OCTOBER 2015 - LJLA visiting aircraft log and Monthly Review

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LJLA VISITING AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
LOG FOR OCTOBER 2015

        To complete previous months:					
						
N2086P	PA-23 Geronimo 150	Arr 18/3 for maintenance.  Locals on 19 & 26th Sept; to Hawarden 10th Oct 1445.				
G-JDBC 	PA-34-200T Seneca II	Arr 06/9 for maintenance, dep as JDW43W 6th October 1753 for Hawarden				
OY-GNS	Vulcanair P.68C	        Arr 06/9 for attention, presumed still here				
N79CN	Piaggio P.180 Avanti	Arr 30/9 and returned to Sion, 2nd October at 1032				
OE-LID	ATR-72-600	        Arr 30/9 and positioned to Friedrichshafen, 1st October ar 1439 as ISK 940				
						
	Thursday, 1st October					
						
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        0812	1713	f&t private location(s)	HLL 5	      & a local flight
HA-LWM	Airbus A.320-232	0818	0958	Warsaw-Doncaster/Shef	WZZ 3XV/1315  Wizzair. Dvt, WX DSA, fog
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0915	1236	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
D-ISJM	Citation 525 CJ1+	0921 02/1051	f&t Sion		              Sion football related
G-CDMX	PA-28-161 Warrior II	1050 02/1052	f&t Bournemouth		
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	1250	1351	Luton-Basle/Mulhouse	LNX 82AA	
CS-PHD	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1657 02/1351	Valley-Innsbruck	NJE 688H/5HD	
EI-FIT	Boeing 737-8AS	        1726	based	Dublin-based	        RYR 1442/based Ryanair, fv new a/c in fleet
ZH877	C-130J Hercules C.4	1950	G/A	to Brize Norton	        RRR 50	
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	2331 02/1338	Basle/Mulhouse-Luton	LNX 82AA	
						
	Friday, 2nd October					
						
OY-NBS	Pilatus PC-12	        0954 04/1819	f&t Roskilde		
OE-LID	ATR-72-600	        1149	1341	Friedrishschafen-Sion	ISK 950/850   InterSky, prob Sion supporters
OE-LIA	DHC-8-314 Dash Eight	1203	1335	Friedrichs'n-Altenrhein	ISK 952/953   InterSky, prob Sion FC team
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1217	1417	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
D-CRIS	IIAI 1125 Astra SPX	1233	1534	Pula-Innsbruck	        TYW 352/353	
ZG773/-	Tornado GR.4	        1241	G/A 09	to Warton	        WTN 9	      BAe, c/s "Tarnish 9", all grey
CS-DXZ	Citation 560XLS	        1459 03/1430	f&t Zurich	        NJE 845D/958B	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1557	1757	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1608	1621	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	1642 03/1115	f&t Luton	        LNX 70AA	
9H-WFC	ERJ-135 Legacy 600	1654	1740	f&t Faro		
HA-LYR	Airbus A.320-232	1721	1825	f&t Riga	        WZZ 2511/2512 Wizzair, fv of a new a/c in fleet
						
	Saturday, 3rd October					
						
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	0136	1334	Isle of Man-Exeter	EGL 69H/69P	
N843TE	Eclipse EA.500	        1426 04/1201	f&t Biggin Hill		              Bruce Dickinson, 'Trooper' logo
D-CAPO	Lear Jet 35A	        1530	1817	Dubrovnik-Munich	JEI 464	
D-CHIC	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1603 04/0823	Faro-Lydd	        AHO 878E/306C	
						
	Sunday, 4th October 2015					
						
G-BOJI	PA-28RT-201 Arrow IV	1302	1641	f&t Blackbushe		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1527	1743	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	2052 05/1139	Pisa-Exeter	        EGL 61K	
G-MCGK	Sikorsky S-92A	        2131	2151	f&t private location(s)	SRG 936	      Coast Guard. For fuel, stand 41
						
	Monday, 5th October					
						
G-BZNE	Beech B300 King Air	0748	0850	Gloucester-Avignon	XJC 954	
G-EZFN	Airbus A.319-111	0820	0918	Belfast Intl-Manchester	EZY 59BJ/130	
G-CRBN	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1006	1143	Geneva-Malaga	        FLJ 1BN/2BN	
G-DEIA	Citation 560XLS+	1304 09/1722	Farnborough-Palma	BOO 731/897	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1843	1851	Fairoaks-Blackpool		
ZD709	Tornado GR.4	        2034	G/A 09	to Marham	        MRH 67        c/s "Marham 67"	
ZA473	Tornado GR.4	        2042	G/A 09	to Marham	        MRH 14	
ZA553	Tornado GR.4	        2056	G/A 09	to Marham	        MRH 79	
						
	Tuesday, 6th October					
						
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        0819 09/1733	f&t Private location(s)	HLL 5	      & local flts 6th and 9th.
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air 	0905	1151	Exeter-Jersey	        EGL 64U/64V	
G-MCGK	Sikorsky S-92A	        1012  2xG/A 09	to Caernarfon	        SRG 936	      & 2nd G/A 1026 crew training
ZH879	C-130J Hercules C.4	1146	G/A 09	to Brize Norton	        RRR 90	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1405	2131	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M   likely a tech problem on ground
M-GETS	Pilatus PC-12	        1452	1901	f&t Goodwood		              very recent regn allocation
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1955	2141	f&t Exeter	        EGL 99P	      likely to fix G-VIPY's problem
						
	Wednesday, 7th October					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0822	1031	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M	
G-PRPB	DHC-8-Q400 Dash Eight	1106	1157	Belfast City-Amsterdam	BEE 903/1293  Flybe, fv of new a/c in fleet
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1315	1531	Hawarden-Edinburgh	FLJ 1SE/2SE	
G-DVIP	Agusta A.109E Power	1332	1407	f&t private location(s)		
OE-GIE	Citation 525B CJ3	1719	1755	f&t Salzburg	        JAR 31	
G-CXLS	Citation 560XLS	        1745	1804	f&t Jersey	        AVB 771/772	
						
	Thursday, 8th October					
						
G-BIWR	Mooney M.20F	        1256 26/0955	f&t Sleap		              & into KAS for attention
G-VETT	Guimbal Cabri G.2	1515 09/1623	f&t private location(s)		      (2 seat helicopter)
ZK037/AB  BAe. Hawk T.2	        1545	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 51	
G-HUBY	ERJ-135BJ Legacy 600	1702	1810	Dortmund-Farnborough	LNX 30HY      Press state brought in Jurgen Klopp	
G-BZNE	Beech B300 King Air	1814	1857	Avignon-Gloucester	XJC 954	
N510CT	Falcon 2000EX EASy	1832 09/1216	Bedford-Int'l Falls NM		      football related, direct USA o/b!
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1936 13/1353	Edinburgh-Krakow	FLJ 3SE/1SE	
						
	Friday, 9th October					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1015	1149	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-UNDD	PA-23-250E Aztec	1143	1405	f&t Goodwood		
9H-JPC	ERJ-135BJ  Legacy 600	1254 12/1807	Luton-Madrid		              Air X, all white
9H-BCP	Lear Jet 45	        1409	1719	Paris/le Bourget-Glasgow KFE 76	
ZK460/U	Beech B200GT King Air	1521	G/A 09	to Cranwell	        CWL 63	
G-XAVB	Citation 510 Mustang	1608	1732	f&t Jersey	        AVB 591/592	
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1655	1726	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
M-FRZN	Challenger 605	        1702 10/0732	Hawarden-Cologne		
N300DG	Challenger 300	        1751 11/1032	Bangor,USA-Bologna		
						
	Saturday, 10th October					
						
D-AFAI	Challenger 604	        0053	1655	Hurghada-Istanbul	IFA 583A/5836 Air Ambulance Flt
F-GIXE	Boeing 737-3B3	        0748 11/1751	f&t Perpignan	        FPO 327R/328R Europe Airpost, rugby chtr
OK-RDA	LET-410 UVP	        1002	1911	f&t Isle of Man	        VAA 202/203   Van Air, sports team chtr
ZH888	C-130J Hercules C.5	1359	G/A 09	to Brize Norton	        RRR 125	
9H-ALL	Citation 525A CJ2	1633 11/0713	Birmingham-Cologne	LWG 191/101	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1748	1806	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
9H-CLG	Challenger 850	        2015 11/1356	Stuttgart-Luton		              Air X
						
	Sunday, 11th October 2015					
						
G-CGKS	Grob G.115E Tutor	1123	G/A	to Woodvale	        UAM 25	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1223	1245	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-PTEA	PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage 1226	1522	f&t Biggin Hill		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1421	1624	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
M-FRZN	Challenger 605	        1654 12/0959	Cologne-Hawarden		
G-KLNW	Citation 510 Mustang	1848	1944	Avignon-Norwich	        SXN 51D	
EI-EXE	Boeing 737-8AS	        2324 12/0022	Riga-Dublin	        RYR 42DP/1977 Ryanair, dvt, congestion Dublin
						
	Monday, 12th October 					
						
OK-MEL	Airbus A.319-112	0803	0858	f&t Prague	        CSA 668/669   CSA, last LJLA flight of season
N719SA	Gulfstream 4	        0832	1001	Tel Aviv-New York/Newark	      all white, direct USA o/b!
M-MYCM	Bell 429	        0926	1004	private site-Gloucester		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1026	1217	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99/99M	
XK460/U	Beech B200GT King Air	1051	G/A 09	to Prestwick	        CWL 62	
G-GURU	PA-28-161 Warrior II	1622	G/A 09	to Barton		
D-AOLG	Fokker 100	        1645	1824	Berne-Paris/CdG	        ISK946/ATV702G Avanti Air, private charter
G-FBXB	ATR-72-600	        1656	1735	Exeter-Birmingham	BEE 575T/576T Flybe trng, full SAS scheme
9H-ALL	Citation 525A CJ2	1838 14/1500	Cologne-Luton	        LWG 101/191	
						
	Tuesday, 13th October					
						
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        0822	1644	f&t private location(s)	HLL 5	      & local flights
G-CEBE	Schweizer 269C-1	0932 20/1644	f&t private location(s)	HLL 1	
G-BTFO	PA-28-181 Warrior II	1249	1346	Valley-Woodvale		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1348	1744	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Wednesday, 14th October					
						
G-LUBB	Ciation 525 CJ1	        1115	1149	Paris/Le Bouget-Bristol	CLF 113	
G-FRYI	Beech 200 King Air	1232	1252	Edinburgh-Stapleford T	LNX 58FR	
N2086P	PA-23-150 Geronimo	1508	1636	private site-Hawarden		
ZH878	C-130J Hercules C.4	1554  2xG/A	to Brize Norton	        RRR 162	      & another much later at 1708
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1822	2022	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
ZK026	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1924	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 74	
ZK018	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1935	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 69	
ZK023	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1940	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 83	
ZK015	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1952	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 67	
ZK028	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1958	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 52	
ZK027	BAe. Hawk T.2	        2007	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 85	
ZK037	BAe. Hawk T.2	        2027	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 51	
ZK029	BAe. Hawk T.2	        2028	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 97	
D-CGGG	Lear Jet 31	        2228 15/1249	Faro-Hahn		
						
	Thursday, 15th October 					
						
F-HIJD	Citation 525A CJ2	0838	1812	f&t Toulon-Hyeres	IXR 15JD	
G-OJER	Citation 560 XLS+	1023	1658	f&t Jersey	        AVB 851/852	
F-GPKL	PA-46-350P JetProp DLX	1126	2049	Tours-Nimes		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1135	1343	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1626	1916	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1657	1940	Nice-Exeter	        EGL 67M	
G-MCGJ	Sikorsky S-92A	        2313	2339	S'port Hosp-Caernarfon	SRG 936	      for fuel after Irish Sea rescue
						
	Friday, 16th October					
						
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        0808	1745	f&t private location(s)	HLL 5	      & local flights
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1052	1225	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
PH-JUR	PA-32RT-301 Saratoga	1156 17/1128	f&t Rotterdam		
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1450 21/1135	Biggin Hill-Glasgow	FLJ2SE/1SE	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1534	1624	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C	        1804	1814	Isle of Man-Barton		
						
	Saturday, 17th October					
						
G-OJER	Citation 560 XLS+	0904	1652	&t Jersey	        AVB 871/872	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1047	1154	Exeter-Shannon	        EGL 46P/46U	
G-BGBW	PA-38-112 Tomahawk	1103	1200	f&t Tollerton		
HA-LYO	Airbus A.320-232	1250	1353	f&t Gdansk	        WZZ 1611/1612 Wizzair, fv new a/c in fleet
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1759	1842	Stansted-Birmingham	CLJ 437/437P  Cello, LFC team chtr i/b.
						
	Sunday, 18th October 2015					
						
ZK561	Chinook HC.6	        1120	1211	Seaforth Dock-Odiham	BOE 22	      RAF, on delivery, for fuel
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1351	1540	f&t isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
EC-KKD	Beechjet 400	        1652 19/1618	Malaga-Luton	        GES 12/11	
						
	Monday, 19th October 					
						
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0900	0921	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
G-SJSS	Challenger 605	        0929	1825	f&t Northolt		
ZK027	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1914	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 67	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1916	1944	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2121 20/1032	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
						
	Tuesday, 20th October					
						
D-EAWW	PA-28R-201 Arrow III	1155	1831	f&t Oxford		
ZA369	Tornado GR.4	        1830	G/A 27	to Marham	        MRH 48	
ZK018	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1921	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 574	
ZK027	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1925	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 67	
RA-67221 Challenger 300  	1933 23/0007	Luton-Kazan		              Tatarstan A/L, football, stand 39
ZK028	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1935	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 575	
ZK037	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1943	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 69	      (NB some confusion over 
ZK019	BAe. Hawk T.2	        2002	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 52	      tie-up between Hawk regn
ZK032	BAe. Hawk T.2	        2004	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 85	      and VYT call-sign on 20th.)
						
	Wednesday, 21st October 					
						
G-SGRP	Agusta AW.109SP Grand	0838	0854	private site-Luton	EDY 1	
G-SPUR	Citation 550 II 	1008	1235	Northolt-Edinburgh	KRH 76R	      c/s "Sparrowhawk 76R"
XX204	BAe. Hawk T.1    	1023	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 35	      a Red Arrows a/c
G-XAVB	Citation 510 Mustang	1038	1648	f&t Jersey	        AVB 511/512	
VP-BHZ	Airbus A.320-214	1230 23/0027	Kazan-Krasnodar	        LLM 9523/9524 Yamal A/L, Kazan FC team chtr
ZK012/C	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1255	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 61	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1430 22/0922	f&t Glasgow	        FLJ 2SE/1SE	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1434	1713	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M   a/c changed since Monday 19th.
G-SENT	Global Express	        1601	1633	Albacete-Oxford	        GMA 2	      Hangar 8, now all white
G-PRPC	DHC-8-Q400 Dash Eight	1654	1742	f&t isle of Man	        BEE 605/606   Flybe, fv new a/c in fleet
ZA372/006  Tornado GR.4	        1738	G/A 27	to Marham	        Wolf 1	
						
	Thursday, 22nd October					
						
N627JW	Global Express 5000	0603 25/1953	f&t Bedford Hansom Field	      football related, o/b direct USA
G-CEBE	Schweizer 269C-1	0902	Nov	private site-	        HLL 1	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1127	1357	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
ZZ416	Beech 350C Shadow R.1	1226	1402	f&t Hawarden	        WAD 1	      c/s "Snooper 01"
G-SGRP	Agusta AW.109SP Grand	1849	1911	f&t private location(s)	EDY? 1E	
ZK037	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1920	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 586	
ZK024	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1932	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 85	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	2009 23/1806	Glasgow-Luton	        FLJ 2SE/1SE	
						
	Friday, 23rd October					
						
G-HALS	Robinson R.44 II	0959	1424	f&t Barton		
ZZ416	Beech 350C Shadow R.1	1034	1147	f&t Hawarden	        WAD 1	      c/s "Snooper 01"
LN-WDH	DHC-8-Q402 Dash Eight	1058 25/2110	f&t Stavanger	        WIF 7479/7480 Wideroe, football break w/e
G-WNCH	Beech B200 King Air	1105	1600	Fairoaks-Cambridge	SYG 242	
G-BCCF	PA-28-180 Cherokee	1321	based	Tatenhill-resident		      moved in from Manchester Apt.
CS-DXJ	Citation 560XLS	        1443	1654	Humberside-London City	NJE 3GX/353K	
G-FBKB	Citation 510 Mustang	1449	1617	Norwich-Nice	        BKK 2B	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1550	1608	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
EI-DVI	Airbus A.320-214	1718	1822	f&t Dublin	        EIN 2196/2197 Aer Lingus, inaugural of service
G-OGUN	AS.350B3 Ecureuil	1745	1811	f&t private location(s)		
EI-FIJ	Boeing 737-8AS	        1838	1940	f&t Malaga	        RYR 9863/9862 Ryanair, fv by new a/c in fleet
G-MAOL	Agusta AW.109SP Grand	1852	2237	f&t private location(s)		
						
	Saturday, 24th October					
						
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        0724	0753	private site-Gatwick
EI-EVD  Boeing 737-8AS          0758	0845	Luton-Dublin            RYR 70LY/033  Ryanair, likely a divert from DUB
9H-MTF	Boeing 737-329	        1635 25/2038	f&t Southampton	        MLT 604/605   Maleth, Southampton FC team
G-RJXG	Embraer RJ-145EP	2240	2323	Luton-Bristol	        BMR 8506/9462 BMR, LFC team, from Arsenal
						
	Sunday, 25th October 2015					
	Early am, end of BST and return to GMT - all times quoted here are 'local' summer or winter					
						
LX-SEH	Citation 560XLS	        0341	1349	Luton-Milan/Linate	LXA 5E
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	1140	1640	f&t Luton	        LNX 73AA	
G-VIPA	Cessna 182S	        1204	1642	f&t Oxford		
G-CGOA	Citation 550 II	        1307	2005	f&t Southampton	        XJC 755	      Southampton football related
M-RLEE	Beech C90GTi King Air	1323	1929	North Weald-Luton		      LFC football related
G-JEDR	DHC-8-Q400 Dash Eight	1508	1558	f&t Edinburgh	        BEE 165/166   Flybe, inaugural new destination
EI-REL	ATR-72-212	        1725	1814	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 607/608   Flybe, fv of a leased-in a/c
G-EYUP	Citation 560XLS+	2000 26/1617	London City-Hawarden	XJC 533	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	2351 30/1520	Luton-Glasgow	        FLJ 1SE/1SE	
						
	Monday, 26th October 					
						
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0857	1000	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
OE-HCZ	Challenger 300	        0906 27/1644	Southampton-Northolt	AOJ 75C	
EI-REM	ATR-72-212	        1106	1158	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 603/604   Flybe, fv of a leased-in a/c
ZK018/I	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1421	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 01	
ZK312/EM  Typhoon FGR.4	        1437	G/A 09	to Lossiemouth	        LOS 88	      c/s "Lossie 88", full 6 Sqdn cols.
G-OGUN	AS.350B3 Ecureuil	1525	1541	private site-Leeds/Bradford		
G-EZIT	Airbus A.319-111	1644	1816	Stansted-Belfast Intl	EZY 51BH/261  EasyJet, medical emergency dvt
OO-VLS	Fokker 50	        1804 28/0015	f&t Norwich	        VLL 960/961   VLM, Norwich FC team (v EFC)
G-IASA	Beech B200 King Air	1836	2055	Palma-Durham Tees Valley MDI 4	      Air Ambulance flt i/b
G-FBJJ	Embraer ERJ-175	        1854	2005	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
G-CMBS	MDH MD-900 Explorer	2024	G/A	to Barton	        UKP 151       Has replaced G-GMPX	
						
	Tuesday, 27th October					
						
ZK025/P	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0907	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 83	
N186CB	PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage 0955	1544	f&t Fairoaks		
EI-GJL	AS.365N3 Dauphin	1213	1321	f&t private location(s)		
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1255	1325	Shannon-Wick	        EGL 46V/46P	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1342	1459	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-KEYS	PA-23-250F Aztec	1557 30/1225	Cork-Lydd		              & locals 28th & 29th.
G-KLNR	Beechjet 400A	        1719	2343	f&t Norwich	        SXN 40C	      football related
D-BOOC	Citation 750 X	        1800 28/1002	Alicante-Marrakech		      Air X Executive Jets, stand 39.
G-BRBW	PA-28 Cherokee 140	1905	1907	f&t Blackpool		              Air Navigiation & Trading
						
	Wednesday, 28th October					
						
OO-VLF	Fokker 50	        1123 29/0007	f&t Bournemouth	        VLL 956/957   VLM, Bournemouth FC team
M-IWPS	Citation 525A CJ2	1404	1210	f&t Westerland/Sylt		
N729KF	Global Express 6000	1443	1625	Manchester-Newquay		
G-LARR	AS.350B3 Squirrel	1445 29/1434	Blackpool-Oban		              & locals HLL 1 on 28th & 29th
G-XAVB	Citation 510 Mustang	1453	1520	f&t Jersey	        AVB 581/582	
ZF269	Short Tucano T.1	1829	G/A	to Linton on Ouse	LOP 53	
ZF144	Short Tucano T.1	1918	G/A	to Linton on Ouse	LOP 46	
						
	Thursday, 29th October					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1034	1329	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
ZG845	BN-2T Islander AL.1	1045	1118	Belfast Intl-Biggin Hill AAC 533      Army a/c
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1515	1622	&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
ZK019	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1633	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 95	
ZF269	Short Tucano T.1	1836	G/A	to Linton on Ouse	LOP 42	
ZF573	PBN-2T Islander CC.2	1948 30/1229	Blackpool-Waddington	RRR 7946/7947 RAF a/c
ZF339	Short Tucano T.1	2050	G/A 09	to Linton on Ouse	LOP 53	
ZM400	Airbus A.400M Atlas	2055  2xG/A 09	Prestwick-Brize Norton	BDN 52	      c/s "Gauntlet 53" & 2nd at 2105
						
	Friday, 30th October					
						
G-SKBL	Agusta A.109S Grand	0942	1015	Carlisle-Cardiff        EDY? 03	      c/s "Solway 3"
G-MCGJ	Sikorsky S-92A	        0944	1048	West Kirby-Caernarfon	SRG 936	      Coast Guard, fuel, Hilbre Island
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1153	1224	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1325	1345	f&t Blackpool	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1545	1745	f&t Blackpool	        EGL 99R/99S	
						
	Saturday, 31st October					

EI-ENT	Boeing 737-8AS          1435	1648    Poznan-Wroclaw          RYR 050/9648  Not a regular flight			
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1153   /Nov	Glasgow-	        FLJ 2SE/1SE	
G-BFIB	PA-31-310 Turbo Navajo	1237	1336	f&t Northolt	        Jasper	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1345	1448	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
G-IMEA	Beech 200 King Air	1356	1524	Doncaster/Sheff-Dundee	BRO 32	
G-CGKL	Grob G.115E Tutor	1420	G/A	to Woodvale	        UAM 12	
G-DAKM	Diamond DA.40D Star	1521	1549	f&t Blackpool		
G-FIRM	Citation 550 Bravo	1615	2057	Luton-Marseille	        FLJ 1RM/2RM	
G-CGWV	Embraer EMB-145MP	1737 01/Nov	f&t Newcastle	        EZE 9461/9462 Eastern, Sunderland FC team
ZH536	PBN-2T Islander CC.2	1740	2118	f&t Northolt	        RRR 7991      RAF, & local flight
						
	end of October 2015 visiting aircraft movements	

NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS

30/1229 shows that the aircraft stayed over midnight, departing on the date and time shown

f&t = from and to. Where the point of origin and destination are different, both locations are named separated by a - .

All times are quoted as ‘local’ time. As the source material is in UTC, an error by one hour is possible upto the 25th, but hopefully very infrequent.

G/A refers to an aircraft that did not land, performing a go-around only, but did not touch down. t&g is 'touch and go'.

The registrations of aircraft operating on call-signs, especially RAF aircraft on Go-Around are not always 100% accurate. During daylight where a code and direction of Go-Around are given, this means that the registration was confirmed by Mk.1 eyeball (well, usually a digital image!).

Where an aircraft operated on call-sign, this is noted by official 2 or 3-letter abbreviation. If there is no call-sign, then the aircraft operated using the registration. Where there is just one call-sign, the same flight number was used both in- and out-bound.

'Football related', 'team chtr', or similar comments are generally determined by the times and point of origin/destination and is informed guesswork, not absolute known fact.

The source material does not name non-registered airfield sites, these are covered by the blanket term ‘private site’. Nor does it identify diverted flights or the reason for the diversion, however these can usually be worked out from other sources.

'WX' = literally 'weather out' conditions below minima visibility or above acceptable wind speed/direction, 'Dvt' = diverted in, 'chtr' = charter flight, Pax = passengers, Del = delivery, Arr = arrived, Dep = departed. Sometimes further detail in the written Report section that follows.

I do my best to check full type designations, however an occasional one may not be absolutely name and mark accurate.

CREDIT & THANKS

Should any details be used and repeated elsewhere, due credit to 'LJLA and nwan forum' is expected. This post should NOT be 'copy and pasted' and repeated in full or part elsewhere on the internet. Hyper-linking this onto other sites, again with due credit, or printing-out for personal use does not require specific permission.

Finally and very importantly, my very many thanks for Liverpool John Lennon Airport in permitting access to records to extract these visitor movements - so allowing our complete records since 1958 to continue unbroken.

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LJLA – ACTIVITY & VISITING AIRCRAFT .
AN OVERVIEW FOR OCTOBER 2015.

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE DEVELOPMENTS

AER LINGUS DUBLIN & FLYBE EDINBURGH COMMENCED[/font]

As the summer season ended and winter flight programme began, two new routes commenced with Dublin by Aer Lingus and Edinburgh with Flybe. Also Flybe defied the general rule of cutting back domestic flights for the winter by greatly increasing flights to Isle of Man and Belfast City! The Dublin service commenced on Friday 23rd October with the arrival of EIN2196 from Dublin at 18:18, leaving just over an hour later to return to Dublin. The full programme of flights commenced on the Monday with two flights daily, with an extra flight on Thursday and Friday. Initial impression is that loads during the first few weeks have been good, publicity much helped by the promotion of transatlantic connection at Dublin. Flybe’s daily, seven days a week Edinburgh service commenced on Sunday 25th and appears to have got off to a slower start and will take time to develop as twice daily would provide more desirable timings. Certainly, Flybe have been promoting all their Liverpool services heavily through a variety of media, they certainly need to attract many new customers to fill such an expansion of their services.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/10/aer-lingus-new-dublin-service-takes-off-from-ljla-with-links-to-the-us/
www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/10/flybe-s-latest-new-service-means-edinburgh-is-now-just-75-minutes-away/

INTERLINE WITH FLYBE

Flybe has joined with Etihad and Cathay Pacific Airlines to launch code-share connections from LJLA through Amsterdam to the Middle East and Asia. A much heralded move, and opens up Amsterdam as a hub airport from Liverpool.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/10/flybe-route-to-amsterdam-opens-liverpool-to-hong-kong-and-abu-dhabi/
www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/10/flybe-codeshare-flights-with-etihad-airways-available-from-ljla/


THE FRIENDS OF LIVERPOOL AIRPORT

The membership year of the ‘Friends of Liverpool Airport’ association has recently started. Their quarterly magazine is an extremely well-produced, well-illustrated wealth of information and articles covering past, present and near future aspects of aviation centred on Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Highly recommended, and this is the best time of year to join.

More, including membership form and subscription details on: www.fola.org.uk

FLIGHTS FOR SUMMER 2016

It still appears that there are gaps in the Ryanair and EasyJet programmes from LJLA for summer ’16. Just what the airline’s final plans for full utilisation of their Liverpool based aircraft are, have still yet to be revealed. So, we are still in a position of waiting to see what is announced, if anything, in the next few weeks.

FUTURE OF THE “SPOTTERS MOUND” 27 END

We have known for some time (which can be measured in years rather than months) that there are plans for the land at the end of runway 27 and that establishing a RESA (Runway End Safety Area) and closure of the road across the end of the runway are necessary to satisfy CAA regulations and aid the re-introduction of Cat.II ILS. After a hiatus of a year or so, the plans seem to be about to put into action, with the next hurdle for the Airport a legal one, to enable Dungeon Lane to be closed across the runway end and Bailey’s Lane to be reopened. What is currently unclear and not disclosed in these legal moves is the actually proposed line of the RESA enclosure fence and what forms of security gating there will be across the road to the control tower past the current parking area. Change is certainly coming though, change the Airport would like to see in place as soon as possible ……which means likely as early as December this year.

OCTOBER’S STATISTICS

The around 7% growth month by month when compared to the previous year has been maintained in October. It will be interesting to see how the first month of the winter season performs with new destinations and operators, at a time of year when passenger numbers seasonally decline. After several years of declining figures, the regular improvement month by month must be pleasing to the Airport management, with the end of year total likely just under 450,000,(compares well with a few under 390,0000 in 2014), but 2015 will still be well down on the record year of 2007.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/11/9th-consecutive-month-of-growth-for-ljla/

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

EasyJet had a relatively trouble free month, bringing in cover quickly whenever required. The early hours arrival from Alicante, early on Friday 2nd found fog over Liverpool, so diverted to Manchester. The next morning the positioning flight across from Manchester was delayed by the lingering fog, so the Krakow flight rotation and others were delayed as ‘knock-on’ effect. On Monday 6th A.320 DATE WRONGGEZUO developed a problem overnight, so G-EZUL arrived from Gatwick as EZY9004 in time for the first rotation departures. Once fit for flight G-EZUO positioned to Gatwick as EZY9005 Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday 8th, with the French ATC on partial strike, the Paris flight was cancelled, but all others through French airspace appeared to operate near normally. On Tuesday 13th one of our A.319 G-EZAC positioned out to Krakow as EZY9001 in the morning, returning later in the day from Edinburgh as EZY9002. On Thursday 22nd A.320 G-EZUM arrived late evening from Basle as EZY9005 as a replacement aircraft for the 23rd, until leaving for Gatwick mid-afternoon. Likely due to a Liverpool aircraft G-EZFO running near 24 hours late on the return leg from Zakynthos. On Tuesday 27th at the close of the day’s flying programme there was a swop over of aircraft with G-EZFO as EZY9002 to Gatwick and G-EZGG as EZY9009 from Gatwick. When operated by an A.319 the Larnaca and Zakynthos flights have sometimes to call in en-route home for fuel eg using Athens or Milan.

Liverpool with the end of the summer season, LJLA is once again being used by training/crew validation training aircraft as an overnight stop, the actual training circuits being flown at Prestwick, DSA or Newquay. G-EZBH in use Tuesday 13th to Thursday 15th and G-EZBV on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th.

In all 32 different EasyJet aircraft were used through LJLA during October (22 A.319 + 10 A.320s)
A.319s: G-EZAB, EZAC, EZAP. EZAW, EZBH, EZBN, EZBV, EZDL, EZDR, EZEN, EZFK, EZFN, EZFO, EZFS, EZFT, EZFY, EZGE, EZGG, EZGI, EZIN, EZIT, EZSM.
A.320s: G-EZOU, EZTE, EZTI, EZUA, EZUL, EZUM, EZUO, EZUP, EZWC, EZWK.

RYANAIR (FR/RYR)

Ryanair passed from Summer flights programme to the winter programme on Sunday 25th October, with a reduction in flights, but maintaining four overnight based aircraft. Unlike last year they do not seem to be keeping any ‘spares’ on rotational short term storage at Liverpool this winter. One of main changes introduced in the winter programme is that the first morning Dublin rotation is a Dublin based aircraft and changes daily, not infrequently operated by a newly delivered aircraft. However it is does seem that their October flights ran without major issues. A slightly strange one, that may have been due to the winter timetable being introduced was on Saturday 31st EI-ENT arriving from Poznan as RYR50 in mid afternoon and departing to Wroclaw on a standard Liverpool flight number RYR9648, but additional to the usual rotations.

No less than 84 different Boeing 737-800s used on services into LJLA during October:
EI-DAL, DAN, DAS, DCH, DCK, DCN, DCO, DHB, DHE, DHG, DHS, DHX, DLB, DLD, DLE, DLN, DLY, DPD, DPG, DPI, DPO, DWD, DWI, DWP, DWT, DYE, DYS, DYV, DYZ, EI-EBE, EBF, EBG, EBH, EBK, EBO, EBP, EBR, EBS, EBT, EBV, EBX, EFK, EFO, EFY, EGC, EKA, EKB, EKH, EKJ, EKM, EKN, EKO, EKP, EKR, EKS, EKW, EKZ, EMH, EMJ, EMO, ENB, ENG, ENJ, ENK, ENO, ENT, ENZ, EPD, EPF, ESM, ESS, ESX, EVB, EVD, EVG, EVM. EVO, EVW, EXE, FEF, FEG, FIH, FIJ, FIP, FIR, FIT.

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

Quite a month from Flybe with, at the start of winter schedules on Sunday 25th October, not only a new route to Edinburgh, but extra daily flights on both their established routes to the Isle of Man and Belfast City. Loads on the three times week-daily Amsterdam route are reportedly mixed, but it is early days on the route still. The Isle of Man is now 4 times week-daily and Belfast City five times daily, so plenty of choice to encourage the traveller. A bold move to increase capacity so much during the winter season. In October Flybe operated close on 300 rotations through Liverpool, with just 4 cancellations (3 due to fog) to be reported in the following paragraphs.

The Isle of Man route suffered just the one cancellation of service, on Saturday 3rd due to fog, the delayed passengers being absorbed onto the late morning second rotation. From the start of the winter schedule the frequency is upped to 4 times daily, while Saturday is reduced to one flight and Sunday remains at two. However, another change at the start of the winter period, from Sunday 25th is the introduction of two leased-in ATR-72 aircraft onto the route, both in full ‘purple’ Flybe scheme, on the first three rotations each day, with the evening rotation Sunday to Friday still operated by Dash 8-Q400 aircraft. An ERJ-175 substituted for the Dash 8 on the final rotation of the day on Monday 26th October.

The Belfast City route suffered three cancellations, the first rotation due fog on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd and the last rotation on Wednesday 7th. From the start of winter schedules the service runs at an increase to 5 times on weekdays, and still two flights on each of Saturday and Sunday.

The Amsterdam route ran at a basic frequency of three times daily, with two flights on Sunday, but down to one on Saturdays for the winter season. For September only, the first rotation on Fridays was never programmed to operate, possibly due to a slot issue at Amsterdam. No flights were cancelled.

The once daily, 7 days a week, service from Edinburgh commenced on Sunday 25th and operated without a hitch for the first week.

Too early to look for patterns of aircraft use with certainty, only one week into the winter schedules. However some patterns are evident for weekdays, on the Isle of Man service, as already noted, is split between ATR-72 (both morning and the late afternoon rotations) and Dash 8s (which only operate the evening rotation). The two morning rotations from Belfast City tend to be the same aircraft, and the three afternoon/evening flights by a different same aircraft. The Amsterdam aircraft is the same one for the two afternoon/evening flights and the first one the following morning. The aircraft change is made with the aircraft from Edinburgh on a daily basis, so the Edinburgh service is flown by a different aircraft inbound and outbound each weekday.

Aircraft operating through LJLA on all flights during October:
Dash 8-Q400: G-ECOA, ECOB, ECOC, ECOD, ECOE, ECOG, EGOH, ECOI, ECOJ, ECOK, ECOM, ECOO, ECOP, ECOT,FLBA, FLBB, FLBD, JECE, JECH, JECI, JECJ, JECK, JECL, JECM, JECN, JECO, JECP, JECX, JECY, JECZ, JEDM, JEDR, JEDT, JEDV, JEDW, KKEV, PRPA, PRPB, PRPC, PRPL = 40 different aircraft used.
ATR-72: EI-REL, EI-REM
ERJ-175: G-FBJJ

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

Wizzair moved into the winter schedules at the same frequency as for late summer, with 3 weekly to both Gdansk and Warsaw and twice weekly to Riga. One flight, from Warsaw appears not to have operated on Thursday 29th, otherwise a fairly smooth operation once again from Wizzair.

Aircraft used on LJLA flights, all Airbus A.320s:
HA-LPN, LPO, LPQ, LPS, LPZ, LWB, LWC, LWD, LWE, LWF, LWM, LWO, LWX, LWZ,LYF, LYG, LYH, LYJ, LYM, LYO, LYR, LYV. Total 22 different aircraft, of which 2 were first visits and one (HA-LYM) was only seen on inbound diversion to Liverpool on a DSA bound flight.

AER LINGUS (EI/EIN)

Aer Lingus commenced their new Dublin service on Friday 23rd October. For the first two days they operated a single service, then from Sunday 25th, the day usually accepted as the start of winter schedules, the flights operated twice daily, with three on Thursday and Friday. Timed to give a good day return, all flights are operated by Airbus A.320 and indications are that initial loads have been surprisingly good. In just 9 days of operations, Aer Lingus operated 18 rotations, operated by 10 aircraft out of the 33 A.320s currently in the Aer Lingus fleet. The ones to watch for are EI-DVM in a ‘retro 1965-74’ scheme, along with EI-DEI and EI-DEO both in recently applied Irish Rugby Football Union special scheme (these two had previously been in Virgin colours).

Aircraft used on LJLA flights, all A.320s:
EI-DEF, DEH, DEM, DER, DVE, DVI, DVJ, EDP, EDS and EZW (10 different aircraft)

BLUE AIR (OB/BME)

The twice weekly summer only service to Bacau ended for the season on Saturday 10th October, while the Bucharest service continues into the winter at the three-a-week frequency, with changes to the times of operation. All flights operated, although on Friday 2nd the Bucharest inbound flight diverted to Manchester due to fog at Liverpool. It later completed the flight into Liverpool with its passengers still aboard and left on the return leg somewhat later than scheduled.

Aircraft used on LJLA flights, all Boeing 737 of various marks:
YR-BAC (-300) 3, 6, 10 (all the Bacau flights)
YR-BAJ (-400) 1, 12.
YR-BAK (-400) 30.
YR-BAO (-400) 7, 9.
YR-BAQ (-400) 5th – a rare one, this particular aircraft has proved very elusive on LJLA flights
YR-BAO (-400) 19, 28.
YR-BMB (-800) 14, 16, 21, 23, 26.


CZECH AIRLINES (OK/CSA)

Czech’s shortened summer season into LJLA completed as expected on Monday 12th. The good news is that they will be back for the full season in 2016. For the enthusiast, in all 7 different A.319s (and a single Boeing 737-800) were used, out of the fleet of 9. OK-MEL first visited in October, while OK-PET, which had visited in September in normal Czech colours, returned in early October repainted in full Skyteam scheme prior to going out on winter lease.

Aircraft used on LJLA flights in October, all by Airbus A.319s@
OK-MEK 5th.
OK-MEL 9, 12th.
OK-PET 2nd.

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING OCTOBER

More details can often be found in the visiting aircraft log which cross-references to the details summarised here.

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS

Euopean football, more specifically LFC in the Europa Cup competition League stage, has brought in a handful of interesting aircraft with Liverpool at home for games 2 and 3. The aircraft bringing in FC Sion and supporters (a Darwin Saab 2000 and an InterSky ATR-72) both arrived in September and positioned out. As Sion is closed overnight, Sion FC and fans stayed in Britain the night after the match, being fetched home on Friday 2nd by an InterSky Dash 8-300 OE-LIA and the return of InterSky ATR-72 OE-LID. There were also some biz-jets involved. The next Europa game was also at home, against Kazan, with team arriving on Wednesday 21st on Airbus A.320 VP-BHZ of Yamal Airlines. The owners arrived on a Tatartsan Airlines Challenger biz-jet.

Domestic football during October featured a number of different airlines and a variety of types. On Saturday 17th LFC arrived home in mid-evening from an away game against Spurs on Cello BAe.146 G-RAJJ from Stansted. The following week at Anfield their opponents were Southampton FC – they flew up on Maleth’s Boeing 737-300 9H-MTF arriving late afternoon Saturday 24th, leaving Sunday evening. The same match attracted in a further charter, with LFC supporters from Norway for a cultural, shopping and match weekend. They arrived from Stavanger on Wideroe Dash 8-Q400 LN-WDH Friday 23rd, returning home on Sunday evening, 25th. That same weekend EFC came home from their away game at Arsenal on MR Regional ERJ-145 G-RJXG late night, Saturday 24th. Mid-week, the Capital Cup drew City clubs playing at home, Norwich travelled to Goodison on VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLS arriving mid evening Monday 26th, departing very early hours Wednesday 28th; while Bournemouth FC came to Anfield also by VLM, on Fokker 50 OO-VLF arriving late morning Wednesday 28th, departing very early hours of Thursday 29th - clearly the arrival 24 hours prior to the game rule doesn’t apply to this competition. Final domestic game to mention is Sunderland for their game at Goodison, they arrived from Newcastle on Eastern Airways ERJ-145 G-CGWV afternoon Saturday 31st and departing Sunday evening – this aircraft which has been all-white for some time had only a week or so earlier been repainted a patriotic and colourful Union Jack scheme around the rear fuselage and tail.

Football was not the only sport to bring in chartered aircraft. Europe Air Post’s Boeing 737-300 F-GIXE arrived early on Friday 9th from Perpignan, returning there Sunday evening. Far more likely for the European Rugby final in Manchester than the World Cup match also in Manchester the same weekend! CityWing/Van Air Let 410 OK-RDA operated a team charter, most likely for a rugby club, from and to the Isle of Man on Saturday 10th.

The weekend break Dash 8 from Stavanger has already been mentioned, so that just leaves mention of a private charter on Monday 12th out to Paris, using Avanti Air Fokker 100 D-AOLG.

Disappointingly once again the paragraph reserved for freight charter traffic has absolutely nothing to report about.

DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

There was morning fog around for the first three days of October. During the morning of Thursday 1st we gained a Wizzair A.320 HA-LWM from Gdansk, inbound for DSA/Doncaster Sheffield. In the early hours of Friday 2nd the LJLA bound EasyJet from Alicante diverted to Manchester. Later that morning the first inbound flights to LJLA held for upto an hour while conditions improved, the only aircraft to divert away was the Blue Air flight from Bucharest to Manchester, bringing its passengers on to LJLA after an hour. Again on the morning of Saturday 3rd the first arrivals of the morning again had to hold while conditions improved, but all got into Liverpool, and no flights were cancelled.

During the morning of Monday 5th an EasyJet A.319 G-EZFN inbound from Belfast to Manchester, diverted to LJLA apparently due to congestion at Manchester. On Sunday 11th in the late afternoon a Ryanair flight, operated by EI-EXE, from Riga into Manchester diverted into Liverpool, again apparently due to congestion delays. Another Ryanair arrival, this time on the morning of Saturday 24th appears to have been a Dublin congestion arrival, EI-EVD on a flight from Luton. Finally late afternoon of Monday 26th, an EasyJet A.319 G-EZIT on a flight from Stansted to Belfast, turned back while over the Irish Sea with an on-board medical emergency to land at LJLA. I feel sorry for the passengers caught up in this type of emergency as their aircraft was observed sat on the ground for some 90 minutes.

TRAINING

With less demand on aircraft now that peak season is over, EasyJet have re-started bringing a crew training aircraft to Liverpool overnight between Tuesday and Thursdays, although the training missions are flown to Prestwick, Doncaster Sheffield and as far afield as Chateauroux.

However a new aircraft on training mission did come to LJLA. On Monday October 12th Flybe brought in a brand new ATR-72-600 G-FBXB in full SAS colours on a route-proving training flight Exeter-Liverpool-Birmingham-Exeter in the late afternoon, prior to onward delivery to Scandinavia on operation by Flybe on SAS services.

Training that involved go-arounds only, without touching down have their own section further down.

BIZ-JET VISITORS

October turned out to not a bad month at all for biz jet numbers and especially variety. The number of Globals and Challengers must set some form of record, while for the first time since I’ve been counting the proportion of Citations was under half of all biz-jets, not by much, but 21 out of a total of 46 different aircraft; with a reasonable total of 11 registration nationalities.

The larger biz-jets are headed up by 3 Globals, 7 Challengers, 3 Legacys, a Gulfstream and a Falcon 2000. The Globals were Gama Aviation operated G-SENT from Albacete on Wednesday 21st, regular N627JW with LFC’s owners early Thursday 22nd through to Sunday evening 25th for two LFC home games ; finally N729KF on the ground for 2 hours only on afternoon of Wednesday 28th from Manchester, leaving for Newquay. The Challengers were Iceland Food’s M-FRZN, across from its Hawarden base to operate a weekend visit to Cologne on Saturday 10th and back on Sunday 11th; N300DG arriving direct from Bangor, USA on Friday 9th before moving onto Bologna Sunday 11th; Air Ambulance D-AFAI arrived early on Saturday 10th from Hurghada and day-stopped before leaving for Istanbul; Maltese 9H-CLG from Stuttgart on Saturday 10th and night stopped; regular G-SSJS on Monday 19th with Tatarstan Airway’s untitled RA-67221 stopping from Tuesday 20th until the very early hours of Friday 23rd in support of Kazan FC’s owners.

The Legacy biz-jets were Maltese 9H-WFC from and to Faro on Friday 2nd; G-HUBY from Dortmund on Thursday 8th bringing in Kloop for ‘talks’ with LFC management and another Maltese, Air X’s 9H-JPC arriving Friday 9th and departing for Madrid on Monday 12th. Sole Gulfstream IV was near all-white N719SA arriving later than expected on the morning of Monday 12th from Tel Aviv and departing 90 minutes later for Newark, New York direct outbound. Sole Falcon 2000 was LFC’s owner’s N510CT, which arrived from Bedford Hanscom Field, on Thursday 8th, some 90 minutes after LFC’s prospective new manager. After the signing, N510CT left for International Falls, NM after just 18 hours on the ground.

Of the mid-size biz-jets there were 3 Lear Jets, an Astra and 3 Phenoms, although no Hawker 800 series in October. The Lear Jets were: Jet Executive’s D-CAPO from Dubrovnik on Saturday 3rd, Skyfree’s 9H-BCP from Paris and onto Glasgow on Friday 9th and a further German aircraft D-CGGG from Faro on Wednesday 14th. The Tyrol Air Ambulance Astra was their German registered one on its first visit, D-CRIS on Friday 2nd to Pula to Innsbruck. The Phenoms were NetJet’s CS-PHD arriving from RAF Valley on Thursday 1st and off to Innsbruck the next day; Air Hamburg’s D-CHIC from Faro on Saturday 3rd and night stopped and Flairjet’s G-CRBN from Geneva to Malaga on Monday 5th.

The Beechet 400 has been absent over recent months, in October both Gestair’s EC-KKD from Malaga Sunday 18th and Saxonair’s G-KLNR on Tuesday 27th in connection with Norwich FC. The Eclipse 500 made likely it first appearance of the year with Bruce Dickinson’s N843TE from Biggin Hill on Saturday 3rd and night stopping.

Citations were most regulars. Starting with the original 550s, G-SPUR on a Royal Family flight Northolt-Edinburgh Wednesday 21st, Xclusive Jet’s G-CGOA on Sunday 25th in connection with Southampton FC and FlairJet’s G-FIRM to Marseilles on Saturday 31st. The smaller Citation 510 Mustang were all regulars and down in number on recent months with, London Executive’s G-LEAA on several occasions, Aviation Beauport’s G-XAVB also on several occasions, Saxon Air’s G-KLNW from Avignon on Sunday 11th and Blink Air’s G-FBKB to Nice on Friday 23rd. Citation 525 CJs were also down in numbers, with D-ISJM in connection with Sion FC Thursday 1st and leaving the following morning; Airlink’s OE-GIE on Wednesday 7th from and to Salzburg; Luxwing’s 9H-ALL was here overnight to operate to Cologne on Sunday 11th, returning the next day; Bristol Flight Centre’s G-LUBB from Paris Wednesday 14th, X-Bird’s F-HIJD on Thursday 15th from Toulon-Hyeres and return; finally M-IWPS from Sylt and return on Wednesday 28th. All the Citation 560 Excels are familiar ones, with NetJet’s CS-DXZ from and to Zurich Friday 2nd and CS-DXJ Humberside to London City on Friday 23rd; BookaJet’s G-DEIA to Palma on Friday 9th, Aviation Beauport’s G-CXLS and G-OJER; Lux aviation’s LX-SHE to Milan on Sunday 25th and Xclusive Jet’s G-EYUP on Sunday 25th from London City. Finally not too many visits each year by the largest in the Citation family, the Citation Ten, with Air X’s D-BOOC from Alicante on Tuesday 27th and out to Marrakesh the following day.

GENERAL AVIATION VISITORS

Another good month with better than average variety of types, particularly GA singles. However , disappointingly, non-British twins were restricted to just regular King Air 90 M-RLEE bringing an ardent LFC fan to a home game on Sunday 25th. British registered King Airs as usual dominate the GA twins with very regular (indeed a contender for being based) Flair Jet’s King Air 350i G-ERSE here near full-time from Wednesday 7th when it positioned in from its Hawarden base; Xec Jet’s G-BZNE to Avignon Monday 5th and back the following Thursday; London Executive’s G-FRYI from Edinburgh Wednesday 14th; Synergy’s G-WNCH Friday 23rd, Medavia’s G-IASA from Palma Monday 26th; an (BRO)’s G-IMEA on Saturday 31st. Visiting Aztecs are rare, two in a month rather unusual, with G-UUDD from Goodwood Friday 9th and G-KEYS here from Tuesday 27th until 30th, flying several ‘local’ flights during that time. An irregular visiting Navajo G-BFIB called again on Saturday 31st, f&t Northolt.

Capital Aviation used Navajos G-VIPY (from Sept until Mon 21st) and G-VIPX (visited Tue 6th, then from Wed 23rd into Nov) on the Isle of Man Hospital contract. They also brought in all three of their King Air 200s, usually stopping for less than quarter of hour while en route Exeter-Wick or reverse, but G-KVIP, G-WVIP and G-ZVIP arrived from as far afield as Pisa, Shannon and Jersey on occasions.

Six different non-British registered singles, all from different registers. German D-EAWW Cherokee Arrow from Oxford on Tuesday 20th and PH-JUR a Cherokee Lance from Rotterdam on Friday 16th. A French F-GPKL PA-46 Malibu JetPac conversion on Thursday 15th Tours to Nimes; along with a standard PA-46 Malibu Mirage N186CB f&t Fairoaks on Tuesday 27th. This month, two PC-12s, with OY-NBS on Friday 2nd, departing Sunday 4th, f&t Roskilde, the other, M-GETS (fairly recently ex M-WINT) from Goodwood on Tuesday 6th.

British registered Piper types were a Tomahawk G-BGBW from Tollerton on Saturday 17th, Cherokees G-BRBW from Blackpool on Tuesday 27th; G-CDMX from Bournemouth on Thursday 1st; Woodvale based G-BTFO on Tuesday 13th; Cherokee Arrow G-BOJI from Blackbushe Sunday 4th and PA-46 Malibu G-PTEA on Sunday 11th from Biggin Hill. Cessnas were restricted to just a 172S G-VIPA from Oxford Sunday 25th. To complete this paragraph Diamond Star G-DAKM from Blackpool Saturday 31st, regular Blackpool based Cirrus S.22 G-OGGM and Sleap based Mooney M.20F G-BIWR here between 8th and 26th presumably receiving attention in the Keenair hangar.

It is deep regret to report that two LJLA regulars in this section, suffered fatal crashes in recent weeks, London Executive’s King Air 200 G-BYCP at Chigwell 3rd October and Malibu N186CB in Somerset 14th November, in both cases all aboard died. Our thoughts go out to the families affected.

ROTARY VISITORS

After a poor month in September for rotary visitors, numbers and variety returned to usual during October. Largest, by some margin, were the Sikorsky S-92As of Bristows/Coast Guard from Caernarfon. Mid-evening on Sunday 4th G-MCGK called for fuel after a mission, and again on the 6th here for training (see go-around section). During late evening Thursday 15th after an Irish Sea rescue and taking the casualty to Southport Hospital, landing at King Edward College Fields, the S-92A came to LJLA for fuel, most likely G-MCGJ, but also reported as G-MCGK. However G-MCGJ definitely came to LJLA on Friday 30th mid-morning for fuel after recovering a body off the sandbanks near Hilbre Island, West Kirby.

Executive helicopter types were represented by Agusta A.109s, Bell 429, Sikorsky S-76 and a Dauphin. The A.109s were G-DVIP on Wednesday 7th, G-MAOL on Friday 23rd, and two thought to be operated for Stobard Transport, G-SGRP Wednesday 21st and the follow day and G-SKBL Friday 30th. The Bell 429 was regular M-YMCM, the S-76C G-PACO and the Dauphin on Tuesday 27th EI-GJL. That leaves mention of Squirrel G-OGUN on Fri 23rd and Mon 26th along with G-LARR here Wednesday 28th and stopped overnight with Helicentre. The helicopter had ‘Skyhook’ titles and fittings underside along with mirrors to aid the pilot seeing what was happening below and otherwise out of sight. ‘RR left for Oban, the Western Highlands being an area in which Squirrels are often used to carry underslung loads. Visits by Robinson R.44 G-HALS and Schweizer 269 G-CEBE were connected with Helicentre, and since arrival back on Tuesday 13th, the ‘269C has possibly returned as a resident. Finally, I nearly left out smallest helicopter of the month, the second Guimbal Cabri G.2 of the year, in the form of G-VETT which called on Thursday 8th and stopped overnight.

RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

It looked as though we would have to start considering PA-23-150 Geronimo conversion, N2086P a resident. It arrived from its Caernarfon base on 18th March for engineering work with Keenair Services in hangar 4. After completion of the maintenance, long locals were flown on Saturdays 19th and 27th September it sat out on the GA apron at times. However on Saturday 10th October N2086P left for Hawarden, and visited on afternoon on Wednesday 14th from a private location, but back to Hawarden again. Two further aircraft spending much of their time at Liverpool are FlairJet’s King Air 350i, G-ERSE, although nominally resident at Hawarden, in October it positioned across on 7th and operated to a number of destinations during the month. The other is Schweizer 269 G-CEBE mentioned at the end of the paragraph above.

There is a new resident, which arrived from Manchester via Tatenhill on Friday 23rd is Cherokee G-BCCF. A long-term Manchester resident and frequently to be seen parked out by enthusiasts from the AVP, has the distinction of being the last single-engined GA resident aircraft at Manchester. A welcome addition to the GA apron at Liverpool though.

Two aircraft missing, being away for the summer have been Ravenair’s Partenavia P.68s G-RVNE and G-RVNK which have returned from Denmark. Another aircraft ‘missing’ for a while was Commander 114 G-NATT that departed for Caernarfon on 24th August, returning on 6th October. Merseyflight’s Tomahawk G-RVNB left on 7th August for maintenance and has yet to return. Another ‘missing’ resident at present is Robinson R.44 G-OGJC which left on 30th September and seems not to have returned during October.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT VISITORS

We are now getting rather used to the Chinook deliveries passing through at the rate of one or two month for fuel en route from Seaforth Dock to Odiham. In October, ZK561 passed through on Sunday morning 18th, on the ground for just 50 minutes again flown by Boeing crew ‘Boeing 22’, While we are very familiar with the Cranwell King Air 200s slipping down the ILS for a go-around, an aerial adorned Beech 350 Shadow R.1 ZZ416 landed at LJLA early afternoon Thursday 22nd and again late morning Friday 23rd. Right at the end of the month, a flurry of Islander activity produced Army ZG845 late afternoon Thursday 29th and a few hours later RAF’s ZF573 that then night stopped until early afternoon of 30th, while on Saturday 31st during the evening another RAF example ZH536 passed through.

GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

A rather busy month, however well over half the military activity was after dark, so frequently heard but not seen! Starting with the largest, following the C-17 Globemaster in September, October saw the return of the A.400M Atlas, with ZM400 mid evening Thursday 29th for two approach and go arounds on 09 using the DERA call-sign ‘Gauntlet’. There were 4 Hercules with ZH877 Thursday 1st, ZH878 twice on Wednesday 14th, ZH879 Tuesday 6th and ZH888 Saturday 10th. Sole military Cranwell King Air 200 was ZK460/U on Friday 9th and again Monday 12th. RAF Tornados appeared, with 3 on Monday 5th, one on Tuesday 20th and another Wednesday 21st – all after dark. Another though was in daylight and interesting as it was a BAe Warton retained test aircraft ZG773, all grey and no markings beyond National insignia and registration, which overshot 09 afternoon of Friday 2nd. There was a single Typhoon FGR.4 ZK312/EM in full 6 Sqdn markings on its way back to its Lossiemouth base on Monday 26th. Just a single RAF Hawk T.1 mid-morning on Wednesday 21st, which turned out to be a Red Arrows aircraft XX204, operating from Valley. There were in contrast 22 visits by Hawk T.2s from Valley, although all but 5 after dark, indeed the evening of Wednesday 14th was a particularly busy one. A type absent so far this year, reappeared in October, but again only after dark, with Tucanos from Linton-on-Ouse twice on Wednesday 28th and two again the following night. UAS Tutors from Woodvale remain only occasional callers, in October just G-CGKL on Saturday 31st and G-CGKS on Sunday 11th.

That leaves a need to mention to include Barton based Cherokee G-GURU on Monday 12th and Police Explorer G-CMBS after dark on Monday 26th, although some confusion as it may just have been the regular G-GMPX. Leaving the largest and most interesting of the civilians until last in the form of Bristows operated, Coast Guard Sikorsky S-92A G-MCGK with two ILS runs on 09 mid-morning before going off to perform practise approaches at Broadgreen and Aintree hospital landing fields, no doubt as a continuation of the familiarisation training as the company has only recently taken-over from the Sea Kings of RAF Valley 22 Squadron. Both the Caernarfon based Coast Guard S-92As also called at LJLA for fuel after SAR missions several times during October, which are covered elsewhere.

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STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER

These are the CAA Statistics for September 2015 (don't confuse with the Airport generated statistics for October '15 in the opening paragraphs of this Monthly Review.

                      Sep 15 Sep 14    Chng     January to September        Annual Moving Total
                                                   2015    2014    Chng     Oct 14-   Oct 13-    Chng
                                                                            Sep 15    Sep 14

Total Passengers      393921 370926    +6.2%    3289153 3098168    +6.1%    4177639   4022877    +3.8%

Total Freight(tonnes)     11     21    -47%         162     166    -2.0%        232       201    +15%

Total Movements         5463   4862    +12%       43095   40631    +6.1%      54713     52897    +3.4%

EPILOGUE

What a good month for variety. Highlight must be the Yamal Airbus A.320 VP-BHZ and Challenger RA-67221 in connection with a Europa Cup game. The number of Globals and Challenger biz-jets is of note, as is a further increase in the number of Maltese registered aircraft. Finally cannot omit mention of both the new Coast Guard Sikorsky S-92As based at Caernarfon calling on several occasions.

CREDITS & THANKS

Once again the daily notes provided by all who contribute to nwan forum add considerably to the official record. So many thanks to the good services of the Airport, and to Beemer, Philglt, Sabreliner, Agate, Evoant, Hawker, TonySpeke, andyH, ChrisB, ac2348, Blueaircraft79, 8miles27, clifftop,737Tony1, barfleur and a number of others.

As usual, if you spot an error, or wish to query an entry, do drop me a PM to enable a correction to be entered. Thank you, Brian Jones.

[FoLA]

Dec 4, 2015 11:33:37 GMT 1 viscount said:

THE FRIENDS OF LIVERPOOL AIRPORT

The membership year of the ‘Friends of Liverpool Airport’ association has recently started. Their quarterly magazine is an extremely well-produced, well-illustrated wealth of information and articles covering past, present and near future aspects of aviation centred on Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Highly recommended, and this is the best time of year to join.

More, including membership form and subscription details on: www.fola.org.uk

Viscount Brian - Many thanks for the kind words and 'plug'.

We indeed welcome anyone to join and have a range of membership types to choose from. From £6 (Electronic single) to £40! (Corporate)

Graham - 09/27 Ed. - FoLA

(I should add that Viscount Brian contributes massively to the Newsletter, so if you like his work here, well...)

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Dec 6, 2015 13:21:33 GMT 1 FoLA said:

Dec 4, 2015 11:33:37 GMT 1 viscount said:

THE FRIENDS OF LIVERPOOL AIRPORT

The membership year of the ‘Friends of Liverpool Airport’ association has recently started. Their quarterly magazine is an extremely well-produced, well-illustrated wealth of information and articles covering past, present and near future aspects of aviation centred on Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Highly recommended, and this is the best time of year to join.

More, including membership form and subscription details on: www.fola.org.uk

Viscount Brian - Many thanks for the kind words and 'plug'.

We indeed welcome anyone to join and have a range of membership types to choose from. From £6 (Electronic single) to £40! (Corporate)

Graham - 09/27 Ed. - FoLA

(I should add that Viscount Brian contributes massively to the Newsletter, so if you like his work here, well...)

Had a reminder from FoLA recently about renewing my membership, great I thought, must do that but couldn't find my cheque book and it soon slipped my mind. Subsequently stumbled across it recently and was preparing to write a cheque out but before I did I visited the FoLA website to obtain the correct address details. Low and behold and to my complete amazement you can pay by credit card, debit card, and PayPal. At £6 per year for the electronic version of their magazine 09/27 it is well worth it and a must for anyone of you who want to keep abreast of the goings on at the airport.

[FoLA]

Jan 3, 2016 20:09:41 GMT 1 @tristar said:

Dec 6, 2015 13:21:33 GMT 1 FoLA said:

Viscount Brian - Many thanks for the kind words and 'plug'.

We indeed welcome anyone to join and have a range of membership types to choose from. From £6 (Electronic single) to £40! (Corporate)

Graham - 09/27 Ed. - FoLA

(I should add that Viscount Brian contributes massively to the Newsletter, so if you like his work here, well...)

Had a reminder from FoLA recently about renewing my membership, great I thought, must do that but couldn't find my cheque book and it soon slipped my mind. Subsequently stumbled across it recently and was preparing to write a cheque out but before I did I visited the FoLA website to obtain the correct address details. Low and behold and to my complete amazement you can pay by credit card, debit card, and PayPal. At £6 per year for the electronic version of their magazine 09/27 it is well worth it and a must for anyone of you who want to keep abreast of the goings on at the airport.

Once again thanks for the FoLA plug. Yes, we have had electronic payment for more than a year now and it works very well and is very convenient for joiners and membership renewal alike.
Now we take cash, plastic and cheques there is no reason to not join. I believe next year we will start taking souls, women and cars too.
All the best to everyone...
FoLA