with visits from all seeing eye Falcon 900EX G-GALX, Cessna 303 G-UILT and Navajo G-GLTT during the afternoon.