The LJLA Visiting Aircraft Log & Monthly Review - JUNE 2016

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THE LJLA VISITING AIRCRAFT LOG
- JUNE 2016

					
						
	To complete previous movements:					
						
G-OSJF	PA-23 Aztec 250F	ret Tuesday 12th April, here all May, still up for sale, to Dunkeswell 1354 on 27th June				
N2086P	PA-23-150 Geronimo	arr Saturday 21st May from Hawarden, into Keenair.  No sign of it leaving during June				
G-OXLS	Citation 560 XLS	arr  Tuesday 31st May from Guernsey, and returned there on Wednesday 1st at 1618 GMA 445				
						
	Wednesday 1st June					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0928	1056    f&t Isle of Man       EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPP	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1052	1715	f&t Goodwood	      VOR 31	    Flight Checker, & long local flt
G-TBSV	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad	1155	1612	f&t Abbeyshrule		
OE-FZC	Citation 510 Mustang	1254 02/0658	Nice-Berlin/Schonfeld GAC 065A/319I	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1326	1253	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
G-BCVJ	Cessna F172M	        1458 18/1055	private site-Woodvale		    for maintenance work
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2359 02/1741	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99P	
						
	Thursday 2nd June					
						
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        0827	0859	Blackpool-Newtownards		
G-XAVB	Citation 510 Mustang	1101	1310	Jersey-Biggin Hill    AVB 521/522	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1448	1520	Newtownards-Blackpool		
G-VVBL	Robinson R.44	        1800	1855	Blackbushe-Isle of Man	BPH 08	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1908	1936	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
EI-FRO	Boeing 737-8AS	        1930	2029	f&t Dublin	      RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2130	2210	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2334 04/1316	f&t Isle of Man       EGL 99T/99U	
						
	Friday, 3rd June					
						
YR-BMC	Boeing 737-85R   	0805	0934	f&t Bucharest	      BMS 133/134   Blue Air, fv of new a/c, TUI titles
EI-FON	Boeing 737-8AS   	0912	1015	f&t Alicante	      RYR 9888/9889 Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
YR-BMG	Boeing 737-86N   	1003	1113	f&t Cluj	      BMS3733/3734  Blue Air, inaugural flt & new a/c
N663KK	Cirrus SR.22     	1023	1634	f&t Fairoaks		
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1458	1636	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
ZJ693	Bombardier Sentinel R.1		1509	to Waddington	      Snapshot 01   5 Sqdn, 3 t&gs, 2 x G/As
G-BTRS	PA-28-161 Warrior II	1547	1704	Barton to Isle of Man		
G-VVBL	Robinson R.44    	1559	1640	Isle of Man-Blackbushe		
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1614	1642	Wick-Exeter	      EGL 517	
G-IMEA	Beech 200 King Air	1618	1700	Billund-Sywell	      BRO 31/31P	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1811	1850	f&t Isle of Man       EGL 99R/99S	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2247 04/0054	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99T/99V	
						
	Saturday, 4th June					
						
G-PRPE	DHC-8-Q402 Dash Eight	0738	0825	f&t Belfast City      BEE 901/902   Flybe, fv of new a/c in fleet
EI-FRM	Boeing 737-8AS   	0751	0834	f&t Dublin	      RYR 442/443   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
G-OPFR	DA.42 Twin Star  	1610 05/1817	Blackpool-Denham		
						
	Sunday, 5th June 2016					
						
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C   	1236	1322	Barton-Isle of Man		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1506	1704	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M   a/c changed since Friday night
G-CFNF	Robinson R.44    	1611	1618	private site-Tatenhill		
D-CGGG	Lear Jet 31      	1702 06/1417	f&t Hahn		
						
	Monday, 6th June					
						
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star	        0815	0855	f&t Exeter	      WKT 02	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0900	0933	Exeter-Wick	      EGL 517	
F-HIJD	Citation 525A CJ2	0950	1617	f&t Toulon-Hyeres     IXR 206D	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1003	1029	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
SE-MBJ	PA-34-220T Seneca V	1009	1711	f&t private location(s)		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1204	1240	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
G-EMHC	Agusta A.109E Power	1230	1515	private site-Hawarden CTK 8	
HB-JYL	Airbus A.319-111	1256	1335	Barcelona-Geneva      EZY 9208/9005 EasyJet, with stranded pax
						
	Tuesday, 7th June					
						
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1030	1054	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1247	1314	f&t Isle of Man       EGL 99R/99S	
D-CHIC	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1355 08/1143	Mararakech-Exeter     AHO 596X/718D Air Hamburg	
G-TAWU	Boeing 737-8K5   	1430	1558	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265/3264 Thomson, weekly I/T flight
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1501	1726	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99T/99U	
XX319	BAe. Hawk T.1   	1536 08/1134	f&t Scampton	      Red 9	
XX244	BAe. Hawk T.1    	1536 08/1118	f&t Scampton	      Red 6	    The Red Arrows, dep 1913 and
XX278	BAe. Hawk T.1    	1536 08/1058	f&t Scampton	      Red 1	    returned from a display over 
XX311	BAe. Hawk T.1    	1536 08/1118	f&t Scampton	      Red 7	    Ramsey, IoM at 2010.
XX310	BAe. Hawk T.1    	1536 08/1128	f&t Scampton	      Red 3	    (Red 10 landed at IoM)
XX325	BAe. Hawk T.1    	1536 08/1058	f&t Scampton	      Red 2	
XX219	BAe. Hawk T.1    	1536 08/1137	f&t Scampton	      Red 8	
XX245	BAe. Hawk T.1   	1536 08/1118	f&t Scampton	      Red 5	
XX322	BAe. Hawk T.1    	1536 08/1058	f&t Scampton	      Red 4	
ZD744/092 Panavia Tornado GR.4	1542	G/A 27	to Marham	      Primus 21	   formation approach & go around
ZA370/004 Panavia Tornado GR.4	1542	G/A 27	to Marham	      Primus 22	   o/b via Lake District!
G-SASS	MBB BK.117D-2    	1543	1714	f&t Glasgow	      HLE 5	   Scottish Ambulance Service
						
	Wednesday, 8th June					
						
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0801	0830	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
YR-BMD	Boeing 737-85F   	0825	0932	f&t Bucharest	      BMS 133/134   Blue Air,fv new a/c, TUI titles
EI-FOE	Boeing 737-8AS   	0938	1025	f&t Alicante	      RYR 9888/9889 Ryanair, fv of new(ish) a/c
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1124	1217	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-XAVB	Citation 510 Mustang	1239	1351	Leeds/Bradford-Jersey AVB 582/583	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1431	1620	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99T/99U	
G-NLSE	AS.355F2 Ecureuil 2	1422 14/1017	Barton-Cumbernauld    PDG 66	    Network Rail & locals 8,9,11,12th.
OE-FFB	Citation 510 Mustang	1511	1611	Biggin Hill-Nice      GAC 231I/231A	
PH-JUR	PA-32RT-301 Saratoga	1755 09/1704	f&t Rotterdam		
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1854	2045	Palma-Exeter	      EGL 67H	    ambulance flt ?
						
	Thursday, 9th June					
						
G-SJSS	Challenger 605   	0915	1710	f&t Northolt		
G-FBNK	Citation 510 Mustang	0936 10/0901	Manchester-Deauville  BKK 26Z	
EI-EHH	ATR-42-300	        1146	1325	f&t Dublin	      EIN 3194/3195 Aer Lingus, substitute a/c type
ZK032	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1209	G/A	to Hawarden for a G/A VYT 78	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1229	1302	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
EI-EHV	CZAW Sportcruiser	1300 10/1458	f&t private location(s)		
OK-SLX	Citation 560 XL  	1353 10/1955	Manchester-Marseilles SUA 693/601   Silesia Air titles
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1453	1527	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
EI-EHH	ATR-42-300	        1703	1804	f&t Dublin	      EIN 3196/3197 Aer Lingus, substitute a/c type
LN-BAA	Beech B200 King Air	1851 10/0912	Notodden-Isle of Man  BGT 41	    Bergen Air Transport
						
	Friday, 10th June					
						
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22     	0802	0819	Blackpool-Deauville		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1141	1226	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-PMGG	A-B 206A Jet Ranger	1212	1652	f&t private location(s)		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1509	1658	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
ZH882	C-130J Hercules C.5	1541	G/A 09	to 'private site'     RRR 143	
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star   	1553 12/1404	f&t Gamston	      WKT 16	    possibly went 'tech' on 10th
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1601	1622	Wick-Exeter	      EGL 517	
G-SMLA	BAe.146-200      	1942 11/1020	Bucharest-Perpignan   ENZ617P/EZE9513  Jota, St Helens rugby chtr o/b
LN-BAA	Beech B200 King Air	2037	2144	Isle of Man-Bergen    BGT 42/43	    Bergen Air Transport
						
	Saturday, 11th June					
						
G-FBNK	Citation 510 Mustang	1047	1202	Deauville-Aberdeen    BKK 26Z	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22     	1113	1159	Deauville-Blackpool		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1201	1332	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1522	1555	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1735	1927	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99T/99U	
G-BVMA	Beech 200 King AIr	1900	2000	Le Touquet-Humberside CBM 99	
D-CTRI	Lear Jet 35A     	2125 12/0006	Palma-Cologne	      AYY 112	
G-JOTR	BAe. RJ-85	        2338 12/0039	Perpignan-Cork	      EZE9514/ENZ411P  Eastern i/b, St Helens RUFC chtr
						
	Sunday, 12th June 2016					
						
CS-DRO	Hawker 800XPi    	1259	1400	Paris/Le B'-Belfast City NJE 8DK	
G-TYRE	Cessna F172M    	1304	1342	Gamston-East Midlands		    with engineer to repair G-XDEA?
OK-SLX	Citation 560 XL    	1458	1630	Marseilles-Geneva     SUA 622/623   Silesia Air
G-IASM	Beech 200 King Air	1735 13/1014	Sywell-Edinburgh      BRO 31P/31	
CS-DTQ	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1824 13/2218	f&t Brussels	      EVJ 362/363	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2111	2244	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Monday, 13th June					
						
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0847	0919	Cardiff-Wick	      EGL 517	
D-EKNA	Mooney M.20F     	1022 14/1858	f&t Durham/Tees Valley		
N902AG	Challenger 604   	1037	1651	f&t Munster Osnabruck		
N344PL	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1440	1537	f&t Paris/le Bourget		
ZJ937/DT  Typhoon FGR.4   	1924	G/A 27	to Coningsby	      Razor 13	    formation go-around
ZJ919/DC  Typhoon FGR.4  	1924	G/A 27	to Coningsby	      Razor 14	    off into North Wales o/b
OM-GTB	Boeing 737-49R    	2019	2130	f&t Prague	      OK 668/669    CSA cols, substitute a/c type
						
	Tuesday, 14th June					
						
M-ARIE	Raytheon 390 Premier 1A	0952	1555	f&t Guernsey		            fv of this regn on a Premier!
G-LEGC	EMB-135BJ Legacy	1439	2311	Farnborough-Luton     LNX 70GC	
G-TAWC	Boeing 737-8K5    	1441	1612	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265/3264 Thomson, weekly I/T.
CS-DRQ	Hawker 800XPi   	1549	1735	Zurich-Paris/Le Bourget NJE 672B/8FM	
N3544M	PA-31-325 Navajo C/R	1646	1733	f&t Cambridge		
G-IASM	Beech 200 King Air	2025	2119	Edinburgh-DSA	      BRO 31/31P	
						
	Wednesday, 15th June					
						
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22    	0831	0852	Blackpool-Inverness		
ZK010	BAe. Hawk T.2   	1248	G/A 09	to Valley	      VYT 99	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22    	1536	1551	f&t Blackpool		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1559	1852	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L99M	
D-CEIS	Citation 680 Sovereign	1714 16/0950	Lisbon-Lille	      EFD 888	
						
	Thursday, 16th June					
						
IAC 258	Lear Jet 45	        1315	1444	Baldonnel-Manchester  IRL 258       Irish Air Corps
ZK015	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1617	G/A 09	to Valley	      VYT 76	
G-CWCD	Beech B200GT King Air	1738	2254	East Midlands-Newcastle	MDI 3	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1851	1922	Wickenby-Blackpool		
						
	Friday, 17th June					
						
PH-FJK	Citation 525B CJ3	1042	1200	Rotterdam-Eindhoven		
LX-SEH	Citation 560 XLS	1046	1121	Faro-Luxembourg	      LXA 5E	
ZG775/EB:Z Panavia Tornado GR.4	1245	G/A 27	to Coningsby	      Rebel 88	    41 Sqdn tail markings
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1556	1623	Wick-Exeter	      EGL 517	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1857	2043	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Saturday, 18th June					
						
P7350/EB:G  Spitfire II  	1329 	fly-by along 09               Spitfire 01   BBMF, en route between flypasts
G-GPMW	PA-28RT-201 Arrow IV	1405 19/1444	f&t Coventry		
LY-VEO	Airbus A.320-233	1439	1541	f&t Barcelona	      VLG 8782/8783 Vueling, use of a leased-in a/c
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1633	1818	f&t Isle of Man       EGL 99L/99M	
OE-GBE	IAI 1123 Astra (G.100)  2055 14/1202	Oporto-Dublin	      TYW 352/371   Tyrol Air Ambulance
						
	Sunday, 19th June 2016					
						
LX-USM	Falcon 7X	        0854	0946	f&t Olbia	      SVW 35SM	    Global Jet Luxembourg
EI-DCK	Boeing 737-8AS	        1557	1648	Edinburgh-Dublin      RYR 817/81    Ryanair, Dvt from Dublin, why?
G-BTNC	AS.365N2 Dauphin 2	1750	1831	Leeds/Brad-private site	MFT 4	    collected pax from the Challenger?
G-RADY	Challenger 850	        1816	2225	f&t Luton		
LX-LAA	Lear Jet 45	        2020 20/0937	Palma-Milan/Bergamo   DUK 7AMB	    air ambulance flt i/b
EI-FSK	ATR-72-600	        2024	2110	f&t Dublin	      EIN 3198/3199 Aer Lingus, fv of a new a/c.
G-BTNC	AS.365N2 Dauphin 2	2200	2232	private site-Leeds/Brad	MFT 4/3	
						
	Monday, 20th June					
						
G-DMPP	DA.42 Twin Star  	0833	0906	Exeter-Gamston	      WKT 2/14	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0847	1043	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	0908	0934	Exeter-Wick	      EGL 517	
G-KRNW	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1018	1140	Liverpool-Barton      RHD 4	    Bond/North West Air Ambulance
M-DMBP	Lear Jet 40      	1416	1740	Stansted-Dublin		
G-SHED	PA-28-181 Archer II	1423	1528	f&t Gloucester		
N300CR	Gulfstream 4	        2014 21/1620	f&t White Plains, USA		    o/b direct transatlantic
						
	Tuesday, 21st June					
						
G-JMOS	PA-34-220T Seneca V	0824	1405	f&t Bournemouth		
G-OYST	A-B 206B Jet Ranger 2	0955 22/0940	f&t private location(s)		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0957	1137	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-TAWN	Boeing 737-8K5	        1450	1605	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265/3264 Thomson, regular weekly I/T
EI-REI	ATR-72-201	        1903	2049	Dublin-Isle of Man    RE100P/BEE610 Flybe, a/c swop on apron
EI-REL	ATR-72-212	        1919	2002	Isle of Man-Dublin    BEE609/RE200P Flybe, a/c swop on apron
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1921	2115	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
ZH873	C-130J Hercules C.4	2033	G/A 27	to Brize Norton	      RRR 220	
						
	Wednesday, 22nd June					
						
N700KG	Lear Jet 40	        1039	1854	f&t Isle of Man		
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1057	1116	Blackpool-Henstridge		
G-THFC	RJ.135BJ Legacy	        1258	1523	Stansted-Northolt     KRH 39/39R    Royal family flight o/b
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1352	1655	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
ZG995	PBN-2T Defender AL.1	1419	G/A	to Northolt           AAC 520	    Army
CS-DRS	Hawker 800XPi	        1606 23/0825	Antwerp-Malaga	      NJE8HP/549R	
ZK020?	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1621	G/A	to Valley	      VYT 56	    or ZK013 from another source
G-OSPY	Cirrus SR.20	        1730 23/1159	f&t private location		
						
	Thursday, 23rd June					
						
ZK031	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0849	G/A	to Valley	      VYT 99	
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0944	1122	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
ZH879	C.130J Hercules C.4	1044	G/A 27	to Leeds/Bradford     RRR 245	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1106	1156	Henstridge-Blackpool		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1259	1325	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99S	
ZK459/X	Beech B200GT King Air	1341	G/A 27	to Newquay	      CWL 80	    now with special anniversary cols
G-SHED	PA-28-181 Archer II	1530	1639	Leeds/Bradford-Gloucester		
G-FFFC	Citation 510 Mustang	1625	1650	Birmingham-Glasgow    FLJ 51/52	
						
	Friday 24th June					
						
EI-REL	ATR-72-212	        1039	1141	Dublin-Isle of Man    RE100P/BEE604 Flybe, a/c swop on apron
EI-REI	ATR-72-201	        1050	1220	Isle of Man-Dublin    BEE603/RE200P Flybe, a/c swop on apron
D-CAHO	Citation 560 XLS+	1051	1705	Nice-Biggin Hill      AHO 731E      Air Hamburg	
D-ANTR	Challenger 604	        1232	1858	Figari-Paris/Le B'    MHV 624	
M-YTOY	EMB-500 Premier 100	1315	1351	Frankfurt-Blackpool		
G-DMPP	DA.42 Twin Star   	1443	1631	Gamston-Exeter	      WKT 16	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1500	1651	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M   a/c change from day before
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1704	1657	Wick-Exeter	      EGL 517	
G-FJET	Citation 550 II	        1708	1844	Luton-Venice	      LNX 53FJ	
						
	Saturday, 25th June					
						
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	0757	1646	f&t Luton	      LNX 05AA	
N900GX	Global 5000	        0851	0958	Dallas,USA-Glasgow		
G-VIPV	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1058	1237	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M   (or error for G-VIPY?)
ZH869	C-130J Hercules C.4	1705  2xG/A 27  to Isle of Man	      RRR 284	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2225 26/1126	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99R/99P	
LZ-BOT	Boeing 737-322	        2321 26/0127	f&t Bacau	      BMS 2933/2934 Blue Air, fv leased-in a/c
						
	Sunday, 26th June 2016					
						
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        0831	0913	Blackpool-Goodwood		
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0948	1056	Exeter-Southampton    EGL 81P/81N	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1720	1820	Goodwood-Blackpool		
D-BEEP	Citation 650 Ten	1809	1903	Larnaca-Humberside		
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1909	1944	Southampton-Exeter    EGL 81R/81P	
G-FJET	Citation 550 II   	2029	2115	Venice-Southend	      LNX 53FJ	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2233 27/1235	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Monday, 27th June					
						
G-TWOP	Citation 52A CJ2	0657	0720	Brussels-Bristol      CLF 921	
G-OGGM	Cirus SR.22	        0716	0728	Blackpool-Redhill		
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star   	0830	0902	Exeter-Gamston	      WKT 13	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	0906	0923	Exeter-Wick	      EGL 517	
N700KG	Lear Jet 40	        1124	1146	Isle of Man-Luton		
EI-EHV	CZAW Sportscruiser	1200 30/0935	f&t private location   		
EI-FRG	Boeing 737-8AS	        1227	1316	f&t Pisa	      RYR 9627/9626 Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
G-PIKK	PA-28 Cherokee 140	1259	1359	f&t Dunkeswell		            pilot to collect G-OSJF Aztec
D-CNAG	SA.227DC Metro 23	1338	1435	Stuttgart-Amsterdam   BID 7B/7C	    Bin Air, presumably freight i/b
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1430	1620	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1800	1806	Redhill-Blackpool		
G-OSPY	Cirrus SR.20	        1804 28/1014	f&t private location		
LX-GVV	Airbus A.319CJ	        2009 28/1423	St Petersburg-Geneva  SVW 39VV	
						
	Tuesday, 28th June					
						
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22     	0819	0831	Blackpool-North Weald		
N726RW	Gulfstream IVSP  	1207 30/1559	Paris/Le B'-Bordeaux  PEG 26	
G-FDZR	Boeing 737-8K5   	1439	1606	f&t Palma	      TOM 3265/3264 Thomson, weekly I/T service
G-MUZZ	Agusta AW.109SP Grand	1612	1913	f&t Battersea Heliport		
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1619	1628	North Weald-Blackpool		
N700KG	Lear Jet 40	        1622	1632	Luton-Isle of Man		
G-ZENT	Citation 560 XLS	1645	1906	Farnborough-Madrid    BZE 04A/04B
EI-FSK	ATR-72-212              1928    2043    f&t Isle of Man       BEE 609/610   Flybe, use of substitute EIN a/c
LZ-DEO	MDD MD-82	        2300 29/0108	f&t Bacau	      BMS 2933/2934 Blue Air, fv of a leased-in a/c
						
	Wednessday, 29th June					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1050	1224	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
F-GRGP	Embraer ERJ-135ER	1325	July	Oslo/Torp-	      AEH 331	    Equaflight titles
EI-FOD	Boeing 737-8AS	        2033	2229	Barcelona-Dublin      RYR 9145/449  Ryanair, fv of a recent a/c
						
	Thursday, 30th June					
						
G-HARG	EMB-550 Phenom 500	0834	0929	Bristol-Ibiza	      CLF 944	    private charter, footballers o/b
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1025	1309	Cambridge-Le Touquet		
PH-CTH	Falcon 2000X	        1039	1409	Antwerp-Amsterdam     FYG 01V/02V	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1244	1439	f&t Isle of Man	      EGL 99L/99M	
EC-KKD	Beechcraft 400XP	1302	1427	Malaga-Bournemouth    GES 11/12	
G-OSPY	Cirrus SR.20	        1743	July	private site-		
LX-ONE	Lear Jet 45XR	        1900	2210	Toulouse-Luxembourg   DUK 1AMB	    air ambulance a/c
D-CNOC	Citation 560 XL	        2106	July	Cannes-	              ATL 130	
						
	End of June 2016 visiting aircraft movements

NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS

29/0108 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 1957 to continue unbroken.

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

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE DEVELOPMENTS

AIRPORT PASSENGER FIGURES UP AGAIN

The good news from Airport management is that the upward trend in figures that commenced last year is continuing this year. Testament to a great deal of effort on the behalf of the marketing team to bring in new routes and operators.

The June 2016 are up 11% on those of June 2015, while the figure for the first half of the year, January to June is around 2.3 million passenger, some 300,000 passengers up on the same period in 2015, or 15% growth.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/07/ljla-sees-15-passenger-growth-for-first-half-of-2016/

BLUE AIR COMMENCES CLUJ FLIGHTS

As anticipated Blue air opened its third route into LjLA to Cluj-Napoca on Friday 3rd June, operating mid morning at a frequency of twice weekly on Friday and Monday. This adds to the airline’s already well established services to Bucharest and Bacau.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/06/blue-airs-new-service-to-cluj-from-ljla-is-just-fang-tastic/

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

EasyJet had a busy month but mixed month with extra flights, destination weather, aircraft serviceability and ATC cancellations. Those noticed included Thursday 4th when A.320 G-EZTI departed to Faro on EZY 7183 at 0942, only develop a hydraulics issue and diverted into Manchester. The passengers were transported onward to Faro from Manchester and A.320 G-EZOD brought back the LJLA bound passengers, arriving on EZY7194 at 2042 and briefly joined base. On Wednesday 3rd A.320 G-EZTL left for Amsterdam EZY7009 at 1709, returning to Liverpool 30 minutes later due to disruptive passengers. With a crew now out of hours, and a plane load of passengers an aircraft, G-EZWZ was positioned in from Luton at 0844 Saturday morning to operate the previous evenings’ flight as EZY9909/9910, then positioned to Luton. On Saturday evening G-EZBX left normally for Barcelona on EZY7207, but positioned back to Liverpool in the early hours. The passengers getting to LJLA at midday on Monday 6th on A.319 HB-JYL which then positioned to Geneva. On Tuesday 7th G-EZGA departed for Jersey as EZY7021 in the evening, only to return an hour later. The passengers traveled on an extra flight EZY9921/9922, G-EZBA, early afternoon Wednesday. Destination weather was certainly to blame for EZY633 G-EZGA which departed for the Isle of Man morning, Friday 10th only to return after an hour in the air. The passengers got to the Isle of Man afternoon, Saturday 11th on G-EZBA as EZY9633/9634. Another issue on Saturday 11th brought G-EZDM in from Luton 0840 to operate rotations to Barcelona, Jersey and Isle of Man before returning to Luton just after midnight. French ATC disputes during June caused problems for flights from Britain. It is difficult to spot cancelled flights, however on Tuesday 14th at least, a Belfast and a Madrid rotation were cancelled. Certainly some morning flights ran late with consequent ‘knock-on’ during the day. On Wednesday 20th weather at Jersey caused the EZY 7023 G-EZBK afternoon flight to return after 2 hours in the air. No alternative flight operated, so presumably the passengers were absorbed onto the Jersey service the following day. Not an easy month for EasyJet ops, while some passengers were inconvenienced, they did get to their destinations, a few however did suffer cancellations.

For the TT Race Meeting, EasyJet operated extra flights on Thurs 2nd, two on Sat 4th, Sun 5th, two on Sat 11th and on Sun 12th.

EasyJet aircraft noted operating through LJLA during June:
A.319s: G-EZAC, EZAG, EZAK, EZAP, EZBA, EZBG, EZBK, EZBR, EZBX, EZDM, EZDR, EZED, EZEH, EZFB, EZFJ, EZFN, EZFY, EZGA, HB-JYL (19)
A.320s: G-EZOB, EZOD, EZOW, EZTI, EZTL, EZTT, EZWR, EZWT, EZWV, EZWZ (10)
Total 29 different aircraft.

RYANAIR (FR/RYR)

Ryanair started summer season flights to Kos and re-instated Reus as a summer destination from Sunday 5th. A result of this is that the number of Sunday rotations to Dublin has been cut from 4 to 2 for the month of June.

Although there may have been cancellations and delays due to ATC disputes in France, I did not spot any. One disruption noticed was caused by destination weather. On Tuesday 14th EI-DLH set off on the first wave departure RYR 9594 to Rhodes. However the aircraft diverted to Heraklion/Crete, and late afternoon positioned back to Liverpool to operate a Faro flight. Quite how the passengers got from Crete to Rhodes is not clear, however the stranded passengers at Rhodes arrived at LJLA afternoon of Wednesday 15th as RYR 9595 on EI-EFK, which then positioned to Stansted as FR 22.

Ryanair aircraft noted operating though LJLA during June:
Boeing 737-800s: EI-DAD, DAE, DAG, DAR, DAS, DCJ, DCK, DCY, DHD, DHG, DHT, DLD, DLF, DLH, DLJ, DLN, DLR, DLV, DPB, DPC, DPK, DPM, DPN, DPR, DWC, DWJ, DWR, DWT, DWW, DWZ, DYD, DYL, DYN, DYR, DYY. EI-EBF, EBM, EBR, EFG, EFI, EFK, EFN, EFO, EFR, EGA, EGB, EGD, EKA, EKC, EKE, EKG, EKM, EKP, EKS, EKT, EMD, EME, EMJ, EMP, EMR, ENB, ENC, ENK, ENN, ENO, ENP, ENR, ENT, ENV, ENW, ENY, EPA, EPE, EPF, EPG, EPH, ESP, ESS, ESX, ESY, EVG, EVH, EVL, EVN, EVR, EVS, EVT, EVV, EVX. EI-FEH, FIF, FIG, FIJ, FIL, FIN, FIT, FOD, FOE, FOH, FOK, FON, FOT, FRG, FRH, FRJ, FRL, FRM, FRO, FRP, FRR
A total of 110 different aircraft.

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

Flybe had a reasonable month, but nothing like as good as May. While the basic pattern of 5 a day from Belfast City, with 4 on Saturday and 3 on Sundays continued there were a number of cancellation, probably around 17 cancelled out of a potential 110 rotations. It is thought most cancellations were programmed well in advance with few, if any, due to technical or weather issues.

The Isle of Man route fared much better. The basic programme of 4 return flights on weekdays, one on Saturdays and two on Sundays operated relatively smoothly with all flights operated by Stobart ATR-72 aircraft. The first rotation on Friday 10th did not operate, likely due to fog at Ronaldsway; on Friday 17th the last rotation of the day arrived, but did not return to the Island due to a fault – it positioned out on Saturday afternoon. It would appear to have been a tech issue that cancelled the third rotation on Tuesday 28th and again the last rotation on Thursday 30th. However, there were also 8 extra flights operated during the TT Meeting, with a single extra flight on Fridays 3rd and 10th (using an aircraft that would normally have operated a Belfast City rotation from LJLA) and 3 extra flights on Saturdays 4th and 11th – all the extras operated by Dash 8 aircraft.

The daily Edinburgh flight operated daily, the only exception being on Thursday 9th when the flight did not operate. Which just leaves the Newquay service which started on Saturday 21st May and ran smoothly each weekend through June using Dash 8 aircraft.

Aircraft noted on Flybe services through LJLA during June:
DHC-8 Dash Eight Q400: G-ECOA, ECOC, ECOD, ECOG, ECOH, ECOJ, ECOM, ECOP, ECOT, FLBD, FLBE, JECE, JECF, JECG, JECH, JECI, JECJ, JECL, JECM, JECN, JECO, JECR, JECX, JECZ, JEDM, JEDP, JEDR, JEDT, JEDU, JEDV, JEDW, KKEV, PRPA, PRPB, PRPC, PRPE, PRPL = 37 different aircraft
ATR-72: EI-REI (18th, 21st-24th), REL, REM, FSK (28th) (4, all operated by Stobard Air on behalf of Flybe)

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

WizzAir had another good month during June on all their routes. The schedule on two routes changed during the third week of June. The twice weekly Katowice service became thrice weekly with an additional flight on Thursdays joining those on Saturday and Tuesday; while from Riga the service remains twice weekly, but with operation now on Wednesday and Sundays (was Monday and Friday). The Warsaw service remains thrice weekly on Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday; Budapest twice weekly on Sunday and Wednesday; with Gdansk at four weekly, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Aircraft used on Wizz Air flights into LJLA during June:
A.320: HA-LPL, LPM, LPQ, LPS, LPT, LPZ, LWA, LWC, LWD, LWE, LWF, LWO, LWP, LWX, LYA, LYE, LYF, LYG, LYH, LYI, LYJ, LYM, LYN, LYQ, LYT, LYU, LYV, LYY. Total 28 different aircraft.

AER LINGUS REGIONAL (EI/EIN)

Aer Lingus Regional enjoyed another good month, although the last rotation on both Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th did not operate, while two rotations on Thursday 9th used a smaller ATR-42 EI-EHH. The Stobbard ‘fleet spare’ EI-REI appeared on 1st, 2nd, 11th, 14th and 16th June, while brand new EI-FSK made its first appearance during the month (19th) in an all-white scheme with small Aer Lingus titles. Although there were just a couple of exceptions, usually a different aircraft operated each of the 4 daily rotations (3 on Saturdays).

Aircraft used on Aer Lingus flights into LJLA during June:
ATR-72s: EI-FAS, FAT, FAU, FAV, FAW, FAX, FCY, FCZ, FMJ, FSK, REI.
ATR-42: EI-EHH (making 12 different a/c)

BLUE AIR (OB/BME)

Blue Air also had a good June with a regular usually on-time operation. Flights from Cluj commenced as anticipated on Friday 3rd and were all operated by Blue Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft, twice weekly on Friday and Monday. Bucharest flights are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and were operated by a mix of Boeing 737-400 and -800 series aircraft, while Bacau was operated by Boeing 737-400s or the leased-in aircraft.

Interest for the enthusiast was supplied by the first appearance of several new Boeing 737-800s to the fleet and aircraft leased-in for the summer from Bulgaria Air in the form of a Boeing 737-300 and an MDD MD-82. The MD-82 is now a relatively rare aircraft in European skies – but this is the first ever to operate into LJLA on a scheduled service, with all previous flights being one-off or seasonal I/T charters or diverted flights. Both the Bulgarian Air aircraft operated into LJLA around midnight, so were seen by few!

Aircraft used by Blue Air on flights into LJLA during June:
Boeing 737-300: LZ-BOT (Bacau Sun 25th)
Boeing 737-400: YR-BAE, YR-BAQ, YR-BAS.
Boeing 737-800: YR-BMB, YR-BMC, YR-BMD, YR-BME, YR-BMG
MDD MD-82: LZ-DEO (Bacau Tue 28th)

VUELING AIRLINE (VY/VLG)

A more consistent operation during June, with flights thrice weekly on Wednesday, Friday, Sunday – there was though one extra rotation, on Saturday 4th at the end of the school half-term break. Amazingly during June all the rotations were flown by a different aircraft. Vueling have leased-in aircraft for the summer, one of those, LY-VEO an A.320 visited mid-month.

Aircraft used by Vueling on flights into LJLA during June;
A.320s: EC-HGZ 19th, EC-KMI 12th, EC-LML 5th, EC-LUN 22nd, EC-LVX 3rd, EC-LZE 4th, EC-LZF 29th, EC-LZN 26th, EC-MAN 8th, EC-MBD 24th, EC-MBK 1st, EC-MER 10th, EC-MGE 15th, LY-VEO 17th (total 14 different aircraft).

CZECH AIRLINES (OK/CSA)

The Prague service from Budapest on Friday and Mondays ran regularly using Airbus A.319, although on Monday 13th did operate a couple of hours later using a leased-in Boeing 737-400 in full Czech Airlines scheme.

Aircraft used by Czech on flights into LJLA during June:
Airbus A.319s: OK-NEN 27th; OK-NEO 3rd, 17th, 20th; OK-NEP 10th, 24th; OK-REQ 6th.
Boeing 737-400: OM-GTB 13th.

THOMSON/TUI (TOM)

As would be expected the Thomson/TUI weekly on Tuesday, Palma I/T charter ran to time throughout June. Good loads are reported, which is very pleasing.

Boeing 737-800: G-FDZR 28th; G-TAWC 14th; G-TAWN 21st; G-TAWU 7th.

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING JUNE 2016

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

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS

After all the excitement of two major football airlift of fans during May, June was always going to be a quieter month, even more so with the domestic football season over. However the rugby season does run into June and St Helens left for a meeting with Catalan Dragons in Perpignan on Saturday 11th. Although they chartered Eastern Airways for these flights, they actually flew on Jota Aviation’s BAe.146 G-SMLA in the morning and late the same evening returned on RJ.85 G-JOTR.

It is always difficult with types like the Legacy, which can be fitted out as airliners, or as executive, or as biz-jets, as to which section to place comments. There were three Legacys in June, two I’ll treat as biz-jets, however here I’ll mention Equaflight’s F-GRGP which arrived from Oslo/Torp on Wednesday 29th and was still parked-up at the end of the month.

Hopefully a larger section will be required next month.

Thomson’s weekly Palma I/T service is covered under the ‘Scheduled Airlines’ section earlier in this report.

There was actually a freight charter during June, but don’t get too excited it was only a Bin Air Metroliner. D-CNAG called early afternoon Monday 27th inbound from Stuttgart and was on the ground for a couple of minutes less than an hour.

DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

Very little to get excited about in June. Weather did not close LJLA during the month, however flights from LJLA by EasyJet to the IoM on Fri 10th and Jersey on Tuesday 7th both returned to Liverpool due to fog at their destination. There was a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 on Sunday afternoon 19th that diverted into Liverpool, en route Edinburgh to Dublin and after 50 minutes on the ground departed to complete it’s journey. Quite why this diversion was necessary is unclear, although more likely a temporary runway blockage/holding issue than the weather.

Although not strictly a diversion, the Red Arrows which called on Tuesday 7th were originally programmed to call at RAF Valley. However the forecast weather and the current closure for resurfacing of the main runway there forced the team to 'rethink' and opt for Liverpool as a fuel and night-stop.

TRAINING

No airliner training this month, however on the afternoon of Friday 3rd a Bombardier Sentinel ZJ693 trained at LJLA making a total of 2 go-arounds and 3 touch & goes in the process. Otherwise all training and practice diversions by military aircraft have been an approach and go-around, which have their own section .

BIZ-JET VISITORS

June was a good month for variety of types, although Citations in particular were down considerably in number. Indeed there were only 17 different visiting Citations, against 28 of all other types – a reverse of the usual pattern.

The first ACJ (or indeed BBJ) to visit on business for some time (other than training or diversion) arrived from St Petersburg on Monday 27th in the form of A.319CJ LX-GVV and night stopped before leaving for Geneva. A Global 5000 N900GX arrived from Dallas and continued on to Glasgow the morning of Saturday 25th. A variety of Challengers with AGCO Aviation’s N902AG from and to Munster on Monday 13th, MHS Aviation’s D-ANTR from Figari to Le Bourget on Friday 24th, TAG Aviation’s G-RADY from and to Luton on Sunday 19th and our regular G-SJSS called on Thursday 9th. Two nice Gulfstream 4s, with N300CR arriving from White Plains, New York USA on Monday 20th, and departed back direct transatlantic the following day, and N726RW of Pegasus Elite Aviation from Le Bourget on Tuesday 28th, departing for Bordeaux on Thursday 30th. Global Jet Luxembourg’s Falcon 7X called on Sunday 19th from and to Olbia, while Flying Group’s Falcon 2000X PH-CTH routed from Antwerp to Amsterdam on Thursday 30th. Two EMB-135 Legacy’s (a third has been included under ‘charters’ in the form of London Executive’s G-LEGC on Tuesday 14th and on a Royal Family call-sign G-THFC on Wednesday 22nd. Not a bad month for larger biz-jets (and I’ve not mentioned two larger Citations yet). Indeed at lunch-time on Thursday 30th there was a Gulfstream 4, a Falcon 2000 and an Legacy all parked together towards the west end of the main apron.

The variety continues as the mid-size and smaller biz-jet types are considered. Tyrol Air Ambulance have added to their fleet of Astras, with OE-GBE on Saturday 18th and night stopping from Oporto and onto Dublin. No less than three NetJet Hawker 800XPs in a month is worthy of comment, CS-DRO on Sunday 12th from Le Bourget to Belfast City, CS-DRQ Tuesday 14th from Palma to Cologne and CS-DRS on Wednesday 22nd from Antwerp to Malaga. Gestair’s Beechcraft 400 EC-KKD was once a regular hired by a LFC player, it made a now rare call for the type on Thursday 30th from Malaga. Lear Jets were again to be seen in numbers, with 31 D-CGGG on Sunday 5th and night stopped; Air Alliance’s 35A D-CTRI Saturday 11th from Palma; 40 M-DMBP Monday 20th Stansted to Dublin; Manx based 40 N700KG twice; and finally Duk Air Ambulance’s LX-LAA Sunday 19th and night stopped and LX-ONE Thursday 30th. The Phenom family of biz-jets featured a number of series 300s with Air Hamburg’s D-CHIC from Marrakech on Tuesday 7th; EverJets CS-DTQ from and to Brussels on Sunday 12th; N344PL from and to Le Bourget on Monday 13th and the smaller Blackpool based series 100 M-YTOY on Friday 24th. Embraer have me tied in knots over the designations, names and ICAO type codes with the EMB-500 Phenom 100, EMB-505 Phenom 300, EMB-550 Legacy 500, EMB-135 Legacy 600, all of which leads to the second ever visit by the mid-size biz-jet Legacy 500 (which looks far more like a stretched Phenom than a shrunk Legacy) in the form of Clifton Air Centre operated G-HARG on Thursday 30th out to Ibiza, apparently carrying a football star and friends for a few days break. After all that, nearly missed smallest of the lot, a Raytheon Premier 1A M-ARIE on Tuesday 14th from and to Guernsey – first visit by this aircraft, but we have seen the registration before at Liverpool on King Air (and other) aircraft.

As mentioned at the start of this section Citations were most unusually well out-numbered by other types, and the majority of the smaller Citations were regulars. London Executive’s 550 G-FJET to Venice on Friday 24th and returned on 26th was the sole older 500/550 Citation. Citation 510 Mustangs were all regulars with OE-FZC from Nice on Wednesday 1st and OE-FFB to Nice Wednesday 8th; along with Aviation Beauport’s G-XAVB ; BookaJets G-FBNK, Flairjet’s G-FFFC, London Executive’s G-LEAA and Clifton’s G-TWOP. Usually Citation 525 CJs are the sometimes the numerous mark, but in June just the two with IX Air’s CJ2 F-HIJD from and to Toulon Monday 6th and a CJ3 PH-FJK on Friday 17th Rotterdam to Eindhoven. There were more Citation 560 Excels, but still less than usual, with Silesia Air’s OK-SLX to Marseilles on Friday 10th and returned on Sunday 12th; Lux Aviation’s LX-SHE from Faro on Friday 17th; Air Hamburg’s D-CAHO from Nice on Friday 24th; Atlas Air Service’s D-CNOC from and to Cannes on Thursday 30th and Zenith Aviation’s G-ZENT to Madrid on Tuesday 28th. The larger marks in the Citation range have been absent from the LJLA scene for some months, however in June we had both a 650 Citation Ten D-BEEP on Sunday 26th from Larnaca and a 680 Sovereign D-CEIS of EFD Eiselle on Wednesday 15th routing Lisbon to Lille.

A total of 45 visiting biz-jets, of which 17 were Citations and 28 other types. They bore the registration nationalities of 11 states: CS-, D-, EC-, F-, G-, LX, M-, N, OE-, OK- and PH-.

GENERAL AVIATION VISITORS

A fair month, though not as varied as during May. Norwegian King Air 200 LN-BAA arrived from Bergen on Thursday 9th and night stopped before a day return visit to the IoM for the TT Races presumably before passing through again evening of Friday 10th back to Norway. Earlier that week a Swedish Seneca SE-MBJ visited on Monday 6th, from and to a private airfield. Navajo 325 N3522M which called in 2015, called-in again this year on Tuesday 14th, f&t Cambridge. British twins were dominated by King Air aircraft, with 2 Excel’s G-IMEA on Friday 3rd inbound from Billund and G-IASM on Sunday 12th out to Edinburgh, returning on Tuesday 14th. Dragonfly Executive’s G-BVMA called on Saturday 11th from Le Touquet, to Humberside while IAS Medical’s G-CWCD called on Thursday 16th, East Midlands to Newcastle. Capital Aviation’s three King Air 200s G-KVIP, G-WVIP and G-ZVIP called multiple times, mostly on Friday afternoons and Monday mornings. Twin Star G-OPFR routed Blackpool to Denham on Saturday 4th, while Diamond Executive’s G-XDEA and G-DMPP appeared most Monday mornings and Friday afternoons. On Friday 10th G-XDEA arrived and appears to have developed a fault, not leaving until Sunday 12th after a repair crew came in using a Cessna 172 to fix it. A former resident of a few year ago, Seneca G-JMOS, visited from and to Bournemouth on Tuesday 21st. The Capital Aviation IoM Hospitals contract employed Navajo Chieftains G-VIPW at the start of the month until 3rd, G-VIPV from 5th until either 24th or 25th, and G-VIPY from 24th.

As usual a couple of Cirrus SR.20/22s called with the more interesting ones being Fairoaks based N663KK on Friday 3rd and private site based G-OSPY on Wednesday 22nd and night stopped and visited again on Thursday 30th, while Blackpool based G-OGGM was much more active than usual with multiple visits during June. Cherokees were regular PA-32R PH-JUR on Wednesday 8th and night stopped, Coventry based PA-28R Arrow G-GPMW on Sat 18th and night stopped, Gloucester based PA-28 G-SHED on Monday 20th and Thursday 23rd; Dunkeswell based G-PIKK on Monday 27th to drop off a pilot, and G-BTRS from Barton to the Isle of Man on Friday 3rd. Cessna 172 were limited to G-BCVJ from Woodvale for maintenance 1st to 18th and G-TYRE which arrived from Gasmston on Sunday 12th, likely with an engineer to fix DA.42 G-XDEA. Triidad G-TBSV is a regular from its Abbeyshrule base and called on Wednesday 1st. Leaving the best till last, CZAW Sportscruiser EI-EHV called from a private airfield on Thursday 9th and night stopped and again Monday 27th staying until 30th.

ROTARY VISITORS

An interesting month for rotary visitors, although most of the action was in the first half of the month. Only a few of the ‘regulars’ called, with R.44 G-CFNF and Sikorsky S-76 G-PACO both calling just the once each, on Sunday 5th. Multiflight of Leed’s Dauphin G-BTNC called twice on Sunday 19th seemingly connected to a biz-jet visit, while Agusta A.109 during the June were G-EMHC on Monday 6th and G-MUZZ from and to Battersea Heliport on Tuesday 28th. Just the one Squirrel in June, the ‘rare’ one of the three operated by PLM Dollar Group on behalf of Network Rail, G-NLSE operated from Liverpool between Wednesday 8th and Tuesday 14th (the regular two are G-NLDR and G-NTWK). Jet Rangers are few and far between, two in month is worthy of comment, with G-PMGG on Friday 10th and G-OYST on Tuesday 21st. A visiting Robinson R.44 was G-VVBL routing Blackbushe to Isle of Man on Thursday 2nd and the return routing the following day. Two Air Ambulance visits, both by EC.135s with Glasgow based Scottish Air Ambulance’s G-SASS on Tuesday 7th, and the former Cornwall based G-KRNW on a Bond call-sign (rather than ‘Helimed’) which is currently Barton based, calling on Monday 20th.

RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

Our resident Miles Gemini G-AKKB took to the air for the first time this year briefly on Tuesday 21st and for a much longer flight on Thursday 23rd. At the other end of the scale the newly delivered Phenom G-JMBO was active on a number of days, mainly flying between here and Glasgow.

Resident Aztec 250 G-OSJF which departed to sales agents at Dunkeswell on 23rd December 2015 but returned on 27th May, departed back to Dunkeswell on Monday 27th June, the pilot having been dropped-off by Cherokee G-PIKK. It is now confirmed that Malibu N921GG which left for Coventry 8th April 2016 has been sold. The TBM-850 N87RN is reported as up for sale, however is still operating from Liverpool at the end of June.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT VISITORS

Not a bad month, with 11 military aircraft. Maybe the count is cheating as 9 were the ‘Red Arrows’ team calling on Tuesday 7th to perform over the Manx TT circuit and then night stop at Liverpool. ‘Red 10’ with team commentator not calling at Liverpool but landing at Ronaldsway. On Friday 3rd Sentinel ZJ693 of 5 Squadron during the afternoon came for a spot of circuit bashing with 3 touch and goes and 2 go-arounds. Finally always good to report a visit by the Irish Air Corps, this time by their Lear Jet 45, 258, early afternoon of Thursday 16th.

GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

A relatively quiet month with just 4 RAF Hawk T.2s from Valley on practice diversion, on 9th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd. It seems that activity at Valley is currently cut-back while the main runway there is resurfaced. However noise was provided by a pair of Tornados on Tuesday 7th only twenty minutes after the ‘Red Arrows’ team landed, and a solo example on Friday 17th. It is a while though since we had any Typhoons, so pair together where a very welcome sight on Monday 13th. Hercules aircraft called for approach and go-around on 4 occasions with a C.5 on afternoon Friday 10th and C.4s evening of Tue 21st, morning of Thursday 23rd and during for the afternoon of Saturday 25th, when the aircraft made two approaches. Sole King Air 200 was ZK459/X early afternoon of Thursday 23rd, while Army Defender ZG995 appeared on Wednesday 22nd.

A BBMF Spitfire P7350/EB:G made a pass along 09 while routing from a flypast over a military event at Bodelwyddan Castle to a smiliar event at Appleton Thorne early afternoon of Saturday 18th. Very nice, while likely only seen by a handful of passengers I’m sure that it was much appreciated by ATC and the enthusiasts present – certainly there are a couple of excellent shots on the forum daily thread. No civilian aircraft or helicopters called just for use of the ILS and go-around en route.

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STATISTICS

The CAA Stats will be slotted in here once published.

EPILOGUE

Highlight of the month must be a rare visit by an ACJ on business (as against training) when Airbus A.319CJ LX-SVV called on Monday 27th from St Petersburg and night stopped. Any month with a visit by the ‘Red Arrows’ is a notable one! Finally a note that a number of regular airlines used summer leased-in aircraft: CSA, Blue Air and Vueling. Most notably Blue Air who late evening Tuesday 28th used an MD-82, LZ-DEO, on their service from Bacau – a type now rare around Europe and amazingly likely the first time that the type has visited on a LJLA bound scheduled service – charters and diversions, yes – but not a scheduled service.

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.

[viscount]

FUTURE OF THE DETAILED MONTHLY REVIEW

The monthly review of activity takes me around four to five times as long to compile, check, type and post than does the monthly Visitor’s Log on which it is based. It is simply absorbing too much of my time at present. June 2016 marks the 24th consecutive month, two years since I took over a temporary measure from Dave Graham's sudden departure. I have a back log of 'missing' monthly reports for November and December 2014 and March and April 2016, along with an Annual Report for 2015. To enable me to provide a better service with an earlier posting time each month, there are two solutions in my mind. Either someone can stand-in and take over the compilation and typing of the section, and/or to cut down the content considerably.

The Monthly Report splits into three general sections. There is the opening topics of interest, many are derived and cross reference to LJLA Press-releases. Much of this section writes itself, but does need awareness of developments to be reported.

The Airline activity section has two repeated parts. At present the comments regarding daily changes to full scheduled operation eg cancellations, technical issues, weather at destination, diversions etc and how the airlines overcome the problems to get their passengers to their destination is possibly too detailed and is certainly very time consuming to record and check. Perhaps in the Ryanair, Easyjet, Flybe and Aer Lingus sections much of the current comment could be dropped, and replaced with regular general summary and comment on destinations, frequency etc. The aircraft used by each airline each month is easy to extract from the raw data and I know is used by those who keep track of first visits etc, so would be safe from any cut-down of information provided. Comment on substitute and seasonal aircraft used by our airlines would continue too.

Also a contender for cuts, are all the long paragraphs detailing visiting aircraft: biz-jets, twins, singles, helicopters, military, go-arounds, training. Currently takes a quite a while to collate and type and could be cut down to just highlights (as Dave Graham once did) rather than attempting to paint a complete picture of activity. The paragraphs on Charters and Diversions would likely remain much as at the present.

IN SUMMARY

Confirmation that I am proposing no changes to the format or scope of the Monthly Visiting Aircraft listing ….. unless anyone has ideas as to how the format could be improved etc. Would a translation of the ICAO code for biz-jet operators be of use in the comments column, as already regularly shown for airlines? Would greater abbreviation of longer type names matter as it gives me more space over on the right for comments.

As a general open question, which is most read/used/looked at/referred to: the daily list of visitors, or the Monthly Report with much of the same information but reorganised into themes?

Are nwan members who consult the Liverpool Airport Monthly Report happy to let me adjust and considerably shorten the Report, but as a result take out much of the detail? Each airline section would become a list of destinations and frequencies, along with aircraft operated through LJLA. The GA & Business section would be shortened to just highlights, without mention of the regulars. Monthly listing of aircraft used by each airline would remain.
….. or are there other views on the way forward for this ‘magazine’ summary section of the monthly Visiting Aircraft List?

Any thoughts/comments ??

[ian531]

Hi Brian,

Firstly a thanks for all your hard work in compiling these monthly reports.

Because the daily threads are so detailed I generally read the summary and then focus on the general aviation , biz-jets and helicopters, just in case I did miss something.

So for me a summary would be enough, but I imagine we all focus on different sections.

Ultimately, it's your decision and which ever way you settle on, we appreciate it

Ian

[jetdragon]

Hi Brian

Great work and as Ian says very much appreciated. I am a fan of the monthly summary as everything is in one place and easy to scroll through if you are looking for something in particular. I am happy with the format.

thanks

Dave