Archive Spotting Movements Log & Heads Up

[752]

Air X CRJ2 inbound from TFS due to arrive at 15:56

 

[Finger66]

9H-DOM I believe is the aircraft in question

 

[twevsmiff]

Gulfstream G650ER A7-CGU(Qatari 210) inbound from Osaka, entering hold 0825

Hawker 800XPi LY-LTA(Charter Jets 601) inbound from Le Bourget, enter hold 0820
RVR now 550m on 14 so able to make approach

Gulfstream G650ER A7-CGU(Qatari 210) inbound from Osaka, entering hold 0825

Hawker 800XPi LY-LTA(Charter Jets 601) inbound from Le Bourget, enter hold 0820
RVR now 550m on 14 so able to make approach

Both aircraft landed

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Ryanair are swapping their based Boeing 737 Max 8-200 in Dublin this morning. EI-IFX has departed to the Emerald Isle and will be changed with EI-IFP which will be a first LBA visit. Subject to change.

BH

 

[Len Fish]

Why do they do this? Is it for maintenance reasons?

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Why do they do this? Is it for maintenance reasons?

Through the winter months, when a lot of aircraft are parked up, it allows rotation of those parked aircraft and helps keep the hours across the fleet 'averaged' out. In the summer months, whilst this is less likely, an airline the size of Ryanair will have a few spare aircraft. Other than that, there could be a myriad of reasons, including aircraft goring for maintenance, or simply to fit in with timetabling. Searching FR24 for EI-IFX, shows it's next flights to be DUB - BHX, BHX - DUB, then DUB - REU and REU - DUB.

 

[rollo]

Additionally to Kevin's post aircraft are required to carry out a check flight after a period of time on the ground to to maintain airworthiness otherwise they need to undergo a significant and expensive maintenance check so it's cheaper to do a short flight and helps keep flight crew current. The 737 has quite a short "idle" grounded period between flights ( old design) compared to say the more modern A320.

In the winter Jet2 did quite a few short 20 minute circuits at BHX to keep there 737s current.

 

[CM.]

Some interesting Exec movements.

Vistajet Bombardier Global 7500 (9H-VIT) due in from Stockholm Arlanda 18:30 and departs to Male Maldives at 20:00

Air Hamburg Dassult Falcon 7X (D-ALIN) due in from Washington Dulles 07:10am Tommorow.

 

[lbaspotter]

Ryanair used Matla Air registered Boeing 737-800, 9H-QCY on this mornings FR152/153 Dublin service.

Air Hamburg Dassult Falcon 7X , D-ALIN arrived inbound from Washington at 10:14 as "AOH9631"and has just departed out to Malaga again as "AOH9631"

Netsjets Embrear Phenom, CS-PHU arrived inbound from Paris LBG at 11:27 as "NJE479Y"

Toyo Aviation Embrear Legacy, YR-TRO is due inbound from Malta at 12:19 as "TQY404"

 

[Len Fish]

Through the winter months, when a lot of aircraft are parked up, it allows rotation of those parked aircraft and helps keep the hours across the fleet 'averaged' out. In the summer months, whilst this is less likely, an airline the size of Ryanair will have a few spare aircraft. Other than that, there could be a myriad of reasons, including aircraft goring for maintenance, or simply to fit in with timetabling. Searching FR24 for EI-IFX, shows it's next flights to be DUB - BHX, BHX - DUB, then DUB - REU and REU - DUB.

Additionally to Kevin's post aircraft are required to carry out a check flight after a period of time on the ground to to maintain airworthiness otherwise they need to undergo a significant and expensive maintenance check so it's cheaper to do a short flight and helps keep flight crew current. The 737 has quite a short "idle" grounded period between flights ( old design) compared to say the more modern A320.

In the winter Jet2 did quite a few short 20 minute circuits at BHX to keep there 737s current.

Thanks both.

 

[twevsmiff]

Challenger 650 M-HEAD inbound from Dubai, vectors for ILS runway 14, 1355
The run of exotic flight continues.

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Wizz Air Malta Airbus 321 Neo 9H-WAO is enroute from Katowice and will make her first LBA visit just after lunch.

There are a further two Wizz Air planned first LBA visits for later today. Airbus 321 HA-LXB should operate the tea time Bucharest Otopeni rotation, and Airbus 320 HA-LYT is rostered for the late evening Cluj Napoca turnround. Subject to change.

BH

 

[lbaspotter]

Jet2 Boeing 737-800, G-DRTM positioning inbound from Ibiza as "EXS63J"

Looks like tonight's night stopping "KLM31F" service from Amsterdam is going to be late into Leeds. Embraer 190, PH-EXD had taxied out for departure but for some unknown reason its now returned to its gate at Schiphol.

 

[lbaspotter]

Heads up:

Royal Air Force Brize Norton based, C130J Hercules is due LBA at around 13:15 this afternoon..

Make the most of it as it could possibly be the final time an RAF Herk visits Leeds-Bradford before they are withdrawn from service this summer.

 

[twevsmiff]

Citation Ultra 97-00102(Duke 15) inbound from Weisbaden, vectors for ILS 14, 1635
USAF Cessna UC-35A

G-POLW(Police 154) departed to Bournemouth this afternoon with G-POLZ(Police 152) arriving this evening from Bournemouth to take up duties.

 

[White Heather]

I think LBA are goading GALBA and leading them a merry dance. The departures board for tomorrow, for the first (and probably the last) time is showing the 0620 Amsterdam departure by KLM and 7 other departures at the same time, all to AMS. They are of course a variety of code shares ranging from Air France to China Eastern to Delta. As they are before 0700, and in sleepy Yorkshire, that's night-time, so the GALBA lot will probably try to count this as 8 night flights! 😂

 

[YorkshireLad]

I think LBA are goading GALBA and leading them a merry dance. The departures board for tomorrow, for the first (and probably the last) time is showing the 0620 Amsterdam departure by KLM and 7 other departures at the same time, all to AMS. They are of course a variety of code shares ranging from Air France to China Eastern to Delta. As they are before 0700, and in sleepy Yorkshire, that's night-time, the GALBA lit will probably count this as 8 night flights.

I absolutely love the sight of it for some reason

 

[White Heather]

I absolutely love the sight of it for some reason

They used to do it in the past for the British Midland Heathrow flights when arrivals were shown on Ceefax or Teletext ( one or t'other).

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 EI-IGE is enroute from Malaga and will make her first LBA visit around breakfast time.



BH

 

[White Heather]

KLM codeshares are showing for KLM flights tomorrow too on the LBA departures (but not arrivals) , so it looks like this might be a regular thing going forward..