Post by ddave on Feb 6, 2010 16:26:24 GMT 1
Hi guys , just thought i would post some news from BHX,LHR and LGW .
A few of you know me - im a northerner exiled in leamington spa - fortunatly its only 75 mins from LHR .
Some updates for LHR
KE907 arr16.20 dep 20.10 is gonna be a 777 for 1 wk from 24th Feb
CI098 arr 17.05 dep 21.15 is gonna be a 340 from 28th Mar ( Su , Tu , Thu only )
MS ( forget flight no ) ar 13.35 dep 15.00 is a 777 from 1st April
CX257 arr 16.00 dep 20.00 is a 777 from 1st May
AC822 arr 6.25 dep 12.35 is a 319 ;D from 28th May
The new biman 777 which i believe will be doing MAN soon was in LHR this morn - CS-TFM - ex singapore and apparently the first ever portugese registered 777 - looked really nice even in the mist
Plus plenty of new EK380's and QF ones to pick off now
If any of you are thinking of doing the plane spotters package at the renaissance take photo ID , i stayed there with work and was told that due to the proximity to LHR, the met police now ask the hotel to check photo ID of all guest's ( i assume it will the same in other hotels on bath road ) , this does not affect spotting at all and the spotters pack is still available and it does not affect anyone just sitting on the bench's at the back of the hotel near the car park .
Small news from LGW
Mexicana will be using thier 2 330's during next few wks while the 767's undergo maintainance - dates i can find are - 10th Feb, 13th Feb , 18th Feb , 21st , 24th and 27th
And some from BHX - the place i live is on threshold for runway 33 and some nice stuff here lately
Morning Lufthansa flight - arr 9.00 dep 9.45ish is being operated by new cityline EMB190
Lots of new Ryans - EKF currently based
Luchtime EK flight has been operated by brand new A6-ECY for last 5 days and rumours are it will stay on this flight for another week or so , apparently the seat config on this aircraft is diff to most of others in the fleet so its ideal for BHX-dubai route - also the next one for delivery A6-ECZ is allegedly the samr config and so will be used on this flight .
Morning Eurowings flight - arr 7.40 has been operated by the 700 crj's - D-ACSB and the new LH CRJ900NG's have been used on the evening flight arr19.00ish .
Turkish 737 TC-JHY was in last week and is now painted in special colour scheme to show THY's sponsorship of Barcelona FC , so one to look out for in future for the photo guys.
Hope this helps with any visits you lot are thinking of now the snow is going , hightlight for me will be the AC319's .
If any of these change dont blame me , they are all deffo's but things do change .
Bob - if you read this and are planning any trips with Tony or anyone else round all these little airfileds near me , give us a shout and ill try to meet up . The all day breakfast at Wellesbourne is well worth the visit and one of the best ive tried .
Hope to catch up with a few of you all at the AVP over the coming months to see what ive been missing ( air livery and LH MD-11's etc ) and meet up and have a chat with the lads who were goin to renaissance in atlanta for a few days .
Dave
A few of you know me - im a northerner exiled in leamington spa - fortunatly its only 75 mins from LHR .
Some updates for LHR
KE907 arr16.20 dep 20.10 is gonna be a 777 for 1 wk from 24th Feb
CI098 arr 17.05 dep 21.15 is gonna be a 340 from 28th Mar ( Su , Tu , Thu only )
MS ( forget flight no ) ar 13.35 dep 15.00 is a 777 from 1st April
CX257 arr 16.00 dep 20.00 is a 777 from 1st May
AC822 arr 6.25 dep 12.35 is a 319 ;D from 28th May
The new biman 777 which i believe will be doing MAN soon was in LHR this morn - CS-TFM - ex singapore and apparently the first ever portugese registered 777 - looked really nice even in the mist
Plus plenty of new EK380's and QF ones to pick off now
If any of you are thinking of doing the plane spotters package at the renaissance take photo ID , i stayed there with work and was told that due to the proximity to LHR, the met police now ask the hotel to check photo ID of all guest's ( i assume it will the same in other hotels on bath road ) , this does not affect spotting at all and the spotters pack is still available and it does not affect anyone just sitting on the bench's at the back of the hotel near the car park .
Small news from LGW
Mexicana will be using thier 2 330's during next few wks while the 767's undergo maintainance - dates i can find are - 10th Feb, 13th Feb , 18th Feb , 21st , 24th and 27th
And some from BHX - the place i live is on threshold for runway 33 and some nice stuff here lately
Morning Lufthansa flight - arr 9.00 dep 9.45ish is being operated by new cityline EMB190
Lots of new Ryans - EKF currently based
Luchtime EK flight has been operated by brand new A6-ECY for last 5 days and rumours are it will stay on this flight for another week or so , apparently the seat config on this aircraft is diff to most of others in the fleet so its ideal for BHX-dubai route - also the next one for delivery A6-ECZ is allegedly the samr config and so will be used on this flight .
Morning Eurowings flight - arr 7.40 has been operated by the 700 crj's - D-ACSB and the new LH CRJ900NG's have been used on the evening flight arr19.00ish .
Turkish 737 TC-JHY was in last week and is now painted in special colour scheme to show THY's sponsorship of Barcelona FC , so one to look out for in future for the photo guys.
Hope this helps with any visits you lot are thinking of now the snow is going , hightlight for me will be the AC319's .
If any of these change dont blame me , they are all deffo's but things do change .
Bob - if you read this and are planning any trips with Tony or anyone else round all these little airfileds near me , give us a shout and ill try to meet up . The all day breakfast at Wellesbourne is well worth the visit and one of the best ive tried .
Hope to catch up with a few of you all at the AVP over the coming months to see what ive been missing ( air livery and LH MD-11's etc ) and meet up and have a chat with the lads who were goin to renaissance in atlanta for a few days .
Dave