DECEMBER 2015 - Visiting Aircraft Log and Movements Review

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VISITING AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 2015

UPDATE ON NOVEMBERS MOVEMENTS:					
						
G-OZON	PA-32-301T Saratoga III arr 25.11, dep unnoticed, probably 26th November				
G-NLDR	AS.355F2 Ecureuil 2	arr 26.11, local flt 27.11, 01.12 & 02.12, dep 3/1326 to Blackpool				
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	arr 28.11 - now counted as a resident aircraft, since early October 				
ZF573	PBN-2T Islander C.2	arr 30.11, dep 01.12 for Waddington as RRR 7956 at 0044.				
						
	Tuesday, 1st December 2015					
						
LX-JFS	Pilatus PC-12	        1007	1531	Denham-Stansted		
OE-FZA	Citation 510 Mustang	1046	1139	Nice-Paris/Le Bourget	GAC 632W/260L	
G-RJXL	Embraer RJ-135MR	1119	1200	EMA-DTV	                BMR 9406/8506 BMI, EFC to Middlesborough
G-JUDE	Robin DR.400-180 Regent	1126	Jan	from Woodvale		for maintenance
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1203	1641	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
9H-VCC	Challenger 350	        1225	1516	f&t Farnborough	        VJT 425U	
D-CEFO	Citation 560 XLS+	1440	1632	City of Derry-Newcastle	AHO 151	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1557	1751	Birmingham-Southampton	CLJ 436P/436  Cello, LFC to Southampton
G-RJXM	Embraer RJ-145MP	2358 02/1246	DTV-Bristol	        BMR 8507/9409 BMI Regional, Everton i/b
						
	Wednesday, 2nd December 					
						
G-FFFC	Citation 510 Mustang	0937	1044	Glasgow-Birmingham	FLJ 2FC/3FC	
ZJ692	Bombardier Sentinel R.1	1153	G/A 27	to Cranwell	        ……….. 02      for an exercise off Altcar
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1305	1512	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L	
XX324	BAe. Hawk T.1	        1641	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 16	
ZK035	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1711	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 54	
D-CEFO	Citation 560 XLS+	1915	1935	Newcastle-Aberdeen	AHO 151/159D	
						
	Thursday, 3rd December					
						
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        0035	0418	Bournemouth-Birmingham	CLJ 437/437P  Cello, LFC from Southampton
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1033	1309	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Friday, 4th December					
						
ZK023/N	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0954	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 62	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1213	1254	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1618	1641	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
G-MGCJ	Sikorsky S-92A	        1847	1936	Aintree Hspl-Caernarfon	SRG 936	      Coastguard, for fuel
EI-EBN	Boeing 737-8AS	        1919	2139	Barcelona-Dublin	RYR 595J/397  Ryanair, Dublin dvt WX x-winds
						
	Saturday 5th December	(a windy day, Ryanair cancelled Dublin Ops much of the day)			
						
G-YEOM	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1132	1539	f&t Bristol		
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1550	1737	Birmingham-Newcastle	CLJ 436P/436  Cello, LFC o/b to Newcastle
G-OCEG	Beech B200 King Air	1955 06/0936	Malaga-Bournemouth	GMA 871	      Cega Avn, likely air ambulance
						
	Sunday, 6th December 2015					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1144	1321	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1454	1737	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99R/99S	
G-GCVV	Cirrus SR.22	        1505	1610	f&t Coventry		
ZH886	C-130J Hercules C.5	1559	G/A	to Isle of Man	        RRR 74	      c/s 'Ascot 74'
G-CHMR	Embraer RJ-145MP	1714 08/0131	f&t Gatwick	        EZE 9756/9757 Eastern, Crystal Palace FC
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        2011	2115	Newcastle-Birmingham	CLJ 437/437P  Cello, LFC i/b
						
	Monday, 7th December					
						
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0846	0925	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
G-DGPS	DA.42 Twin Star	        0946	1229	Shoreham-Bournemouth	VOR 42	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1054	1331	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPP	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1110 09/1313	Glasgow-Shoreham	VOR 31	      calibration flts 7th, 8th + 9th.
G-FCSL	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1207	1404	Glasgow-Stornoway	VOR 01/ -	
D-CAST	Citation 525B CJ3	2118 08/0821	Franckfurt-Innsbruck	AHO 193B/619A	
EI-ESV	Boeing 737-8AS	        2136	2236	Luton-Dublin	        RYR7MG/34     Ryanair, Dublin Dvt, WX x-winds
N8100E	Falcon 900	        2214 08/1356	Morris Town USA-Rouen		
						
	Tuesday, 8th December					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0926	1548	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        0954	1011	Blackpool-Shoreham		
G-ZMED	Lear Jet 35A	        1109	1203	Oxford-Liege	        MCD 53	      Air Med UK
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1616	1622	Fairoaks-Blackpool		
						
	Wednesday, 9th December					
						
G-ZAPX	Boeing 757-256	        0317	1504	Manchester-Geneva	AWC 356Y/3751 Titan, LFC o/b to Sion
G-SJSS	Challenger 605	        1051	1447	f&t Northolt		
CS-DRZ	Hawker 800XP	        1431 10/1353	Milan/Malpensa-Luton	NJE 5XT/050A	
						
	Thursday, 10th December					
						
G-JANN	PA-34-220T Seneca III	1107 11/1849	St Athan-Cardiff		
G-BFIB	PA-31-310 Turbo Navajo	1152	1256	f&t private site(s)	Jasper	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1200	1252	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M   a/c change since Tues.
ZK023/N	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1211	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 72	
ZK037/AB BAe. Hawk T.2	        1213	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 57	
ZK031/V	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1306	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 94	
ZK027/R	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1400	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 65	
ZK036/AA BAe. Hawk T.2	        1506	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 52	
CS-DXM	Citation 560 XL	        1511	1832	Shannon-Milan/Malpensa	NJE 6AK	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1919	1933	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/9S	
						
	Friday 11th December					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0003	1450	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99T/99U	
ZK458/D	Beech B200GT King Air	1203	1403	f&t Cranwell	        Septre 01     landed!
ZK460/U	Beech B200GT King Air	1208	1355	f&t Cranwell	        Septre 02     landed!
G-ZAPX	Boeing 757-256	        1246	1350	Geneva-Stansted	        AWC 3752/375W Titan, LFC back from Sion
ZK451/K	Beech B200 King Air	1433	G/A 27	to Cranwell	        CWL 82	
G-RJXK	Embraer RJ-135MP	1444	1640	Aberdeen-Norwich	BMR 9406/8506 BMI Regional, EFC to Norwich
						
	Saturday, 12th December					
						
D-CONU	Lear Jet 55	        0334	1011	f&t Nuremburg	        IFA 5957	
N555LR	Gulfstream 450	        0557 17/1434	f&t Bedford, USA		
OK-PBS	Citation 525 CJ1	1000	1032	Luton-Newcastle	        QNR 525	
G-MCGJ	Sikorsky S-92A	        1706 13/1205	off airfield-Caernarfon	SRG 936	      Coastguard, with a 'tech' issue
G-RJXA	Embraer RJ-145EP	1716	1754	Norwich-Bournemouth	BMR 8507/9407 BMI Regional, EFC i/b
						
	Sunday, 13th December 2015					
						
OY-NDP	Citation 525A CJ2	0641	0810	Billund-Rovaniemi	BOB 113	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1211	1407	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
OK-PBS	Citation 525 CJ1	1614	2042	Bordeaux-Vienna	        QNR 525	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1826	1850	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	1854	1943	Luton-Barcelona	        LNX 82AA	
PH-TXA	Citation 510 Mustang	1901	1949	Rotterdam-Liege         JNL 818		
						
	Monday, 14th December					
						
G-ZIPE	Agusta A.109E Power	0735	0822	f&t private location(s)	TOA 15	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0813	1037	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1108	1132	Cardiff-Wick	        EGL 517	
G-VIPP	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1122 17/1224	f&t Shoreham	        VOR 31	      calibration flts 14th + 16th
ZH866	C-130J Hercules C.6	1249	G/A 09	to Boscombe Down	BDN 62	      c/s 'Gauntlet 62'
ZK030/U	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1256	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 74	
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1315	1624	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 69G/69H	
G-BCVJ	Cessna F.172M	        1408 20/1138	f&t Woodvale		              for maintenance work
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1455	1532	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-OGUN	AS.350B2 Ecureuil	1530	1539	f&t private location(s)		
						
	Tuesday, 15th December					
						
G-PJDS	Citation 550B Bravo	1008	1102	Gloucester-Dortmund		
G-XXEB	Sikorsky S-76C	        1030	1527	f&t private location(s)	TQF 1R	      Royal Flt, c/s 'Rainbow 1R'
EI-EFY	Boeing 737-8AS	        1143	1642	f&t Lanzarote	        RYR 1CX/2048  Ryanair, Leeds Dvt, due WX 
G-JMED	Lear Jet 35A	        1324	1422	Liege-Oxford	        MCD 79	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1358	1657	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
9H-ALL	Citation 525A CJ2	1409 16/1247	Paris/LeB-Bordeaux	LWG 102/101	
EI-ESN** Boeing 737-8AS	        1658 16/1337	Tenerife-Leeds/Bradford	RYR 7TF/98P   Ryanair, Leeds WX,**EI-EKT o/b
G-ECOM	DHC-8-Q400 Dash Eight	2035	2103	f&t Belfast City	BEE 4WT/047W  Flybe, Leeds WX
						
	Wednesday, 16th December					
						
ZK563	Chinook HC.6	        1058	1142	Seaforth Dock-Odiham	BOE 22	      final new Chinook on delivery
PH-TXA	Citation 510 Mustang	1111	1234	Liege-Rotterdam		
OY-NDP	Citation 525A CJ2	1510	1549	Rovaniemi-Biggin Hill	BOB 116	
G-PJDS	Citation 550B Bravo	1648	1730	Dortmund-Agen, France		
						
	Thursday, 17th December					
						
OE-GJP	Citation 525B CJ3	0736	0907	f&t Altenrhein		
I-FRXJ	Piaggio P.180 Avanti	1005 18/1616	f&t Nice	        FXR 18J	
G-SASD	Beech B200C King Air	1119	1313	f&t Aberdeen	        GMA 665	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1207	1406	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99R	
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C	        1344	1421	Isle of Man-private site		
N90CZ	Citation 525B CJ3	1352	1511	Cambridge-Glasgow		
						
	Friday, 18th December					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0814	1017	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
ZK020/K	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1119	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 56	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1211	1416	f&t Valley	        EGL 99R/99S	
ZM405	A.400M Atlas	        1253	G/A 27	to Brize Norton	        RRR 402	      c/s 'Ascot 402'
G-BUIJ	PA-28-161 Warrior II	1308 19/1205	f&t Redhill		
M-GDRS	Raytheon Premier 1	1312	1355	Guernsey-EMA		
G-NWAA	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1608	1814	off airfield-Blackpool	HLE 08A	
G-FRYI	Beech 200 King Air	1649 19/1830	Cardiff-Stapleford	LNX 27FR	
G-FBJD	Embraer ERJ-175	        1919	2008	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute aircraft
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	2036	2057	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
						
	Saturday, 19th December					
						
G-VPPL	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad	1049	1210	Gloucester-Cambridge		
N8818Y	PA-30 Twin Comanche 160	1242	1845	f&t Isle of Man		
G-TYPH	BAe.146-200	        1400 21/1050	Bari, Italy-Warton	BAE 85/85P    Op in, due Warton shut
						
	Sunday, 20th December 2015					
						
G-SYES	Robinson R.66 	        1017	1347	f&t private location(s)	HLL 1	
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C	        1131	1141	private site-Barton		
G-FUFU	Sikorsky S-76C	        1206	1521	private site-Battersea	CAS 9/ -	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1807	1845	Luton-Birmingham	CLJ 438/438P  Cello, LFC i/b from Watford
SP-ENK	Boeing 737-42J	        2301 21/0725	Humberside-Pajala	ENT 616/617   Enter Air, Santa Flight o/b
						
	Monday, 21st December					
						
F-HCIC	Citation 525B CJ3	0835	1647	Colmar-Giebelstadt	LSF 700/710	
M-GDRS	Paytheon Premier 1	0959	1031	Guernsey-EMA		
D-CECH	Citation 560 XLS        1138	1224	Bremen-Jersey	        ATL 921	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1529	1717	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
M-ABEU	Lear Jet 45	        1619	1701	f&t Stansted	        RYR 01	
N90CZ	Citation 525B CJ3	2009 23/0813	f&t Glasgow		
SP-ENK	Boeing 737-42J	        2123	2240	Pajala-Bournemouth	ENT 618	
						
	Tuesday, 22nd December					
						
M-OTOR	Beech King Air 200GT	0957	1102	Gamston-Leicester		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1407	1631	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
M-OTOR	Beech King Air 200GT	1753	1806	Leicester-Gamston		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1822	1909	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
						
	Wednesday, 23rd December					
						
G-CHPG	Cirrus SR.20G2	        0917	1026	f&t Dunkeswell		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1008	1147	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
N90CZ	Citation 525B CJ2	1059	1145	Glasgow-Dusseldorf		
G-SRTT	Cirrus SR.22gTs	        1115	1252	f&t Elstree		              With pilot collecting G-LFSR
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1318	1501	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-OLIV	Beech B200 King Air	1417	1506	Isle of Man-Cardiff	CBM 77	
						
	Thursday, 24th December - Christmas Eve					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1026	1059	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M	
	Last movement before closed: EZY 7202 G-EZDX from Barcelona 1937					
						
	Friday, 25th December - Christmas Day					
	Closed all day Christmas Day, no movements.					
						
	Saturday, 26th December - Boxing Day					
						
	First movement once open: EZY7279 G-EZBD to Geneva 0621.					
G-RJXC	Embraer RJ-145EP	0824	1031	Bristol-Newcastle	BMR 9406/8506 BMI Regional, EFC to Newcastle
D-CNOC	Citation 560 XLS	0926	1024	Bremmen-Marrakech	ATL 126	
CS-DQA	Citation 560 XLS	1230	1735	f&t Berne	        NJE 3RB/390F	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1302	1511	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
HS-VSK	Gulfstream 6	        1314	1849	f&t Luton		              Chairman of Leicester City FC
G-RJXC	Embraer RJ-145EP	2144	2249	Newcastle-Bristol	BMR 8507/9407 BMI Regional, EFC i/b
						
	Sunday, 27th December 2015					
						
OE-LIR	Dornier Do.328	        0920	1035	Innsbruck-Sion	        WLC 671L/672L Welcome Air, private chtr o/b
EC-LQN	Airbus A.320-232	1502	1621	f&t Barcelona	        VLG8738/8739  Vueling, additional flight
D-CFIV	Lear Jet 35	        1821	1902	Funchal-Cologne	        AYY 118	
M-FRZN	Challenger 601	        1915	Jan '16	Cologne-		              Dvt, due Chester shut
EI-ENE	Boeing 737-8AS	        2247	21/0016	Dublin-Leeds/Bradford	RYR 6LZ/61    Ryanair, Leeds dvt, WX x-winds
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2250	28/1044	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99P	
EI-DYW	Boeing 737-8AS	        2253	21/0025	Fuerteventura-LBA	RYR 9RA/15    Ryanair, Leeds dvt WX, x-winds
						
	Monday, 28th December					
						
	Just the regular schedules and resident aircraft, no visitors.					
						
	Tuesday, 29th December					
						
N90CZ	Citation 515B CJ3	0843	1015	Cambridge-Florence		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1108	1401	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M   & local as EGL 2T
EC-KRH	Airbus A.320-214	1409	1506	f&t Barcelona	        VLG 8738/8739 Vueling, additional flt	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1552	1742	Birmingham-DTV	        CLJ 436P/436  Cello, LFC to Sunderland
G-FBEF	Embraer ERJ-195	        1655	1746	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE607/608    Flybe, two flts combined
						
	Wednesday, 30th December					
						
EC-LQL	Airbus A.320-232	0800	0917	f&t Barcelona	        VLG 8738/8739 Vueling, additional flt
M-ABEU	Lear Jet 45	        1851	1942	f&t Stansted	        RYR 1	
						
	Thursday, 31st December - New Year's Eve					
						
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        0016	0047	Newcastle-Birmingham	CLJ 437/437P  Cello, LFC i/b
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        0825	0853	Blackpool-Cardiff		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1034	1225	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
ZH536	PBN-2T Islander CC.2	1135	1257	f&t Waddington	        RRR 7955      RAF.
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1430	1456	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        1857	1927	Cardiff-Blackpool		
						
	final commercial movements of 2015: final outbound Ryanair FR447 EI-EBX to Dublin 1723
                                            final inbound, EasyJet EZY7202 G-EZBD from Barcelona at 1931					
	final outbounds of 2015: M-YMCM Bell 429 to Blackpool at 1927, then Merseyflight's Cherokee G-BSLU at 2345

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NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS

30/1038 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, during the winter errors are unlikely!

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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Sorry this review is posted some 4 weeks after the main visiting aircraft log entry, indeed after the January log and Review. Now that it is ready, I trust that you find it an enjoyable read.

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

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE DEVELOPMENTS

VUELING COMMENCE BARCELONA FLIGHTS

Although the inaugural scheduled service by Vueling Airlines between Barcelona and Liverpool is not due until late March 2016, the airline in advance of this programmed four ‘extra’ flights over the Christmas/New Year period. They clearly saw that there was demand over that period that they could attract, even ahead on the main route advertising. The flights all operated and hopes that they had decent loads. After Easter Vueling will be three flights a week from Liverpool. Although an unfamiliar name to us in Northern Britain, Vueling operate a fleet of over 100 Airbus A.320 aircraft, so are a major force in Spanish aviation.

BLUE ISLANDS TO GUERNSEY, SUMMER 2016

Another success of the marketing team at LJLA restores Guernsey as a direct holiday destination from Liverpool JLA, with a weekly inclusive tour flight operated with Blue Island with ATR-42 aircraft.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2015/12/ljla-celebrates-new-guernsey-service-for-summer-2016/

LOSS OF THE “27 MOUND”

It had been expected for over two years, however ‘our’ mound just outside the boundary at the 27 end and beloved of the ‘meerkat’ photographers with its raised elevation over the fence, is no more. The earth movers started work on Monday 21st December and by the following evening the flattened area had been sealed off with a large number of concrete blocks. Why this was done is still obscure, but it would appear that it was a requirement made by the CAA prior to Cat.III approval. The ironic thing is by moving vehicles from the river-end of the mound, the public (not enthusiasts) are now parking on the grass between the final row of landing lights – placing themselves in a potentially hazardous location.

The ‘meerkats’ (so named as we emerge from our burrows (OK cars), stand tall on the highest land and look all around intent on finding movement on the horizon) are now homeless and constantly migrate, mostly between the GA car park and the dangerously narrow lay-by on the road to the Control Tower.

LFC DRAW AUGSBERG IN THE EUROPA CUP

Having got through the league stage of the Europa Cup, Liverpool have drawn FC Augsberg. The away game on Thursday 18th February, with the home leg on Thursday 25th February.

DECEMBER FIGURES, UP AGAIN

In their eagerness to publish the excellent annual figures for 2015, the Airport did not release their figures for the month of December, although they are thought to have been around 20% up on the previous year. The CAA figures will be released shortly and I will add them in on ‘edit’

2015 A YEAR OF PASSENGER GROWTH

With growth recorded during 11 of the months during 2015, it is no surprise that at the end of the year considerable annual growth was recorded too. The year-end total is 4.3m passengers, up 8% on the 3.9m passengers in the 12 months of 2014. The best figure since 2012, and shows that the slide that commenced in 2011 has been well and truly reversed. The link below is an excellent summary of the progress that has been made during 2015 and looking forward to further growth in 2016. Congratulations to all involved in Airport management.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/01/8-passenger-growth-sees-2015-become-ljla-s-best-year-since-2012/

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

EasyJet had a good month in December with few delays and no cancellations, other than those flights pre-programmed not to operate over the Christmas/New Year period. On Saturday 5th A.320 G-EZOI arrived as EZY9004 from Gatwick to cover for G-EZOJ. ‘OJ was back in service midday of 7th, but G-EZOI did not leave for Luton until 9th as EZY9002. On the 12th December the ski-season seasonal flights to Grenoble and Salzburg commenced and a considerable increase in the Geneva rotations. Indeed it was fog at Geneva on 18th coupled with a faulty ILS there that caused problems so an evening flight from LJLA could not operate. To operate this the following day G-EZFL was brought up from Luton as EZY9009 Saturday 19th to operate the delayed Geneva, then returned to Luton. More problems at Geneva brought in A.320 G-EZWL as EZY9005 from Stansted afternoon of Sunday 20th to operate a delayed Geneva rotation before returning to Stansted as EZY9006 in the evening. It appears to have been a ‘tech’ G-EZGE on Sunday 27th that brought G-EZAZ up from Luton as EZY9007 to operate a Geneva rotation before flying as EZY9008 back to Luton.

The training aircraft came to Liverpool to stop overnight during just one week in December. G-EZAX arrived from Chateauroux evening of Tuesday 15th as EZY9093, on 16th it operated to and from Nimes and on Thursday 17th departed for more circuits at Chateauroux as EZY9092. Clearly that week the best weather for circuit training was not over Britain!

Aircraft operated by EasyJet through LJLA in December:A.319s: G-EZAJ, EZAX, EZAZ, EZBD, EZBJ, EZBK, EZDD, EZDH, EZDN, EZDO, EZDT, EZDX, EZEV, EZFG, EZFL, EZFR, EZFT, EZFZ, EZGA, EZGE, EZNC = 21 different aircraft.
A.320s: G-EZOD, EZOF, EZOI, EZOJ, EZOM, EZUS, EZWA, EZWI, EZWL = 9 different aircraft (total = 30)

RYANAIR (FR/RYR)

With strong gusting cross-winds at Dublin forecast for most of Saturday 5th, Ryanair cancelled some 190 flights, including 6 to and from Liverpool, so all 3 rotations that day did not operate, with considerable disruption to passengers’ travel plans. On Saturday 19th a servisability problem at Bristol was the cause for EI-FIS as FR15P to position to Bristol mid-afternoon, and in the evening EI-DYY as FR19 to position in from Bristol. On Monday 21st the Faro service was operated by a LJLA based aircraft EI-FIW, the previous and following week by a Faro based machine.

Aircraft used through LJLA during December, including those on diversion:
Boeing 737-800: EI-DAC, DAG, DAO, DCF, DCK, DCO, DHE, DHF, DHG, DHO, DHS, DHZ, DLH, DLJ, DLW, DPL, DPZ, DWB, DWH, DWL, DWS, DYF, DYN, DYP, DYR, DTW, DYY; EI-EBD, EBK, EBN, EBS, EBV, EBX, EBY, EBZ, EFG, EFW, EFY, EKB, EKG, EKH, EKI, EKL, EKM, EKR, EKT, EKY,EMM, EMO, EMP, ENB, ENE, ENP, ENR, ENT, ESN, ESV, ESX, ESZ, EVE, EVV, EVX, EVZ; EI-FIA, FIN, FIR, FIS, FIT, FIV, FIW Boeing 737-700: EI-SEV (two rotations on Tuesday 8th during the evening) (=71 different aircraft)

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

Despite the windy weather, Flybe had a good month during December, with few operational cancellations, although in the week before and after Christmas there were a number of pre-programmed flight cancellations that were never in the booking system.

The Isle of Man continues to be served by ATR-72 aircraft for the first 3 daily rotations, the Saturday morning flight and afternoon flight on a Sunday, with a Dash 8 on the evening rotation on weekdays and Sundays. Twice during the month this evening rotation was flown using ERJ-175/195 aircraft (Fri 18th and Tue 29th). Strong gusting winds caused the cancellation of the Saturday flight on 5th and the afternoon/evening rotations on Wednesday 9th, while 19 flights in an 11 day period over Christmas were pre-programmed well in advance not to operate due predicted lack of demand or Airports closed.

The 5 rotations daily from Belfast harbour, with all flights operating bar a slight problem on the morning of Wednesday 9th. There were 14 flights pre-programmed not to operate well in advance over a 6 days due to lack of demand after Christmas and Airport closures on Christmas Day.

The Amsterdam route suffered a couple of problems. On Tues 1st the first inbound from Amsterdam failed to operate, while on Wednesday 2nd neither the first rotation, nor the second outbound operated. The evening flights on Wednesday 9th or Thursday 10th did not operate, possibly due to winds, while on Wednesday 16th the first outbound operated using an aircraft from Manchester, the first inbound being cancelled. Over the Christmas and towards the New Year period 11 flights were pre-programmed not to operate due anticipated weak demand and Airport closures. On Tuesday 29th the Daily Post reported that the afternoon rotation, while en route from Amsterdam to LJLA diverted into Norwich with an ill passenger, so delaying the arrival back at Liverpool by over an hour.

The once daily, seven days a week Edinburgh route suffered cancellations on Wednesday 2nd, Thursday 10th, Saturday 12th (which was a last minute cancellation affecting passengers travel plans) and Christmas Day 25th (Airport closed).

Given the great number of Flybe services through LJLA the description here unfairly highlights the cancellations (many of which were pre-programmed and never intended to be operated) rather than the vast majority of flights that operated absolutely smoothly.

Aircraft operated through LJLA in December:
DHC-8-Q400: G-ECOA, ECOB, ECOC, ECOD, ECOE, ECOF, ECOG, ECOJ, ECOM, ECOP, ECOT, FLBA, FLBC, FLBD, FLBE, JECE, JECH, JECI, JECJ, JECK, JECL, JECM, JECN, JECO, JECX, JECZ, JEDM, JEDP, JEDT, JEDU, JEDV, KKEV, PRPA, PRPB, PRPC = 35 different aircraft
AT-72 EI-REL, EI-REM (=2)

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

Wizzair flights operated smoothly all month, with just the pre-programmed cancellation of the Riga service on Christmas Day when the Airport was closed. However they did operate an extra flight from Warsaw on Thursday 24th, with another expected in January.

Aircraft used into LJLA during December:
A.320s: HA-LPJ, LPM, LPQ, LPR, LPZ, LWA, LWC, LWE, LWK, LWX, LWZ, LYF, LYH, LYJ, LYL, LYN, LYT = 17 different aircraft.

AER LINGUS (EI/EIN)

Aer Lingus operated smoothly all month, even when Ryanair cancelled their Dublin operations for a day due to cross-winds. The only services not operated, and were never intended to, were the 3 rotations on Christmas Day and the evening rotation on New Year’s Eve.

It appears that in the two months of operation, Aer Lingus have operated all their Airbus A.320 fleet of 32 aircraft through LJLA; while EI-EZV and EI-EZW are the commonest, one of the rarest is the one I want to photograph at LJLA, EI-DVM in Aer Lingus ‘retro scheme’, which has been here just the once, on the after-dark rotation on Monday 21st. The two ‘Irish Rugby’ special scheme aircraft, EI-DEI and EI-DEO, have visited a couple of times each.

Aircraft used by Aer Lingus into LJLA in December:
A.320: EI-CVB, CVC, DEA, DEC, DEE, DEF, DEH, DEI, DEJ, DEL, DEN, DEO, DEP, DER, DES, DVG, DVH, DVI, DVJ, DVL, DVM, DVN, EDP, EDS, EZV, EZW = 26 different aircraft.

BLUE AIR (OB/BME)

Blue Air also put in a full month of services, the only pre-planned cancellation being the Bucharest flight on 25th Christmas Day. In addition to the three times weekly Bucharest, Blue Air also operated 3 Bacau extra flights (Bacau being a summer seasonal route) on Thursday 17th, Monday 21st and very late evening on Wednesday 23rd. On the first two occasions they were operated as a ‘W’ so using a Bucharest based aircraft, only on 23rd a Bacau based aircraft.

Aircraft used by Blue Air during December into LJLA:
Boeing 737-400 YR-BAR 2nd, 9th, 14th, 16th, 23rd. YR-BAJ 21st. YR-BAK 17th, 23rd (Bacau). YR-BAU 18th.
Boeing 737-800 YR-BMB 4th, 7th, 11th, 28th, 30th.

VUELING

In the curious world of aviation, Vueling who are not commencing three times weekly scheduled services until late March 2016, for the Christmas/New Year period operated 4 ‘extra’ scheduled flights between Barcelona and LJLA! These were operated on Sunday 27th, Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th, with the fourth and final service in early January. Times of operation are noted in the main Log section.

Aircraft used by Vueling:
A.320s: EC-LQN (27th), EC-KRH (29th) and EC-LQL ( 30th).

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING DECEMBER

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

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS

As can be expected in mid winter, the majority of charter flights involved football teams, however this year we have pleasingly the return of Santa Flights to report. With both LFC and EFC programmed to play the majority of their December away games in the further parts of England plus a club travelling to Merseyside brought in a number of team charters.

Everton travelled to Durham Tees Valley (DTV) to play at Middlesborough in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday 1st on BMR RJ-135 G-RJXL and back late the next evening on BMR RJ-145 G-RJXM. They then flew to Norwich on BMR RJ-135 G-RJXK on Friday 11th and back the following evening and finally to Newcastle morning of Saturday 26th and back late the same evening, again with BMR, but this time on RJ-145 G-RJXC.

Liverpool FC currently are a good customers of Cello Aviation and used their BAe.146 G-RAJJ to travel to Southampton for a Capital One Cup game there on Tuesday, December 1st, arriving home just into the early hours of 3rd. On Saturday 5th they were off to Newcastle, returning home evening of 6th. Next they flew home from Luton evening of Sunday 20th after a game against Watford. Finally they flew up to DTV to meet Sunderland on Tuesday 29th, returning to Liverpool in the very early hours of Tuesday 31st. Liverpool also had Game 6 of the Europa League, league stage to play against Sion away. They flew to Geneva on Titan Boeing 757 G-ZAPX departing afternoon of Wednesday 9th, back early afternoon Friday 11th. Liverpool FC are now through, and into the next round with games in February. As an aside here, this must be the first season in Europe, that, three away games into the competition the team have not been supported by fans flying out on day-return charters. Will we have any supporter flights this 2015/16 season – well I suppose that it depends on how much further LFC can progress on the competition and which teams they are drawn against.

Finally one team that flew into Liverpool for a game at Goodison was Crystal Palace who used Eastern Airway RJ-145 G-CHMR, flying up from Gatwick on Sunday 6th and departing back just past midnight into Tuesday 8th. The aircraft which for some time has been all white, caught Liverpool enthusiasts out, having just been re-painted in a wrap-around flying Union Jack scheme.

The day-return Santa Flight was operated to Pajala in Northern Sweden by Enter Air Boeing 737-400 departing early Monday 21st and back late the same evening. The second successful ‘Santa’ flight of the season (the other was in the final days of November), the good news is that we already know that there are more now on sale for December 2016. Finally in this section, mention of an annual private charter to Sion, departing on Sunday mid-morning 27th, operated as usual by Dornier 328 OE-LIR of Welcome air.

Not a single arrival during December can be identified as operating a freight charter.

DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

In the current mild winter, it is gale force wind that has caused issues for air travellers rather than fog or snow and ice. On both Thursday 3rd and Monday 7th a Ryanair Boeing 737 diverted to LJLA to wait out strong gusting cross-winds at Dublin. Indeed on Saturday 5th Ryanair cancelled virtually all their Dublin operation for the whole day in order not to have their inbound aircraft diverted far and wide. Flybe at the Isle of Man, also suffered due to the winds, but cancelled relatively few rotations. Later in the month it was again mostly Ryanair, but diverting from cross-winds at Leeds, with two flights on Tuesday 15th, along with a Flybe Dash 8, and a further two Ryanair’s on Sunday 27th.

Due to BAe Warton airfield being closed at weekends, on Saturday afternoon 19th their Corporate BAe.146 communication flight from Bari, Italy was re-programmed to land at LJLA and position to Warton on Monday morning. In a similar vein, due to the opening hours at Hawarden, on Sunday 27th Iceland Food’s Challenger M-FRZN arrived at Liverpool, staying until early morning on New Year’s Day.

TRAINING

Not a lot for this section, just mention of Capital Aviation using Navajo Chieftain G-VIPY for 30 minutes training as ‘EGL2T’ while at Liverpool between IoM flights, early afternoon Tuesday 29th. It might have appeared that another Navajo Chieftain, G-VIPP, was training on afternoon of Monday 14th and at various times of day on Wednesday 16th, in fact it was on radar or ILS calibration flights.

BIZ-JET VISITORS

Not the best month ever in terms of numbers or variety, but still plenty to report on. There were 30 biz-jets, of which just over half were marks of Citations, with no less than 12 registration nationalities represented – including a probable first ever visit of a HS-, Thailand registered aircraft.

There were 3 Challengers, with VistaJets 9H-VCC on Tuesday 1st, regular G-SJSS on Wednesday 9th and Iceland Food’s M-FRZN already mentioned in the diversions section at it was a Christmas closure refugee from Hawarden, arriving on 27th and departing early morning of Jan 1st. Two interesting Gulfstreams, with a Gulfstream 450 N555LR stopping between Sat 12th and Thursday 17th, arriving and departing direct transatlantic. In contrast Gulfstream 6 HS-VSK made the short hop from Luton on Saturday 26th in connection with the Leicester City FC meeting with Liverpool FC at Anfield. In the past G-LCFC an Agusta A.109S has been used to reach Liverpool on match-day, but was unserviceable. There was a sole Falcon 900, N8100E arriving direct from the USA on Sunday 6th and outbound to Rouen on Tuesday 8th.

Lear Jets again appeared in some numbers, with a pair of AirMed’s G-ZMED to Liege on Tuesday 8th and G-JMED from Liege on Tuesday 15th; Ryanair’s M-ABEU on Monday 21st and Wednesday 30th, and Germans, D-CONU an air ambulance on Saturday 12th and D-CFIV from Funchal on Sunday 27th. Sole Hawker 800XP was CS-DRZ from Milan on Wednesday 9th, while sole Premier as M-GDRS on both Friday 18th and Monday 21st.

Which leaves the 17 Citations. Most numerous mark this month was the 525 CitationJet with 7 examples, followed by the larger 560 Excel with 5, then 4 of the smaller 510 Mustangs and a single older 550. So in the same sequence, the CitationJets featured regulars Air Hamburg’s D-CAST, Queenair’s OK-PBS twice, also OY-NDP again twice and Luxwings 9H-ALL. Less frequent are CJ3 OE-GJP from and to Altenrhein Thur 17th, another CJ3, this one a demonstrator, N90CZ on a number of occasions between Thu 17th and Tues 29th when it appeared to be deputising for based King Air G-ERSE, and finally CJ3 F-HCIC on Mon 21st from Colmar to Giebelstadt. The Excels were NetJets CS-DXM and CS-DQA, Air Hamburg’s D-CEFO, with less frequent Air Bremen’s D-CECH on Mon 21st and D-CNOC on 26th, both arriving from Bremen. The Mustangs were Globe Air’s OE-FZA, FlairJets G-FFFC, London Executive’s G-LEAA and PH-TXA to Liege on Sunday 13th, from Liege Wed 16th. Which just leaves mention of Citation 550 G-PJDS on Tues 15th to Dortmund, returning from Dortmund the following day.

GENERAL AVIATION VISITORS

British G.A. twins as usual featured a number of King Air 200, although perhaps a few less than usual, along with several different Navajos, Seneca and a Diamond Twin Star. The King Air 200s were CEGA air ambulance G-OCEG Sat 5th, Gama Aviation air ambulance G-SASD Thursday 17th, London Executive’s G-FRYI and Dragonfly Executive’s (with radio call-sign ‘Cambrian 77’) on Wednesday 23rd. A great variety of Navajos than usual, with G-YEOM from Bristol on Sat 5th, G-VIPP for calibration work Mon 7th to Wed 9th and again Mon 14th to Thurs 17th, G-FCSL of the same calibration company also on Mon 7th, and G-BFIB on Thursday 10th. The Diamond Twin Star was G-DGPS, also owned by the calibration company, also on Monday 7th, while the Seneca was G-JANN from St Athan on Thursday 10th and night stopped.

Capital Aviation (EGL ‘Prestige’) used Navajo Chieftains G-VIPX until 8th and G-VIPY from 10th until in to the New Year on the IoM Hospitals contract. Capital also brought in King Air 200 G-ZVIP from the Isle of Man on Monday 14th, while G-WVIP called en route Exeter to Wick or vice versa on 4 occasions.

Twins on overseas registers were few, but varied, with a welcome Piaggio P.180 Avanti I-FRXJ on Thursday 18th from Nice and night stopped, a Manx based Twin Comanche N8818Y on Saturday 19th and UK based, Manx registered King Air 200 M-OTOR twice on Tuesday 22nd – previous time the registration visited it was on a King Air 90!

Cirrus aircraft were well represented amongst the singles that visited during December. G-GCVV on Sunday 6th from Coventry, Blackpool based G-OGGM twice on Tuesday 8th, and both G-CHPG and G-SRTT on Wednesday 23rd. There was also a Cherokee G-BUIJ from Redhill on Friday 18th and a TB-20 G-VPPL on Saturday 19th. Two arriving for maintenance were Robin DR.400 G-JUDE on Tuesday 1st and still here at the end of the month, while Woodvale based Cessna 172 G-BCVJ arrived on Monday 14th, leaving on Sunday 20th with work completed.

Sole European registered single was a PC-12 LX-JFS on Tuesday 1st, from Denham to Stansted.

ROTARY VISITORS

Biggest helicopter once again was a Coastguard Rescue Sikorsky S-92A, with G-MCGJ calling on Friday 4th after a rescue off the Isle of Man to Aintree Hospital then a fuel stop before return to Caernarfon. It was back on Saturday 12th as a ‘technical’ divert with hydraulic issues. It was fixed and departed the next day – we were hoping for another from the fleet to bring in spares and mechanics, but to no avail. Helimed EC.135 G-NWAA called for fuel on Friday 18th.

Coming down in size, just the one Agusta A.109, G-ZIPE on Monday 14th, but there were 3 Sikorsky S-76s with regulars Royal Flight G-XXEB on Tuesday 15th, Barton based G-PACO twice, and a first visit of the year by G-FUFU on Sunday 20th. Another regular was Bell 429 M-YMCM on Thursday 31st.

Down in size again, and there were further regulars in the form of Ecureuil G-OGUN on Monday 14th and finally Robinson R.66 G-SYES on Sunday 20th.

RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

While checking out the residents list at the end of the year, a number of changes came to light that have not previously been noted. First a few changes of ownership, with Cherokee Arrow G-BRLG being sold by P. Lodge and J. McVey locally to N. Quirk back on 20th April, with the aircraft still based at Liverpool, while Liverpool based Cherokee G-BSIZ which was owned by P. Gerrard was notified on 11th December as now owned by P.Lodge and J. McVey.

Although a very regular visitor for some months, indeed since mid-2014, King Air 350i G-ERSE is now based at Liverpool, moving over from Hawarden on 7th October. The ownership is still shown on G-INFO as FlairJet Ltd.

There have been some departures. TB-10 G-BHDE, which has been advertised for sale, may have left as long ago as the 16th August. Two departures, both by aircraft that have also been up for sale for a while, and co-incidently on the same day, saw the rarely flown Aztec G-OSJF departing to Old Sarum on 23rd; with also on 23rd, Liverpool Flying School’s Cherokee Arrow G-LFSR departing for Elstree. In early February ’16 a photo on the Web shows ‘SR visiting Duxford clearly still wearing the LFS tail logo and name ‘Liverbird 6’. Cessna 182Q N759AU was initially thought to have departed to Bournemouth on 2nd December, but it has returned in a fresh modern colour scheme early February.

Two of the Ravenair aircraft that have been in storage since ARC (C of A) expiry late 2013, have now been overhauled and granted fresh ARCs, so Tomahawk G-RVRM became active again on 22nd October and Aztec 250 G-RVRJ on 23rd October.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT VISITORS

The final new Chinook HC.6, ZK563, of the present order was delivered from Boeing by sea via ACL to Seaforth Dock, then by air onward from Seaforth via Liverpool Airport for a fuel top-up to Odiham on Wednesday 16th. Not one, but two of the Cranwell based King Air 200s called on Friday 11th and stopped for a few hours. Finally in the military section, RAF Islander ZH536 called for fuel during the evening of Thursday 31st.

GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

Of particular interest in December were an Airbus A.400M on 18th and a Sentinel R.1 ZJ692 on 2nd involved in an exercise off Altcar, which first made an approach and go-around at LJLA. There were also two Hercules on 6th and 14th and a King Air on 11th (the same day as 2 other RAF King Air 200s landed). To complete this relatively quiet month (both in terms of numbers and a lack of ‘fast movers’ Typhoons or Tornados) one visit by a Hawk T.1 and 9 by Hawk T.2s, of which over half were on just one day (10th).

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STATISTICS

These stats, which are the official CAA released figures cover the month of NOVEMBER (the comments at the start of this Review post cover December)

                   Nov 15     Nov 14     Chng          January to November          Annual Moving Total
                                                          2015   2014    Chng        Dec 14-   Dec 13-   Change
                                                                                     Nov 15    Nov 14

Total Passengers   311046     260856     +19%        3994388  3719824  +7.4%         4261218   3990997   +6.8%

Total Freight          14         23     -39%            187      203  -8%               220       211   +4%

total Movements      3680       3871     - 4.9%        52046    48938  +6.3%           55357     52280   +5.9%

EPILOGUE

There can be no doubt that the outstanding visitor of December was the first Thailand registered aircraft to call at LJLA, Gulfstream 6 HS-VSK, bringing in the Leicester FC Chairman. Last time he came to LJLA he arrived in his Agusta 109 G-LCFC – I know which I prefer him to use! Of note was the second of 2015’s Santa flight on an Enter Air Boeing 737-400.

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.

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2015 SATISTICS - MONTH BY MONTH

A single table, covering each month's "vital statistics" for LJLA should be of interest to some.

		  TOTAL PASSENGERS		   TOTAL FREIGHT		  TOTAL MOVEMENTS		
		2015	2014	 Change		2015	2014	Change		2015	2014	 Change
												
January		250595	252241	- 0.6%		22	10     +120.0%		3178	3504	+ 9.3%
February	272021	263149	+ 3.3%		14	9	+55.0%		3637	3383	+ 7.5%
March		320751	297917	+ 7.7%		15	11	+36.0%		4236	4395	- 3.6%
April		366865	348248	+ 5.3%		15	10	+50.0%		4948	4925	+ 0.5%
May		399305	371862	+ 7.3%		15	33	-54.0%		5201	4847	+ 7.3%
June		393012	359623	+ 9.3%		23	21	+ 9.5%		5410	4850	+11.5%
July		426945	398984	+ 7.0%		24	30	-20.0%		5248	5168	+ 1.5%
August		465738	435218	+ 7.0%		23	21	+ 9.0%		5774	4697	+23.0%
September	393921	370926	+ 6.2%		11	21	-47.0%		5463	4862	+12.0%
October		394189	360800	+ 9.2%		11	14	-22.0%		5271	4436	+19.0%
November	311046	260856	+19.0%		14	23	-39.0%		3680	3871	- 4.9%
December	307256	266830	+15.1%		11	33	-67.0%		3859	3311	+16.5%
												
Total	       4301644 3986654	+ 7.9%	       198     236	-16.1%	       55905   52249	+ 7.0%   

My thanks for '8miles27' for putting all the months Stats into a single table. Interesting trends, especially the the key trend is upwards.

These are abstracted from the CAA Digest of Statistics, Airport released figures are similar, but use different criteria for inclusion.

I find the reduction of movements November 2015, runs contrary to expectations and observed trend.