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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 31st May
Edelweiss
Airbus 330 HB-IQZ operated on behalf of My Travel arriving in from Zurich as
MYT25P, later departing as MYT0 25.
Air
Mediterranee Airbus 320 F-GYAI postioned in from Paris to operate for European
Air Charter touching down as EAF304P.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 30th May
Volga
Dnepr Antonov 124 RA-82044 touched down from Denver early morning as VDA451. The
aircraft subsequently daystopped, heading off to Cancun early morning as
VDA4234.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday 29th May
Travelcitydirect
recently acquired use of former Corsair Boeing 747-300 TF-AMJ as sistership 'AME
moves to the Gatwick operation for now. 'AMJ was noted during the day returning
from Sanford and out to Sharm El Sheik as EUK131/484.
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Manchester
Airport, Saturday 28th May
Smart
Loftleidir Icelandic Boeing 767-300 TF-FIA continues ops for First Choice
Airways on long haul routes out of Ringway.
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Manchester
Airport, Friday 27th May
Hawker
800XP N485LT was noted amongst the usual array of executive movements, touching
down mid morning to park at NEA.
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Manchester
Airport, Thursday 26th May
Triumphant
Liverpool football fans began to arrive back in the North West during the day.
Spicejet-liveried Boeing 737-800 EI-DIT one notable 'taxi' amongst the many,
touching down mid morning as FUA1782.
Of
the regular movements, Zoom Boeing 767-300 C-GZNA made its second visit in as
many days on OOM326/421.
Skyservice
also maintained the Canadian presence, with colourful Boeing 757 C-GMYH assigned
to the latest SSV231 charter.
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Manchester
Airport, Wednesday 25th May
Early
morning departures to Istanbul for the Champions league final kicked off with
the early airrival of Fly Air Airbus A300 TC-FLK arriving as FLM 5513.
Ex
Air Scandic A300 TC-MNY made a return to Ringway joining in the football
charters to Istanbul departing as MNB679.
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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 24th May
The
mass departure of Liverpool supporters on the way to Istanbul for
their Champions League football final began in earnest, with, amongst
a mix of TC- and G- machines, Turkish Airlines Airbus 321 TC-JMC
re-appearing on the morning TK1995/6 again.
Spanish
charters saw Futura 737-800 EC-JFB in and out early doors as
FUA781P/1781 and Volar/MyAir.com liveried A320 EC-JHJ (the former EC-IEP)
assigned to LTE988/989.
The
bizzies were busy too, with Gulfstream 5 N410M an early arrival at
NEA, joining nightstopping Learjet 60 OY-LJF. Hawker 800XP OE-GHU
touched down late afternoon as GDK424.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 23rd May
Air
Greenland remained busy at Ringway during the day, with Boeing 757 OY-GRL
visiting this time operating outbound to Milan Malpensa as VKG3031.
Turkish
Airlines Airbus 321 TC-JMC paid its first visit, from Istanbul, as TK1993/1994
late morning.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday
22nd May
A
reasonably quiet afternoon saw the visit of Malaysian's colourful 747 9M-MPD "An
experience redefined" which became "A wet experience" as it
arrived amid heavy rain. OY-GRN A330 of Air Greenland arrived back from Cardiff
with a bunch of not-so-happy Manchester United fans.
Earlier
in the day, Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 D-ABVH diverted in whilst enroute Los
Angeles - Frankfurt as LH457 with a sick passenger.
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Manchester
Airport, Saturday
21st May
Today
saw an unusual charter in the shape of Air Greenland A330 OY-GRN taking
Manchester United fans to Cardiff for the FA Cup final.
Astraeus
used a recently repainted 737 in FlyBe colours. G-STRB has just returned off
lease from Air Asia at Kuala Lumpur.
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Manchester
Airport, Friday
20th May
Lufthansa
used an Air Dolomiti CRJ I-ADJA on "LH 8PP" from Munich this morning.
Executive Dornier
328JET OE-HTG
operated another flight this
evening, returning as HTG108.
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Manchester
Airport, Thursday 19th May
Royal
Moroccan Air Force Hercules C130 CN-AON touched down as RMAF 201 mid morning.
Colourful
Boeing 757 C-GMYH arrived mid afternoon as SSV230 from Gatwick; to Toronto.
Gulfstream
200 HB-JEB departed after nightstopping with Learjet 60 OE-GII on the NEA apron.
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Manchester
Airport, Wednesday 18th May
Zoom
Airlines commenced scheduled flights between Toronto, Manchester and Vancouver,
with Boeing 767-300 C-GZUM operating as OOM220/327 mid morning.
Airlinair
ATR-42 F-GPYB visited from/to Manston early doors on behalf of EU Jet.
Air
Plus Comet lent Boeing 747-200 EC-IZL to Monarch during the day to fly to Paphos
and back, departing as MON7106.
Executive/GA
movements aplenty, most notable being TAG Aviation Galaxy HB-JEB (FPG520) and
Rockwell Commander N425RR during the morning and Gulf 4 N510MG early evening.
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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday
17th May
Estonian
continue their three times weekly Tallinn schedule with 737-500 ES-ABG operating
the latest OV115/116.
Castle
Air Charters Citation 560XL G-WCIN paid its first visit to Ringway as such,
touching down early afternoon. The aircraft is the former VP-BSD.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday
16th May
Emirates
Navy Learjet 35 'UAE 800' touched down early evening to park on the NEA apron.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday
15th May
Astraeus'
former New Zealand registered Boeing 737-300 G-STRJ operated from Manchester for
the first time during the day, to/from Dubrovnik as AEU423/424.
Jet
Alliance/Cirrus Learjet 40 OE-GGB arrived during the early evening rush,
touching down as JAG4507.
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Manchester
Airport, Saturday
14th May
Pick
of the bunch today undoubtedly went to VIP configured Saudi MD-90 HZ-APF
arriving from Heathrow for a four hour stay.
A
scattering of Exec jets was seen during the day ending with Falcon 2000 CS-DFF.
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Manchester
Airport, Friday
13th May
This
Friday 13th didn't prove too unlucky for execjet enthusiasts, with plenty of
variety during the day including a first visit from Citation XL G-LDFM
mid-morning.
Canadian
Learjet 60 C-FBLU also added to the stats, visiting Northern Executive for just
over five hours, either side of midday.
Icelandair
Boeing 757 TF-FII departed as expected to Washington during the morning on the
first of many planned flights on behalf of bmi, as BD701.
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Manchester
Airport, Thursday 12th May
Icelandair
Boeing 757-200 TF-FII positioned in late Wednesday in readiness to assist with
bmi British Midland's transatlantic operations.
Air
Scotland/Greece Airways Boeing 757 SX-BLW was also noted during the day, the former
Air 2000 aircraft nightstopped with Monarch
engineering.
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Manchester
Airport, Wednesday
11th May
Gulfstream
4 N396U paid a quick visit to the NEA apron after lunch, parking up for just
over an hour early afternoon.
RAF
Avia/Air Charter Antonov 26 YL-RAB touched down mid evening as MTL 303F
departing after a hours stay as MTL1303.
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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 10th May
Estonian
Air commenced Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday flights from Tallinn to Manchester
with Boeing 737-500 ES-ABI operating the inaugural OV115/116 early morning.
Executive
Boeing 767-300 P4-MES touched down mid evening for a first visit, presume in
connection with the Manchester United v Chelsea football match.
Beech
350 King Air N1558H made two appearances late in the day, also presumed football-related.
Earlier
in the day, Jet Aviation Citation 550 HB-VMX had visited NEA, as PJS102/103.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 9th May
Cyprus
Airways continue use of their Airbus 319s on their Monday Larnaca flight, with
5B-DBO operating the latest CY358/359.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday 8th May
Air
Atlanta Europe Boeing 747-300 TF-ARS positioned in as XLA194P mid morning to
operate to Paphos via Gatwick as XLA219A.
Air
Transat Airbus 310 C-GTSY first-visited from Toronto early morning as TSC620/621
whilst MyTravel Denmark Airbus 321 OY-VKC arrived to operate charters to Faro
and Agadir during the day.
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Manchester
Airport, Saturday 7th May
New
Greek airline Alexandair debuted at Manchester, with 'Boeing MD-82' SX-BMP
arriving early evening to operate AXN167 to Kos.
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Manchester
Airport, Friday 6th May
Onur
Air Airbus 300 TC-ONT positioned in from Amsterdam early afternoon as OHY306F to
operated a delayed departure to Dalaman as OHY380.
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Manchester
Airport, Thursday 5th May
Smart
Embraer Legacy HB-JEA paid us another visit, touching down early afternoon as
"Batman 002".
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Manchester
Airport, Wednesday 4th May
Eirjet
Airbus A320 EI-DIJ touched down late morning as EIR304P, later departing as EIR3041
after a one hour stay.
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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 3rd May
Loftleidir
Icelandic Boeing 767-300 TF-FIA positioned in
late afternoon as YSS979P.
Executive
movements included Learjet 35 ER-LGA, Netjets' Beechjet 400 CS-DMB departing
mid morning as NJE439P and the second appearance of Avani F-GZPE in the space of
24 hours.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 2nd May
A
brand new airline emerged today with British Jet inaugurating services with
MD-90 HB-JIB leased from Hello Airlines.
Novair
Airbus 321 SE-RDO positioned in to operate for FlyJet as FJE814 early morning.
Plenty of executive
movements today saw no fewer than 7 arrivals including N282CJ C525A.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday 1st May
Lots
of holiday traffic today as the holiday season got into full swing. My Travel
borrowed A320 OY-VKS from their Danish subsidiary.
Monarch
meanwhile showed off their newly acquired 767 G-DIMB.
The
biz factor was supplied by new C560XL CS-DFV and KLM rounded off the day with FK100 PH-LMV making its first visit.
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