Glasgow Airport Movements 2015
July
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Arrivals during the month of July which I didn`t manage to capture on camera included Airbus A320-214 9A-CTJ Croatia Airlines (1st); Boeing 757-223W TF-ISZ Icelandair - 1st visit, Airbus A321-211 OE-LEW Niki, Raytheon Hawker 800XPi CS-DRV and Bombardier BD-700 Global 6000 CS-GLC (2nd); A320-232 LZ-BHI Balkan Holidays, Boeing 737-8W TC-CPA Pegasus, ATR72-212A OK-GFS CSA, Learjet 55 D-CGBR (3rd); Pilatus PC-12 LX-JFN arrived around 1100hrs, Learjet 45XR LX-EAA called in for a couple of hours in the evening. PA-46 Malibu Mirage N921GG, Challenger 350 CS-CHA and Cessna 525B CS-DIY (4th); CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 M-MDDE and Learjet 35A G-ZMED (5th); Airbus A320-214 TS-INF Nouvelair (6th); Cessna 425 N90YA, Dassault Falcon 2000 OY-CKN, Embraer ERJ-145LR F-HBPE and BD700 EC-LTF (7th); Beech 200 King Air LN-BAA Bergen Air Transport. Fleetwood Mac arrived in Boeing 737-505 9H-AHA (8th); Cessna P210N Silver Eagle Conversion HB-CQS and Gulfstream 4SP N475LC (9th); Gulfstream 650 N650XY (11th)...
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Boeing 737-8HC TC-SNP Sun Express, Cessna 550B Citation Bravo YU-BZZ, Gulfstream 650 N650XY and Gulfstream 550 CS-DKG (12th); Raytheon 390 Premier 1 M-RKAY, Embraer 135BJ 9H-JPC and Hawker 400XP EC-KKD (13th); Cessna 560XL G-SIRS, Cessna 560XLS CS-DXK and Learjet 40 I-FORR (15th); Boeing 737-4YO EC-MFS Alba Star, Dassault Falcon 50EX LX-LXL and Bombardier BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 CS-LAM (16th); Learjet 45 G-PFCT and Gulfstream 4SP N475LC (17th); A319-112 D-AIBD Lufthansa, Canadair CRJ-900ER ES-ACC Estonian Air, Cessna 182 N1424C (18th); Boeing 737-8HC(WL) TC-SNR Sun Express and Raytheon Hawker 750 CS-DUG (19th);
Embraer 135BJ G-WIRG and Boeing 737-7BBJ A6-RJZ (20th; Bombardier BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 HB-JFB, Airbus A320-214 9H-AEI Air Malta retro colours, Boeing 737-7BBJ A6-RJZ (21st); Challenger CL605 HB-JFA, Cessna 560XLS CS-DXK and CRJ200ER G-RADY (22nd); Fairchild Swearingen SA-226AT Metro IV D-CBIN Binair (23rd); Boeing 737-4KS EC-LNC Alba Star, Embraer 135BJ G-PPBA, Embraer 500 D-IAAY and Embraer 145 F-HAFS (24th) Beech 350 M-SPEC, R44 G-CTFL and Challenger 605 EI-WFI (25th); Learjet 35A G-JMED, Cessna 560XLS LX-INS (26th); VP-BBR B787-8 Azerbaijan and Boeing 737s F-GZTM and F-GZTA Europe Airpost (28th); Airbus A320-214 4K-AZ80 Azerbaijan, Cessna 560XLS Citation XLS CS-DXS, Dassault Falcon 900EX F-GKOM and Sikorsy S-92A G-MCGH `Rescue 912` HM Coast Guard (29th); Learjet 35A D-CAPO (30th). |
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Jet Airliners
Hi Fly Airbus A330-243 CS-TFZ, seen here on 1 July, had arrived the previous day.
On the first day of the month, no less than three Air Transat `heavies` arrived during the morning, the first being A330-342 C-GTSJ (above). A310-304 C-GTSW (below left) followed then last but not least, Airbus A330-243 C-GPTS, seen here taxiing to the terminal after landing.
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Another trio comprising one jet from Calgary, one from Vancouver and another from Toronto, landed within a 45 minute period on the morning of Wednesday 22 July, the first being Airbus A310-308 C-GLAT (above). Next was A330-243 C-GPTS (below right). Visiting VIP Boeing 737 A6-RJZ took-off as soon as the last Air Transat heavy of the day, A330-243 G-GTSJ (below left), cleared the runway.
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Low-cost Vienna-based Austrian outfit Niki is a subsidiary of Air Berlin. Airbus A320-214 OE-LEB visited on the 9th. Westjet`s 737 C-GQWJ called in often on the Halifax-Glasgow service during July and, Thomson Airlines Dreamliner G-TUIE `Miles of Smiles`. Virgin Atlantic`s Boeing 747-443 G-VROY is pictured below.
Prop-liners
Loganair`s new Twin Otter G-HIAL being towed to Area `R` on Wednesday 1 July.
Biz-Jets
Friday 3 July was a cracking day weather-wise and, with thick veils of mist blanketing much of the low-lying ground around dawn it would have been perfect for a hillwalk. The visibility was very poor at the north side of the airport though when this early view of Roman Abramovich's luxury Boeing 767-33A(ER) P4-MES was taken. His Dassault Falcon 7X LX-MES (below right) arrived later that day.
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The Russian billionaire`s superyacht Eclipse, which had anchored off Greenock, made its way to Rothesay Bay. The vessel became the largest private luxury yacht in the world when she was launched in 2009 but she has since slipped into second place. |
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​Bombardier BD-700 Global Express XRS LX-FLY, pictured on Area R on 7 July, is possibly an additional VIP transport in the Russian billionaire`s inventory.
Royal Jet Group`s VIP charter Boeing 737-7Z5 (BBJ) A6-RJZ had arrived on the afternoon of the 21st and night-stopped.
Bulgarian-registered BAe 146-RJ70 LZ-TIM arrived around 1220hrs on Saturday 11 July.
On Tuesday 14 July, Manx-registered Dassault Falcon 7X M-CELT was parked on Taxiway `Y` at the north side of the airfield.
Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 D-IEKU.
BAe 146 / Avro RJ G-LENM Cello Aviation.
This Gulfstream 4-SP is registered to Virginia-based Salamander Services LLC, and belongs to Sheila Johnson who has the distinction of being the first female African American billionaire. It bears her personalised registration N125SJ and has a salamander design painted on the tail. Johnson made her fortune along with her ex-husband Robert L Johnson when they founded BET (Black Entertainment Television), a cable and satellite network in 1980, subsequently selling the channel to the media conglomerate Viacom for $3 billion.
Cessna 560XL Citation XLS CS-DQB and US Gulfstream 4SP N465QS both arrived on the 23rd.
Cessna 425 N90YA and Hawker 400XP Beechjet N527XP on the executive ramp, Friday 10 July.
General Aviation
One of July`s undoubted highlights was this Douglas DC-3T N467SP which night-stopped 14/15th.
Cessna 425 Corsair N425HB became a familiar sight at Glasgow during July.
Manx-registered Eurocopter EC145 M-LUNA is pictured on Wednesday 1 July which was the hottest day of the year to date.
Military
Another highlight this month was a trio of US Marine Corps KC-130J tankers staying over on 17-19 July. The inbound Hercs used the call-signs `OTIS 58` / `OTIS 59` / `OTIS 91`. The Hercs belong to Marine Aerial Refueller Transport Squadron 252 (VMGR-252) based at Cherry Point, North Carolina. All were coded `BH`. The first aircraft, 165810, flew out on Saturday afternoon while 165737 and 166511 took off mid-afternoon on the 19th.
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British Army Britten-Norman BN-2B Defender ZG995 appeared on the 2nd. CH-47 Chinook HC.3 ZH898 and EH101 Merlin ZJ119 (C) "Arctic 2" called in on Wednesday 16 July. The Merlin also overflew twice during the afternoon of 15th. Britten-Norman Defender T.3s ZH004 and ZH001 Army Air Corps (22nd); RAF CH-47 Chinook HC.2 ZA704 `LIFTER 1` overshot Runway 05 around 2120hrs (26th), BAe146 CC.2 ZE701 RAF (30th).
On Friday 17th, CH-47 Chinook ZH898 was parked on Taxiway `Y`.