Monday 31st March 2008

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Sunday 30th March 2008

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Saturday 29th March 2008

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Friday 28th March 2008

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Thursday 27th March 2008

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Wednesday 26th March 2008

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Tuesday 25th March 2008

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Monday 24th March 2008

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Sunday 23rd March 2008

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Saturday 22nd March 2008

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Friday 21st March 2008

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Thursday 20th March 2008

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Wednesday 19th March 2008

Another 'Comco' Boeing 757-200 N226G arrived amongst various GA movements during the morning to park near the freight apron.

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Monday 17th March 2008

A busy day for GA movements including morning arrivals of Gulfstream 5 N73M, Hangar8's Citationjet 525A G-HGRC and Hawker 800XP OE-GNY.

Airliner firsts at either end of the day were British Airways Airbus 320 G-EUUU in from Heathrow on "Shuttle2A/3P" and Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-DYD from Shannon (RYR148/149).

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Sunday 16th March 2008

London Executive Embraer 135 Legacy G-RBRO visited its from its Luton base either side of nightfall, operating as LNX08BR.

Earlier in the day Finnair Embraer 190 OH-LKL departed to Helsinki as FIN934 after night stop, returning later on the evening flight.

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Saturday 15th March 2008

Qatar Airways Airbus 330-300 A7-AEN (QTR41) and Turkish Airlines A321 TC-JRH (THY1993) were amongst the notables during the morning that also included Thomas Cook Boeing 767-300 G-TCCA back from Maastricht after repaint to operate to Orlando as MYT65. Olympic Airlines Airbus 340 SX-DFD visited on their OAL277/278 Athens flight late evening.

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Friday 14th March 2008

Zorex Air Transport Swearingen SA.226TC Metro II EC-HJC touched down in the gloom mid afternoon calling as ORZ411.

Before that, Brussels Airlines Boeing 737-300 OO-VEX operated a delayed DAT2173/2174 ("2G/45M") flight in place of the usual BAE146 type. 

CHC Scotia Dauphin G-BLEZ made a rare inland excursion from its Blackpool base, arriving at the Ocean Sky ramp mid afternoon.

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Thursday 13th March 2008

Another day with more first visits, including Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-DYA (RYR552/3), Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-400 B-HKJ (CPA037/8), Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 N703TW from New York JFK (DAL154/5) and Qatar Airways A330-300 A7-AEN from Doha (QTR43/44).

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Wednesday 12th March 2008

Mandala Airlines livery Airbus 320 G-OZBJ recently had the US marks N446AN applied presumably with a departure date imminent.

The morning saw Finnair Embraer 190 OH-LKL (FIN933/4) visit from Helsinki and SAS Boeing 737-600 LN-RRC in from Oslo on CNO609/608.

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Tuesday 11th March 2008

Silesia Air Citation 560XL OK-SLX made an appearance during the morning as SUA650/651, departing to Milan Linate.

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Monday 10th March 2008

British Airways Boeing 777-200 G-VIIO diverted in during the morning inbound to London Gatwick from Tampa calling tower as BAW61T.

Other movements on a weather affected day included visits from Delta Boeing 757-200 N712TW (DAL154), Turkish Airlines Airbus 321 TC-JRI and SAS Norge Boeing 737-500 LN-BRS (CNO609).

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Sunday 9th March 2008

Citation 560XLS OY-CKK "Lego22" made a brief appearance at the Ocean Sky Jet centre mid afternoon, visiting from Billund and out to Inverness.

GB Airways Airbus 320 G-TTOG flew between Manchester and Malta during the day wearing a temporary white livery before easyJet take over from the summer timetable.

Brussels Airways sent Boeing 737-400 OO-VEP instead of an Avro RJ aircraft from the Belgian capital on their DAT2177/2178 "2Y/35K" afternoon service.

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Saturday 8th March 2008

Amongst the usual Manchester United football clutter, Citationjet 525 OO-IDE touched down mid morning to park at the Ocean Sky terminal overnight. 

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Friday 7th March 2008

Cityjet livery Dornier 328 G-BWIR positioned in to operate an outbound charter to Farnborough as SAY621 mid afternoon. 

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Thursday 6th March 2008

Global Express 5000 N941TS remained parked at the Ocean Sky executive terminal throughout the day after its Wednesday afternoon arrival.

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Wednesday 5th March 2008

Continuing the football charter theme, Sporting Lisbon arrived onboard SATA Airbus 310 CS-TKM shortly after midday. The aircraft will stay at Manchester until after the team has faced Bolton on Thursday.

Another busy day for executive aircraft included visits from Falcon 7X VP-BVY and Citation 525 G-OSOH (HGR869).

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Tuesday 4th March 2008

Arrivals aplenty for the evening football at Old Trafford with the FC Lyon supporters airlift covered by several airliners including Pronair MD-87 EC-KJI, Axis Airways Boeing 737-400 F-GLXQ and Air Mediterranee Airbus 321 F-GYAN, amongst others.

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Monday 3rd March 2008

MyTravel Airways Boeing 767-300 G-SJMC became G-TCCA recently in readiness for operation by Thomas Cook Airlines.

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Sunday 2nd March 2008

Jetairfly Boeing 737-400 OO-TUA arrived from Brussels to operate an early morning outbound charter to Budapest as JAF702.

GB Airways enlisted Bravo Airlines Boeing 767-200 EC-JOZ to help get things back on track after ops were affected by adverse conditions. The aircraft flew to Paphos and back as GBL826A/827B.

Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-400 B-KAI operated CPA039/034 during the afternoon, joining injured colleague B-KAG (thanks to a weather affected landing overnight on Friday) on the ramp.

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Saturday 1st March 2008

Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 visits are now up to three different examples, with N702TW making a first appearance from New York JFK during a blustery morning.

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