Monday 30th June 2008

World Cargo DC-10 N303WL arrived mid afternoon positioning in on a Lufthansa Cargo flight number (GEC8628) to park on the freight apron.

GA movements included a visit from Global Express N36LG late afternoon and a landing incident involving resident PA-34 G-JDBC, which closed Runway 23L temporarily.

Top Fly ATR-42 EC-KGS arrived mid evening operating from Paris Charles De Gaulle with flight number TLY1393.

Icelandair Boeing 757-200 TF-LLY (the former TF-LLZ!) made an appearance late evening operating ICE440/441 still wearing basic former Girjet livery.

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Saturday 28th June 2008

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BWT headed off back east to Moscow Domodedovo as AFL8241 after midweek on maintenance in the Thomas Cook hangar.

Amongst the scheduled flights, Air France Airbus 320 F-GKXP flew from Paris CDG early morning as AFR1668 and later, Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-DYN made the short hop over from Dublin operating RYR548/549.

Karthago Airlines Boeing 737-300 TS-IEG operated the latest KAJ6422/6423 flight from Monastir mid afternoon. The charter will revert to a morning flight from 12/7.

Amongst the GA, Gulfstream 4 N257H arrived early to park on the Ocean Sky ramp, D-IFMC departed, Citationjet3 D-IPVD visited either side of midday and on an even lighter note, Valentin Taifun G-OACE was an evening movement.

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Friday 27th June 2008

An aircraft change in Lanzarote in the early hours meant Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 G-FDZG operated the TOM458A to Manchester then out to Naples and Bodrum during the day.

Beech Premier D-IFMC touched down during the first part of the evening to park on the Ocean Sky Jet Centre ramp overnight.

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Thursday 26th June 2008

With the usual FedEx MD-11 service not calling in on its way to Memphis, West Air Europe ATP LX-WAM acted as a go-between to Paris CDG mid evening, operating as WLX8003.

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Wednesday 25th June 2008

XL Airways continues use of XL France Airbus 330 F-GRSQ on their long haul flights to Florida, although the aircraft rests at Manchester on Wednesdays.

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Tuesday 24th June 2008

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BWT arrived overnight as AFL8241 from Moscow and soon disappeared into the Thomas Cook Engineering hangar.

GA movements during the day included new UK Citation XL G-KPEI (GOJ24KA), PC-12 HB-FVU and the departure of Learjet 45 M-EOCV -the former OY-OCV.

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Monday 23rd June 2008

Jettran Air MD-82 YR-MDS made another appearance following on from Champions League football supporter flight duty in May. This time the aircraft flew from Dubrovnik on a sub charter as DBK460 during the evening.

Morning first visits included Belavia Boeing 737-500 EW-253PA operating BRU853/854 from Minsk and Air Berlin Airbus 319 D-ABGJ from Hamburg (BER8264/8265).

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Sunday 22nd June 2008

Early evening visitors to the Ocean Sky Jet Centre included Embraer Legacy G-SIRA ("Twinjet3") and Marshall Aerospace Citation 560XL G-OMEA (MCE05C/05D).

Other movements included a second visit from new Boeing 737-800 EI-DYM on one of the many Ryanair flights (RYR554/555) and a first appearance from Air Berlin A320 D-ABDR from Hamburg operating BER8264/8265 mid evening.

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Saturday 21st June 2008

As winter made an unwelcome early return on the longest day of the year, Gulfstream 550 EC-JYR passed through during the morning, operating as EXU2161/2162, visiting the exec ramp.

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Friday 20th June 2008

Kalitta Air Boeing 747-100 N716CK departed early morning after night stop as CKS228, heading west bound to Philadelphia.

SAS Norge Boeing 737-800 LN-RRF operated into Manchester for the first time from Oslo mid morning, covering the CNO609/608 (SAS4609/4608) schedule.

Exec traffic included a visit to the Ocean Sky ramp from Falcon 900 N146EX, arriving late morning for a one hour stay.

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Thursday 19th June 2008

Classic Boeing 747-100 N716CK of Kalitta Air touched down early afternoon, positioning as CKS9716.

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Tuesday 17th June 2008

Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-400ERF B-LIA made a first visit during the day, operating as CPA001/034.

Linxair Citation 560XL S5-BAZ touched down mid morning, visiting the Ocean Sky Jet Centre.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | May Review

Monday 16th June 2008

Turkish Airlines Airbus 321 TC-JRK operated their THY1993/1994 Istanbul flight during the morning. Another first was Belavia Boeing 737-500 EW-252PA in from Minsk at midday (BRU853).

Dornier 328JET TF-MIO arrived late morning using "Icejet400" as a call sign for a four hour stay on the exec ramp.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | May Review

Sunday 15th June 2008

Hamburg International Airbus 319 D-AHII visited during the evening operating an inbound charter from Funchal as HHI8325.

Other firsts included Emirates Boeing 777-300 A6-ECA in from Dubai on the UAE19/20 second service of the day and Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-500 LZ-BOY (LZB499/500).

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | May Review

Saturday 14th June 2008

Hola Airlines Boeing 737-400 EC-KBO flew for Futura during the morning, operating as FUA1449/1450 from/to Palma.

The weekly Karthago Airlines KAJ6422/6423 charter from Monastir was operated by Boeing 737-300 TS-IEF mid afternoon.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | May Review

Friday 13th June 2008

Challenger 604 P4-SAI appeared outside early afternoon, having originally arrived for maintenance at the Ocean Sky Jet Centre on Friday 7/6.

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Thursday 12th June 2008

Europe Airpost Boeing 737-300 F-GIXT positioned in during the morning to operate the outbound leg of a charter to Funchal as FPO1189.

Flying Partners Citationjet 525B OO-FPE arrived late morning as FYG901R to park on the remote GA area off the Ocean Sky apron.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | May Review

Wednesday 11th June 2008

Airbus 330 F-GSEU positioned from Cardiff as XLA129P during the morning to night stop. It will be used on XL Airways flights to Florida from Thursday, replacing Iberworld aircraft.

Amongst the GA, Citation 560XLS EC-KPE touched down early afternoon as MND3232 to park up remote off the Ocean Sky ramp.

Movements Scheduled | Other | Archive | May Review

Tuesday 10th June 2008

Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 N727TW made a first visit, operating as DAL154/155 from New York JFK late morning, leaving just N704X and N709TW to appear for the 'full set'.

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Monday 9th June 2008

Falcon 900 N70LF stayed parked throughout the day on a remote stand having arrived early on Sunday morning.

Exec traffic included visits from Citation 500 G-DJAE and Premier G-OEWD (BOO788P/788).

Belavia continued their annual summer schedule to Minsk with Boeing 737-500 EW-251PA operating BRU853/854.

Monarch Airlines Boeing 757-200 G-MONJ flew from Manchester during the day to Bodrum wearing 2008's version of the 'Hed Kandi' promotional livery.

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Sunday 8th June 2008

VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLP made an appearance in the evening sunshine wearing a Holland football tribute livery, operating VLM205 from Rotterdam.

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Saturday 7th June 2008

Wearing a subtle change to the usual livery, Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 TC-JGR operated THY1993/1994 from Istanbul during the morning.

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Friday 6th June 2008

Thomsonfly Boeing 737-800 G-FDZO (D-ATUA) positioned in from Luton to operate to Dalaman overnight then Tenerife during the day as TOM051A/052A.

Futura Boeing 737-400 EC-KNS operated a charter from Mahon as FUA1411/1412 mid morning wearing Jetairfly titles on a white fuselage.

Notables amongst the Lufthansa flights were 146 D-AEWO on DLH4850 from Frankfurt and CRJ-200 D-ACRR (the former D-ACJA) on the afternoon DLH4884 Dusseldorf rotation.

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BWU returned to Russia as AFL8942 late afternoon after midweek at the Thomas Cook maintenance facility.

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Thursday 5th June 2008

New British Airways Airbus 320 G-EUUW operated from Heathrow during the afternoon as did British Midland former BMED A320 G-MEDE (BMA4QA/7PK).

Gulfstream 400 N128AB arrived mid afternoon to park up remote on the freight ramp area until a midnight departure.

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Wednesday 4th June 2008

Another mention for XL Airways, with leased Miami Air Boeing 737-800 G-OXLD (N732MA in winter) making an appearance on a charter from Larnaca as XLA239/238 during the morning.

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Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Futura Boeing 737-900 EC-KQQ positioned in from Palma during operate an outbound charter to Paphos via Gatwick as FUA3067 mid morning.

On the freight ramp, Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 N524MC passed through from Amsterdam and onwards to Philadelphia as GTI8979 before midday and Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 B-HUK flew in from Dubai and out to Paris CDG operating as CPA001.

FlyGlobespan Boeing 757-200 G-CEJM now displays full company livery and visited from Hamilton on a seasonal GSM104/103 flight.

The evening saw XL Airways Boeing 737-900 G-XLAR arrive from Lasham as XLA035P to take up residency alongside G-XLAP, and KLM 737-800 PH-BGC made a first appearance from Amsterdam to night stop.

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Monday 2nd June 2008

Aeroflot Boeing 767-300 VP-BWU arrived during the evening as AFL8241 and was soon moved into the Thomas Cook maintenance hangar.

PrivatAir Boeing 767-300 HB-JJG visited again, calling in for an hour late morning from Port of Spain and out to Luton as PTI966.

On a lighter note, Robinson 44 EI-DXH was noted hovering about around the GA area during the afternoon.

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Sunday 1st June 2008

TriStar weekend continued with veteran L1011 CS-TMP arriving during the morning operating a delayed TCX062L flight from Puerto Plata before positioning back to Lisbon.

ABC Bedarfsflug Citationjet 525 OE-FOI arrived late afternoon using company call sign FTY5 to park on the exec ramp.

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