Glasgow Airport Movements 2019
March
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Intro*// GLA passengers down 9.3% at 526k for Jan 19, rolling year 9.6 million. // Dubai down by 10%, at 36k passengers. Down from 40k in Jan 18. Another route reduction for thh airport was announced this month with Thomas Cook stopping their long haul flights from Glasgow to Orlando and Cancun from 2020. The carrier`s Airbus A330s have become a familiar site here in recent years but now travellers wishing to fly to the USA or Mexico with Thomas Cook after the cut-off will have to travel from either Manchester or Gatwick.
With the long-running Eurowings Dusseldorf - Glasgow service ending this month, another familiar favourite has been `bounced` before the start of the summer season - the smiling Tunnock`s Snowballs on the billboard in St Andrew`s Drive have been replaced with this effort, which for anyone unfamiliar with the Glasgow patter translates as "Huv ye been away fur a while?" (Have you been away for a while?)...
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Promoted as The Biggest Event In Women`s Golf, the Solheim Cup takes place at Gleneagles between 9 - 15 September 2019. The biennial golf tournament pits teams comprising the top US and European professional female golfers against one another. It`s named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation with the inaugural tournament held in 1990.
Glasgow Airport has signed up to become one of the 2019 Cup`s main sponsors which should mean many of the 100,000 expected spectators will arrive at the airport. Previous Ryder Cups saw numerous Gulftream and other biz-jets parking up here with the golfers, their families and support teams being helicoptered to the event. Solheim Cup 2019 advertising will feature heavily in and around the airport from March 10th, The Solheim Cup was originally held during in even-numbered years until 2002, alternating years with the Ryder Cup (the equivalent men's event). Following the September 11 Twin Towers terrorist attacks in 200, the latter competition was postponed for a year. As part of the general reshuffling of team golf events the Solheim Cup switched to odd numbered years beginning in 2003. The current holders are the USA who won at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West Des Moines, Iowa in 2017. The official website has much more information and is well worth a look: www.solheimcup2019.com. |
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Weather etc* The above views of the distant Luss Hills and Campsie Fells were taken from the airport on Monday 11 March.*
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Come Friday 8 March the trees had been totally chopped on the patch of ground on the east side of the Black Cart between the stone bridge and the construction compound in Abbotsinch Road etc?*
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I presume the playing fields on the east side of Abbotsinch Road opposite the Gama and Scottish Ambulance hangars will also disappear when the new business park is built. The access track leading to Netherton Farm etc*
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Tree clearing was also carried out along the southern end of Abbotsinch Road etc* Work will commence shortly to widen the pavement along this stretch and include a cycle lane by taking a chunk out of all the front gardens. GAAEC (Glasgow Airport Aviation Enthusiasts Club) (to edit)*
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With the first scheduled A380 due in just a few weeks, work on the pier extension and new air bridges is nearing completion.
The fire simulator`s nose cone, the final piece of the jigsaw, finally arrived on Wednesday 20 March and it was lifted into position the following morning.
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Jet Airliners
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Departing Jet2 737 G-JZHV kicks up some spray rolling down Runway 23 on the 15th.
Boeing 737-MAX 8 etc*
Boeing 737-8 MAX TF-ICY - Icelandair`s three?? new 737s now appear frequently at Glasgow. * TF-ICU (above) snapped on 11 March etc* As of Tuesday 12 March, the CAA banned the type from UK airspace and this included flyovers. // Type grounded across most of the globe, but the USA etc* Icelandair reverted to Boeing 757 on their Keflavik - Glasgow route which will likely continue for etc* Pictured here about to land on Wednesday 13 March, is TF-ISS.
With the 737-MAX grounded worldwide etc Monday 18 March // Boeing 757-256(WL) TF-FIU Icelandair (Aurora Borealis livery) * is seen here on the 18th etc*
Here, Icelandair 757 TF-ISJ lifts-off for Keflavik on 20 March.
On Saturday 16 March, AIR X Charter Airbus A340-312 9H-BIG landed at 17:15 hrs, to take the Scotland football team to Kazakhstan for a Euro 2020 qualifier. I didn`t bother to capture the airliner`s arrival having settled down to watch the Six Nations England v Scotland Rugby match for the Calcutta Cup, the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between these historic rivals.
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Of Indian workmanship and decorated with cobras and an elephant, it was first competed for in 1879 and is the oldest of several individual competitions that take place under the umbrella of the Six Nations Championship.
Earlier in the day, France condemned Italy to a fourth straight Wooden Spoon and Wales were crowned 2019 Grand Slam champions following an emphatic victory over Ireland. England had been in the running up until then. |
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Scotland`s performance throughout the tournament had been poor with only one win and three losses, plus they hadn`t beaten England on their home turf in 36 years. (info)*
The Kazakhstan v Scotland match was played on Thursday 21 March - result?**
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Transavia Boeing 737-8K2(WL) PH-HZW worked a number of KLM flights during the month, plus Embraer ERJ-190STD PH-EZX KLM Cityhopper (SkyTeam Livery) (1st);* Boeing 777-31H(ER) A6-EPB Emirates (Expo 2020 blue livery) and Airbus A321-231(WL) HA-LXV Wizz Air (2nd); Boeing 777-31H(ER) A6-EPD Emirates (Expo 2020 blue), Boeing 737-8K2 PH-HZL Transavia (worked an afternoon KLM flight), Airbus A321-131 D-AIRY Lufthansa (Airy Mouse livery) and A320-214(WL) D-AEWM Eurowings (Boomerang Club Livery) (4th); Boeing 757-256(WL) TF-FIU Icelandair (Aurora Borealis Livery), Boeing 737-8K5(WL) G-TAWV TUI and Airbus A321-231(WL) HA-LXN Wizz Air (5th)...
Hertz-liveried A320-214 D-ABDU on Wednesday 13 March made a welcome change from the standard Eurowings Airbuses which usually operate the Glasgow - Dusseldorf service, a route which will unfortunately cease at the end of this month. It was a fine but blustery day and quite a few local enthusiasts were on hand to capture this one on camera etc*.
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This month`s noteworthy jet airliner visitors continued with Boeing 737-8AS(WL) SP-RSR Ryanair Sun, Boeing 737-8K2(WL) PH-HZL Transavia (plus other dates), Airbus A319-111 OE-LKC easyJet Europe, also HOP! ERJ-170STD F-HBXA was an Aberdeen diversion (6th); Boeing 777-31H(ER) A6-EPD Emirates (Expo 2020 blue), Boeing 737-8K2(WL) PH-HZW Transavia (plus other dates) and Bombardier CRJ-200ER EC-GYI Air Nostrum (7th); Airbus A321-231(WL) HA-LXV Wizz Air (9th); Boeing 777-31H(ER) A6-EPO A6-EPO Emirates (Expo 2020 orange livery) and Airbus A321-251NX G-NEOT British Airways (10th); Boeing 737-9K2(WL) PH-BXO KLM( SkyTeam livery) (11th); Boeing 777-31H(ER) A6-EPD Emirates (Expo 2020 blue) and Airbus A321-231(WL) HA-LXG Wizz Air (12th); Boeing 737-8AS(WL) SP-RSG Ryanair Sun and Airbus A320-214 D-ABDU Eurowings (Hertz Livery) (13th)...
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Airbus A320-214 CS-TRO White Airways (14th); Airbus A319-132 D-AGWE Germanwings colours and Boeing 737-7K2(WL) PH-XRC Transavia worked a KLM flight (15th); Boeing 777-31H(ER) A6-ENM Emirates (Expo 2020 orange livery) and Airbus A340-312 9H-BIG of AIR X Charter stand 39 arrived etc.* (16th); Boeing 757-256(WL) TF-FIU Icelandair (Aurora Borealis livery), Airbus A320-251N G-UZHT easyjet and Transavia Boeing 737 PH-XRC returned (plus other dates) (18th); Airbus A321-231(WL) HA-LXW Wizz Air (19th); Boeing 737-8K2(WL) PH-BCG (f/v) from Seattle landed 08:05 hrs on delivery to KLM (KLM9870) at Schiphol. It had already made a fuel stop at Reykjavik, plus A320-214 D-ABDU Eurowings (Hertz livery) made its second visit this month (20th)...
Boeing 737-8K2(WL) PH-HZE Transavia (21st);
Following on from February, Transavia 737s worked some of the lunchtime KLM flights from Schiphol. Pictured above is Boeing 737-7K2(WL) PH-HZW coming in to land on the 14th. Boeing 737-9K2(WL) PH-BXO in KLM`s SkyTeam livery (below) worked the lunchtime Amsterdam to Glasgow flight on 11 March. This is a distant record shot taken from the house.
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Airbus A320-214 CS-TRO White Airways (14th); Stand 81 // has had several changes of ownership / registration since rolling off the production line in 1995, operating with carriers including Swissair and China Northwest Airlines. White Airways is a Portuguese charter airline headquartered in Porto Salvo, Oeiras. It mainly operates charter flights from Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport on behalf of tour operators as well as on lease on behalf of other airlines. The airline was founded in 2005, originally being named Yes - Linhas Aereas Charter and owned by TAP Air Portugal (75%) and Abreu Group (25%). In late 2006, the airline was acquired by the Omni Aviation Group and renamed White Airways. In May 2016, White Airways phased out their last Airbus A310-300 as one of the last European operators of the type. (to edit)*
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Turboprop Airliners
Intro* // BN-2B Islander G-HEBO Hebridean (1st); Embraer EMB-120FC Brasilia EC-IMX Swiftair (8th);
Please bear in mind that all my images are subject to copyright. They are not free to use and have been embedded with a digital watermark.
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Biz-Jets
Bombardier Global Express XRS N117TF*
Below: Registered in San Marino, Pilatus PC-24 T7-LCE (f/v) appeared on Friday 8 March and night-stopped, making it the first of the type to call in at Glasgow Airport. The Swiss made PC-24 is a light twin-engined business jet which was developed from the successful PC-12 single-engine turboprop to compete with the Embraer Phenom 300 or Cessna CitationJet CJ4. The new aircraft was rolled out on 1 August 2014, with the maiden flight in May of the following year. The first customer took delivery on 7 February 2018. Powered by two Williams FJ44 turbofans, the cabin has room for eight passengers and two pilots, although it is certified to fly with only one pilot. According to the manufacturer, the PC-24 is the first business jet to be fitted with this standard pallet-sized cargo door.
The aircraft is designed to operate from short and rough airstrips and incorporates an advanced wing design, with a large double-slotted flap system to achieve the necessary performance, having a stall speed of only 81 knots at the maximum landing weight. The landing gear smooths out uneven surfaces while the main underwing wheels have a low psi of pressure to prevent sinking on soft ground. The wing flaps are designed to protect the high mounted engines from loose debris.
Learjet 45 I-FORU etc.**
Stopping over from February were Gulfstream IV N127RR and Hawker Beechcraft 900XP N144UV, both of which left later on 1 March. This month`s corporate visitors were Citation Excel G-SIRS, Learjet 45 I-FORU and Embraer Phenom 300 G-JMBO (plus other dates) (1st); Phenom 100 F-HBOD and Phenom 300 G-CKAZ (4th); Beech 400A Beechjet OK-PPP (5th); Citation Excel G-SIRS returned (6th); Bombardier Challenger 850 9H-ILB, Raytheon Hawker 400XP G-SKBD, Pilatus PC-24 T7-LCE (f/v) and Learjet 45 G-XJET (8th); Bombardier Global Express XRS N117TF, Cessna 750 Citation X N510CX and Citation XLS G-XSTV (9th); Hawker Beechcraft Beechjet 400 OK-JFA (10th)...
Embraer Legacy 500 G-TULI and Citation Excel CS-DXT (11th); Phenom 300 CS-PHF (13th); Dassault Falcon 7X PH-TLP, Hawker Beechcraft 750 CS-DUC and Raytheon Beechjet 400A G-FXER (14th); Falcon 2000EX CS-DLE and Learjet 35A D-CFTG (16th); Bombardier Global Express N724MV and Embraer Phenom 300 OE-GDF (17th); Bombardier Challenger 350 9H-VCA VistaJet and Gulfstream G280 SP-NVM (18th); Citation Excel CS-DXF (19th); Citation Bravo G-CMBC (20th)...
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Above: Global Express N724MV arrived on Sunday 17 March and is pictured here parked on Area R after an overnight stop.
Challenger 350 9H-VCE, plus Learjet 35A D-CONE from Geneva (21st);
General Aviation
Intro* Piaggio P-180 Avanti D-IRBS remained from last month. Arrivals in during March included Pilatus PC-12 M-YBLS and King Air 200 G-FLYK (1st); King Air 200 G-FLYW (2nd); PC-12 M-YBLS again, also King Airs G-FLYK and G-FLYW (3rd); Tayside Aviation`s PA-34-200T Seneca II G-CAHA did an overshoot on a training flight from Dundee (4th); King Air 200 G-IASA (5th); Agustawestland AW-109SP G-MAOL (7th); Piper PA-34 Seneca III G-JANN (8th); King Air 90 G-MOSI (12th); King Air 200s G-FLYK and G-IASB (13th); King Air 90GTi M-TSRI (18th); Eurocopter EC155B1 G-LCPX, plus Piper PA-31 Navajo G-FCSL was doing calibration runs between Prestwick and Glasgow on the 19th & 20th (19th); King Air 200 G-FLYK (21st);
Grob Tutor G-CGKE of the University Air Squadron (UAS) sets off for some training on March 2nd.
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It looks as though Manx-registered King Air M-TSRI is going to taxi to the holding point `Fred Flintstone-style!`
Military
Following on from Dassault Falcon 900 F-RAFQ / 4`s visit last month, the French Air Force returned for more pilot training, this time with Falcon 7X F-RAFB / 86, which arrived and departed on February 5th. I was down at Gourock so missed out on capturing this one on camera but managed a few shots of RFA Fort Victoria (A387) (below) which was en route to Faslane. desc? // JW info ?*
A good month for military visitors: On Thursday 7 March, German Air Force heavy in the shape of Airbus A340-313X 16+02 (above) did an overshoot of Runway 05 at approx 11:05 hrs. RAF Bae 146 CC.2 transport ZE701 also showed up, parking on the Royal Pan for a time.
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It was another German Air Force / RAF double on Friday 15 March, when Airbus A319-133(CJ) 15+02 did an overshoot and British Aerospace 146-100-CC.2 ZE700 made a brief visit. The latter aircraft is pictured here departing via Runway 23 about 10:15 hrs.
Airbus A330-243 G-VYGJ TOW2231 // Air Tanker arrived at 12:25 hrs and taxied to Stand 6. It was only a brief visit and the the aircraft got underway for Brize Norton at 13:20 hrs. I don`t have any information as to where the flight originated but hope to update with the relevant details in due course. (to edit)* Unfortunately, it was an overcast day and quite hazy so the photos aren`t the best.
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One Monday morning I spotted four Roe Deer at the Paisley Moss Nature Reserve and although they were foraging fairly close to the cycle track, I`d managed much better shots of this family last month when the sun was shining.
Like last time, they didn`t run off immediately, even when another cyclist pedalled past, but started moving soon after, heading in the direction of the M8. The motorway is raised along this stretch so there was no danger of the animals bounding onto the carriageway and running between the slow moving lines of rush hour traffic. |
Around at the opposite side of the airport about 20 minutes later I checked out the White Cart Water from the Renfrew side, looking onto the area soon to be developed for the new business park. Although difficult to make out in the right-hand photo below, another family of Roe Deer were grazing on the fields adjacent to Abbotsinch Road. It`s not a great shot, but I can`t think of many places where you can capture a pair of Cormorants, some Roe Deer and an American-registered biz-jet in the same frame!
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Loganair Embraer ERJ-145EP G-RJXF on short finals for Runway 23, seen from the east side of the Black Cart, near to the Inchinnan Bascule Bridge.
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Livingston-based Phoenix Drilling Ltd are carrying out ground suitability assessments and testing on the site and have been here for some time. Operatives are pictured here at Netherton Farm which stands close to the west bank of the White Cart, at the end of the track which runs from Abbotsinch Road. The track entrance has long been a popular unofficial spot with plane spotters but that will likely end when construction and road realignment begins. It seems that the track to the farm, and the buildings themselves, despite appearing somewhat derelict, will remain but the access route will be upgraded.
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In the above shot, which looks towards Inchinnan from the east side of the White Cart Water, the Loganair prop is directly above the `23` runway lights. Up until recently the view of the village would have been mostly obscured from this spot due to tall trees. Only the east side of the river has a path but from a photography point of view the location is far from ideal. Trees growing along the bank drastically restrict views of landing traffic, leaving only a few seconds to snatch shots as the planes pass through gaps clear of encroaching branches.
Concorde`s 50th Birthday...
The first ever Concorde flight lifts- off from Toulouse Airport on March 2, 1969. The test flight lasted 28 minutes. (Popperfoto/Getty Images).
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The crew of the first ever Concorde flight (above right). They were Michel Retif, Flight Engineer, Andre Turcat, Captain, Mechanical Engineer Henri Perrier, and Jacques Guignard, Co-pilot. (© Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images). The adjacent shot shows RAF and a French Army bands play at Concorde’s official unveiling at Toulouse, France, in 1967 (Photograph © Peter Kemp/AP).
Concorde prototype 001 lands after completing its maiden flight.
(Photo © AP).
Six British Airways Concorde aircraft stand nose to nose at London Heathrow.
Another preserved Concorde, in this case G-AXDN, can be found at the Imperial war Museum, Duxford. It`s a UK built pre-production prototype which first flew from Filton Airfield in Bristol on the 17th December 1971. Although its actual number is 101, it is known by most as '01', as computer systems of the time had trouble with a two digit serial number. A technological tour-de-force, this plane broke the record for the fastest commercial transatlantic crossing in November 1974. In 1977, once the test and development programme was completed, G-AXDN was flown to Duxford where it has remained ever since.
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