The LJLA Visiting aircraft Log & Movements Review - MAY 2016

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THE LJLA VISITING AIRCRAFT LOG
- MAY 2016

					
	To complete previous months:					
						
G-CEBE	Schweizer 269C-1	arr Tuesday 12th April, next flew on 17th May at 1826, departing to a private location.				
G-OSJF	PA-23 Aztec 250F	arr Tuesday 12th April, here all month, apparently still up for sale.				
N70AR	DHC-6 Twin Otter 300	arr Monday 18th April, survey flts continued on a number of days, then to Wick 17th May at 1216				
N682AC	Cessna 208B Caravan	arr Wednesday 27th April, survey flts on a number of days, then to Reykjavik 28th May at 1434				
G-BGRM	PA-38 Tomahawk 112	arr Thursday 28th April from Sleap, out to Halfpenny Green on Mon 2nd May at 1503				
G-SAPM	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad	arr Saturday 30th April from Gloucester, back to Gloucester on Mon 2nd May at 1728	
						
	Sunday, 1st May 2016					
						
OK-RDA	LET.410UVP	        0910	1021	f&t Isle of Man	      VAA 202/203   Van Air, sports club charter i/b
G-WINS	PA-32 Cherokee Six 300	1049	1153	f&t Jersey		
CS-DIY	Citation 525B CJ3	1421	1715	Biggin Hill-Amsterdam AJU 521/522	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200           	1719	1811	Cardiff-Birmingham    CLJ 437/437P  Cello, LFC team i/b from Swansea FC
OK-RDA	LET.410UVP           	1851	1927	f&t Isle of Man	      VAA 214/215   Van Air, sports club charter o/b
EI-CVC	Airbus A.320            1903	1952	f&t Dublin	      EIN 198/199   Aer Lingus, last A.320 on route
OE-FZD	Citation 510 Mustang	2129 02/1010	Antwerp-Luton	      GAC 401A/721I	
						
	Monday, 2nd May - UK Bank Holiday					
						
EI-FAU	ATR-72-600           	0805	1856	f&t Dublin	      STK 3192/3193 Aer Lingus, 1st ATR-72 service
YR-LCP  Airbus A.320            0821    0940    f&t Bucharest         BMS 133/134   Blue air, fv of leased-in a/c
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1609	1638	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Tuesday, 3rd May					
						
EI-FRI	Boeing 737-8AS	        0802	0839	f&t Dublin	      RYR 442/443   Ryanair, fv of new a/c
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star	        0819	0900	Exeter-Gamston	      WKT 3	
G-NMAK	Airbus A.319-115 ACJ	1052	1139	f&t Birmingham		            Training detail
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1059	1231	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1103	1157	Exeter-Wick	      EGL 517	
D-EBIE	Mooney M.20K	        1353 04/0902	f&t Biggin Hill		
G-TAWD	Boeing 737-8K5	        1429	1616	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265F/3264 Thomson, posn in, new I/T service
D-ESGW	Cessna 172N	        1606 04/0939	Prestwick-Gloucester		    Albatros Flug,  titles and tail logo
G-BIWR	Mooney M.20F	        1636 08/1229	f&t Sleap		
G-TDSA	Cessna F406 Caravan II	1656	1749	Farnborough-not noted		
EI-FRK	Boeing 737-8AS	        1846	1942	f&t Dublin	      RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c
						
	Wednesday, 4th May					
						
EI-FNA	ATR-72-600           	0747	0832	f&t Dublin	      EIN 3192/3193 Aer Lingus Regional, fv of new a/c
EC-JYA	Canadair CRJ900ER	1034 06/0121	f&t Castellon	      ANE 2722/2723 Air Nostrum, Villareal club
G-OLCP	AS.355N Twin Squirrel	1124	G/A	to a private site     KDM 3	
I-NEOX	Boeing 737-86N     	1206	1335	Castellon-Paris/Orly  NOS 3420/TVF 226 Neos, posn out Transavia France
EC-LYR	Boeing 737-85P      	1340 06/0217	f&t Castellon	      AEA 951/952   Air Europe, Villareal fans
ZG779/136  Panavia Tornado GR.4	1640	G/A 27	to Marham	      Fang 22	    RAF, no unit markings
						
	Thursday, 5th May	LFC in semi-final of Europa Cup, 2nd leg at Anfield, playing Villareal				
						
EC-MCK	BAe.146-300QT    	0747	1935	f&t Shannon	      TAY 1423/1422 TNT all white, horses to Haydock
9H-ZAZ	Boeing 737-436   	0851 06/0331	f&t Castellon	      HAT 121/122   Air Horizont, Villareal fans.
G-CDAP	EV-97 Eurostar  	0857	G/A 27	to Barton		
SP-NWM	Pilatus PC-12   	0858	1259	f&t Cardiff		
SP-ENA	Boeing 737-4Q8   	0928 06/0227	f&t Castellon	      ENT 601/602   Enter Air, Villareal fans
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1006	1144	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
SP-ENI	Boeing 737-43Q  	1012 06/0224	f&t Castellon	      ENT 547/548   Enter Air, Villareal fans
EC-LNC	Boeing 737-4K5  	1112 06/1659	f&t Castellon	      LAV 5467/001M Alba Star, fans, tech on dep.
EC-LBB	IAI 1126 Galaxy G200	1116	2342	f&t Valencia		            Villareal related
OM-GTA	Boeing 737-4Q8  	1138 06/0118	f&t Castellon	      M4 8041/8042  Go2Sky, Villareal fans
G-TDSA	Cessna F406 Caravan II	1206	1417	f&t Farnborough		
CS-TRO	Airbus A.320-214	1234 06/0307	f&t Castellon	      PVG 5441/5442 Priviledge, White a/c, fans
EI-FAU  ATR-72-600              1236    1313    f&t Dublin            EIN 3190/311  EI Regional, extra fans flt
N363JR	PA-46-500TP Meridian	1303 06/0903	f&t Ostend	                    LFC football related
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1320	1447	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
ZJ936/QO-C  Typhoon FGA.4	1405	G/A 27	to Conningsby	      Typhoon 26    3 Sqdn unit markings
N88EL	Raytheon 390 Premier 1	1618	1711	f&t Biggin Hill		
G-CIBB	Cessna F.172H        	1709 06/0918	f&t Elstree		            football related
G-ZXZX	Lear Jet 45          	1715	2243	Farnborough-Bournemouth	GMA 775	    football related
M-RLEE	Beech C90GT King Air	1729 06/1123	f&t North Weald	                    LFC football related
OE-FZC	Citation 510 Mustang	1745 06/0843	Antwerp-Dublin	      GAC 158A/286I	
N926AD	PA-46-350P Mirage	1752	2244	f&t Denham	                    football related
I-NEOX	Boeing 737-86N  	2301 06/0211	Paris/Orly-Castellon  TVF419/NOS 3421 Neos, posn in, fans o/b
						
	Friday, 6th May					
						
EC-LAV	Boeing 737-408	        0450	0543	Dublin-Castellon      LAV 900P/5468 Air Alba, to rescue pax on EC-LNC
YL-LCN  Airbus A.320            0820    0955    f&t Bucharest         BMS 133/134   Blue Air, fv of leased-in a/c
ZH887	C-130J Hercules C.5	1142	G/A 09	to Brize Norton	      RRR 078B	
9A-DWA	Citation 525A CJ 2	1618	1700	Basle/Mulhouse-Frankfurt
EI-FAW	ATR-72-600              1628    1724    f&t Dublin            EIN 3190/3191 EI Regional, extra fans flt	
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1644	1712	Wick-Exeter	      EGL 517	
N147VC	Cirrus SR.22	        2307	G/A	to Cranfield		
						
	Saturday, 7th May	50 years to the day since runway 09/27 was declared open				
						
D-CEFO	Citation 560 XLS+	0722	1040	Cork-Palma	      AHO 907E	    Air Hamburg
HB-FOW	Pilatus PC.12	        1056 09/0907	f&t Buochs		
G-FULL	PA-28R Chero' Arrow 200	1310	1514	Welshpool-Stapleford Tawney		
D-IAAY	EMB-500 Phenom 100	1405	1626	Inverness-Maastrict   AZE 63F/63P   Arcus Air
G-CGWV	EMB ER-145MP	        1608 08/2020	f&t Luton	      EZE 9531/9532 Eastern, Watford FC to Anfield
						
	Sunday, 8th May 2016					
						
	No visiting aircraft arrivals					
						
	Monday, 9th May					
						
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star 	0830	0904	Exeter-Gamston	      WKT 5	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0853	0918	Exeter-Wick	      EGL 517	
G-NFLA	BAe Jetstream 32	0923 11/1556	f&t Cranfield	      CFD 5/02B	    & 4 locals on each of 9, 10 & 11th
M-MANX	Cessna 425 Conquest 1	0932	1800	f&t Isle of Man		
D-IAAY	EMB-500 Phenom 100	1005	1336	Maastrict-Zurich      AZA 63P/51F   Arcus Air
G-PROO	Hawker 4000         	1134	1712	f&t Lydd	      (JME 404G)	
G-MEDX	Agusta A.109E Power	1143	1216	Sywell-City of Derry  HLE 69E	    Sloane Helis, air ambulance
G-TWOP	Citation 525A CJ2	1602	1648	Glasgow-Bristol	      CLF 724	
EI-FRL	Boeing 737-8AS       	1900	1943	f&t Dublin	      RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1941	2005	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Tuesday, 10th May					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0220	1523	f&t isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS	0823 11/1651	f&t Guernsey	      GMA 781	
G-WNCH	Beech B200 King Air	1113	2155	f&t Luton	      SYG 448	    Synergy Aircraft
G-TAWD	Boeing 737-8K5    	1427	1601	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265/3264 Thomson, weekly I/T
G-MCGJ	Sikorsky S-92A      	1512	G/A 09	to private location   CT 936	    Coastguard, training mission
G-NIAA	Beech B200 King Air	1517	1656	f&t Belfast Intl.     CWY 99C/999D  likely air ambulance flt
						
	Wednesday, 11th May					
						
OE-FZB	Citation 510 Mustang	0921	1101	Nice-Dusseldorf	      GAC 065A/524A	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1012	1155	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
EI-RJN	BAe. RJ-85	        1018	1122	Dublin-DTV	      BCY 9360/362  CityJet, EFC o/b to Sunderland
F-ZBGQ	Beech 350 King Air	1037	G/A 09	to Newcastle	      FDO 7532	    French Customs
G-EZAL	Airbus A.319-111	1143	1655	DSA-Gatwick	      EZY 9090/9091 EasyJet & training circuits
G-JOTR	BAe. RJ-85	        1147	1509	Farnborough-Tarbes    CLJ 565/566P  Cello, Jota a/c, Chelsea FC i/b
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1357	1420	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
OE-IGO	Gulfstream 550	        1809	2336	f&t Kiev	      MJF 279	    Chelsea football related
G-EZAT	Airbus A.319-111	2014	2059	Gatwick-Isle of Man   EZY 68KC/855  EasyJet, dvt in due WX at IoM.
G-EMBN	EMB RJ-145EP	        2145 12/0008	Bristol-Gatwick	      BMR 9404/8505 BMI Regional, Chelsea FC o/b
						
	Thursday, 12th May					
						
	ATC closed for 20 mins in the early hours, due to evacuation following a fire alarm.  Several aircraft into the hold,					
	only diversion away was Ryanair RYR 6432 inbound from Ibiza, which landed at Manchester.					
						
EI-RJN	BAe. RJ-85	        0109	0154	Newcastle-Dublin      BCY 365/367   CityJet, EFC home from Sunderland
EI-ESR	Boeing 737-8AS	        0226	based	Manchester-LPL based  RYR 643/ ….   Ryanair,  had earlier dvt to MAN
G-SJSS	Challenger 605	        0919	1744	f&t Northolt		
G-TBSV	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad	1314	1750	f&t Abbeyshrule		
G-NOSE	Cessna 402B	        1512	1647	f&t East Midlands     REV 2SE	    Reconnaissance Ventures Ltd
						
	Friday, 13th May					
						
N266EA	Beech 58 Baron   	0939	1409	f&t Fairoaks		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1047	1259	f&t isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-ZRZZ	Cirrus SR.22GTs 	1212	1503	f&t Blackbushe		
D-CCCA	Lear Jet 35            	1229	1505	Valencia-Munich	      JEI 252	    Jet Executive
CS-DUG	Hawker 750           	1347	1717	Northolt-Oxford	      NJE 400N/7BH  NetJets
OE-FPP	Citation 510 Mustang	1451	1613	Birmingham-Nice	      GAC 065I/65B	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1555	1618	Wick-Elstree	      EGL 517	
G-SONE	Citation 525A CJ2	1732	1758	f&t Bristol	      CLF 751	
D-IAKN	Citation 525A CJ2+	1740 14/1402	Amsterdam-Dortmund    5H 111	    Starwings
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1744	1946	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
						
	Saturday, 14th May					
						
G-CGKS	Grob G.115E Tutor	1535   2xG/A 27	to Woodvale	      UAM 10	    & 2nd G/A at 1540.
OO-VLL	Fokker 50	        1606	1631	Norwich-Manchester    VLL 925/925F  VLM, Norwich FC i/b
EI-CBK	ATR-42-310	        1638	1738	f&t Dublin	      EIN 3196/3917 EI Regional, smaller a/c type used
G-CFNF	Robinson R.44 II	1659	1708	Tatenhill-private site		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1705	1744	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2053 15/0943	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
G-GMAD	Beech B350C King Air	2156	2315	Inverness-Glasgow     GMA 147B	    likely air ambulance flt
						
	Sunday, 15th May 2016					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1122	1351	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-SPUR	Citation 550 II    	1205 16/1604	f&t Luton	      LNX 82PU	
G-IWFC	Agusta A.109E Power	1208	1239	Manchester-Newcastle  KDM 2	
OO-VLP	Fokker 50	        1218	1846	f&t Norwich	      VLL 935/936   VLM, Norwich fans (Vizion cols)
G-MEDX	Agusta A.109E Power	1326	1403	City of Derry-Sywell  HLE 69E	    Sloane, air ambulance helicopter
G-MAXA	PA-32-301FT Cherokee Six 1443	1922	f&t Elstree		
N91S	Beech A90 King Air	1459 16/1038	Limoges-Inverness		    (once RU-21H 70-15889), en route USA?
OO-VLM	Fokker 50	        1633	1912	Rotterdam-Norwich     VLL 926F/926  VLM, Norwich FC o/b (Fly VLM cols)
G-IWFC	Agusta A.109E Power	1917	1930	Newcastle-private site KDM 2	
G-PEER	Citation 525A CJ2	2134	2246	Luton-Malaga	      EDC 297	
G-POWM	Airbus A.320-232	2311 16/1709	Leeds-Basel/Mulhouse  AWC 042A/5021 Titan, LFC to Europa Cup Final
						
	Monday, 16th May 					
						
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0849	0902	Exeter-Wick	      EGL 517	
G-FRYI	Beech 200 King Air	0859	1620	f&t Stapleford Tawney LNX 33FR	
G-OPAH	Eurocopter EC.135T2+	1233	1312	Elstree-private site  KDM 5	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1246	1307	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
CS-DTQ	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1411	1626	Lydd-Rome/Ciampino    EVJ 314/342	
ZK034/Y	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1454	G/A 27	to Valley	      VYT 52	    first Hawk for over 2 weeks!
G-OPAH	Eurocopter EC.135T2+	1558	1610	private site-Elstree  KDM 5	
D-ISJP	Citation 525A CJ2	1642 17/1706	Dormund-Amsterdam     ECA 111	
OE-GKW	Gulfstream G.100	1644 17/943	Paphos-Alicante	      TYW 712/721   ambulance flt
SP-ENA	Boeing 737-4Q8	        2203 18/0935	Vitoria-Basle/Mulhouse ENT 555P/595 Enter Air, LFC fans o/b
						
	Tuesday, 17th May					
						
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        0717	0834	Blackpool-Newcastle		
PH-HZX	Boeing 737-8K2	        0907	1013	Amsterdam-Strasbourg  TRA 93/8007   Transavia, LFC fans o/b
ZK030/U	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0958   2xG/A 27	to Valley	      VYT 80	    & 2nd run 1008
ZK010/A	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1257   2xG/A 27	to Valley	      VYT 77	    & 2nd run 1307
G-FDZB	Boeing 737-8K5	        1417	1618	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265/3264 Thomson, weekly I/T flight
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1436	1635	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M   diverted back to Liverpool
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1713 18/1254	Liverpool-Isle of Man EGL 99M/99M   night stop at Liverpool
9H-AJW	Boeing 737-3U3	        1733 18/0914	Southampton-Basle/Mul MLT 803F/808  Maleth, all white, LFC fans o/b
D-CALL	Citation 550 Bravo	1742 19/1318	L'Orient-Farnborough  AHO 479B/124B Air Hamburg, tech 18/am (fans)
HB-JOG	Airbus A.319-112	1815 18/0611	Zurich-Basle/Mulhouse GSW 322/3232  Germania, LFC fans o/b
G-FRYI	Beech 200 King Air	1817 18/1154	Stapleford-Colmar     LNX 29FR	    football fans o/b
N299CX	Citation  750 Ten	1904 18/1634	EMA-St.Nazaire	      EJM 29	
G-PEER	Citation 525A CJ2	2325 18/1821	Malaga-Luton	      EDC 297	
	also 2 x Ryanair B.737-8AS to & from Basle/Mulhouse using EI-FRI RYR 7717/7718 am & RYR 7707/7706 pm					
						
	Wednesday, 18th May   LFC in Europa Cup Final against Sevilla played in Basel, Switzerland.			
						
EI-DPB	Boeing 737-8AS	        0032	based	Dublin-extra based    RYR 161/…	    Ryanair, a/c to cover Basel flts
G-TCDX	Airbus A.321-211	0528	0759	Stansted-Basle/Mul    TCX 909P/9092 Thomas Cook, LFC fans o/b
PH-HSG	Boeing 737-8K2	        0558	0720	Amsterdam-Basle/Mul   TRA 91/8317   Transavia, LFC fans o/b
YR-BME	Boeing 737-86N	        0602	0723	Amsterdam-Basle/Mul   TFL 073P/7301 TUI Arkefly (Blue Air a/c) fans o/b
F-HXLF	Airbus A.330-303	0717	0902	Paris CdG-Basle/Mul   XLF 090P/930  XL France, LFC fans o/b
G-SMLA	BAe.146-200	        0747	0911	Southend-Basle/Mul    ENZ 612P/612  Jota, LFC fans o/b
EC-LML	Airbus A.320-216	0852	0941	Barcelona-Basle/Mul   VLG 3439/3455 Vueling, LFC fans o/b
SP-HAB	Airbus A.320-232	0933	1017	Warsaw-Basle/Mulhouse LLP 8255/8256 Small Planet, LFC fans o/b
G-SJSS	Challenger 605	        0944 19/0915	Farnborough-Northolt		
CS-DTQ	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1002	1048	Rome/Ciampino-Colmar  EVJ 343/344   Everjets, football fans o/b
D-CXLS	Citation 560 XLS	1106	1151	Farnborough-Basle/Mul AHO 479A/479B Air Hamburg, fans o/b (substitute a/c)
G-TCDX	Airbus A.321-211	1250	1445	f&t Basle/Mulhouse    TCX 074P/9074 Thomas Cook, LFC fans o/b
D-CEFO	Citation 560 XLS+	1334 19/0930	Vienna-Northolt	      AHO 238A/506Y Air Hamburg
EC-LML	Airbus A.320-216	1337	1440	f&t Basle/Mulhouse    VLG 3456/3457 Vueling, LFC fans o/b
ZH885	C-130J Hercules C.5	1345	G/A 27	to Brize Norton	      ………… 1	    (anyone note the call-sign?)
ZH887	C-130J Hercules C.5	1345	G/A 27	to Brize Norton       ………… 2	
G-IFTF	BAe. 125-800B	        1438	1527	Biggin Hill-Colmar    IFT 290	    Interflight, football fans o/b
ZM406	Airbus A.400M Atlas	1522	G/A 27	to Edinburgh	      RRR 410	    70 Sqdn badge on tail
LX-TWO	Lear Jet 35	        2119 19/1033	Newcastle-Malaga      DUK 2AMB	    likely air ambulance flt
	also 2 x Ryanair B.737-8AS to & from Basle/Mulhouse using EI-DPB RYR 7721/7722am & RYR 7725/7726 early pm					
						
	Thursday, 19th May					
						
G-IFTF	BAe. 125-800B	        0019	1242	Colomar-Biggin Hill   IFT 290A/290  Interflight, fans i/b
D-CXLS	Citation 560 XLS	0155	0649	Basle/Mulhouse-Lydd   AHO 479B/421F Air Hamburg, fans i/b
YR-BME	Boeing 737-86N	        0224	0311	Basle/Mul-Amsterdam   TFL 7302/074P Arklefly (Blue Air a/c), fans i/b
HB-JOG	Airbus A.319-112	0242	0323	Basle/Mulhouse-Zurich GSW 3233/323  Germanair, fans i/b
F-HXLF	Airbus A.330-303	0256	0405	Basle/Mul-Paris/CdG   XLF 931/091P  XL France, fans i/b
G-TCDX	Airbus A.321-211	0329	0729	f&t Basle/Mulhouse    TCX 9093/075P Thomas Cook, fans i/b
9H-AJW	Boeing 737-3U3	        0338	0719	Basle-Bournemouth     MLT 809/809F  Maleth, fans i/b
PH-HSG	Boeing 737-8K2  	0425	0504	Basle/Mul-Amsterdam   TRA 8312/92   Transavia, fans i/b
SP-ENA	Boeing 737-4Q8  	0444	0545	Basle-Oslo/Gardermoen ENT 596/596P  Enter Air, fans  i/b
SP-HAB	Airbus A.320-232	0506	0553	Basle/Mulhouse-Warsaw LLP 8257/8258 Small planet, fans i/b
G-SMLA	BAe.146-200     	0544	0700	Basle/Mul-Southend    ENZ 613/613P  Jota, fans i/b
G-CFNF	Robinson R.44    	0816	1250	f&t private location(s)		
CS-DTQ	EMB-505 Phenom 300	0818	0854	Colmar-Rotterdam      EVJ 347/348   Everjet, fans i/b
ZK030/U	BAe. Hawk T.2    	0833	G/A 27	to Valley	      VYT 60	
EC-LML	Airbus A.320-216	0838	0951	f&t Basle/Mulhouse    VLG 3458/3461 Vueling, fans i/b
OO-FTS	Citation 560 XLS	0937	1115	Kortrijk/Wevelgem-Luton	AAB 354	
G-CEBE	Schweizer 269C-1	1030	1906	f&t private location(s)	HLL 1/ -	
F-HCIC	Citation 525B CJ3	1118	1702	Frankfurt-Biggin Hill		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1205	1336	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
EI-FOC	Boeing 737-8AS	        1208	1334	f&t Basle/Mulhouse    RYR 7706/7707 Ryanair, fans i/b
G-TCDX	Airbus A.321-211	1237	1358	Basle/Mul-Stansted    TCX 9075/993P Thomas Cook, fans i/b
EC-LML	Airbus A.320-216	1355	1452	Basle/Mul-Barcelona   VLG 3452/3458 Vueling, fans i/b
G-CIEL	Citation 560 XL Excel	1414	1454	Colmar-Luton	      LNX 29CE	
G-VGBR	Airbus A.330-343	1438	1537	Basle/Mul-Heathrow    VIR 9952/993P Virgin, LFC team i/b
D-CTIL	Lear Jet 35	        1829	1921	Tenerife S-Birmingham AYY 111	
PH-HZN	Boeing 737-8K2	        1835	1939	Strasbourg-Amsterdam  TRA 8008/94   Transavia, fans i/b
D-CJET	Citation 525B CJ3	1858 20/0706	Cork-Seville	      AHO 516L	    Air Hamburg
OE-FZB	Citation 510 Mustang	1945	2037	Liege-Ostend	      GAC 635I-635A	
G-NWAA	Eurocopter EC.135T2	2011	2028	private site-Blackpool HLE 08A/08E  Bond, air ambulance
D-ISJP	Citation 525A CJ2	2058 20/0815	Frankfurt-Malaga      ECA 111	
	also 4 x Ryanair B.737-8AS, 3 to & from Basle/Mulhouse using EI-EML RYR7721/2 am, 7725/6 pm, 7747/6 evening;					
	the other, RYR 7706/7, used a non-based aircraft (EI-FOC), so is in the arrivals list above.					
						
	Friday, 20th May					
						
G-JAJK	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0643	0802	EMA-Isle of Man	      CWY 2101/ -   dvt in due IoM WX
G-CEBE	Schweizer 269C-1	0728 31/1241	private site-Barton   HLL 1	
PH-JUR	PA-32RT-301 Saratoga	081	1811	f&t Rotterdam		
ZH885	C-130J Hercules C.5	0837   2xG/A 27	to Brize Norton	      RRR 182	    & 2nd run at 0855
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1005	1213	Isle of Man-Exeter    EGL 99L/99P   Capital, a/c change-over
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1022	1217	Exeter-Isle of Man    EGL 99P/99M   Capital, a/c change-over
M-YTOY	EMB-500 Phenom 100	1123	1238	Dole-Salzburg		
G-CIFE	Beech B200 King Air	1258	1416	f&t Isle of Man		
D-IPVD	Citation 525A CJ2	1452	1603	Speyer-Hahn		
EI-FRI	Boeing 737-8AS	        based	1511	extra based-Manchester ..../RYR 41	Ryanair, dep of extra based a/c
G-OJER	Citation 560XLS+	1524 22/1527	f&t Jersey	      AVB 804/821	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1626	1650	Wick-Exeter	      EGL 517	
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star  	1710	1739	Gamston-Exeter	      WKT 13	
						
	Saturday, 21st May					
						
N2086P	PA-23-250 Geromino	1240	June	Hawarden-	                    into Keenair for maintenance
OM-GTA	Boeing 737-4Q8   	1356 22/1236	Newcastle-Tarbes      LAV 921P/8303 Albastar (Go2Sky a/c) Lourdes o/b
G-JEDV	DHC-8-Q400 Dash Eight	1450	1557	f&t Newquay	      BEE 1232/1233 Flybe, inaugural Newquay service
EI-FRJ	Boeing 737-8AS  	1833	1914	f&t Dublin	      RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of  a new a/c
						
	Sunday, 22nd May 2016					
						
M-YTOY	EMB-500 Phenom 100	1310	1400	Salzburg-Blackpool		
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1317	1745	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
LX-EAA	Lear Jet 45        	1812	2007	Mahon-Luxembourg      DUK 8AMB	    air ambulance flt
						
	Monday, 23rd May					
						
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King AIr	0900	0929	Exeter-Wick	      EGL 517	
ZK033	BAe. Hawk T.2    	0927	G/A 27	to Valley	      VYT 94	
EI-REI	ATR-72-201	        0933	1145	Dublin-Isle of Man    STK100P/BEE604 Flybe -a/c swop-over	
EI-REM	ATR-72-212	        1050	1156	Isle of Man-Dublin    BEE603/RE200P  Flybe - a/c swop-over
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1056	1422	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
ZK019	BAe. Hawk T.2       	1317	G/A 27	to Valley	      VYT 54	
G-JMBO	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1739 26/1635	Isle of Man-Glasgow    - /FLJ 52    new resident, replaces G-ERSE
OM-GTB	Boeing 737-49R    	1827	1924	f&t Prague	      CSA 668/669   CSA scheme, substitute a/c
EI-REM	ATR-72-212	        2015	2100	f&t Dublin	      EIN 3198/3199 EI Regional, Flybe purple a/c!
						
	Tuesday, 24th May					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1030	1337	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-TAWJ	Boeing 737-8K5      	1421	1553	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265/3264 Thomson, weekly I/T flt
ZK459/X	Beech B200GT King Air	1443	G/A 09	to Cranwell	      CWL 79	
ZK020	BAe. Hawk T.2         	1536	G/A 09	to Valley	      VYT 80	
						
	Wednesday, 25th May					
						
ZK010	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0847	G/A	to Valley	      VYT 99	
ZK026	BAe. Hawk T.2    	1012	G/A	to Valley	      VYT 80	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1055	1254	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
ZH868	C-130J Hercules C.4	1104	G/A	to Brize Norton	      RRR 230	
G-KNYT	Robinson R.44    	1107	1208	f&t Barton		
G-TBSV	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad	1322	1843	f&t Abbeyshrule		
G-JOZI	AS.350BA Ecureuil	1342	1643	f&t private location(s)		
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1948 26/1124	Faro-Carcassonne      EGL 66V/69G	
						
	Thursday, 26th May					
						
ZK031	BAe. Hawk T.2   	0933	G/A	to Valley	      VYT 99	
ZK020	BAe. Hawk T.2           0952	G/A	to Valley	      VYT 77	
HB-VHV	BAe.125-800B      	1046	1554	f&t Altenrhein	      CAZ 202/203	
EI-FRP	Boeing 737-8AS   	1814	1859	f&t Dublin	      RYR 446/446   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
						
	Friday, 27th May					
						
OE-GES	Citation 560 XLS+	0759	0912	f&t Marrakech		
N234RG	Pilatus PC.12/45	0811	1816	f&t Belfast City		
G-KNYT	Robinson R.44   	0946	1112	Barton-Sleap		
CS-TSL	Bombardier Global 5000	0958	1046	Farnborough-Prestwick		
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1111	1254	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
CS-TDC	EMB-500 Phenom 100	1257	1440	Geneva-Turin	      VVV 461/462	
G-KNYT	Robinson R.44    	1319	1344	Sleap-Barton		
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1449	2217	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1540	1602	Wick-Exeter	      EGL 517	
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1743	1803	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75	
EI-REM	ATR-72-212A     	2029	2128	f&t Dublin	      EIN 3198/3199 EI Regional, full purple Flybe a/c!
EC-LAV	Boeing 737-408	        2032	2129	Tarbes-Birmingham     LAV 8304/958P Alba Star, Lourdes pilgrimage i/b
						
	Saturday, 28th May					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0112	0149	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99T/99U	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0336	0540	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99V/99W	
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C  	0450	0507	Isle of Man-Barton		
9H-ALL	Citation 525 CJ2	1344	1534	Parma,Italy-Glasgow   LWG 191/103	
CS-DXT	Ciation 560 XLS 	1550	1725	Ibiza-Malaga	      NJE 453E/515T NetJets
EI-FRN	Boeing 737-8AS      	1826	1916	f&t Dublin	      RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
						
	Sunday, 29th May 2016					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1055	1238	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-RUIA	Cessna F172N         	1350	1452	Cheltenham Racecourse-Barton		
CS-DFK	Falcon 2000           	1556	1623	Campbeltown-Farnborough	NJE 075K/2CG NetJets
G-EZOX	Airbus A.320-214	1559	1655	f&t Belfast Intl.     EZY28JX/134  EasyJet, dvt MAN rwy congestion
EI-FRR	Boeing 737-8AS        	1858	1947	f&t Dublin	      RYR 446/447  Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
D-ISJP	Citation 525A CJ2	2059	2134	Dublin-Southend	      ECA 111	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2334 30/1444	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99P	
						
	Monday, 30th May - UK Bank Holiday					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1703	1735	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1910	2002	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
						
	Tuesday, 31st May					
						
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star	        0833	0857	Exeter-Coventry	      WKT 8	
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS	0843 01/Jun	Guernsey-	      GMA 445	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0856	0915	Exeter-Wick	      EGL 517	
D-CKNA	Citation 525C CJ4	0912	1348	Giebelstadt-Humberside AND 72N	
OY-MHM	Falcon 900LX	        1048	1649	f&t Farnborough	      ALS 1696	
EI-REI	ATR-72-201	        1120	1157	f&t Dublin	      EIN 3194/3195 EI Regional, substitute, all white
G-IMEA	Beech 200 King Air	1216	1423	Cambridge-Billund     BRO 40P/40    2Excel Avn
ZK459/X	Beech B200GT King Air	1230	G/A 09	to Cardiff	      CWL 80	
G-FDZB	Boeing 737-8K5	        1429	1553	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265/3264 Thomson, weekly I/T flt
ZH882	C-130J Hercules C.5	1442	G/A 27	to Brize Norton	      RRR 053	
ZM406	Airbus A.400M Atlas	1635	G/A 27	to Brize Norton	      RRR 473

        End of visiting aircraft movements for May 2016.

NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS

30/1444 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 during the summer 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.

[viscount]

Due to being busy elsewhere I have been unable to complete the Monthly Reviews for March and April. I will try and get these done and posted sometime. However with internet connection problems (blown router) I could not promptly post the Airport Log for May, and with no Internet to waste time on, got on with the May Review promptly, so for the first time, Log and Review are posted within a few days of each other.

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

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE DEVELOPMENTS

PASSENGER GROWTH IN MAY 2016

The month-on-month increase in passenger throughput continued in May, with over 10% more passengers than during May 2016 and bringing the additional passengers this year to over the quarter of a million mark. This reflects well on the Airport Management Team, who from the recent announcements by TUI and Balkan Holidays are not resting on their laurels and are continuing to seek new operators and destinations.

Passenger growth during May was aided by two airlifts of football fans, with Villareal arriving on 8 charter flights on Thursday 5th (plus an extra from Dublin with LFC fans) and then LFC fans flying off to Basle for the Europa League Final on Wednesday 18th May on 18 charter flights (the Airport’s 14 flights in the link miss the 4 flown by ‘based’ Ryanair aircraft). More on these events further down in the charter flight section and all aircraft individually listed on the main visiting aircraft log in the post above.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/06/passenger-growth-continues-at-ljla-with-10-increase-in-may/

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/05/ljla-gears-up-for-mass-exodus-of-lfc-fans-to-basel/

BALKAN HOLDAYS ANNOUNCE THEIR RETURN IN 2017

Following hard on the heels of Thomson’s increase in I/T flights for 2017, they are joined by the return of a second operator, Balkan Holidays. Balkan last operated from LJLA in 2007 to and are to fly weekly to Bourgas on Fridays from 21st July for the summer season until 29th September. Presumably BH Air Airbus A.320s will be used. Hopefully travel agents and holiday makers will promote this holiday destination in the same way as Thomson’s Palma I/T flights this year.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/05/balkan-holidays-to-offer-summer-2017-departure-from-ljla/

THOMSON/TUI HAVE RETURNED TO JOHN LENNON

It seems a long time since TUI announced their programme for 2016 would include a weekly departure for Palma to operate on Tuesday afternoons to time-in well with a Mediterranean Cruise option in addition to the traditional beach and sun attractions of Majorca. On Tuesday 3rd May, a week earlier than originally anticipated, the summer series of flights commenced with the departure of Boeing 737-800 G-TAWD. It appears that the aircraft operates Leeds-Palma-Liverpool-Palma-Leeds ie a ‘W’ rotation to serve LJLA. Good news is that high levels of interest in this flight have encouraged Thomson to increase their frequency to Palma and add two further destinations for 2017.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/05/thomson-airways-return-to-liverpool-as-summer-season-holiday-flights-get-underway/

LIVERPOOL’S RUNWAY REACHES 50 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS USE

Amazing though it may seem, Liverpool Airport’s runway was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on 7th May 1966, now 50 years ago. Originally 10/28, with magnetic shift it is now 09/27. While it has been resurfaced twice during its lifetime, the runway remains at its original length. During the 50 years some of the world’s largest and fastest commercial aircraft have visited, including the C-5A Galaxy, Antonov An.124, Boeing 747-400 and Concorde on multiple occasions. Indeed at the time it was built on a green field land adjacent and joined to the original 1930’s airfield neither Concorde nor the Boeing 747 had even flown. The move to one-runway operation, solely using 09/27 came in 1982 and use of just the south airfield for commercial flights followed in April 1986 with a new terminal located off the parallel taxiway.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/05/ljla-celebrate-runway-s-50th-anniversary/

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

Much more of a routine month for EasyJet during May. There may have been delays and possibly cancellations due to ATC restrictions/industrial action in France on a couple of days, but they do not show easily on my data. Possibly the only one, a cancellation spotted was the EZY7043/4 Paris service on 26th. Weather though certainly affected flights, with the EZY 7023 departing to Jersey on G-EZED at 1609 on 12th, returning after 2 hours in the air due to conditions at Jersey and the EZY635 on 17th to the Isle of Man returning after over an hour in the air. While the passengers were carried to Jersey the next morning on G-EZAL operating from & to Jersey as EZY9924/9923, it is not so clear how the stranded passengers eventually got to the Isle of Man. Twice during the month EasyJet aircraft diverted into Liverpool to wait out weather at Isle of Man (11th) or runway congestion at Manchester (29th ). The passengers remained aboard in both cases.

Substitute aircraft were brought in just twice, with A.320 G-EZTH arriving lunch time on 9th as EZY9003 from Manchester, apparently to cover for G-EZOE. G-EZTH was at LJLA for several days before departing to Gatwick as EZY9002 morning of 12th. Meanwhile trouble with an A.319 brought in G-EZBI as EZY9005 from Luton early morning 11th to operate rotations to Krakow, Jersey and Palma before returning to Luton as EZY9007 in the early hours of the 12th.

There was an EasyJet at Liverpool for training on 11th, this is covered in the ‘Training’ section.

EasyJet aircraft at LJLA during May (for all reasons):
A.319: G-EZAG, EZAL, EZAT, EZBA, EZBI, EZBK, EZBL, EZBN, EZBO, EZBT, EZBX, EZDE, EZDN, EZDR, EZDS, EZDU, EZED, EZEH, EZEW, EZFD, EZFJ, EZFN, EZFY, EZFZ, EZGA, EZGD, EZGE, EZIH, EZSM (of interest is EZBI in ‘Shakespeare’ scheme here on 11th and 12th only)(= 29 a/c)
A.320: G-EZOE, EZOX, EZOY, EZTH, EZTI, EZUS, EZWA, EZWR (of interest is the single visit of G-EZOX in 20th Anniversary ‘travel snaps’ billboard scheme)(= 8 a/c)

RYANAIR (FR/RYR)

Ryanair appeared to have another good month during May. There may have been delays and possibly cancellations due to ATC restrictions/industrial action in France on a couple of days, but they do not show easily on my data. Ryanair did bring an extra aircraft to their LJLA base for a couple of days to operate a series of flights to Basle for the Europa Cup Final. Details in the main Log section. An inbound flight from Ibiza in the early hours of Thursday 12th diverted to Manchester rather than hold at Liverpool as the ATC tower had been evacuated due to a fire alarm. Once normal ATC service had been resumed, the aircraft flew across from Manchester, presumably with passengers still aboard.

Finally worthy of mention is that when EI-FRL operated in from Dublin on Monday 9th it was operating its first commercial flight, rare that we get an aircraft on its first commercial service.

Aircraft used by Ryanair during May on LJLA services:
Boeing 737-800s: EI-DAC, DAG, DAN, DCO, DCR, DCY, DHC, DHE, DHO, DHP, DHW, DHY, DLC, DLF, DLH, DLJ, DLR, DPB, DPL, DPM, DPR, DPX, DWB, DWE, DWF, DWH, DWJ, DWK, DWR, DWW, DWZ, DYV, DYW, DYY; EI-EBD, EBE, EBK, EBN, EBZ, EFF, EFJ, EFK, EFR, EFT, EGD, EKD, EKE, EKL, EKM, EKR, EKZ, EME, EML, EMM, EMN, EMP, ENB, ENC, ENE, ENG, ENH, ENN, ENR, ENT, ENY, EPF, ESP, ESR, ESS, ESX, EVF, EVG, EVK, EVO, EVP, EVS, EVW, EVY; EI-FEH, FIB, FIE, FIF, FIJ, FIL, FIN, FIS, FIV, FOC, FOK, FRC, FRD, FRE, FRH, FRI, FRJ, FRK, FRL, FRN, FRP, FRR = 100 different aircraft

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

Flybe had an excellent month, out of some 275 rotations, just 4 were cancelled, with a full programme operating even across both Bank Holidays. Throughout May Flybe operated 5 daily rotations from Belfast City, with 4 on Saturdays and 3 on Sundays. On Tuesday 31st an afternoon rotation, the 4th of the day was cancelled. All flights were operated by Dash 8-Q400 aircraft. From the Isle of Man, there were 4 rotations on weekdays, 1 on Saturday and 2 on Sundays. On Sunday 8th the evening rotation was cancelled, while on Thursday 19th the afternoon, 3rd rotation of the day BE607 arrived, then the BE608/8NY departed but returned to Liverpool after 45 minutes. The BE609 from the IoM was cancelled, the aircraft at LJLA flew the BE610 evening outbound to the Island, although around an hour late. All flights were operated by ATR-72 aircraft, with on weekdays the 1st, 2nd and 4th rotations consistently used the same aircraft, the 3rd rotation the other one. On Sundays the two rotations always used a different aircraft. The 7 days per week Edinburgh Dash 8 service ran regularly, with just a single cancellation on Wednesday 4th, while the new Newquay summer service began operation on Saturday 21st and operated again on 28th without a problem.

Aircraft used by Flybe during May on LJLA services:
Dash 8-Q400: G-ECOA, ECOB, ECOC, ECOD, ECOG, ECOH, ECOM, ECOO, ECOR, ECOT, FLBB, FLBC, FLBD, FLBE, JECE, JECF, JECG, JECH, JECI, JECJ, JECK, JECM, JECN, JECO, JECR, JEDN, JEDP, JEDR, JEDT, JEDU, JEDV, JEDW, KKEV, PRPA, PRPB, PRPC, PRPD = 37 different a/c.
ATR-72s: EI-REI, EI-REL, EI-REM = 3. (EI-REI replaced EI-REM between 23rd and 28th)

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

Wizzair flights during May ran with no discernible issues. During May the frequencies to the 5 destinations now served were: Budapest x 2 weekly (Sun, Wed); Gdansk x 4 weekly (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun); Katowice x 2 weekly (Tue, Sat); Riga x 2 weekly (Sun, Fri) and Warsaw x 3 weekly (Tue, Thu, Sat). Or it could be said that Wizzair now operate into LJLA twice daily Friday to Wednesday, once on Thursdays, with all flights by A.320 aircraft.

Aircraft used on LJLA flights during May:
A.320: HA-LPL, LPM, LPN, LPO, LPQ, LPS, LPT, LPX, LWA, LWC, LWD, LWE, LWF, LWH, LWI, LWL, LWO, LWS, LWZ, LYD, LYF, LYG, LYK, LYL, LYM, LYN, LYQ, LYS, LYT, LYU, LYV = 31 a/c


AER LINGUS (EI/EIN)

The Aer Lingus operation from Dublin changed early in May 2016. Aer Lingus ‘mainline’ with their Airbus A320s last operated the Dublin-LJLA connection on Sunday 1st, with Aer Lingus Regional taking over from early morning Monday 2nd May, using ATR-72 turboprops. The result is that a much greater frequency is offered daily, with smaller aircraft. On such a short sector, flight duration is little different, the main result being increased passenger choice due to the increased frequency of flights, although the total seats offered per month is reduced.

The basic frequency during May, the first month of ATR-72 operation on the route was 4 rotations daily, apart from Saturday with 3. However, within that framework there were variations with 3 rotations only on Tue 3rd, Wed 4th, Tue 10th, Sun 15th, Tue 17th, Wed 18th, Wed 25th, but set against that they operated 5 rotations on Thu 5th and Fri 6th, due to the Europa Cup Semi-Final at Anfield. Otherwise a regular performance by Aer Lingus Regional during their first month operating into LJLA.

There were two occasions during the month when Stobard (who operate the Aer Lingus Regional aircraft) must have confused the apron staff at LJLA considerably by using a purple Flybe ATR-72 on a Aer Lingus green Dublin flight, the same aircraft as normally operate the four times daily Flybe service from the Isle of Man!

Aircraft used on Aer Lingus Dublin flights during May:
A.320s: EI-DEJ & EI-CVC both on 1st before the change to Regional on 2nd.
ATR-72: EI-FAS, FAT, FAU, FAV, FAW, FAX, FCY, FCZ, FMK, FNA (most in full EI Regional scheme), also EI-REI (all white), once on 31st; EI-REM once each on 23rd & 27th (in full Flybe purple) more details of these substitute aircraft in the main log.
ATR-42: EI-CBK (once on 14th, in full Aer Lingus Regional scheme)


BLUE AIR (OB/BME)

All Liverpool flights from Bucharest and Bacau were operated by Boeing 737-400 aircraft of Blue Air, or leased-in Airbus A.320s. All the Bacau flights were operated by YR-BAQ or YR-BAR, all the other aircraft being on Bucharest services. No Boeing 737-300/700/800s this month, although confusingly on the Basel LFC fans airlift Blue Air’s new B.737-800 YR-BME appeared on an IATA flight code ‘OR’ (or ICAO code TFL) operating for Arkefly in full Blue Air colours and titles with a tiny ‘TUI’ logo near the front passenger door. The operation of a Blue Air aircraft (IATA ‘0B’) using the former Blue Panorama code ‘OR’ confused many. Flights from Cluj commence in June.

Boeing 737-400: YR-BAE, YR-BAK, YR-BAQ, YR-BAR, YR-BAS, YR-BAU (all Bacau flts op by only YR-BAQ and YR-BAS)
Airbus A.320: ES-SAK 4th, 13th, 23rd, 30th; YL-LCD 2nd; YL-LCN 6th, 9th, 20th.

VUELING AIRLINE (VY/VLG)

Vueling’s simple 3 times a week on Sunday, Wednesday and Fridays operation became confused during May with a change of day (Sunday 8th moved to Saturday 7th), withdrawn flight to permit other use of aircraft from Liverpool (Wednesday 18th) and an additional flight for half-term week (Saturday 28th). All other flights operated as scheduled without any problems.

Aircraft used into Liverpool during May:
A.320s: EC-HTD 25th, EC-JTQ 6th, EC-KLT 7th, EC-KMI 4th, EC-LLM 28th, EC-LML (see main log Basle charter flts 18th & 19th), EC-LOP 11th, 20th, EC-LRM 29th, EC-LUN 15th, EC-LVB 13th, EC-MCU 22nd, EC-MFK 1st & 27th.

CZECH AIRLINES (OK/CSA)

It would appear that the A.319s that had been leased out during the winter are now back in the Czech fleet, so during May no further use of Smartwings Boeing 737s was required. However on one occasion a leased-in Boeing 737-400 in full Czech scheme was used – Monday 23rd (details in main log).

Aircraft used during May:
A.319s: OK-MEK 6th; OK-NEM 27th; OK-NEN 2nd, 16th, 30th; OK-NEO 13th, 20th; OK-NEP 9th.
B.737-400: OM-GTB 23rd.

TUI/THOMSON INCLUSIVE TOURS (TOM)

It seems a long time since Thomson announced that they would be operating a summer season of weekly flights to Palma for summer 2016, timed to connect with cruise departures as well offering traditional resort holidays. That season got underway a week earlier than initially anticipated, on Tuesday 3rd May, operated by a Boeing 737-800, operating from and to Palma with a longer than usual turn-around at LJLA to facilitate a crew-change. The first arrival was welcomed with a water-arch, and the flight has operated smoothly throughout the month.

Aircraft used: G-TAWD 3rd, 10th; G-FDZB 17th, 31st; G-TAWJ 24th.

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING MAY 2016

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

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS

Due to entirely to the success of LFC reaching the Europa Cup Final, May has been an excellent month for charter flights. There have also been domestic football matches, other sport teams and a Lourdes pilgrimage during the month too.

To commence with non-football charters. There was a Lourdes Pilgrimage charter, the outbound leg operated by Alba Star using Go2Sky Boeing 737-400 OM-GTA, departing early afternoon Sunday 22nd, returning on Friday 27th during the evening on an Alba Star Boeing 737-400 EC-LAV. A Manx sporting club travelled to Liverpool on Sunday 1st on CityWings/Van Air LET.410 OK-RDA in the morning, returning home the same evening.

The Premier League concluded on Sunday 15th, even so LFC played 4 games, EFC 3 during the month. EFC on Saturday 7th met Leicester away, so coach transport would have been used. Late morning on Wednesday 11th EFC travelled to face Sunderland on City Jet RJ.85 EI-RJN flying into to Durham-Tees Valley , returning home from Newcastle in the early hours of Thursday morning. Final match of the season was at Goodison, with Norwich FC travelling up on a VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLL mid-afternoon on Saturday 14th, the aircraft then positioning out. Supporters flew in on another VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLM on a day-return Sunday 15th, with OO-VLP positioning in to take the team home that evening.

Liverpool returned from a game at Swansea on Sunday 1st on Cello’s BAe.146 G-RAJJ. The following weekend Watford FC arrived on Eastern’s RJ-145 G-CGWV Saturday afternoon 7th, departing Sunday evening after the game. Mid-week it was Chelsea who had to travel up to Anfield using Jota’s BAe.146 G-JOTA (using a Cello flt no) on Wednesday 11th, departing late evening on BMR RJ-145 G-EMBN. LFC’s final game of the season saw them meeting West Brom away, so road transport was used.

In European competition, the Europa Cup semi-final, second leg brought Villareal of Spain to meet LFC at Anfield on Thursday 5th May. Following their home leg many Spanish supporters decided to travel to Liverpool, the result was that a pleasing total of 8 aircraft (plus biz-jets and GA types) brought fans to Liverpool for the Anfield leg. A variety of types and airlines were involved with 9 airliners providing transport for team and fans using Air Nostrum, Neos, Air Europa, Air Horizont, Enter Air (x2), Alba Star, Go2Sky and Priviledge (op by a White a/c), utilising CRJ900, Boeing 737-400/-800 and Airbus A.320 aircraft types. All did not go quite to plan as before departure home the Alba Star aircraft was noticed to have a skin fatigue crack. The airline ferried a replacement aircraft in from Dublin, so the outbound passengers experienced a delay of only a couple of hours. The ‘tech’ aircraft was fixed, then later departed empty for Palma. The Spanish team and fans went home defeated, so it was LFC that had reached the final to be played just a fortnight later in Basle.

As the scramble for tickets and available charter aircraft commenced, it quickly became clear that due to stadium at Basle being modest in size, and more accessible to road, coach and rail transport, there would be no repetition of the massive fly-outs to Athens and Istanbul. The exodus of team and fans did require 18 return flights from Liverpool, although 7 of these were to be operated by aircraft already regularly seen at LJLA on scheduled services. The airlines used were Titan, Ryanair (x4), Vueling (x2), Enter Air, Transavia (x2), Maleth, Germania, Thomas Cook (x2), Arkefly/TUI, XF France, Jota Avn and Small Planet. Aircraft types involved being Airbus A.330, A.321, A.320, A.319, Boeing 737-300/-400/-800 and BAe.146. At one stage listed as anticipated, but in the event not used were a Carpatair Fokker 100, Volotea Boeing 717 and a Flybe ERJ-190. Some confusion to the watching spotters was provided by the Arkefly/TUI Denmark flight, with IATA code OR, being operated by a Blue Air (IATA 0B) Boeing 737-800.

After the match there was one change as LFC team, staff and press returned not on Titan, but with Virgin on an A.330. As a result within 12 hours LJLA had visits by two A.330s, XL France and Virgin - not the first time that this has happened, as previous times were for Athens and Istanbul Finals. A modest number of charters took fans to Basle from Manchester and the London area. A busy period for the Airport, but a little short of expectation as we have witnessed much bigger airlifts for European Finals in the past. Only disappointment on the night was a lack-lustre performance by LFC who were somewhat short of inspiration after some amazing performances in earlier rounds of the competition – with losing, so went the final chance of European competition next season for LFC, so we will have less club chartered aircraft bringing in teams to anticipate this winter.

Only aircraft visitor that could be identified as a freight flight actually brought in and took out race horses. All white Spanish Panair/TNT BAe.146-300QT EC-MCK arrived in the morning of Thursday 5th from Shannon, returning there in the evening, but were the horses appearing at Chester or Haydock Park? No small parts freighters again – it is said that small parts freight bound for Liverpool companies , in particular Land Rover Jaguar and Vauxhalls, is being directed towards Manchester by the handling agents (who have more staff there), although this is denied. Certainly the lack of freight charters into Liverpool is worryingly noticeable.

DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

With little troubling weather about, diversions were few and far apart during May. EasyJet diverted back due to conditions at Jersey on 12th (the passengers carried the next day); the Gatwick to Isle of Man on evening of 11th diverted into LJLA and waited out conditions to improve; while on afternoon of 29th a Belfast-Manchester flight diverted in to wait for a runway issue and congestion to ease at Manchester . Interestingly this was G-EZOX, the first visit to LJLA by the ‘20th Anniversary’ bill-board scheme aircraft, covered in small holiday snaps. Flybe had a Liverpool to Isle of Man flight return to Liverpool on Thursday 19th, while on the morning of Friday 20th a Navajo Chieftain on a small packages flight to the Isle of Man diverted into LJLA to wait on the ground for over an hour while the conditions improved.

There were issues twice at Liverpool during the month. In the early hours of Thursday 12th, the ATC tower was evacuated due to a fire alarm for around 20 minutes. Several inbound aircraft entered into a holding pattern, however an inbound Ryanair from Ibiza opted to divert to Manchester, with the aircraft completing its journey to Liverpool after an hour or so. During the afternoon of Friday 20th a malfunction of the search comb scanners led to a need to re-screen passengers which inevitably led to delays, but as far as I am aware no cancellations.

TRAINING

On Thursday 11th EasyJet brought A.319 G-EZAL to Liverpool for crew training/validation circuit training, arriving from Doncaster/Sheffield 1243 as EZY9090, flew several flights with short breaks during a 4 hour period, then departed to Gatwick as EZY9091 at 1655. The only other training flight was also an A.319, but an executive version, G-NMAK which arrived on a training detail from Birmingham mid-morning on Tuesday 3rd, sat on the ground here for 50 minutes while the crew were de-briefed and briefed for the return sector back to Birmingham. Military aircraft on go-around only have their own section.

BIZ-JET VISITORS

A busy month for biz-jet visits with 49 different aircraft visiting wearing 14 registration nationalities: CS-, D-, EC-, F-, G-, HB-, LX-, M-, N, OE-, OO-, OY-, 9A- and 9H-. As usual a little over half the biz-jets are various marks and sizes of Citations, while there is greater variety than usual across the rest of the types.

Largest biz-jet was a rare visit by a BBJ or ACJ, in May it was an A.319 ACJ G-NMAK on a crew training/familiarisation flight from & to East Midlands on Tue 3rd. Portuguese Global 5000 CS-TSL made a fairly brief call while routing Farnborough to Prestwick on Fri 27 and a Gulfstream 550 OE-IGO called evening of Wed 11th f&t Kiev, likely in connection with Chelsea FC who were playing at Anfield. Regular Challenger 605 G-SJSS called on Thu 12 and Wed 18, while our first Hawker 4000 was G-PROO f&t Lydd on Mon 9th. BAe.125/Hawker 850s have not been too numerous so far in 2016, there were 3 in May with NetJets Hawker 750 CS-DUG Fri 13 Northolt to Oxford and BAe.125/800Bs G-IFTF of interflight to take LFC fans to Colmar (for Basle) on Wed 18th and back the next day and a nowadays rare Swiss example HB-VHV f&t Altenrhein on Thurs 23rd. Dassault products were a NetJets Falcon 2000 CS-DFK on Sun 29th routing Cambeltown to Farnborough and an Air Alp Falcon 900 OY-MHM f&t Farnborough on Tue 31st.

Lear Jets have charisma, and during May 5 different examples graced the Liverpool tarmac, with Gama Avn operated Lear 45 G-ZXZX on Thurs 5th for the football, Jet Executive’s Lear 35 D-CCCA from Valencia to Munich on Fri 13th and Air Alliances’s D-CTIL another Lear 35 on Thurs 19th from Tenerife. The others were both Ducair air ambulance examples, Lear 35 LX-TWO on Wed 18th from Newcastle and out to Malaga the next day, with Lear 45 LX-EAA on Sun 22nd in from Mahon and out home to Luxembourg. There are usually only a couple of IAI/Gulfstream Astra and Galaxy visits in a year, to get both types in the same month is rare indeed. Tyrol Air Ambulance’s Astra OE-GKW in from Paphos on 16th and night stopped, and Galaxy EC-LBB f&t Valencia on Thurs 5th in connection with the Villareal game at Anfield. While visits by Phenom biz-jets have been increasing in regularity, five in a month is unusual. Arcus Air Phenom 100 D-IAAY out to Maastrict Sat 7th and back on Mon 9th, EverJets Phenom 300 CS-DTQ out to Rome/Ciampino Mon 16th and returned Wed 18th to then depart to Colmar with LFC fans for Basle, bringing them home on 19th, while Valair Aviacao’s Penom 100 CS-TDC called on Fri 27th Geneva to Turin. Once frequent, but this year less so, Blackpool based Phenom 100 M-YTOY from Dole to Salzburg on Fri 20th then back from Salzburg on Sun 22nd, presumably for Customs before flying onto Blackpool. Although already mentioned in ‘Residents’, Phenom 300 G-JMBO arrived via the Isle of Man on 23rd and has operated since on a ‘FlairJet’ call-sign. Finally for this section a Premier 1 N88EL from and to Biggin Hill on Thurs 5th.

Largest of the Citations was a relatively rare visit by a Citation X, N299CX on Tuesday 17th before night stopping and departing for St.Nazaire. Older Citation 550s were regular G-SPUR of London Executive Avn f&t Luton on Sun 15th in relation to the football and Air Hamburg’s D-CALL which arrived on Wed 17th to take a charter to Basle the next morning. However once loaded, on start-up 18th there was a fault, so following a call to ops, 560XLS D-CXLS was despatched from Farnborough to deputise and collected the group, then returned them after the game. Another Air Hamburg 560 was D-CEFO Cork to Palma on Sat 7th and again Vienna-Northolt on Wed 18th and night stopped. Abelag’s OO-FTS arrived from Kortrijk on Thur 19th and operating f&t Marrakech OE-GES morning of Fri 27th. British 560s were all regulars with Guernsey based G-OXLS, Jersey based G-OJER and London Executive’s G-CIEL from Colmar with LFC fans, likely those that travelled out on King Air 200 G-FRYI. Most numerous Citation mark were the 525 Citation Jets with 12 examples. British were all CJ2s; Clifton’s G-TWOP from Glasgow on Mon 9th and G-SONE on Fri 13th, with Air Charter Scotland’s G-PEER to Malaga on Sun 15th. German registered were CJ2s D-IAKN on Fri 13th from Amsterdam and to Dortmund the nest day; D-ISJP from Dortmund on Mon 16th and to Amsterdam the next day and again Thurs 19th and Sun 29th; CJ3 D-CJET of Air Hamburg Cork-Seville on Thurs 19th; CJ2 D-IPVD Speyer=Hann on Fri 20th and CJ4 D-CKNA from Gielberstadt on Tue 31st. Which leaves mention of CS-DIY CJ3 to Amsterdam Sun 1st; F-HCIC CJ3 from Frankfurt on Thurs 19th; Croatian 9A-DWA CJ2 Basle-Frankfurt on Fri 6th and Luxwing Malta 9H-ALL CJ2 from Parma, Italy on Sat 28th. A big paragraph this, however all the 510 Mustangs were provided by Globe Air of Austria with OE-FZD from Antwerp on Sun 1st, OE-FZC also from Antwerp Thurs 6th; OE-FZB Nice to Dusseldorf Wed 11th and again Liege to Ostend Thurs 19th and OE-FPP on Fri 13th out to Nice.

GENERAL AVIATION VISITORS

May was also a good month for UK and overseas registered GA and business twins and singles. King Airs in particular have returned to visiting in some numbers, while two major Europa Cup LFC football games have helped too. British King Airs included Capital’s G-WVIP and G-ZVIP usually on the first and last day of the working week; Synergy’s G-WNCH on Tue 10th; Belfast Air Ambulance G-NIAA also Tue 10th; G-GMAD likely a Scottish air ambulance on Sat 14th; London Executive’s G-FRYI on Mon 16th and again on Tue 17th to fly LFC fans to Colmar; G-CIFE from and to Isle of Man Fri 20th and finally 2Excel Aviation’s G-IMEA to Billund on Tues 31st. Cranfield University’s Jetstream 31 G-NFLA returned for 3 days of short local flights with meteorology students out over the Irish Sea Mon 9th to Wed 11th; while another regular on Mondays and Fridays was Twin Star G-XDEA. Twin Cessnas were Farnborough based 406 G-TDSA on Tue 3rd and Thurs 5th and 402B G-NOSE of Reconnaissance Ventures f&t EMA on Thurs 12th and finally Navajo Chieftains, with G-JAJK likely an early morning fog divert en route EMA-IOM that landed to wait for clearer conditions on Fri 20th and mention that Capital on their IoM Health Service contract used G-VIPY for the first three weeks and changed over at Liverpool with G-VIPW on Fri 20th for the rest of the month.

Two US based survey aircraft were operational at LJLA from late April for around 4 weeks each. Twin Otter N70AR which arrived via Wick on 18th April flew 17 ‘local’ flights, mostly in the morning/early afternoon of several hours duration, before return to the USA via Wick, departing 1216 on 17th May. While the other is N682AC a Cessna 208 normally used by a parachute school which arrived after an Atlantic crossing via Reykjavik on 27th April flew 16 ‘local’ flights of a couple of hours duration mostly after dark, returning after midnight. Then departed home via Reykjavik at 1434 on 28th May. During the month they were both in the UK neither visited another UK airport. A US registered regular; Piper PA-23 Geronimo (conversion of an Apache 150) called again on Sat 21st and stayed on in the Keenair hangar. A regular Manx registered twin was North Weald based King Air 90 M-RLEE for the LFC match on Thurs 5th and night stopped and a possible first visit by Cessna 425 Conquest M-MANX from the IoM on Mon 9th. Fairoaks based Baron N266EA on Fri 13th is another regular. Finally survey King Air A90 N91S called on Sun 15th and night stopped possibly en route to the USA from Limoges via Inverness. The aircraft started life as a RU-21H with the US Army.

There were more foreign registered singles than twins. German singles are rare at Liverpool, but there were two on a single day Tuesday 3rd and night stopping. Mooney M.20K D-EBIE from & to Biggin Hill and Cessna 172N D-ESGW Prestwick to Gloucester with ‘Albatros Flug’ wording and logo on the tail. One PC-12 in a month is rare for an increasingly popular type, three in a month at LJLA is unusual and welcome. SP-NWM on Thurs 5th f&t Cardiff, HB-FOW f&t Buochs Sat 7th and stayed until Mon 9th and finally Belfast based N234RG on Fri 27th. Finally Pipers were a Cherokee Lance PH-JUR from & to Rotterdam Fri 20th and Malibu N363JR visiting on Thu 5th and night stopped likely in connection with LFC’s game that evening as was Denham based N926AD also Thu 5th.

Final paragraph in this section looks at GB registered singles. Again a reasonable number, some regulars, some one-off visits. Very regular are Sleap based Mooney M.20 here 3rd to 8th, Abbeyshrule based TB-20 Trinidad Thu 12th and Wed 25th and Blackpool based Cirrus SR.20 G-OGGM with just one visit in May, on Tue 17th. Less frequent callers were an Elstree based Cessna 172H G-CIBB on Thurs 8th and night stopping, likely for the LFC match, while another Elstree resident a PA-32 G-MAXA called on Sun 15th. Another PA-32R, Jersey based G-WINS called on Sunday 1st, Barton based Cessna F172N G-RUIA on Sun 29th, Stapleford Flying School’s Cherokee Arrow G-FULL Sat 7th and mention of Blackbushe based Cirrus SR.22 G-ZRZZ on Fri 13th bring this section to a close.

ROTARY VISITORS

A reasonable variety and numbers of visiting helicopters in May. Air ambulance helicopters were a Sloan Agusta A.109E G-MEDX calling en route Sywell to Derry around midday Mon 9th and returned early afternoon of Sun 15th, along with Bond operated Eurocopter EC.135Ts G-NWAA evening Thu 16th and G-NWAE early evening Fri 27th. Another EC.135 to call was Cheshire Helicopter’s G-OPAH twice on Mon 16th. Peel’s Sikorsky G-PACO called in the early morning of Sat 28th en route Isle of Man to Barton. Agusta A.109E G-IWFC twice on Sunday 15th, with Ecureuil G-JOSI on Wednesday 25th. Lighter helicopters were just a pair of Robinson R.44s, regular G-CFNF and Barton based G-KNYT on Wed 25th and Thu 26th, while Schweizer 269C G-CEBE has been here all month, flying a couple of times and visited Barton.

RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

Biggest news here is that Liverpool once again has a resident biz-jet, the first for a couple of years, indeed since the departure of AD Aviation’s Citation G-VUEZ January 2012. Following the departure of King Air 350 G-ERSE , the replacement arrived via the Isle of Man on the evening of Monday 23rd in the form of G-JMBO a new Phenom 300. Using a ‘Flairjet’ call-sign, by the end of the month this aircraft had visited Glasgow, Nice, Palma and Oxford.

Two departures, both to Barton are long-term resident Cessna 303 N889VF which departed on its first flight of the year to Caernarfon and Barton on Thursday 5th May, and winter refugee from Barton, Cessna 182Q N759AU which left for Norwich and Barton late morning of Wednesday 4th May. Commander 114 G-NATT has not been back at Liverpool since departing for Caernarfon on 15th March, while another absentee during April, Robinson R.44 G-FCUM returned on 31st May. With the improved weather, a number of our more interesting resident aircraft types have been active including Citabria G-CTAB, Gyrocopter G-KEAY, Skybolt G-RODC, Chipmunk G-BCSL and Airmaster G-BTDE. The Chipmunk attended a fly-in at Old Warden to mark the 70th anniversary of the type’s first flight and Cessna Airmaster a fly-in at Shobdon. However Gemini G-AKKB has yet to fly this year.

Two temporary residents have been Twin Otter N70AR and Cessna 208B N682AC, both here for 4 weeks each for survey flights. A little more detail in the foreign registered GA visitors paragraph. Both have now returned to the USA. Schweizer 269C G-CEBE which has been here the majority of the time since 12th April under the care of Helicentre should now qualify at least as a temporary resident again.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT VISITORS

Disappointingly no military aircraft landed at LJLA during May. Those on Go-around only, have their own section.

GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

Decent month for variety, although rather lacking in quantity, indeed without a single Hawk in the first two weeks of the month. Noise was provided by a Tornado GR.4 ZG770/136 late afternoon of Wed 4th, with a welcome Typhoon FGR.4 ZJ936/QO:C of 3 Sqdn mid-afternoon the following day. In the final two weeks of the month there were 11 appearances by Hawk T.2 from Valley. There were however 6 appearances by Hercules aircraft, on Fri 6th, a pair on Wed 18th, Fri 20th, Wed 25th and Tue 31st and two by A.400M ZM406 on Wed 18th and Tue 31st both mid-afternoon. Finally two appearances by a Cranwell King Air, ZK459/X, on Tues 24th and 31st.

From Woodvale came a Grob G.115 G-CGKS, for two go-arounds on Sat 14th, while from further afield came French Customs King Air 350 F-ZBGQ late morning Wed 11th en route to lunch at Newcastle. Unseen by all Cirrus SR.22 N147VC well after dark on Fri 6th, while EV.97 Eurostar G-CDAP was an ususual type on go-around from Barton morning of Thurs 5th. Finally two helicopters with Cheshire Helicopter’s Twin Squirrel G-OLCP late morning Wed 4th and somewhat larger Coast Guard Sikorsky S-92A G-MCGJ afternoon of Thurs 10th on a familiarisation flight around refuelling sites and hospital landing pads.

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STATISTICS

                   May 16    May 15  Chng          January to May          Annual Moving Total
                                                 2016   2015   Chng      6/14-5/15 6/15-5/16 Chng

Total Passengers   440356    399305  +10%     1861061 1609537  +15%      4553168   4062774   +12%

Total Freight          14        15  -6%           98      81  +21%          215       244   -12%
  
Total Movements      6194      5201  +19%       25595   21200  +21%        60300     52395   +15% 

These CAA statistics will differ slightly in detail to those issued by the Airport.

EPILOGUE

Any month with a major invasion of Spanish football fans, followed a fortnight later by an even bigger exodus of Liverpool FC fans has to be a good one. Highlight, well that must fall to the Virgin A.330, the first time that one has been to LJLA on a commercial flights (prior visits were crew training details). Two football fan’s airlifts in the same month is of note, and with neither LFC or EFC in European competition next season, is unlikely to be repeated for some time.

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.