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[White Heather]

Do we know why it was cancelled?

I saw this week that the NEOs are having engine problems,.and more frequent maintenance to them. This is leaving them short of aircraft, and it said that they would have to cancel some flights across their network. It may be the reason. There again, it might be something else.

 

[Len Fish]

The problems are with the Pratt & Whitney GTF engines. Jet2 have opted for the CFM LEAP engines in their neo’s (the 737’s have earlier CFM power plants) so hopefully these will prove less problematic, although some problems have been reported. Seems these cutting edge, super efficient engines are proving quite temperamental.

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Lauda Europe Airbus 320 9H-LOQ is enroute from Zadar and will soon make her mid afternoon first LBA visit.

A further planned first LBA visit for later will be Wizz Air Malta Airbus 321 Neo 9H-WDI operating the Bucharest Otopeni rotation.

BH

 

[LBA4EVER]

The problems are with the Pratt & Whitney GTF engines. Jet2 have opted for the CFM LEAP engines in their neo’s (the 737’s have earlier CFM power plants) so hopefully these will prove less problematic, although some problems have been reported. Seems these cutting edge, super efficient engines are proving quite temperamental.

Sticking so much new tech onto engines to make them squeaky clean and quiet perhaps means more things can go wrong?

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Freebird Airlines Airbus 320 TC-FHP is enroute from Antalya and will make her first LBA visit later this morning.

BH

 

[twevsmiff]

Citation XL CS-DXP(Fraction 164G) inbound from BigginHill, vectors for ILS 32, 0935
Diverting from Leeds/East

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Looks like a Hawk is making an approach on 14. ZB132.

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 EI-HGV has just departed from Dublin to shortly make her first LBA visit.

BH

 

[twevsmiff]

Hawk "Javelin 21" inbound for ILS and go-around runway 14 1215, not pinging on radar
It's ZB133 showing on radar as "Oryx 21"

Hawk ZB136(Javelin 20) inbound for ILS and go-around 1230, f/t Leeming

 

[BlueManc]

USAF Beech 200 73-01208 departed about 1545 'Guts65' callsign!

Landed at 1429 from Budapest

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Currently over the Irish Sea, just south of the IOM.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

USAF Beech 200 73-01208 departed about 1545 'Guts65' callsign!

Landed at 1429

Is that the one that arrived from Budapest?

 

[Bigman]

Is there a Freebird tonight?

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Is there a Freebird tonight?

Where are you looking? It's on the LBA arrivals board.

 

[Bigman]

FR24 would be useful

 

[White Heather]

FR24 would be useful

FR24 seems to have an objection to showing Freebird. Most have been missing. There is one though, and a Lauda.

 

[mdobuk21]

It was a cracking hour up there. Buzz, Wizz, Freebird and Lauda all arriving.

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 EI-IGJ is enroute from Malaga and will soon make her first LBA visit.

BH

 

[lbaspotter]

Not seen that in a while!

After its earlier diverting back to Leeds operating the 'EXS1ER" service to Palma, Jet2's Boeing 737-300, G-GDFO has just took-off and done one right-hand circuit before landing again in Runway 14 as "EXS050B"

 

[White Heather]

TUI 737 MAX G- TUMM has just departed CFU at 1207 heading to LBA.