09:39
Arrival of SN2173 from Brussels - SN Brussels
Airlines ARJ100 OO-DWL. |
09:44
This bmi ERJ145 G-RJXB has started to roll,
and is most probably BD371 bound for Aberdeen.
Taxiing behind is Lufthansa Regional ARJ85
D-AVRF bound for Frankfurt as LH4849. |
09:48
British Airways A320-211 G-BUSI is rolling
and bound for London Heathrow as BA1389
|
09:57
Ankunft LH5994 aus München - this time
it's their 737-530
D-ABII "Lörrach".
|
10:00
KA500 from Hong Kong has just landed
- Dragonair Cargo 747-312F B-KAB
|
10:03
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
747-367 AP-BGG taxiing down Alpha |
10:05
BA 2904 arrival from London Gatwick -
737-436 G-DOCE - still with Flower Field tail. |
10:06
PK711 at V1 - next stop New York, JFK |
10:09
Singapore Airlines 777-212ER 9V-SVC taxiing
down Alpha. |
10:11
I'm not always lucky with fixed objects, this
time it was the #@$£¤ wind indicator.
The aircraft is Continental 767-424ER
N69059 and it is bound for Newark/EWR as CO021.
This was the only day in May with a 764 on that
flight, for the rest of them will be 772 - my
luck has left me. |

10:11 The weekly Air Jamaica arrival from
Kingston - JM005 is operated by A340-313X
6Y-JMM. |
10:12
SQ345 at lift off - next stop Zurich (ZRH), then
on to Singapore (SIN). |
10:22
Vbird A320-211 PH-VAE arriving from Niederrhein
as VBA1200 |
10:26
Air Transat A330-342 C-GKTS is rolling
and bound for Toronto as TSC525. |
10:34
My Travel Airways 767-31KER G-DIMB just
has landed -
recently returned from Garuda after
being used for the Hadj.
|
10:40
Arrival of BA4403 from the Isle of Man - DHC-8-311B
G-NVSA. |
10:43
All fire appliances are brought to forward positions – from
what we picked up on the scanner, PIA has some
sort of problem. |
10:45
But first we have to let this Ryanair beer-Boeing
737-230 EI-CNY pass - from Dublin as FR554 |
10:48
Taxiing down Alpha is Virgin Atlanctic 747-219B G-VSSS "Island Lady".. |

10:50
Touch down of PK795 from Karachi - fuel leak
was mentioned on the scanner.
|

10:50
It is the 777-240ER AP-BGK - only 2½ months since the aircraft was delivered new to
PIA.
|
10:51
The Fire Service escort is lining up. |
10:52
The PIA 772 taxies down Sierra as Monarch 752
G-DAJB climbs out.
PIA was escorted all the way
to the terminal. |
10:55
Now almost half an hour late due to the PIA incident,
VS075 has just passed the Aviation Viewing Park
on its take off run to Orlando, Florida. |
11:00
Still in Crossair colours, this Swiss International
ERJ145 HB-JAT arrives from Zurich as LX390 -
now 35 minutes late - due to the PIA incident? |
11:02
bmibaby 737-3Q8 G-OBMP arrival from Bordeaux
as WW5882. |
11:04
Baby bus from Paris (CDG) - A318-111
F-GUGD AF1968 - fourth delivered A318 to AF. |
11:06
Arrival of BA7832 from Copenhagen - ERJ145 G-EMBJ. |
|
11:07
Un-scheduled arrival of Air Europa 737-86Q
with winglets EC-III. |
11:10
Just landed is this A320-111 G-BUSE, but
where it came from I didn't catch - no A320 scheduled
in FlightCheck (the official monthly timetable
for Manchester Airport) around that time. |
11:13
IB6912 arrives from Barcelona - A320-211
EC-GRF. |
11:23
Arrival of Lufthansa LH 4850 from Frankfurt.
The aircraft used is A319-114 D-AILA named "Frankfurt
an der Oder" (the other Frankfurt, the one
in the former DDR). |
11:38
Arrival of Air Malta KM138 from Malta - A320-214
9H-AEI. |

1 1:42
Arrival of KLM Cityhopper KL1081 from Amsterdam
- F100 PH-OFJ (a former KLM UK aircraft). |
11:44
Arrival of Luxair LG4983 from Luxembourg - ERJ-145LU
LX-LGI. |
11:53
The last aircraft to arrive before the three
hours curfew on RWY 06R/24L was this British
Airways Citiexpress BAe 146-100 G-MABR. |
Since
the runway closed, we had to move over to the
other side - to the
Aviation Viewing Park.
But first we needed something to eat, and the
Romper public house on the way into the Viewing
Park was a great place to stop. |