I’d be very curious to know how the state of the rotary fleet is affecting the hours flown per base, and how many requests for NPAS are declined because of a lack of availability.
A snapshot of how it stands currently (Source: Lots of patience and ADSBExchange)
G-TVHB was at Birmingham until 10th June then sat in the NPAS hangar there until it re-positioned to Oxford on the 7th Sep
G-MPSB at Oxford since 8th Sep
G-MPSC at Oxford since 6th Aug
G-DCPB at Oxford since 1st Aug
G-POLH at Oxford since 20th Aug, Redhill no aircraft
G-POLU tracking history showing it is still only used for training (Really don’t understand this given the state of the fleet, even despite it’s shall we say varied history)
G-POLD not been seen flying from North Weald since 10th Sep assumedly waiting transfer to Oxford or has a tech snag
G-EMID last seen positioning to Oxford 24th Oct 2024!!! (WFU? Parts donor?)
G-POLB at Oxford since 8th Sep
G-NWOI positioned to Gloucester/Staverton 16th Sep, St Athan no aircraft
G-POLJ active at Birmingham
G-POLC active Hawarden
G-SUFK active Husbands Bosworth
G-CPAS active Exeter
G-HEOI active Almonsbury
G-POLF active Benson
G-POLG active Barton
G-CPAO has been repositioned from Bournemouth to North Weald to cover for POLD since 13th Sep, Bournemouth has no aircraft
G-POLA covering POLB at Carr Gate since 15th Sep, No aircraft currently at Newcastle
G-MPSA is currently performing an escort role for Trumps helicopter fleet during his state visit, meaning Lippits Hill’s has no aircraft and the MPS fleet is not contributing to any MPS calls for NPAS at the moment,
This is pretty much the status quo for NPAS now, I track the frames regularly and the picture rarely looks different to this, using the CAA G-INFO tool the fleet are all very high hours which I assume causes serviceability issues.
Do they have room for any other Airbus customers at Oxford?