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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 30th November
Jet2
arrived in preparation for their 1st December launch with G-CELI first in fresh
from the Bournemouth paint shop as EXS999P wearing the new livery and
distinctive Manchester branding. G-CELH followed from Leeds soon after as
LS897P.
The
afternoon AB8480 from Dusseldorf was operated by Germania-liveried Fokker 100 D-AGPG.
Another
change earlier in the day saw Scandinavian 'Ted Rogers' LN-RKI visit in place in
the usual MD80 on SK539/540.
First
Choice Boeing 757 G-OOBH appeared from Monarch Engineering at midday sporting
new Canadian ID 'C-FOBH' ready for Skyservice winter lease.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 29th November
VLM
Fokker 50 OO-VLZ paid its first visit (as OO-VLZ) operating to/from London City
throughout the day.
Air
Berlin sent in a Boeing 737-700 for the first time with D-ABAB seen on the
AB8112/3 Paderborn schedule at sunrise.
Cirrus
Air Dornier 328Jet D-BGAQ again operated for Sun Air to Billund on their morning
flight.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday 28th November
VEGA
Air Antonov 12 LZ-VED visited, arriving early afternoon and parked for almost
three hours. Operated as VEG3701/3702.
Beech
Premier G-FRYL (OXE873) paid its third visit in a week, and was present at NEA
(where Citation CS-DFT is starting to grow roots!) for much of the day.
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Manchester
Airport, Saturday 27th November
Still
present from Tuesday 23rd, Netjets Citation 560XLS CS-DFT remains at NEA for a
forth day.
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Manchester
Airport, Friday 26th November
The
bizjet influx continued, with, amongst others, visits from Premier D-IFMC
(nightstop), Citationjet G-CJAD, Gulf 4 CS-DKA and GlobEx N70EW during the day.
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Manchester
Airport, Thursday 25th November
City
Line Hungary Antonov 26 HA-TCN diverted in during the early hours, from
Edinburgh and on to Coventry, as "Atlantic 874".
Later
in the day, Dash 8 G-WOWC paid its first visit (if you discount the 1000s of
previous appearances as G-BRYO!), operating Air Southwest's Bristol and Plymouth
schedules.
Cirrus
Dornier 328Jet D-BGAQ positioned in to operate to Billund for Sun Air for the
second time this week, during the evening.
Gulf
550 HB-IGM departed mid morning after nightstop whilst as night fell, Oxaero
Beech Premier G-FRYL arrived as OXE101.
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Manchester
Airport, Wednesday 24th November
A
busy day for exec movements began with 125 G-OSPG early doors as OXE863 and
Citation 550 CS-DHH out to Bristol after nightstop as NJE422P.
The
afternoon saw Elbe Air Falcon 20 D-CLBB depart as LBR388B (having earlier
arrived as '388A), and RAF BAe 125 ZD620 in and out as RRR1761/"Kittyhawk
26".
Gulfstream
550 HB-IGM touched down late evening for its first, and second of type visit,
following in Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-CSS -positioning in from Stansted as
RYR7P.
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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 23rd November
Arrivals
for the evening football began with a trio of Star Airlines A320s mid-morning.
F-GRSI began the influx as SEU904L with F-GRSD and 'GRSE following as SEU900L
& '902L respectively.
Air
Mediterrannee Airbus 321 F-GYAR provided additional capacity from Lyon, touching
down at a typically damp Ringway as BIE621L.
Netjets
Citation XL CS-DFT arrived amongst several other executive inbounds after dark,
as "SkyShare 9868".
Air
Berlin Fokker 100 D-AGPE paid its first visit ('PK having a rare day off!) on
the afternoon AB8480/8481 Dusseldorf rotation.
Earlier,
Transavia Boeing 737-700 PH-XRC operated in place of the usual KLM Fokker 100 on
the dinnertime KL1082 Amsterdam outbound.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 22nd November
Air
Horizons Boeing 737-800 F-GRNE touched down late morning as RN1120 from Lyon,
with the local football team on board for their midweek Champions League game at
Manchester United.
Sun
Air debuted a Dornier 328Jet on their morning Billund flight, with D-BGAQ
visiting as SUS45/46.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday 21st November
Interesting-to-look-at
Boeing 767-300 CS-TLO positioned in from Milan early afternoon as BW990P to
operate for BWIA to more warmer territories.
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Manchester
Airport, Saturday 20th November
As
usual when Manchester United play
football on home turf, the exec
movement total was boosted. Of note were Citation 500 N80364 and Challenger D-AKUE
("Aristo 1106") both morning arrivals, and Premier G-FRYL after dark
as OXE844.
Boeing
747-200 TF-ARW operated the weekly MH6152/6153 Malaysian Airlines freight flight
during the afternoon.
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Manchester
Airport, Friday 19th November
Winter
formally arrived at Manchester during a day which saw a chilly reception for Air
Berlin Boeing 737-800 D-ABBK on the early morning AB8262 from Berlin Tegel.
Later in the day, Germania-liveried Fokker 100 D-AGPD covered the afternoon
Dusseldorf flight for a change.
An
otherwise quiet day saw Squirrel G-WENA arrived at NEA mid-afternoon. Presume
hibernating?!
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Manchester
Airport, Thursday 18th November
A
MyTravel Airbus 320 swap-around at FLS Aerospace during the morning saw OY-VKN
arrive from Copenhagen as VKG9992, OY-VKO depart to Filton as VKG9991, and all
white OY-VKP move into the hangar.
First
Choice Boeing 757 G-OOBJ finally returned to Manchester during a gloomy
afternoon, touching down from Norwich as FCA757T now in full livery and ready to
enter service.
Former
First Choice Boeing 757 G-OOOB was also noted during the day now wearing full
Astraeus colours.
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Manchester
Airport, Wednesday 17th November
Emirates
sent 777-200 A6-EMI in on the daytime EK017/018 Dubai flight in place of the
normal A330.
Also
of note during day was rare type Mitsubishi Diamond N109PW, a late afternoon
arrival for a six hour stay on the exec ramp (and not car park level 13, despite
the name!)
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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 16th November
BAe
125-1000 N513LR remained parked off the NEA apron. The aircraft originally
touched down late Sunday evening.
Joining
N513LR at NEA at various points throughout the day were Citations CS-DHD, CS-DHM,
G-ESTA and G-KDMA.
Notables
amongst the schedules included visits from Maersk Air 737 OY-MLW (DM105/106),
Air Berlin B738 D-ABAD (AB8264/5) and Air France A319 F-GRXF on the outbound
AF1469 early morning.
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Jet2
LGW
Low
cost airline Jet2 has added another name to its forthcoming new destinations
from Manchester. London Gatwick will be served three times daily effective
Monday 17th January 2005.
Update
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 15th November
Swiftair
ATR 72 EC-IYH operated on behalf of Air Contractors touching down late
evening from Edinburgh under the callsign SWT 7003.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday 14th November
Saturday's
Hawker 800XP N32BC made a return, touching down after lunch to park on the exec
ramp.
Other
execs of note included Citation 560 G-KDMA, in and out of NEA within forty
minutes late afternoon and Netjets BAe 125 N513LR, an after dark arrival.
An
Air Berlin schedule that Fokker 100 D-AGPK didn't cover during the
afternoon (!) was AB8262/8263 from Berlin Tegel. Boeing 737-800 D-ABAQ did the
honours on this one. B734 D-ABAH operated the would-be early morning Paderborn
departure after a technical delay.
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Trident
arrives at AVP!
...
well, the tailplane anyway! Click to see the first photo of Trident G-AWZK at
Manchester courtesy of Aviation Viewing Park resident Steve Hall. Not much to
look at just yet, but a start!
Manchester
Airport, Saturday 13th November
Fly
Air Boeing 737-800 TC-APN visited again on a charter from/to Istanbul as FLM
1811/1822.
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Manchester
Airport, Friday 12th November
Hola
737-300 EC-IFV positioned in from Manston to fly for bmi Baby to Palma during
the day as WW3345/3346.
MyTravel
Denmark swapped A320s at FLS with OY-VKO arriving from Copenhagen as DK9992 and
OY-VKP out to Filton as DK9993.
Air
Berlin continue to vary use of their 737-800 fleet with D-ABAC the AB8481
Dusseldorf departure and D-ABAT first-visited from Hamburg (AB8264).
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Manchester
Airport, Thursday 11th November
Another
day, another different Maersk. Former Azzurra Air Boeing 737-700 D-AGEY the
latest assigned to their midweek Copenhagen schedule, seen before the mist moved
in.
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Manchester
Airport, Wednesday 10th November
Maersk
Air Boeing 737-700 OY-MRL operated the early morning flight DM105/106 from
Copenhagen.
BAe
146 G-JEAK touched down from Southampton instead of the usual Dash 8 operating
BE863.
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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 9th November
After
arriving in the early hours of Sunday 7th, Skyservice Airbus 330 C-FRAV remains
outside FLS Aerospace, pending winter lease to MyTravel.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 8th November
Mexican
Global Express XA-NGS made a welcome
return to Ringway today arriving mid morning.
Falcon
50 C-GLRP touched down
late
afternoon joining Learjet 35 N50FN and Premier N61998 on a very busy NEA apron.
Air
Baltic Boeing 737-500 YL-BBF became the latest aircraft to operate BT671 from
Riga. A first visit.
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Manchester
Airport, Sunday 7th November
The
morning saw a brief return appearance of RAF Royal Flight BAe 125 ZE395 as
KRF19R.
FlyMe
Boeing 737-300 SE-RCP touched down mid morning as FLY4127 on a charter whilst
football movements for the Manchester derby were aplenty, most notable a first
visit from Aer Lingus A320 EI-DEG on a late night extra Dublin flight.
Air
France Airbus 318 F-GUGG debuted on the midday AF1969 Paris departure whilst
MyTravel Denmark A320 OY-VKP arrived after dark as DK9991 -the latest for FLS
attention.
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Manchester
Airport, Saturday 6th November
Nothing
much of note from a wet Manchester today, Boeing 737-800 TC-APN arrived just before
lunch operating for Fly Air.
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Manchester
Airport, Friday 5th November
My
Travel Denmark Airbus 321 OY-VKA departed north east bound to Stockholm
early afternoon as VKG 9994 after a one week stay with FLS Aerospace.
Islandsflug
Boeing 737-400 TF-ELY arrived from Keflavik late morning under callsign ICB3544.
Scot
Airways Dornier 328 G-CCGS visited from Edinburgh and on to Norwich as
SAY800P/800 during the afternoon.
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Manchester
Airport, Thursday 4th November
None-too-common
Air Transat Airbus 310 C-GTSH operated a revised once weekly TSC324/325 Toronto
service during the morning.
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Manchester
Airport, Wednesday 3rd November
Atlas
Air Boeing 747-200 N526MC arrived at Ringway instead of Amsterdam first thing as
EK9991 from Dubai. A reported weather diversion.
Travel
Service 737-800 OK-TVB joined nightstopping 737 pair OK-TVD and OK-WGX on
Terminal 2 late morning, arriving as QS216 with Prague football fans.
Aba
Air Embraer Legacy OK-SLN joined the football inbounds early evening as ABP141.
Notables
amongst the more regular flights were Air Baltic B735 YL-BBB on their revised
mid afternoon Riga flight, 'domestic' Scandinavian 737-600 OY-KKS on the
tea-time SK2550 Stockholm service (adding to last night's appearance by SE-DOR
on the same flight) and more Air Berlin 737-800s including D-ABAP from Hamburg
(AB8264).
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Manchester
Airport, Tuesday 2nd November
Travel
Service Boeing 737-800 OK-TVD touched down mid morning on a football charter
from Prague as QS104 to park at Terminal two overnight.
Boeing
Business Jet N156QS was noted off NEA after nightstop during the morning.
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Manchester
Airport, Monday 1st November
Air
Berlin commenced scheduled services to Manchester with the first two early
morning flights operated by B738 pair D-ABAN (AB8262/3 Berlin Tegel) and D-ABBH
(AB8112/3 Paderborn).
The afternoon saw Fokker 100 D-AGPK assigned to AB8481 to Dusseldorf and finally
737-800 D-ABAG on the AB8264/5 Hamburg flight. Phew!
Having
nightstopped after late evening arrival from Monastir on Sunday, JetX MD-80
TF-JXB positioned out to Bologna Forli mid morning as MYT275P.
Sonair
Falcon 900EX VP-BEE also departed after nightstop whilst Netjets Boeing Business
Jet N156QS touched down at nightfall.
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