LJLA Visiting Aircraft Log & Review - MARCH 2016

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THE LJLA VISITING AIRCRAFT LOG
- MARCH 2016

											
	To complete previous months:					
						
G-OZON	PA-32R-301 Saratoga II	arr 25th Nov  noted outside on GA apron during March, not flown since arrival			
G-BTFO	PA-28-161 Warrior II	arr 18th Feb  departed after maintenance, to Woodvale on 6th March at 1120.			
						
	Tuesday, 1st March					
						
G-SONE	Citation 525A CJ2	0649	0839	Bristol-Milan/Linate	CLF 492	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1104	1243	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL99L/99M	
M-RLEE	Beech C90GT King Air	1147	1636	f&t North Weald		
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1345	1814	Exeter-Isle of Man	EGL99P/99S    a/c change-over
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1430	1522	Isle of Man-Exeter	EGL99R/99P    a/c change-over
G-JANN	PA-34-220T Seneca III	1735 03/1552	f&t St Athan		
G-FBJK	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	1849	1940	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
G-LEAB	Citation 510 Mustang	2116	2136	f&t Luton	        LNX 85AB	
						
	Wednesday, 2nd March					
						
G-SONE	Citation 525A CJ2	0734	0803	Milan/Linate-Bristol	CLF 492	
EI-FOM	Boeing 737-8AS	        0812	0847	f&t Dublin	        RYR 442/443   Ryanair, fv of new a/c in fleet
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1054	1240	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-KLNW	Citation 510 Mustang	1113	1548	f&t Norwich	        SXN 51D	
G-VIPP	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1155	1804	f&t Shoreham	        VOR 31	      Flight checker, & local flight
CS-DRN	Hawker 800XPi	        1700	2246	f&t Luton	        NJE 278K/896K NetJets, MUFC football related?
G-EGVO	Falcon 900EX	        1844	2320	Farnborough-Luton		      MUFC football related?
G-FBJA	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	1944	2029	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
EI-REL	ATR-72-600	        2039 03/1052	Liverpool dvt back-IoM	BEE 608/602   Flybe, dvt back due WX fog IoM
						
	Thursday, 3rd March					
						
VP-FDM	Falcon 900LX	        0406 05/1116	f&t White Plains,USA		      Bluewater Ltd (a Falkland Is regn)
ZK459/X	Beech B200GT King Air	1031	G/A 27	to Cranwell	        CWL 84	
G-CBTT	PA-28-181 Archer II	1144	1454	f&t Denham		
D-CFTG	Lear Jet 35A	        1235	1328	Geneva-Newcastle	QAJ 571	
G-LBSB	Beech 350C King Air	1353	G/A 27	to Leeming		
G-VIPP	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1416	1836	f&t Shoreham	        VOR 31	      Flight checker, & local flight
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1640	1702	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-SUKI	PA-38-112 Tomahawk	1702	based	from Halfpenny Green		      Returning resident, was G-RVNB
G-FBJB	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	1851	1940	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
						
	Friday, 4th March					
						
G-EZIM	Airbus A.319-111	1421	1500	f&t Belfast	        EZY 132/9007  EasyJet, dvt WX due snow MAN
G-YDEA	DA.42 Twin Star	        1450	1735	Gamston-Exeter	        WKT 16	
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1603	1618	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
EI-FOR	Boeing 737-8AS	        1924	2006	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c to fleet
						
	Saturday, 5th March					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1113	1325	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
G-LEAI	Citation 510 Mustang	1209	1825	Knock-Luton      	LNX 47LE      West Ham football related
G-CHUI	Citation 560 XLS	1223	1832	f&t Stansted      	EDC 924       West Ham football related
G-SPUR	Citation 550 II	        1251	1835	f&t Luton       	LNX 75PU      West Ham football related
G-IASM	Beech 200 King Air	1442	1541	Donc/Sheffield-Aberdeen BRO 31P/31	
G-CGKT	Grob G.115E Tutor	1456	2xG/A 	to Woodvale     	UAM 12	      & another 1509
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1605	1753	Birmingham-Biggin Hill	CLJ 436P/436  Cello, LFC team to Crystal Palace
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1835	1915	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99R/99S	
						
	Sunday, 6th March					
						
G-IASM	Beech 200 King Air	1229	1310	Aberdeen-Donc/Sheffield	BRO 03/03P	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1811	1904	Biggin Hill-Birmingham	CLJ 437/437P  Cello, LFC team returning
EI-FOO	Boeing 737-8AS	        1851	1947	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c in fleet
						
	Monday, 7th March					
						
G-YDEA	DA.42 Twin Star	        0851	0929	Exeter-Gamston   	WKT 16	
G-VIPP	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1209	1700	f&t Shoreham     	VOR 31	      flight checker & local flt
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1902	1929	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
EC-IVJ	Citation 525 CJ1	2005 09/1907	f&t Barcelona    	EXU 141	
						
	Tuesday, 8th March					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0138	0636	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99R/99S	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1055	1235	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
N571EE	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1216 14/0939	Bremmen-Linz		
F-HIJD	Citation 525A CJ2+	1323 10/0615	Toulon/Heyes-Geneva	IXR 207D	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1616	1800	f&t Isle of Man 	EGL 99R/99S	
EI-REH	ATR-72-201	        1649	1742	f&t Isle of Man  	BEE 607/608   Flybe, substitute Stobard a/c
F-FBJK	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	1843	1943	f&t Isle of Man  	BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
G-LORR	PA-28-181 Archer III	1920	G/A 27	to Sleap		              Shropshire Aero Club
ZK027	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1947	G/A 27	to Valley         	VYT 85	
ZK033	BAe. Hawk T.2	        2011	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 94	
						
	Wednesday, 9th March					
						
M-YTOY	EMB-500 Phenom 100	0719	0744	Blackpool-Poznan		
G-FFFC	Citation 510 Mustang	0844	0920	Glasgow-Birmingham	FLJ 56/57	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1009	1151	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
EI-REH	ATR-72-201	        1111	1159	f&t Isle of Man  	BEE 603/604   Flybe, substitute Stobard a/c
G-DJSM	AS.350B3 Ecureuil	1355	1502	f&t private location(s)		      Mark de Ferranti
F-GSTC/3 Airbus A.300STA Beluga	1431	1746	Toulouse-Hawarden	BGA 114C      Airbus, dvt, WX gusting winds
EI-REH	ATR-72-201	        1645	1749	f&t Isle of Man  	BEE 607/608   Flybe, substitute Stobard a/c
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1704	1902	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99R/99S	
M-YTOY	EMB-500 Phenom 100	1748	1758	Poznan-Blackpool		
ZD709	Panavia Tornado GR.4	1916	2xG/A	to Marham       	Immortal 32	
ZA462	Panavia Tornado GR.4	1917	G/A	to Marham        	Immortal 31	
						
	Thursday, 10th March					
						
EI-REH	ATR-72-201	        0819	0900	f&t Isle of Man  	BEE 601/602   Flybe, substitute Stobard a/c
ZK460/U	Beech B200GT King Air	0910	G/A 27	to Cranwell	        CWL 67	
G-SJSS	Challenger 605  	1001	1052	f&t Northolt		
G-LEAZ	Challenger 300  	1349 11/1823	f&t Luton	        LNX 57AZ      MUFC football related?
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1524	1659	f&t Isle of Man 	EGL 99R/99S	
EI-WXP	Hawker 800XP    	1548	2233	f&t Shannon     	EFF 8	      MUFC football related?
G-DVIP	Agusta A.109E Power	1601 11/1041	Barton-private site	TLE 04	      MUFC football related??
G-SJSS	Challenger 605  	1729	1748	Northolt-Farnborough		
G-FBJK	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	1844	1938	f&t Isle of Man  	BEE609/610    Flybe, substitute a/c type
ZK033	BAe Hawk T.2    	1914	G/A 	to Valley	        VYT 69	
ZK031	BAe Hawk T.2     	1936	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 756	
ZK028	BAe Hawk T.2    	1941	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 761	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2202 11/1551	Isle of Man-Exeter	EGL 99U/99P   a/c tech, then a/c changed
						
	Friday. 11th March					
						
G-SOVB	Lear Jet 45	        1049	1314	Biggin Hill-Malaga	BZE 02A/02B	
2-GNSY	Commander 114B    	1115	1330	f&t Guernsey		
G-TBSV	TB-20 Trinidad   	1133	1653	f&t Abbeyshrule		
G-IPLY	Citation 550 II   	1256	1422	Gloucester-Madrid	XJC 54Y	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1257	1604	Exeter-Isle of Man	EGL 99P/99V   a/c change-over
G-JUDE	Robin DR.400/180 Regent	1305	1427	f&t Woodvale		
9H-VFF	Challenger 605   	1348	1500	Moscow-Farnborough	VJT 552G      Vista Jet, for boxing at Arena?
OO-PRM	Citation 510 Mustang	1434	1504	Antwerp-Liege		
ZK460/U	Beech B200GT King Air	1449	G/A 27	to Cranwell	        CWL 85	
G-LFBD	Citation 525A CJ2+	1459	1545	Bristol-Barcelona	CLF 552	
G-EYUP	Citation 560 XLS+	1507	1612	Hawarden-Tenerife South	XJC 58P	
G-GXLS	Citation 560 XLS	1558	1700	Luton-Biggin Hill	LNX 34GX      for boxing at Arena??
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1616	1638	Wick-Exeter      	EGL 517	
G-YDEA	DA.42 Twin Star  	1651	1733	Gamston-Exeter    	WKT 3	
EI-FOP	Boeing 737-8AS   	1846	1942	f&t Dublin       	RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c in fleet
N264MC	Cirrus SR.22    	1908	G/A	to Blackpool		
G-RJXH	Embraer RJ-145EP	1948 12/2151	Farnborough-Gatwick	BMR 8504/8505 BMI Regional, Chelsea FC team
						
	Saturday, 12th March					
						
G-LEAI	Citation 510 Mustang	0757	1647	f&t Luton	        LNX 05LE	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1028	1737	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
OK-RDA	LET-410UVP	        1110	1912	f&t Isle of Man  	VAA 212/213   Citywing, sports club charter
G-EZBE	Airbus A.319-111	1115	1330	f&t Gatwick      	EZY 69DJ/89DJ EasyJet, dvt due WX at IoM
G-WASC	Eurocopter EC.135T2+	1142	1224	private ste-Welshpool	HLE 59/59E    Wales Air Ambulance
ZH828	EH.101 Merlin HM 2	1450	1535	Culdrose-Wick    	Excalibur 88  Royal Navy, used stand 14
ZH842	EH.101 Merlin HM 2	1450	1535	Culdrose-Wick    	Excalibur 86  Royal Navy
G-FJET	Citation 550 II 	1526	2121	f&t Southend     	LNX 27FJ	
G-MCGJ	Sikorsky S-92A    	2047	2107	Caernarfon-Isle of Man	SRG 936	      Coast Guard, training
						
	Sunday, 13th March					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1327	1510	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
G-OCLP	AS.355N Ecureuil II	1545	1609	private site-Cardiff	KDM 3	
G-SONE	Citation 525A CJ2	1604	1650	Bristol-Rennes   	CLF 564	
G-IPLY	Citation 550 II	        1936	2015	Madrid-Gloucester	XJC 54Y	
G-LFBD	Citation 525A CJ2	2019	2046	Barcelona-Bristol	CLF 552	
G-SOVB	Lear Jet 45	        2114 14/1401	Malaga-Biggin Hill	BZE 02A	      & training local flts on 14th.
G-SONE	Citation 525A CJ2	2317 14/1223	Rennes-Manchester	CLF 564	
						
	Monday, 14th March					
						
G-EYUP	Citation 560 XLS+	0016	1213	Tenerife S-Hawarden	XJC 58P	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0819	0855	Exeter-Gamston   	WKT 16	
G-YDEA	DS.42 Twin Star	        0854	0920	Exeter-Wick     	EGL 517	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1058	1247	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
D-ASTR	Airbus A.319-112	1226 15/0854	Dortmund-EMA    	GMI 4848/356  Germania. Cast of 'Disney on Ice'
D-IMAX	Citation 525A CJ2	1453 15/1127	Southampton-Rimini	AWU 914/915	
ZG779	Panavia Tornado GR.4	1502	G/A	to Marham	        MRH 68	
G-OLCP	AS.355N Twin Squirrel	1558	1628	f&t private location(s)	KDM 3	
ZH880	C-130J Hercules C5     (1745)	G/A 09	not recorded	        RRR 183	      G/A broken off at 2 miles out
G-UKAL	Cessna F406 Caravan II	2227 15/0033	Farnborough-Swansea		
						
	Tuesday, 15th March					
						
G-UKAL	Cessna F406 Caravan II	0312	1632	Swansea-Farnborough		
N571EE	EMB-505 Phenom 300	0808	0911	Linz-Farnborough		
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS	0840	1721	f&t Guernsey    	GMA 354	
G-SIRS	Citation 560 XLS	0955	1012	Northolt-Luton  	LNX 62RS	
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1232	1805	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
G-CGKL	Grob G.115E Tutor	1322	G/A 09	to Woodvale      	UAM 22	
EI-GJL	SA.365N1 Dauphin 2	1450	1507	f&t private location(s)		
ZK032	BAe Hawk T.2	        1614	G/A	to Valley        	VYT 64	
G-FBJK	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	1838	1943	f&t Isle of Man  	BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
D-IKBO	Citation 525A CJ1	1940 16/1458	Munich-Hawarden  	SCR 357	
D-IHEB	Citation 525 CJ1	2015 16/0647	Cologne-Dusseldorf	SCR 64	
						
	Wednesday, 16th March					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1135	1240	f&t Isle of Man   	EGL 99L/99M	
G-GMPX	MDH MD-900 Explorer	1450	G/A	to Barton	        UKP 151	
N918E	Gulfstream 4	        1600 17/1623	EMA-Newcastle		
						
	Thursday, 17th March					
						
G-LBSB	Beech 350C King Air 	0934	G/A 09	to Warton		
G-KLMW	Citation 510 Mustang	1116	1549	f&t Norwich	        SXN 51D	
G-FBJK	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	1849	1941	f&t Isle of Man 	BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
						
	Friday, 18th March					
						
9H-VCJ	Challenger 300	        0912	1652	f&t Northolt      	VJT 492N      VistaJet, parked stand 39
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        0928	0956	Blackpool-Gloucester		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1022	1210	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M   note a/c changed at IoM
G-SGRP	Agusta A.109SP Grand	1139	1200	Carlisle-Gloucester	EDY 1	
G-DSKY	DA.42 Twin Star	        1608	1742	Gamston-Exeter   	WKT 13	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1613	1631	Wick-Exeter      	EGL 517	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1806	1818	Gloucester-Blackpool		
G-SGRP	Agusta A.109SP Grand	1840	1910	Cheltenham-Carlisle	EDY 1	
						
	Saturday, 19th March					
						
G-SPUR	Citation 550 II	        0952	1643	f&t Luton       	LNX 31PU	
M-YLEO	Pilatus PC-12	        1024	1204	Nice-Denham		
G-SIRS	Citation 560 XLS	1028	1614	f&t Luton	        LNX 59RS	
LX-USM	Falcon 7X	        1126	1628	f&t Luton	        SVW 35SM	
D-IMAX	Citation 525A CJ2	1142 24/0832	Rimini-Newcastle	AWU 919/924	
CS-DRS	Hawker 800XPi	        1222	1622	Northolt-Geneva   	NJE 169Q/190R NetJets
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1552	1739	Birmingham-Southampton  CLJ 436P/436  Cello, LFC team to Southampton
G-LEAI	Citation 510 Mustang	1848	1904	Luton-Donegal    	LNX 79LE	
						
	Sunday. 20th March					
						
G-IWFC	Agusta AW.109SP	        1057	1130	f&t private location(s)	KDM 2	
G-CFNF	Robinson R.44 II	1521	1846	f&t private location(s)		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1705	1828	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M
G-IWFC	Agusta AW.109SP    	1801	1830	f&t private location(s)	KDM 2	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1817	1927	Southampton-Birmingham	CLJ 437/437P  Cello, LFC team i/b
G-WASC	Eurocopter EC.135T2+	1850	2022	private site-Welshpool	HLE 59A	      Wales Air Ambulance
G-EZUA	Airbus A.320-214	2229	2334	Toulouse-Milan/Malpensa	EZY 68WG/9006 EasyJet, dvt in, why? Posn o/b
G-EZOT	Airbus A.320-214	2354 21/0714	Larnaca-LJLA based	EZY 7156/based EasyJet, fv of new a/c to fleet
						
	Monday, 21st March					
						
G-DSKY	DA.42 Twin Star	        0833	0902	Exeter-Gamston	        WKT 3	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0906	0926	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
G-POWM	Airbus A.320-232	0936	1223	Stansted-Tenerife South	AWC 462Y/4621 Titan, EFC i/b winter training
D-ISUN	Cessna 525A CJ2	        1421	1458	Dormund-Westerland		
G-BXNS	Bell 206B Jet Ranger III 1451	1749	Barton-Leicester East	PIP 83	      National Grid
						
	Tuesday, 22nd March					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1113	1245	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-BODR	PA-28-161 Warrior II	1142	1623	f&t Booker		              BAW style colour scheme
SE-LRA	Saab 2000	        1553 23/1752	f&t Ostersund/Froson	SCT 214       Saab Aircraft	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1615	1636	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
ZK031/V	BAe Hawk T.2	        1621	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 94	
D-IAHT	Mitsubishi Mu-2	        1732	1830	Basle/Mulhouse-Saarbrucken		
G-FBJC	Embraer ERJ-175-200STD	1845	1943	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
G-BRBW	PA-28 Cherokee 140	1932	G/A	to Blackpool		              Air Navigation & Trading
						
	Wednesday, 23rd March					
						
EI-DVM	Airbus A.320-214	0734	0850	f&t Dublin	        EIN 192/193   Aer Lingus, in 'retro' scheme
D-CALL	Citation 550 Bravo	1549	1814	London City-Ibiza	AHO 215F	
HA-LYV	Airbus A.320-232	1702	1802	f&t Budapest	        WZZ 2211/2212 Wizzair, 1st op new destination
G-NWPS	Eurocopter EC135T1	1824	G/A	to Hawarden	        UKP 4	
						
	Thursday, 24th March					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1031	1319	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1158	1212	Exeter-Wick      	EGL 517	
D-CNAF	SA.227AC Metro III	1219	1327	Lyon-Aberdeen    	BID 10B/10A   Bin Air, likely freight
ZG845	BN-2T Islander AL.1	1237	1330	f&t Belfast      	AAC 515	      Army
D-ISUN	Citation 525A CJ2	1435	1509	Biggin Hill-Manchester		
G-YDEA	DA.42 Diamond Star	1542	1649	Gamston-Exeter    	WKT 11	
G-BJNZ	PA-23 Aztec 250F	1604	1651	f&t Coventry		
EI-FOS	Boeing 737-8AS	        1851	1954	f&t Dublin        	RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c in fleet
G-FBJC	Embraer ERJ-175200STD	1900	2001	f&t Isle of Man  	BEE 609/610   Flybe, substitute a/c type
G-EYUP	Citation 560 XLS+	1951 25/0739	Kirkwall-Farnborough	XJC 82P/83P	
						
	Good Friday, 25th March - Bank Holiday					
						
OK-FTR	Citation 510 Mustang	0928	1148	f&t Zagreb		
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1146	1421	Exeter-Jersey	        EGL 63J/63K	
EC-LML	Airbus A.320-216	1740	1843	f&t Barcelona	        VLG 8738/8739 Vueling, water-arch welcome
D-CAHO	Citation 560 XLS+	1901 26/0909	Altenrhein-Seville	AHO 726S	
ZG998	BN-2T Defender AL.1	2110	2257	f&t Waddington	        RRR 7954	
						
	Saturday, 26th March					
						
OO-PRM	Citation 510 Mustang	0959	1129	Maastricht-Antwerp		
EI-FOY	Boeing 737-8AS	        1849	1931	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c in fleet
						
	Easter Sunday, 27th March - BST commences  Times continue to quoted as 'local' ie BST (UTC + 1)					
						
CS-DVL	ATR-42-320	        0935	1110	Limoges-Sion	        LZF 001P/002  Lease Fly, private charter o/b
G-BJNZ	PA-23 Aztec 250F	1029	1113	f&t Coventry		
G-MCGJ	Sikorsky S-92A	        1632	1653	private site-Caernarfon	SRG 936	      Coast Guard, for fuel
D-IMGW	Citation 525A CJ2	1648 28/0743	Ibiza-Geneva	        AHO 215F/928A	
G-ZAPW	Boeing 737-3L9	        2251 28/0012	Tenerife South-Stansted	AWC 4671/467W Titan, EFC back from training
						
	Easter Monday, 28th March - Bank Holiday  					
						
G-EZWM	Airbus A.320-214	0224	1240	Larnica-Gatwick  	EZY 91AJ/8968 EasyJet, Dvt WX LGW winds
G-EZAZ	Airbus A.319-111	0236 	1334	Malaga-Gatwick  	EZY 37MY/9010 EasyJet, Dvt WX LGW winds 
G-EZTE	Airbus A.320-214	0250	0958	Malaga-Barcelona	EZY 39CR/7203 EasyJet, Dvt WX LTN winds
G-EZOE	Airbus A.320-214	0257	1149	Dalaman-Paris CdG	EZY 29ZD/9009 EasyJet, Dvt WX LGW winds
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0943	1004	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
G-IMEA	Beech 200 King Air	1215	1250	Donc/Sheffield-Shannon	BRO 03P/03	
OK-REQ	Airbus A.319-112	1800	1908	f&t Prague	        CSA 668/669   Czech, 1st op of summer season
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1813	1947	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99R/99S	
EI-DVM	Airbus A.320-214	1848	1944	f&t Dublin	        EIN 198/199   Aer Lingus, in 'retro' scheme
G-ECOA  DHC-8-Q400 Dash Eight   2008    2051    Amsterdam-Birmingham    BEE 1296/031P Flybe, final AMS service
EC-KDX	Airbus A.320-216	2249	2350	f&t Barcelona	        VLG 8782/8783 Vueling, now a regular flight
						
	Tuesday, 29th March					
						
G-DSKY	DA.42 Twin Star	        0827	0900	Exeter-Gamston    	WKT 3	
G-EYUP	Citation 560 XLS+	0910	1056	Southampton-Kirkwall	XJC 85P/86P	
G-NFLA	BAe Jetstream 31	0943	April	Cranfield-	        CFD 1	      & locals 29th, 30th & 31st.
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1338	1407	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1603	1822	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
G-IFTE	BAe.125-700B	        1618	1719	Biggin Hill-Paris/CdG	IFT 129	
HA-LYL	Airbus A.320-232	2043	2130	f&t Katowice	        WZZ 1011/1012 WizzAir, 1st op new destination
YR-BAS	Boeing 737-430	        2244 30/0045	f&t Bacau	        BMS 2933/2934 Blue Air, 1st op of summer season
G-IFTE	BAe.125-700B	        2339 30/1210	Paris/CdG-Biggin Hill	IFT 129	
						
	Wednesday, 30th March					
						
G-CHUI	Citation 560 XLS	0223	1808	Lisbon-Dublin    	EDC 76
G-EZPC  Airbus A.320-214        0831    0920    Edinburgh-Geneva        EZY 9025/7281 EasyJet, replacement, fv new a/c	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1042	1236	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
D-CDAS	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1241	1411	Seville-Friedrichshaven
G-EZPC	Airbus A.320-214        1328    1404    Geneva-Edinburgh        EZY 7282/9026 EasyJet, replacement a/c departing	
G-JAJK	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1335	1440	Inverness-Belfast	CWY 999Y/999X likely air ambulance flt 
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        1338	G/A 27	to Blackpool		
						
	Thursday, 31st March					
						
ZK016/G	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1038	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 99	
G-AZUM	Cessna F172L	        1111	1738	private site-Fowlmere		      Fowlmere Flyers
N980RJ	Cirrus SR.22T	        1321	1538	f&t Cumbernauld		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1351	1557	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
D-CFIV	Lear Jet 35A	        1755	1913	Tenerife South-Cologne	AYY 118       Air Alliance
						
	end of March 2016 movements

NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS

30/1210 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 - . Occasional use of abbreviations eg EMA - East Midlands Airport; DTV - Durham Tees Valley; DSA - Doncaster Sheffield Airport; LBA - Leeds Bradford Airport; DUB - Dublin; MAN - Manchester; BRS Bristol; CEG Chester.

All times are quoted as ‘local’ time. As the source material is in UTC, so from March 27th 2016 errors of one hour are possible, no matter how I try and avoid mistakes!

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 IATA 2 or more usually ICAO 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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NB For those using 'Recent posts' this is late post with MARCH 2016 comments, not the recent past month.

LJLA – ACTIVITY & VISITING AIRCRAFT .
AN OVERVIEW FOR MARCH 2016.

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE DEVELOPMENTS

RYANAIR ANNOUNCE SOFIA SERVICE

From an airline that we usually associate with cutting services from LJLA, came a surprise announcement that they will commence twice weekly flights between Liverpool and Sofia on 31st October, at the start of the winter season timetable.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/03/ljla-to-be-linked-with-another-european-capital-as-ryanair-announce-flights-to-sofia/

PASSENGER GROWTH CONTINUES IN MARCH

Helped a little by an early Easter, March’s passenger figures showed an impressive 18% increase over March 2015, and the busiest March since 2011. The passenger throughput in March was around 320,000 passengers and the busiest march since 2011. The first quarter of 2016 saw over a million passengers, up 170,000 an increase of 20% on the same period last year. Great news for the Airport management team who have worked hard to attract the services to generate these extra passengers.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/04/bumper-first-quarter-for-ljla-brings-over-1-million-passengers-so-far-in-2016/

LJLA WECOMES CZECH, VUELING AND WIZZAIR EXPANSION

LJLA welcomed the first of Vueling’s regular three-times weekly flights on Good Friday, 25th March with a welcoming ‘water arch’, well timed to take advantage of the British exodus for winter sun short break. There are concerns though that the profile of Vueling’s Barcelona service is not reaching potential passengers used to only looking for EasyJet and Ryanair flights from LJLA.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/03/ljla-celebrate-vueling-s-inaugural-barcelona-service-in-time-for-easter/

Czech Airlines returned for their second summer season of flights to Prague, commencing early evening 28th March with an Airbus A.319. Flights are on Mondays and Fridays.

Having commenced Riga flights at the end of February, Wizzair opened their fourth destination from Liverpool on Wednesday 23rd March to Budapest. Normally the twice weekly flights will operate on Monday and Fridays, however the start of the service was timed to be boosted by Easter demand. A week later on Tuesday 29th March a fifth destination re-commenced, to Katowice. Also at the end of March new schedules were introduced to Warsaw and Gdansk, their other destination being Riga.

LIVERPOOL CITY INVESTS IN THE AIRPORT

In a move that has been commented on as controversial, Liverpool City Council, has purchased a share-holding in the Airport company. An investment by the City Council to become more involved in a company that is both a major employer and generator of incoming tourists to the City.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/03/council-invests-in-future-success-of-airport/

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT
MARCH 2016

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

EasyJet suffered from technical issues during March, but many were so quickly covered that passengers would have known little. On Tuesday 1st A.319 G-EZBF came in from Luton mid-morning to cover Liverpool services until returning to Luton at the start of Thursdays flights. On Friday 4th A.320 G-EZWX arrived from Manchester mid -afternoon to cover until departing back to Luton evening of Monday 7th. Oddly, this aircraft did depart to position to Luton as EZY9003 on Saturday evening, but was recalled while still en-route for further flights from Liverpool. On Tuesday 15th A.319 G-EZFB positioned across from Manchester to operate a morning Malaga rotation before returning to Manchester. On Fri 18th G-EZAG arrived from Luton in the morning to operate an Isle of Man rotation, then positioning to Belfast. The same aircraft was back the next day positioning from Belfast to operate another Isle of Man rotation before positioning to Luton. On Sunday 27th the evening Amsterdam rotation was affected by storm ‘Katie’, so was operated early on Monday 28th by G-EZAL as EZY9909. On Tuesday 29th A.320 G-EZOU positioned from Bristol late night to operate a Lisbon rotation the next morning, then returned to Bristol, while on Wednesday 30th A.320 G-EZPC (and the newest A.320 currently to have visited LJLA) positioned from Edinburgh to operate a Geneva rotation, before returning to Edinburgh. Many of these comings and goings noted by the enthusiast and FR24, but unnoticeable by the passengers!

The training aircraft did not call at Liverpool overnight during March.

Aircraft operating through Liverpool in March (all routes, and including diversions):
A.319: G-EZAA, EZAB, EZAG, EZAJ, EZAL, EZAP, EZAS, EZAZ, EZBC, EZBE, EZBF, EZDE, EZDS, EZDY, EZDZ, EZFB, EZFH, EZFI, EZFP, EZFS, EZFZ, EZGD, EZIK, EZIM, EZIP, EZIR, EZIW (= 27 aircraft)
A.320: G-EZOB, EZOC, EZOE, EZOT, EZOU, EZPC, EZTE, EZUO, EZWM, EZWX, EZWZ (= 11 aircraft)

RYANAIR (FR/RYR)

Ryanair appeared to run a smooth operation from LJLA during March with few issues, although flights over France were affected right at the end of the month. Several summer seasonal routes commenced early this year, before the traditional summer start of the last weekend of March due to an early Easter.

Aircraft operating Liverpool services during March (all routes):

B.737-800: EI-DAD, DAF, DAN, DAO, DCG,DCM, DCX, DCY, DHE, DHP, DHT, DHY, DLD, DLK, DLO, DLW, DLY, DPO, DPX, DWE, DWG, DWI, DWR, DYB, DYM, DYR, DYV; EI-EBD, EBE, EBG, EBN, EBO, EBR, EBW, EBZ, EFC, EFD, EFE, EFH, EFJ, EFS, EFT, EFW, EFZ, EGC,EKA, EKC, EKE, EKL, EKN, EKP, EKT, EKV, EY, EKZ, EME, EMH, EMJ, EMK, ENF, ENG, ENI, ENP, EPA, EPD, ESM, EVF, EVN, EVO, EVV, EVZ, FEG, FIB, FOI, FOJ, FOM, FOO, FOP, FOR, FOS, FOY. (= 81 different aircraft)
B.737-700: was not used into Liverpool during March.

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

Flybe had a good month with few disruptions, however a fair number of flights were pre-programmed not to operate.

From the Isle of Man, on Tuesdays 1st, 8th and 15th the second morning rotation was cancelled in advance, while that on Friday 4th did not operate either. Weather at Ronaldsway on the evening of Wednesday 2nd prevented the BEE608 from landing, the aircraft returning to Liverpool. The late evening flight on the 2nd did operate, but using an Embraer ERJ-175, so the passengers that returned to Liverpool did get to the Island that night. The following day, first inbound BEE601 was combined into the later BEE603, as the aircraft was already at Liverpool from the night before, so operated out to the Island as BEE602. The Tuesday and Thursday late evening flights were operated regularly by ERJ-175s throughout March until the introduction of summer of schedules. The summer schedules were introduced on Sunday 27th with little change, although all flights are now operated by ATR-72 aircraft, including the late evening rotation that had previously been operated by Dash 8 or occasional ERJ-175 equipment.

The Belfast Harbour service suffered a great number of programmed cancellations to the scheduled 5 rotations a day, Monday to Friday. On Wed 2nd, Thurs 3rd, Mon 7th, Mon 14th a single rotation was omitted, while on Tuesdays , Wednesdays and Thursdays (except 3rd) two rotations were cut. Fridays operated at the anticipated frequency of 5 rotations each week throughout. The weekends were also not affected with the two scheduled rotations on each of Saturday and Sunday operating. Weather was not a factor during March on the Belfast operation. With the introduction of summer schedules on Sunday 27th some flights run at revised times, with 4 rotations operating on Monday 28th and 3 each of the remaining days of March.

Edinburgh continued from February to operate at 5 times a week, with no flights on Tuesday or Wednesdays, a situation that continued into the start of the summer schedules. There was no operation either on Friday 18th, or Saturday 26th (Easter weekend).

Finally the last month of the Amsterdam service ran with very few cancellations. The middle rotation (of the week-daily three) was cancelled on Tuesday 8th, the first rotation on Wednesday 23rd, Thursday 24th and again Monday 28th; while on Good Friday 25th the second inbound and third outbound did not operate either. The final Amsterdam service was the evening rotation on Monday 28th, operated by G-ECOA which then positioned out to Birmingham.

Aircraft operating for FlyBe through Liverpool during March (all routes):

Dash 8Q-400: G-ECOA, ECOC, ECOD, ECOE, ECOG, ECOH, ECOJ, ECOO, ECOP, ECOR, ECOT; FLBA, FLBB, FLBC, FLBD, FLBE; JECF, JECG, JECH, JECJ, JECK, JECL, JECM, JECN, JECP, JECR, JECX, JECY, JECZ; JEDP, JEDR, JEDW, KKEV, PRPA, PRPB, PRPC, PRPD, PRPL (= 38 x Dash 8 aircraft)
EMB-175s: G-FBJA, FBJB, FBJC, FBJH, FBJK (= 5 x different ERJ-175 aircraft)
ATR-72: EI-REH (all white), EI-REL, EI-REM = 3 x ATR-72 aircraft)

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

Once again Wizzair’s Liverpool flights all operated, with at the end of March the introduction of Summer schedules and new routes. The Gdansk route operated three times weekly (Tue, Fri Sat) until a new schedule from Sunday 27th March. Warsaw ran at twice weekly (Tue, Sat) until a third rotation introduced from Thursday 24th. Riga also twice weekly (Fri, Mon) throughout the whole of March. Budapest (new route) twice weekly (Mon, Fri) from Wednesday 23rd March, when operated by HA-LYV; and Katowice reintroduced, with the first service on Tuesday 29th operated by HA-LYL.

Aircraft noted at LJLA during March, all routes:

A.320: HA-LPM, LPQ, LPR, LPS, LPT, LPZ; LWC, LWD, LWK, LWO, LWP, LWS, LWX, LWZ; LYA, LYF, LYG, LYH, LYI, LYJ, LYK, LYL, LYV = 23 different aircraft.

AER LINGUS (EI/EIN)

Aer Lingus are to make big changes to their LJLA – Dublin service from the start of May, these are covered in the introductory paragraphs. For the whole of March the service continued with 16 rotations per week (twice daily, with an extra rotation on Thursday and Fridays), including the first week of summer schedules. Since they started the route, over a period of some 6 months exceptionally few rotations have been lost, or even delayed, due to weather or unserviceability. However in March, on Thursday 17th the evening rotation was cancelled, otherwise the service ran as timetabled.

Aircraft noted at LJLA during March:
A.320: EI-CVA, CVC, DEA, DEB, DEC, DEF, DEG, DEH, DEI, DEJ, DEK, DEM, DEN, DEO, DEP, DER, DVE, DVG, DVH, DVI. DVJ, DVK, DVM, EDP, EDS, EZV, EZW ( = 27 different aircraft)

BLUE AIR (OB/BME)

After the technical issues in February, Blue Air’s flights operated smoothly during March. The three times weekly (Mon, Wed, Fri) Bucharest flight was added to from Tuesday 29th by the twice weekly summer season Bacau flights, with Cluj to be added early June.

Aircraft used through LJLA in March:
Boeing 737-800: YR-BMB 2, 4, 18, 21, 25th; YR-BME 11, 23, 28th.
Boeing 737-400: YR-BAO 9, 16th; YR-BAR 30th; YR-BAS 7, 14, 29th.

VUELING AIRLINE (VY/VLG)

Although Vueling had operated a short series of scheduled flights over the Christmas/New Year from Barcelona, the first of their full summer programme of 3 flights per week proper was welcomed by a water arch early evening of Friday 25th March. In fact the first rotation had been moved forward to the Friday before summer schedules commenced, and what should have been the first rotation of the summer was moved from Sunday to Monday to take advantage of the short Easter break trade. Good to see the airline so responsive to passenger demand.

Aircraft used in March: EC-LML 25th, EC-KDX 28th.

CZECH AIRLINES (OK/CSA)

After the delays and postponements at the start of what became a short first summer season last year, Czech commenced this year’s summer season to Prague on the promised date and earlier in the year. The first flight of the twice weekly operation was flown by Airbus A.319 OK-REQ early evening of Monday 28th March. For April it appears that the Friday flight is being operated by a Smart Wings Boeing aircraft pending the return off winter lease out of some of Czech’s own A.319s.

Aircraft used through LJLA in March: HA-REQ 28th.

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING MARCH 2016

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

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS

Football does not dominate this section as much as it usually does during the winter season. There were football charters, involving BMRegional, Cello and Titan. LFC used Cello’s BAe.146 G-RAJJ to fly down to Biggin Hill later afternoon Saturday 5th for their away game against Crystal Palace, returning home Sunday evening. They used the same aircraft/airline combination to fly down to Southampton afternoon of Saturday 19th, returning Sunday evening after playing Southampton. No Europa Cup action in March.

Everton had no distant away games in March, but while some players were on International duty, the club took the opportunity to take their remaining players and training staff off to Tenerife for warm-weather training in the sunshine. They departed on Monday 21st on a Titan A.320, returning Sunday 2th on a Boeing 737-300. Two London teams that usually depart LJLA by air after away games in Liverpool, West Ham on Saturday 5th and Arsenal on Saturday 19th did not fly home after games at Goodison, although both games attracted a number of biz-jets.

On Saturday 12th a Manx sporting club used Van Air Let-410 OK-RDA for a day-return to play a mainland team. A Germanair Airbus A.319 D-ASTR on Monday 14th arrived at midday from Dortmund with the cast of ‘Disney on Ice’ to perform in Liverpool, leaving for East Midlands the following morning. During the afternoon of Tuesday 22nd Saab Aircraft brought in their corporate Saab 2000 SE-LRA, departing early evening on Wednesday 23rd back to Ostersund. Although a company aircraft, it is not known if it was a corporate or a private charter flight. Finally for March, a flight known to be a private charter was an all-white Lease Fly ATR-42 CS-DVL on Sunday 27th departing for Sion with passengers for an Easter week holiday on the ski-slopes. Previously these twice yearly charters have use Welcome Do.328 aircraft.

Freight again was insignificant, it would appear that Merseyside bound motor parts are now regularly using Manchester at the direction of the Handling Agents. One small freighter that did use Liverpool during March was BinAir Metro D-CNAF from Lyon lunch-time on Thursday 24th, departing for Aberdeen early evening.

DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

During March a small number of flights diverted into LJLA from a variety of airports for a number of reasons. At no time did flights have to divert away from Liverpool during the month, although there may have been a small number of flights cancelled at the end of the month due to French ATC strikes affecting the flow of aircraft south to France, Spain and Portugal.

On Wednesday 2nd the evening Flybe ATR-72 flight to the Isle of Man, BEE608 diverted back to Liverpool an hour and a half after departing, presumably due to weather at Ronaldsway. The aircraft operated out, back to the Isle of Man the following morning.

On Friday 4th an early afternoon snow shower and runway icing issues were causing delays to inbound flights at Manchester, an inbound EasyJet A.319 G-EZIM from Belfast elected to land at Liverpool.

Third diversion of the month, and for a third different reason. This time gusty cross-winds at Hawarden, brought in Beluga F-GTSC/3 early afternoon of Wednesday 9th. It left for Chester after a 3 hour wait for conditions to improve. This is the first time that Beluga No.3 has landed at Liverpool, all the others have been in multiple times each.

On Saturday 12th the Gatwick to Isle of Man EasyJet A.319 diverted into Liverpool late morning, and returned to Gatwick after waiting at Liverpool for 2 hours. Another EasyJet, this one late evening Sunday 20th arrived from Toulouse and an hour later positioned to Milan. Not quite sure where this one diverted in from, or why.

Storm ‘Katie’ across Europe and Southern UK caused flight chaos in the early hours of Monday 28th, with a number of early morning, or already running late flights diverting north. In a 30 minute period, Liverpool accepted 4 EasyJet flights, mainly A.320s from Gatwick and Luton. The skeleton overnight staff were overwhelmed, as all 4 aircraft unloaded their passengers rather than wait-out the storm on the ground before completing their journey. The result was poor publicity and blame being apportioned on the Airport (rather than Airline and Handling Agents) for failing to cope and passengers left to fend for themselves as hotels and onward surface transport where overwhelmed by unexpected sudden demand.

TRAINING

No airliner circuit training at Liverpool during March, however two visiting biz-jets took advantage of ‘down time’ between flights to fly ‘local’ training flights, G-SOVB a Lear Jet 45 on Monday 14th and Citation 550 G-SPUR on Saturday 19th.

MARCH 2016

BIZ-JET VISITORS

Following a very weak month for biz-jet visits during February, March simply had to be an improvement – and so it turned out to be. Of the larger biz-jets, visits by the Challenger dominated, with visits by regular G-SJSS twice on Thursday 10th; with London Executive’s G-LEAX the same day and night stopped; and Vista Jet’s 9H-VEF from Moscow on Friday 11th and 9H-VCJ f&t Northolt on Friday 18th. Just a sole Gulfstream 4, N918E on Wednesday 16th and night stopped, from East Midlands and to Newcastle. Dassault produced biz-jets were a Falcon 2000s G-EGVO on Wednesday 2nd likely for a football match; VP-BFM that arrived in the early hours of Thursday 3rd from White Plains, New York and returned there late afternoon of Saturday 5th; and finally a Falcon 7X LX-USM on Saturday 19th likely with the Arsenal FC owner.

After several months without a visit by a BAe.125, the first visit by type of the year was quickly followed by three others. What is it they say about buses? Most were Hawker 800XPs, with CS-DRN of NetJets called f&t Luton on Wednesday 2nd for a football match and CS-DRS to Geneva on Saturday 19th; Westair’s EI-WXP f&t Shannon on Thursday 10th along with a BAe.125-800B in the form of Interflight’s G-IFTE to Charles de Gaulle and return on Tuesday 29th.

So onto Citations, many are regulars, however some were not. Older Citation 550s were London Executive’s G-SPUR for the West Ham game on Saturday 5th and for an Arsenal game on Saturday 19th and G-FJET f&t Southend on Saturday 12th; Exclusive Jet’s G-IPLY to Madrid on Friday 11th, back again Sunday 13th and Air Hamburg’s D-CALL to Ibiza on Wednesday 23rd. The British registered Citation 510 Mustangs were all regulars with G-LEAB, G-LEAI, G-FFFC and G-KLNW, from Europe came OO-PRM Antwerp-Liege Friday 11th and Maastrict-Antwerp on Saturday 26th and OK-FTR f&t Zagreb on Friday 25th. The Citation 525 CJs were both slightly more numerous and certainly more varied. CJ2 G-SONE called to Milan on Tuesday 1st and back the next day and later on Sunday 13th from Rennes; G-LFBD to Barcelona Friday 11th and returned Sunday 13th; Executive Airline’s CJ1 EC-IVJ f&t Barcelona on Monday 7th and IX Air’s CJ2+ F-HIJD from Toulon Tuesday8th and staying until leaving for Geneva on 10th. The rest were all German registered, with Sylt Air’s D-IMAX to Rimini Monday 14th and back on Sat 19th staying for a few days until to Newcastle on 24th; D-IKBO CJ2 from Munich on Tuesday 15th and onto Hawarden the next day; D-IHEB CJ1 also 15th, but from Cologne and to Dusseldorf the next day; D-SUN CJ2 Dortmund-Westerland Monday 21st and Biggin Hill-Manchester Thurs 24th and finally CJ2 D-IMGW from Ibiza Sunday 27th and to Geneva the next morning. The largest Citations were from the Citation 560 Excel family with G-CHUI, G-EYUP, G-OXLS and G-SIRS all being reasonably familiar, although G-GXLS on Friday 11th less so. To finish this section mention of Air Hamburg’s D-CAHO Altenrhein-Seville on Friday 25th, another familiar aircraft.

In all I count 44 different visiting biz-jets, 26 Citations and 18 ‘other’ types of 13 National registrations (CS-, D-, EC-, EI-, F-, G-, LX-, M-, N, OK-, OO-, VP-B and 9H-). Not too bad for what was essentially still a winter month.

GENERAL & BUSINESS AVIATION VISITORS

For what is still a winter month, there was quite a variety of British registered twins and singles calling during March, though very few registered outside of Britain were to be seen.

UK twins feature just the one King Air, the type that normally dominates this paragraph, in the form of 2Excel’s G-IASM to Aberdeen on Saturday 5th, returning the next day. A regular at LJLA several times each year is Cranfield University’s Jetstream 31 G-NFLA which arrived on Tuesday 29th and flew a number of 40 minute sorties over the next few days out over the Irish Sea with meteorology students. Not too many Cessna 404s call each year, G-UKAL departed for Swansea late on Monday 14th, returning the following day. Piper Navajo Chieftains, other than those on the Capital Avn IoM contract, were ‘Flight Checker’ G-VIPP flying long local flights on Wednesday 2nd, Thursday 3rd and Monday 7th and Woodgate’s all-blue G-JAJK routing Inverness to Belfast on Wednesday 30th. Other Piper twins were a Seneca G-JANN calling once again from St Athan on Tuesday 1st for a few nights and Coventry based Aztec 250 on Thursday 24th and Sunday 27th. Sole non-British twin was Manx registered, North Weald based, M-RLEE on Tuesday 1st.

Several twins made multiple visits during March, with DA.42 Twin Stars G-YDEA and G-DSKY calling 8 times between them and Capital’s King Air 200s G-KVIP, G-WVIP and G-ZVIP also calling 8 times between them. Other Capital aircraft were the Navajo Chieftains on the Isle of Man Hospitals contract with G-VIPX on 1st and again 11th to 16th, G-VIPY from 1st to 11th and G-VIPY 18th through into April.

UK registered single G/A visiting aircraft were more numerous than could be expected in March, with a variety of types – although most have visited before over the past 15 months or so. Cherokees were Denham based G-CBTT on Thursday 3rd and Booker based G-BODR of Airways Aero Associations in full BAW style colours. Cirrus SR.22s were Blackpool regular G-OGGM to and from Gloucester for the Cheltenham races on Friday 1th and Cumbernauld’s N980RJ. Trinidad G-TBSV from Abbeyshrule on Friday 11th, Robin DR.400 G-JUDE from Woodvale for a visit, unusually not staying for several weeks on maintenance, also on 11th and Cessna 172 G-AZUM from Foulmere on Thursday 31st. From other GB registers came Commander 114 2-GNSY on Friday 11th from Guernsey and M-YLEO a PC-12 which routed through Nice to Denham on Saturday 19th. As with the twins, nothing registered in mainland Europe or further afield during March.

ROTARY VISITORS

A fair number of helicopters around in March, although very few Robinsons, other than those of Liverpool based Helicentre. Largest helicopter were further visits by Coast Guard Skiorsky S-92As from Caernarfon, with G-MCGJ twice, on a training/familiarisation flight on Saturday 12th and for fuel following an emergency mission on Sunday 27th. Dauphin EI-GJL called again on Tuesday 15th, along with Agusta A.109s G-DVIP of Castle Air on Thursday 10th, G-SGRP of Stobart on Friday 18th en route to and from Cheltenham Races and G-IWFC twice on Sunday 20th. Sole Eurocopter EC-135 was G-WASC for fuel on Saturday 12th and again Sunday 20th, operating for Wales Air Ambulance and based at Welshpool. Squirrels were G-DJSM on Wednesday 9th, with G-OLCP of Cheshire Helicopters on Sunday 13th and again Monday 14th. Bell 206 Jet Rangers are rare, G-BXNS calling on Monday 21st and finally sole visiting Robinson R.44 was locally non-airfield based regular G-CFNF just the once on Sunday 20th.

RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

On Thursday 3rd Merseyflight’s Tomahawk G-RVNB which left for Defford on 7th August 2015, returned on 3rd March from Halfpenny Green, now re-registered as G-SUKI and has re-joined the flying club fleet. In the other direction a Ravenair Tomahawk, G-RVRR, departed for Exeter on 15th March and has since been notified on ‘G-INFO’ as having changed ownership. King Air 350 G-ERSE which has not flown since landing on 25th February is known to be taking up US marks so could well have been sold, more no doubt next month.

Occasional flyer, Cessna 182 G-AVCV flew during March, which leaves just Gemini G-AKKB and Cessna 303 N889VF as the only airworthy residents not to have flown so far this year.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT VISITORS

Somewhat catching the local enthusiasts out, as they had left for home, a pair of Royal Navy Merlin helicopters called for fuel around 3pm on Saturday 12th, departing 45 minutes later, en route Culdrose to Wick. The only other military aircraft that landed were a pair of Islander/Defenders, with Army ZG845 from and to Belfast early afternoon of Thursday 24th and Air Force ZG998 late night Friday 25th.

GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

Not the busiest of months to report in this ‘go-arounds’ section. There were three Tornados, with a pair evening of Wednesday 9th after dark and a solo on Monday 14th mid-afternoon. The pair after their approach woke Hale up as they turned to make a second approach and go-around, although it is thought only one of the pair did so due to other traffic. Just 8 Hawks during the month, all T.2s from Valley, with two on 8th, three on 10th, and single examples on 15th, 22nd and 31st. Sole RAF transport was a Hercules ZH880 on Monday 14th which was heading for 09, but broke off over the River while still 2 miles out and turned North to exit at New Brighton . Cranwell King Air 200s were ZK459 on 3rd and ZK460/U on 10th and 11th, with all-white King Air 350 G-LSLB on Thursdays 3rd and 17th.

A couple of civilians too during March. Use of the ILS for a go-around by Woodvale Grobs is slightly on the increase, with two G-CGKT on 5th and G-CGKL 15th during March. There was a Cirrus SR.22 N264MC on Friday 11th, and Cherokees G-LORR Tuesday 8th and G-BRBW Tuesday 22nd. Helicopters were Explorer G-GMPX on Wednesday 16th, G-NWPS EC.135 Wednesday 23rd and Bell 429 G-MYCM on Wednesday 30th.

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STATISTICS

EPILOGUE

‘Star’ of the month must go to the pair of Royal Navy Merlin helicopters on Saturday 12th. Mind you, the Germania A.319 charter and Saab’s Saab 2000 run a close second. Mention must be made again of the start of Vueling’s scheduled service and the return of Czech Airlines for the summer season.


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.